, 1862-10-27
PaRSON BROWNLOW'S SPEECH
TDnf;n4sed from Nrst Eoe.1

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Febel has On the face Of the green earth.
rebel, South or . rebel, North, his land, his
orkcs, his money, bis hogs, his property, In
cludlrg bis negroes-eu he has ought to be
and then bis Internal neck ought
to be coldscxted- Immense applause and
laugbter:l I deny that the rebel. North Or
South. against this benign government OF
ours, has any but two rights under the sun;
the one Is the right 10 be hanged, and the other
the right (, be dat2ncd- IContmued laughter
and cneers.
THH REBELS WANT A AoNARcur.
TIE truth Is. these leaders at the South are
and have been for yearr, sick and tired Of
republican form OF Eovefnment: KnoW IT,
/ EaTe ktoEn It all lie time In tact, rspun-
ltcan government never dia cniss " ~ IT, scn,n cn
stitution of the United States had been ad-
hercd to, The never could have been admitted
into The federal Union 90 member thereof,
Tor she never had constitution that was N
letter, spirit and form republican, nave
lived in South Carolina have travelled e.
In their Legislative assemblies, the sergeant a.
arms and deputy or Two, with cooked hsls
and swords. retire and bring in the speaker OF
The house, Or the speaker OF the senate. who
comes rubed in enough black SILK to dress out
In all the amplitude Of fashion any Two ladies'
hIre. eyen ID times Of the most extravagant
Ioops. ILsughter.l The sheriff accompany
ipg ihern. wii6 esckea hat and sxord, Styss 9's
vay far your speaker!" (Laughter.l Then he
marches grandly in and takes his seak The
s,me pompous forms are Observed
with one Of their elrsnit Judges.
I have seen old Judge Batter, afterwards
Senator, march In with bis silk robe on, pre.
ctdcd BY his sheriff ana deputies in cooked
1ats and with swords, crying "MAke Way for
The Honorable Court!'' and everythiag squst-
I'D Ike 60 many qupils when hawk Is about.
ILaughteE1
soCTu CAROLINA.
Do ytu know that man has to oWn so
many negroes in South Carolina before he can
either vote Or occupy seat IN the Leg:sla'
tEre! The limit is ten. Now, il you rs
South Carol5nian have zine valuaele negroei; 'o !;
I have ten or eleven little yellow, ashy
piccanin;ce, brought out Of an alligator
swamp. raieed on green persimmone
(laughter] can take lny scat, while you
must stand back. You recollect, for you are
all reading men, that when South Carollna
voted 10 secsee, for she led the way, he'
tion aud tbanled God with u2turned eyes
like Simton OF old that they q!
last bche;d Whit they had
60 lor g locked for, and cried: "Now, Ga
Lord, letttst ttor thy servant depart in peace
ior mine eyes hare seen thy salvation" Law
renee keitt, and olle1 members OF Congress
Who said they had been llooring for this ent
eycr Since they had been In pnulic life, thu
publicly On the floor of their OWL convention
ackro1 1e6ged 1hs 1neelVes per1ured scoun
dreLs, wLo With they took their seats In ta
House Of Representatives at Washington an.
swore to obey the lA~s aad support the Cor
stitution, were then, and all the time the
lad been in public Life, laboring TO over
throw II Z laws ard destroy rae Constitution
I'm in favor tonight oi lttliug out IS con
trsct to the Yankees BY our government tn
sawirg II South Caroilua ons of tnis Unlol
ard Noating her iuto the Atlantic and einkin;
her into eternal perditiou. [ApplAuse an
reuucipg Charleston to ashes, leaving NOT on
stene upon another, and then, hope, thos
men who ale runring for Congress vii
pledge thems elves to vote for Law that
s:cn]d never again be rebuilt while G ID live:
and man eerse,h. LaughteE] The truth i
from these of you who are dIspos;;
We have intended this thing at the South fl
thirty ycsrs- We long since determined t
break up the government and were satisde
with nothing short of that In 1S3l-s33 We ga
upthe raid of Modification, but fortanatel
there VIE q man In 1912. the first Letters
whose lame were "Uld jackson" {Laugt
teri I Aevtr supported him in politics, bu
would to God he lad been living three ycar
ago In place Of Buchanan. lCaees6.l II
wonld have taken these vile traitors BY IL
throat and strengthening himself 2
iho1t snsbter, ten h. feet you'd II hs 6ave 01et
IN lis Old f4miliar style: "By the G.
that made Moses, fsllo Ts, this thing has g
to stop" naughter.l and when old Ja:'
son eaid thing had to stop, 1t had to sto
and all the people said amen. [Contiaue
iaughter.]
SECESSION CONSPIRACY.
Yes, gentlemen. we hare Intended 1t t
thirty years. Our Southern leaders determine
to stop It nothing short Of the overthrow I
1Rs sstns i It. aa e''f WSst FsSs ad + laa
Wigta1], and what did Pryor admit in Was
Irgton just before they inangurated this +
belliou! They both avowed it as !
secret, published It tar and near, announced
to all TIC world. and gloried In it, That If t!
entire North, II the whole population Of Il
loyal states should pnt their signatures to
fill it up over their names, and dfcsa'e t
terms on which they would stay in the Unlo
they would not accept II, because they want
to SO out, have an Independent goyeramel
and break up the rotten and corrupt G
geye1mssnt sa,t;,,,.s.a So said Pryor. ~, the m
You remember he challenged Potter to iig
o duel. Eupposing that Potter was Of court
cold Hooded Yankee who would crawl
out oi it. But to his utter astonishment p
ter said: stNith sil my heart I accept 80
bare The right to dictate the weapoas, aud :,
must tske bowie knires iu close room
s'But," said Pryor, ''that is contrary to t
laws Of duelllrg, ffaughtesl, aud 1t IL contra
to the code OF honor. can't Il 2ht that way
BE tidn't fight lIaughterl
Almost the last thing that happened to
snee ee to u9s ht s.a ess 9a from ssssalonst s mis- ed
in the South, Lewis h. Pope, a specimen
humanity who weighed ninety five pounds
worse looking mar tnan Aeck Stephens.
supposed that being 3 preacher mud cdik
wouldn't fight. but be waked up the wrong ?
eeSgs ApP1ss e s s Sns ms f6s
legged parry had the right to dictate
wearone, time and place. Il WAS then 81
mer time and hot wea:htr. 1said: "1el
that we fight Immediately after the first b
rain that comes, in q hog pen. The weap
shall 51 BE- two. 1asge. 1 1oar:2ropged, sron d l
ehoyel The other ont, should be regarded
having Killed him In mortal combat"
ciftrous laugftcF.l he replied that the tel
were ctatl, iuhuman and contrary to the |!
Of Gutl1tng, and be backed ont; and well
might, for be knows that could have sh
eled hin cut In less than time. tLanshe
DOUGLAS, MASON AND sI1DEL14
Let me- c4ll to 5our minds Judge Doug
the late Ii mented Senator from this STAG,
rygret tfe death as much as any Of you, f.
h. we're living tonight, I know enough Of
man, to know he would be In this war wi
cooked hat on his head ,epaulettes on his sh
dsrs, bis sword by bis side, md coln'
sion IN bis pocket, signed by his old o3po1
In the Law and in poiltics, Abraham Line
Tics ot this Union against this internal re
lion, lot Douglas lived aud died 8 true Ut
man, and il be could be rreusTccted here
right, with what infurtate 6corn and conte
would he 1ook upon these Denoc
who are .fympathfzing wita
infanous rebellion! Judge Douglas whil
Lis place in the o: 6. Senate heard reu
from Southern Senator which he expt
from his place In the Senate, and dared 3
rIa1. But be never dared deny it because
knew Douglas could prove 1t, aud what
that remark No astter what the N
may agree to concede to us, the South
tsns es 70 9e s. s.cpGy D1ynE % 'q& VIZ
ths. Serator? It was that most
rupt and abominab1e IT all
.demaEogues, that old, spawned, claude
dlhteupered,- hfp-shodden, sway-bac
Ehisky-rotted, John H. Mason OF VIrs
Laughter and applause-l know Joa1
Mason. ard I have known him long, q,
know him. # he 10 living tonight, ii Fr
ard England, rs the embodiment Of oti.
elm. Laughter He is one OF the
whom, associated With John Sl1deIl Of L.
lana, our tsnign government took
Of Fort War1rn when we were Fee
them on wholesome diet, pu.
on . British vessel and sent then
ministers plenippteutiaIF TO the Court o
JAMES and st. Cloud to represent JET D