Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-02
Meeting OF tho Pioneer Association In
Cincinnati Another Speech from
ParsOn BroVvnloVv.


Cincinnati Another Speech from
PRrsOn BrOXynlOw.
GENTLEMEN: I feel called upon to re-
sPOnd to the document read by the hon
orable Secretary, and also to the address
of the gentleman from the General AS
sembl y who has Just taken his seat. CI
authorize the gentleman and the honor
able Secretary to say, that l shall be,
proud and happy to visit the capital as
the guest of the General Assembly; but
cannot say when shall be able to ac-
cept their kind invitation. The truth is,
have completely taken in my friend,
the host of the Gibson House, who, on
my arrival here in this city, caSae to meet
me on tho steamboat, and invited me to
make his house my home during my stay
here. fear he. will get more than he
bargained for. am very comfortable
there, and shall certainly enjoy his hos
pltality some while longer yet. But still,
| want to visit the capital of your State,
to undo the Vaccinations and reflte tho
sayings of certain bogus nephew of
mine, whom, if God does not know any-
thing more about him than do, will be
inevitably and irretrievably lost in
coming day.
My mind has been ynriously exercised
while l have been sitting here. This is
not society of young men and boys, but
society of old mon; men who are true
to the backbone faithful, patriotic
men, who old as they are would lay down
with eager joy life almost worn out I'M
der the benefceDt protection0f tho best
Government ever established on Gods
beautiful earth. They are hone men
none OF your mean. pitiGul, sWindling,
God-forsaken, rascally demagogues, who
have used the strength God endowed
them with to en1eavor to Overturn his
most sacred institution-Our Govern
ment am no candidate for popular
fayor-I want no Office, although 1 did
take a tilt against Isham Harris.-
Laughter am not adapted for an
Office, and as l said before, don't want
one; but am q Federal, and l believe in
n strong Government-one that has the
power and the ability and the energy to
put down treason-to crush out traitors;
and in short, gentlemen, to take care of
itself, think that our present Govern
ment is the right kind Of u Government,
but still not entirely so, inasmuoh MS it
is hardly in earnest enough in the stu
pendous work it is now occupied in; but
hope and believe that with Gods help
and our backing, that this Government
will soon put down the most diabolical
treason that has ever been seen in any
part of the world.
have fought many battles; religious
battles, political battles and every other
kind of battles, and have encountered
the devil, Tom Walker and the Southern
Confederacy, daughter and applause I and
it has gone hard with one to be called aft
er, and pointed at so long, as traitor, by
all the miserable, sneaking, cowardly ras-
calls who have torn and rent this glorious
Union apart. My father was a volunteer
in my country's army and my uncle lived
and died in the service OF his country, and
thank God their graves are still in possess
sion of the Federals. My mothers rela-
tives also shed their blood at their coun-
try's call at Norfolk, aud yet am called a
traitor, and by such despicable men as
compose the Southern Confederacy.
Mr.. Eggleston alluded to the crushing
ont of my paper. Yes, gentlemen, the Of
flee from which came the last sheets in de-
tense of the Union, ever published in
Knoxville, was cleaned out aud converted
into workshop for repairing and altering
all the arms stolen by that accomplished
tion now, is to go back to Knoxville to
establish another Office. Once more to
spread abroad the glorious truths of the
Union; and once more to take from draw
er in my own house, the flag which so long
waved detiantly in the breeze, while these
hell hounds were longing, and yet not
daring to tear down and trNmple in the
dust. sa sisth;#0
Iwould never have taken down that flag
but for the females in my own house, who
besought and entreated me to do so, lest
the house should be torn down about their
ears. -.itIf5-1-I INIT
One day crowd surrounded my house
and threatened to tear down my flag; but
warned them that they would have to
do it IN the face of six loaded muskets,
which would be used by men who would
never finch from their duty. They took a
sober second thought, and marched away,
but presently about fifteen came back
again, drunken than ever, led by a young
officer, who desired to tear the id thing
of flag down. In the meanwhile, had
left my house and gone to the Office, leav-
ing my wife in charge. She came forward
and expressed her intention of shooting the
first man who attempted to haul down the
flag. The officer was slightly scared, and
/ said ,f5lz--.stts - ,.I.T-f -Sf-lsi-I
siMadam, you won't shoot, will you. 2"
"You had better try the experiment" !"
"Go on, go onl'' shouted the crowd,
"she darent shoot p -i'-
She Instantly drew from her pocket one
of Colts srevolTers and cooking it leyelled
! it at the officers head. tNeVer mind herr
she's only a woman, cried the mob. "By
God look at her eye" said the officer. as
he made a low bow, scraped the ground
and toddled of, followed by the whole
crowd. -s
| The gentleman addressed me, expressing