The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-22
odist preacher, Union man, to Gene and

prsy for him.
They denied him the privilege, and said
thst God didn't hear any prayers in be-
half Of any damned Union-shrieker, and
he had literally to do without the benefit
of the clergy. But they had near the gal
lows an unprincipled, drunken chaplain
OF their own army, who got up and UNI
dertook to apologize for Haun. He said:
"This poor, unfortunate man, who is about
to pay the debt of nature, regrets the
course he took. He said he was misled
by the Union papers. Haun rose up,
and with a clear, stentorian voice, said:
"Fellow ciiizens-there is not word of
truth in that statement | have author
ized nobody to mike such statement -
What have said and done / have done
and said with my eyes open, and if it
were to be done over, would do it again.
| am ready TO hang, and you can execute
your purposes He died like man |;
lie died like Union man, like an East
Tennesseean ought to die. AS God is my
judge, would sooner be Haun in the
grave to-day than any one of the scoun-
RELIET WAITED FOR.
Hanging is going on all ever Tennessee.
They shoot them down in the fields, they
whip them and, as strange as it may seem
to you, in the counties of Campbell and
Anderson they actually lacerate with
switches the bodies Of females. wives
and daughters of Union men--clever, re-
spectacle women. They show no quarter
to male or female; they rob their houses
and they throw them into prison. Our
jails are all full now, and we have COM
planned and fought hard that our Govern
ment has not come to our relief, for more
loyal, more devoted people to the stars
and stripes, never lived on the face of
Gods earth than the Union people of
Tennessee. With tears in their eyes they
begged me, on leaving East Tennessee,
for God Almighty's sake, to sec the Presi-
dent, to see the army officers, SO rs to
have relief sent to them and bring them
out of Jail. hope. gentlemen, you will
use your influence with the army and
navy, and all concerned, to relieve these
people. They are the most abused. down
trodden, prosecuted and prescribed peo-
pie that ever lived on the face of the
earth.
NORTHERN DoUGHFAcEs.
Such actions as these show the spirit of
secession In the South It 10 the spirit
of murder and assassina tion--it il tho
spirit of hell. And yet you have men al
the North who sympathizs with these in
fernal murdercrs. If owed the devil a
debt to be discharged, and it was to be
discharged by the rendering up to him OF
dozen of the meancst, most revolving
and God-forsaken wre.ches that ever
gould be culled from the ranks of de-
PRAYED human society, and / wanted TO
pay that debt and get premium upon
the payment, would make tender to
his Satanic Majesty of twelve Northern
men who sympathized with this internal
rebellion. Great cheering. If | am
severe and bitter in my remarks- Cries
of "no, no, not bit Of it" If / am,
gentlemen, you must consider that we in
the South make personal matter of this
thing. Laughter We have no respect
or confidence in any Northern man who
sympathizes with this internal rebellion
Cries Of ''good. good Nor should any
be tolerated in walking Broadway at any
time. Such men ought to be ridden upon
q rail and ridden out Of the North
("Good, good.'l They should either be
for or against the nif-dam;' Ind would
make them show their hands. Laughter
and applause.