The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-08-13

custom and their savage barbarity, TO % in.
They had him in q small iron cage, a@terri.
BILE affair they opened little door, and the
jsilor admitted her. A number Of US went
to witness the scene. As she entered the
cage where her father was-who was to die
at four o'clock that afternoon-She clasped
him around the neck, and he embraced her
also, throwing his arms across her should
ers. They sobbed and cried; they shed
their, tears and made their means. l stood
BY, apd I never b.hcd such sigh. since
God Almighty made ne, and hope may
parted, wringing each other by the hand, as
she came out Of THE cage, stamnering AMI
trying TO utter something Ineligible, she
lisred my namc. She knew my face, and
l could understand as much as that she de-
sired me to write dispatch 10 jeff. Davis,
and sign her name. begging him 10 pardon
her father. wrote it about thus
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS Il did not be-
lieve the first word that ] wrote was the
truth, but put it thcro for the sake Of
form My father, llessng Self is sertenc-
ed to be hanged at four O'Clock day.
am living at home, and my mother is dead
NJ; father is my earthly all ; upon him my
hopes are centred, and, friend, pray you TO
pardon him. Respectfully.
:, ELIZABETH SELF.
Jeff Davis, who had better heart than
the rest Of them perhaps, Immediately res
pondcd-for he could not Withstand the ap.
neal Of a woman-to General Carroll, and
told him not 10 hang that man Sell, but to
keep him in Jail and let him atone for his
crimes certain time. Self has served his
time out and has gone home, and that girl is
saved the Indebtedness OF being left alone
without a father.
This. ladies and gentlemen is the spirit Of
secession all over the South; it is the spirit
Of murder it is tie sp rit Of the Internal
regions and, in Gods name, can you any
longer excuse o. apologize for such murder
Gus and blood thirsty demons as live down
in the Southern cunfereracy? Loud cries
Of "No, no."-!Janging is going all over
Fast Tennessee. THey shot them do,on in
the felhs--they ,otip Them; and rs strange as
it my s. en-. to you, in the counties OF Camp
LN and Anders,n they actually lactrate ,oith
Switches the botlies Of 'ftmales, wire1 and dauqh-
t,rs Of Union msen-c'erer respectable soomen.
They Show no quarter to male or female {:
they rob their houses and they throw them
into prison. Oar jails are all full now, and
we have complained and thong hit hard that
our Government 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. Loud chcers.-With tears in
their eyes they begged me, upon leaving
East Tennessee, for God Almigh sake 10
soc the President, to see the army officers,
so rs to have relief sent to them and bring
them out Of Jail. l hope, gentlemen, you
will use your influence with the army and
navy, and all concerned, to relieve these peo
pie. They arc the most abused, down trod
den, prosecuted and prescribed people that
ever lived on the face OF the earth. am
happy to announce to you that the rebellion
will soon be played out. Thank God for his
mcrcies it will soon have been played out.
-Cheers.--R Richmond will be obliged to fail
very soon, for that noble fellow, Mcclellan,
will capture the whole Of them.-Rencwed
npplause.-I have confidence and faith in
Fremont, and hope he may rush into East
Tennessee. If Ha|leck, Buell. & Oo.-great
chccring-will only capture tho region round
about Corinth and take Memphis the play is
oet and the dog is dead. Then let us drive
the leaders down INTO the Gulf Of Mexico,
like the devils drove the hogs into the sea Of
Galiee.- Laughter and APPLAUSE
But few weeks prior TO the last Pres.
dental election they announced in their pa
pers that the great bull Of the whole dis.
union flock Was to speak in Knoxville--a
man, tho first two letters Of his name are
w. L. Yancey "a fellow that tho Governor
OF South Carolina pardoned out Of tho State
prison for numbering hs uncle, DR.. Earl.
lie was announced to speak, and the crowd
was two to one Union men. had never
spoken to him in all my life. lie called out
in an insolent manner, lis Parson Brown.
low in this crowd ?" The disunionists hal
looed out, "Yes, he is here" "Ihope, said
he, 1.-The parson will have the nerve u come
upon the stand and have me catechise him.
"No," said the breckenridge secesionists -.
Yes gentlemen, We had four tickets in the
field the Inst race-I.ncoln and llamlin Bell
und Everett. the Bell and Everett ticket
was Kind Of kangaroo ticket, with all the
strength in the legs ard there was Doug
las and johnson and Breckenridge and
Lane ticket. As God is my judge. that was
the meanest aud shabbieSt ticket Of tho four
that was in the field Lincoln was elected
fairly and squarcly under the forms Of law
and the Constitution and though was not
. Lincoln man, yet gave in to the viii of
the majority. and it is the duty OF every
patriot and true man 10 bow to the viii, Of!
the majority. The parson then resumed
his story. But the crowd ha'looed to Yam.
cey, "Brownlow is here but he has no: nerve
to mount the stand where you are" rosc
and marched up the steps and said, will
shcw you whether have the nerve or not
Sir" said he land he is beautiful SPEAK
or and personally fne locking man --"arc
you the celebrated Parson Brownlow p III
am the only man on,ear,h.' replied. "that
fi''s the bill" Don't you think" said Yam.
cey, YOU are badly employed as preacher, |
a ,nan Of your cloth to be dabhling in poll.
tics and meddling with State affairs p No,
SIR" said I, a distinguished member Of TIE
party you are acting with once took Jesus
Christ up upon mount and said to the Sa
viour. Look at the kingdoms Of the world.
All this will I give thee il thou wilt fall
down and worship me- Now. SIR I said
his reply TO the Devil is my reply to you,
&c, thee behind me, Satan" | rather ex |
pected to BE- knocked down by him:
bat I stood with my right side 70 him sad =
cooked Derringcr in my hreeches pocket II
intended. il / went Off the scaiIold, that he i
should 80 the other way. Now. SIR / said
ri you ara through, would like to make aI
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