Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-06
Parson Brownlow at Chicago.
REVIEW ofthe IsEBELLION
A wiTHERuNG DENUNCiATION OF
sOUUHERN REBELS AND NORTH
ERIN TORIES,
From the Chicago Tribune.l


mn ~ IRON 'ne o'icaso .,'0""eI =,
The Union meeting at Metropolitan Hall
on Saturday evening vas one OF the largest
ana most enthunastlc ot the campaign AT
an early hour the crowds commenced pour
ing INTO the haii' ana ios9 before the time
OF opening every avaihele inch OF room
was occupied, ana hundreds upon HUNDREDS
voo.l os;anJ n4' gan ;nssoJ' ;,saJJoe,p te, Pa' ISL
The Parson snoke as foIIdJT -
n.n,n, ,nor,,,, .,rr,,u
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LADIES LADIES AND oEaILEAES t - .sro,n much
puyac spsskins 1recsntiys.,,i s4e4 ~
nignt 50 worn IN oody ana so noarse iuvo,ce
tnM 10 not know now long l shall De hoie
70 address you on TINS occasion; out viii
attempt 10 intere,t you lor Whie u 1 can
maze a. myseli heard. /! never appeared before
Northe,n auulence ln my llie without some
degle, OF embarrassment. az owng % me diier-
ence between ,ne mahuer Vi WARFARE on the
stump IN the North and that which Is used
at the south and u IN what shall say Of
their most stccntemptiole &C ympathizers In the
North, shall deal with them roughly. and
handle tncm without gloves, the audience
=
In the Nortn, understand, When IN a
speech man meets false state lent in a
speaker or writer ne says that statenent
Is not exactly IN accordance with the facts;
but in the country in which was raised we
are in the habit Of using little different
phrase we brand the statement as vile
calumny, and the man who made it as an
unmitigated liar. Laughter aud applause. !
WHO 1NAuauR.TEp THE WAR
H.. r.. L.l;... g 4,
g., DIn.'u, .h", a nate h utlioseS ,ro., tne
a',.o,aj 49,, j ~, IL Sn,,,h,. o. oo.;s.,a, Il"
dosu .hst H. - E ~ n Xha,;,;o. oo'op" pn
ueny tna. L, .nI L.a;.;a:s 10 r oI ~a.i nausu
d. d., ,ho ,nn nf n,h Touo,;n mppIih 49,
W; Wus :nc nsn VI oGu'n oa.J'aa, III .a n,aoana,
blIi'pp,, Iii sS " H. duT hni,;ah a 'me poTents n y.
annlanse | II originated in the Soutb with
the worst men that ever God Almighty per.
mitted to breathe the air of heaven, aud if
you have State prison in Illinois
A Voice-Ycs, strong one.
Mr.. Brownlow-A gentleman says you
have peni.entiary in Illinois. / of course
institution, laughter, but declare in the
fear of God to. night, that one half, yes two.
| thirds of the men in the Illinois penitentiary
are better men than any of the leaders Of
the rebellion at the South, [cheers, and il
l we're not afraid, to morrow being Sunday
| of bringing upon my head controversy
Nth snnA Of the elergpman. many of WHOM
are no doubt IN this large assembly, would
give, 1t as my honest conviction that there
are better men ln neil TO night than the
leaders OF this repetition. Immense cheer
ing and laughter. -,
Then, gentlemen, fake the ground that
we are ~ the midst OF wicked rebellion
for which there IS not, and never has been
any just or sufnc,ent cause. And go FUR
ther than TINS; make my statement stll
stronger ana more enphatic-we sre III the
midst OF rebellion Tor which there Is not
and never has existed, even the shadow o.
q pretext. why DO say soI
WHO HAS RULED THE COUNTRY?
i This Government of ours, in its presen
form, and under our most excellent Consti
tuition, has existed little over seventy-ivt
years During that time we have held II
this country nineteen Presidential elections
In that period, we at the South-don' I for
get my figures and don't forget my facts
!. we at the South, with halt the States an,
Territories you have at the North, with hal
your population, with half the electora
| soeo' Svo NO S",si" ioei1cnpoi o"n'oS'
have, elected the President thirteen times
We have graciously condescended to, ALLOW
: you to elect six times. Not only so, but w
reelected, to dill second term, live OF ou
men at the South; Those live men occu
9 pied the char as long as forty years. wit
US down at the south, It has been settle!
policy during all this time never to PERM
5 or tolerate any man North OF Mason an'
Dixon's: line in filling the Office secon
: time: Not content with having occupies
the Presidential chair twice to your once
not content with having controlled the pa
i tronage and power Of the Government twic
Q to your once, We seized upon, appropriate
Q and used, for the meanest and dirtiest
Q purposes, two or three OF the slx you ha
9 elected, who turned out to be :, Norther
Il men, with Southern principles. : lChcer
a and laughter.
& THE OLD PUB. FUNo
'l Tbs ,ost one NJ tbosa tb., was made N
t % %of and ,ha neanest one of RI
. wholn UJ, crowd hv INV odds was The Ol
+ p"El;c p Funct;onsr ~ G Of pennsvlvan;a iRoa,
!, of lam I""vhtsr ! Az old man whose heart mn
d sonI ;s with tbs rabellion to night ITbat
l. srus / have canvassed the State ot Pan,
e suIran;o h,Ta hoon IN i,,nc,ster an
III aho,,t ouar ,h.t countru have n,