The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-05-16

4" the dangers aud atrocities o' tho system OF
American slavery, he vet, when the southern
consptators made the election of President Lin
coin cdHs beN with the Norib-or rather u
iraudul,ni scheme tor the dismcmhcrnrnt Of u
Republic whose government they had practically
u-urpcd i,r n generation, aud whusc honor- aud
rIno'uments u"y = monopoliIcd, that like
the ohgar,hv Of England, they had come
to regard Northern men aul women ~
their vassals-at once refused To side with
these as,ilants oi our national greatness, and
bitterly denounced tho treason aud the traitors
with his accustomed ,e.mciirr. Ills journal,
the Wing, was consequently suppressed and his
lic threatened; yet, nothing dauntod the pa
ttiuiic man ras'd large bod, oi men and ut
tcrly routed the rchcls NJ Moni-tovn, Jefferson
TO-, village aud station on the East Tennessee
and Nirgnn Railroad, ior,y-two miles north
east o knoxville, At tho time Of thu
ilr-l uprising ol the Union men Ia that
region, now over halt year ago. they
burned a railroad bridge at Strawberry Plains,
which ~ nearly midway between Morristown II
aud Knoxville They also burned a bridge over
Lick Creek, in Green County, which is north
east ot Muristown. In this space the Union
men rallied their forces under the leadership
,bt1cio ot Mr.. Bruwnlow, cutting OH dircct.
" all rcinlurem.nts for the rebels both IN
the direction of Knoxville and that of Western
Virginia Every patriot has his rcScrscs md so
did Parson iIrowulow. lie was .oon considered |
dangerous WrlH'le w th' WhN Ol the feltlllon
ami was captured aud thrown into the Knoxville
Jail, whore he suffered many indisuities at the |
hands oi his keepers. lie subsequently effected
release nnl speedily made his way to the Nurth
whcr" his presence has hccn hailed with jov by
his thousand. of admirers aud svmpathiirrs
At present lie Is making the tour ui the urinci- |
pat citics and towns Of the North and East At |
each place stprring 10 address immense audi |
cnccs uh tie state Of the country al home aud |
" away down South in Dixie"
rnr,un lir"wnlow il about ii'v vcnrs Of age |
"" has yer, aminh, lady Tor companion, |
aud several children, among whom Is the noble
hearted RlIl already alluded to ~ this sketch. In
person, Mr. Brownlow ,s tall and of SLENDER
build, aud his eve has all the lire d, "A daring soul
shining through IT, which at once arrests the
attention Of all Ills STYLE both in writing aud
speaking, is peculiar rclrcins hi nature being
icrs", vehement and argllmcniativc. There is |
little ornament in either one or the other his |
words going right straight To- the subject. Drs-
lllc MS clfiItsincsS lac IL most remarkable for |
great command of temper. II in this faculty |
mnr" than ANY ether perhaps. which makes HIM |
81 powerful IN debate Ills scope for action has |
4, '"r been limtrd but We trust large field l. |
now open to him,
Upon the inside page ot our paper will he |
found an interesting report Of proceedings last |
evening nt th" Academy of Music, Including n
stirring appeal and remarks from the eloquent
par,on, which will 20 far towards aiding MIR.
lirownlow ia the dearest object Of his hcart-that
"i establishing his paper again among his couu-
irmcn IN Icnncs-.' and in pouring upon the
rrhcl. that soul-,tirrins strain OF witherng elo-
Iucuc", for which he is 40 Justl, celebrated.