The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-05-30

of Gospel sermon on the Lords Day
And more unmitigated pack of scoun-
drels does not live than the preachers of
Gods Word down South generally. AS
a general thing. the most unmitigated set
of villains we have in the South are the
Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and
Episcopalan preachers. We have noble
exception in the town in which I live,
Thomas w. Hugh, STAKEHOLDER and
man of property. His Bishop, some
months ago, furnished him with new
prayer, which did not require him to pray
which means old Abe Lincoln, that they
thought was worse than the devil-but it
substituted jeff Davis and the Confeder-
ate Government. Mr.. Hugh promptly
but frankly, and like man, said, "I
cannot abandon my prayer-book and regu-
lar form. do not believe in the Con-
federacy I do not believe in jeff Davis"
They turned him out and procured pill
ant tool and cat's-paw, who was willing
10 pray for anybody for his victuals, his
wine, and his liquor. [Great laughter.
Bad as New York has been reported to be
l beg your prayers for those vile, unmiti-
gated devils in the South.
After this statement, you will not be
surprised when I say that was quite vii
ling to accept the passport and escort of.
fered me to leave the Confederacy. The
devil himself was a saint by the side of
them, and l would not insult the memory
of Judas by comparing him to any of them.
Benjamin, tie thief of Yale, wrote me a
letter, the burden of which was, ssY You are a
very bad man, Mr.. Brownlow, a dangerous
man, and we propose to give you pass
port and military escort to take you away"
l said in reply, Good and we will strike
a bargain give me your passport and a
military escort, and promise you I will
do Tor the Corfederacy what the devil
has never done-I will leave you p l
knew he had never lett the country. Al
though l was feeble, and could not walk
ten steps, yet, as told you, was willing
to go. I took some bed-clothes along, and
fixed myself up as comfortably as I could
to make the trip. l had as an escort l2
men, armed, and their arms loaded with
buckshot. They were selected from a
Rebel Company, but they were Union
men they wonld have fought for me,
and knew it, and both of the officers
were Union men at heart, too. With this
escort started, and we were interrupted
by the Rebel troops and by the citizens,
who urged them to bring Brownlow out
and hang him. At Athens, IS miles from
Nashville, they made a rush for the cars,
but, planting six men at each end, with
the officers by me, they declared they
would all shoot as long as they had loads
in their muskets, and then they would use
their bayonets. One Of the officers said
he must see the odd old traitor any
how before he got across Mason and Dix
on's Iine.'' They told him that he could
come and look at him if the sight would
be of any service to him. They brought
him in. He inspected me particularly,
looked me in the eye, and l looked at
him; looked daggers at him; had as
much brass in my face as he. We'll, :"
says he, {" am satisfied / now believe
all / have ever heard about him. / be-
iiese that he is just as dangerous as he
ever was said 10 be, but to be gallanted to
Nashville in this way--why should like
to take the trip there myself in this way"
"Well," says I, "if you will stay a little
while, there is a penitentiary at Nashville,
and the Sheriff will take you there at the
expense of the county" Then he wanted
to take me out, but the officers restrained
him. and told ne l had better not say
anything more. At some other places
they held out ropes, and although l am
not very good at interpreting hierogly-
phics, understood what they meant.
a another depot, 65 miles from Nash
vile, they again tried it and failed. AT
Shelby General Hardee arrested me and
confined me for ten days, and was about
to send Ene to Montgomery but my officers
insisted on Mr.. Benjamin's passport, in
dorsed by jeff Davis, and the flag Of
truce granted by Major General George
B. Crittenden addressed to General Buell..
So the railroad being taken up. we hired
carriages, and buggies and omnibusses,
and set out on beautiful turnpike. We
were interrupted by this fellow Morgan,
who had serious notion Of hanging me
whether or no, but they permitted me to
pass until I got within five miles of Nash.
vile. 1t was a cold day early in March.
We saw soldiers first in a log hut, and
then any number Of tents, and | beheld
in the distance the Stars and Stripes in