The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-14

treatment he had received from the trail
torous rabblein his own State, and gave
In brisf sketoA of his imprisonment in the
Knoxville jail; Of the threats of immedi-
ate execution with which his sars we're
| daily RECALLED; the actual hanging Of many
of his companions in the prison, and many
interesting particulars Of the struggle be-
tween treason and loyalty iI Eastern Ten
nessee. He stated that for many days
he fully expected to be hung, and had be-
come perfectly resigned to his fate, pro-
vided his prosecutors would grant him
one privilege. which was that from the
galloxs he might be permitted to address
them for one hour. 81 had prepared N.Y.
self for the occasion" said Mr.. Brownlow.
land I intended to do the Southern Con.
federacy justice-to pronounce high
wrought suiogy on the concern, from JEFF.
Davis down TO the smallest secession Dew
il among Them"
The speaker thought that the Union
sentiment of East Tenn. had never abated
one iota; that there were thousands of
good Union men there. who would hail
the approach Of the Federal army with
sincere JOY. Gen. Jackson put down the
rebellion of 1882, and though this was a
much more formidable uprising, he be-
lieved Abe Lincoln would subdue it -
/" My friends said the orator, 'sthe hang
ing must begn on The other side, this
season, and | want to superintend it
You may think ] speak harshly, but az.
among the rebels, how can feel different
Ily? / tell you, my hearers, intend to
go back to Tennessee before long, under
different circumstances from those under
which left the State. want to go back
in company with Gen. Fremont; | want
big war-horse, and a military suite, and
the General and myself will ride down
among those rebels, and, if you will ex-
cuse my apparent sgotism, / do believe
the scoundrels had rather see the Devil
coming after them ~
FIRST AND SECOND FAMILIES.
Without egotism may say thus much
concerning myself. lam native Of the
Old Dominion. WIS born in the same
county that produced JOHN B. Floyd
We have known each other well. and
known each other long. He has continu-
ally grown rich. He started stealing
early, and has continued in that way Of
working all along. | have been an hon.
est man oil the time, and - consequences,
am poor. [Applauss.] Ny parents wers
Nirgiaians. / allude to this, that proba-
bly, for the FIRST time IN your lives you
may look upon member of one of the
Second Families Of Virginia-you have
heretofore only been privileged TO see
those claiming to be OF the f. F. "
Laughter. ] never made any such pre-
tensions for myself.
We are in the midst of rebellion for
which there is no Just cause under heav-
en-; revolution brought on BY the South
erners. those God forsaken, hell-descrving
rebels of the South. for which there il no
excuse under the sun. A short time
since we were in the midst of Presiden-
tial canvass, in which there were four
tickets up for the sufrages of the people
Lincoln and Hamlin were elected by 4
majority Of the free and legal voters of
the United States. It at once became
the bounden duty of every citizen to abide
and stand by that administration and its
acts. have, and propose always to do
it. And ! have faith to believe that we
can crush on: this rebellion now aeitating
the North and the South
UNCONDITIONAL UNION MAN
/ / am in favor Of the General Govern
ment guaranteeing to every loyal man all
the right and title to all the property he
has; but at the same time, am in favor
Of extinguishing the title to all negroes
and lands and other property Of all rebels
who may be seeking TO overthrow the
Government. applause Thismay seem
ike saying good deal, and like taking !
strong position for Southern man But
/ have said nothing / have not said before
to Southern audiences in the Southern
States.
/ have fought Andrew johnson Of Ten
nesses, systematically, perseveringly and
untiringly, for the last twenty-five years
OF my somewhat eventful life. He has
scored me On every stump in the State Of
Tennessee, and ! have paid him back to
the best Of my ability. But honors with
us are easy. Laughter.] We take each
other BY the hand now a. brethren. IAN.
plause.1 Now l will fight for him and
under him-engaged as we are in thu
same cause, against the same vile foe K
God and man, and especially to our coun
try. [Applause.]
TENNxssEx ron THE UNION.
Tennessee never voted herself out o
the Union BY fair vote. In February
when fair shake wps had at the polls tn,
: sccesh made no show At all. We tea
them SO badly that they have not got ore
it yet. On the previous election, 10, 0O(
, troops wharf rats and low flung scayen
gers out Of the South-were sent to us