Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-06-25
BRowNLoW IN PHILADELPHIA.


Mr.. Brownlow addressed the citizens o
Philadelphia recently, at the Academy of Mu
sic, on the subject of the distracted condition
OF our country. The Hall was crowded, and
the Farson was received with great applause
Below we give an abstract of his speech, on
that occasion
Ladies' and Gentlemen In appearing before
you this evening. under the circumstances
do, and with all the surroundings, | propose
| TO advise you, in the outset of ANYTHING and
everything | may say, of what you will not
tail to have discovered before take my seat.
that do not claim to present my subject with
| an eloquence that charms, dction that fas-
| clnates, or style OF oratory that captivates
l can say in good faith and in all sincerity
| that regret this, knowing, as you and [ do
| that there is no power earth equal in its
influence upon the human mind to the power
and influence OF oratory, when it is finished
| and complete. But | have one consolation in
my attempt to address you to- nigh and that is
that address an appreciative aud dience. | have
no doubt, | know it, L feel it in my bones,
! that L address an apprecIative Philadelphia
| audlence-an audience here to listen to some
| facts in reference to the great rebellion and
It's operations down South to the igantc con-
| SpIracy OF the nineteenth century, without
! parallel, in its wickedness, and its Internal
composition, this side of hell. TApplause1
| know what am say ing, from beginning to
| end, and | shall look more to what | say.
than to my manner of say ing-more if you
| please, to the subject matter, than to anv
studied effort at display. Mr.. Brownlow then
related the manner in which he had lost his
voice, several years ago: how his throat was
operated upon internally, by physician in
New I ork, and externally operated upon IN
the South; how he recovered his voice. al
| Cincinnati, after his release from the Knox
vile Jail. 81 attribute,'' he said ssthis cir
cumstance Of the miraculous restoration of
my voice, to the fact that was making war
upon this infinitely internal rebellion, the
work OF the meaneSt men of the Southern Con
federacy-the disappointed and ambitious lead
ers, the most unmitigated scoundrels that now
breath the air of heaven You have purer
men IN your penitentary than the leaders of
this rebellion in the South [cheers1 and |
know there are better men in hell. [Cheers
We are ia the midst OF a fearful rebellion a
rebellion without parallel so far as its wicked
ness is concerned. 1t is rebellion for which
there ne yer did exist, and does not now ex-
ist, even the shadow of a pretext. We are in
it because we have been plunged into il by
the demagogues and wicked men of the South. |
| don't scruple to say that you have some men
ut the North, a small class, know who are
agitators, and have been all the time agtating
the subject of the peculiar institution, and
have really done the slaves of the South more |
harm than good aud the cause more harm. |
[Applause.l While | say this, | have the |
frankness as Southern man, born and raised
in the South, with all my interests there, with |
the full expectation of living and dying there
for purpose neither TO live or die anywhere |
else tApplause | say | have the frank
ness to say before you what | say at home.
and will say again, in the face Of the entire
Southern cotnhiunity-that We of the South.
and not you of the North, brought on All this |
troubles TApplause We did it, aud are
mainly responsible for it-and the gallows
will never receive its dues until the leaders
Of this rebellion are hanged. TCheers The
Devil will be cheated of his just dues until he
has the exquisite delight Of roasting the lead
efs IN he'll. tUheefs.t | ain here not for The
purpose Of pahderiug 10 any Northern feeling
OF prejudice. | aiii liete to state The whole
truth and nothing but the truth. What are
the facts IN regard 10 Tie origin of the ufesa
ght state Of thihgsi No longer ago than 1850.
we entered into d Presidential contest. az we
have been went 10 do once IN every four years,
We brought forth The candidates Upon the
track and We had sort Of four. horse race
Some 0f tie supported one ticket aud some a.
h6thefi ~ lHil 10 my lot 10 support Bell aud
Everett, Union Ticket . good Union Ticket
as We intended It 10 bei We we're nnsteeesss
iul, We failed 90 elect ouf men, and Tho
great leader and fUuman uuUh our ticket has
All earth, bat lbe way OF all South, Col Bell
has delivered, under threats OF Yielenee,
disnni0h speech and turned eelnrer IA favor
Of breaking up the union, | have nothing
harder 20 say Of him ia his absence, than 20
ask that ypn nFily tho sorrows of poor aid
man" daughter and applausal The other
member Of my ticket, wherever he Is Tonight,
10 right side up, marked with care Glorious
man, wherever You come across him / al
lude to Edward Everett [Anplause,l
When | sum up the whole thing, | am
brought TO the mortifyng reflection that the
Ys.Ii Vf41 all 10 %, ]
In its hind legs [Laughter,l Others of you ,
supported, and did IL IN good faith, tho Doug ,
as and Johnson ticket You, too, were un- ,
,uecessful. Douglas, poor fellow, is dead-a
gallant little man when livingi and IL alive to-
lay, he we would be a Brigadier General IN
he army, supporting the Government, ZAP, /
llause Others of you supported third !
cketi and before God, permit me TO say that /
vas the meanest ticket that ever was support
I'd, [Applause.l | alude to the Breckin- I
dge and Lane Ticket two men who loaned
themselves TO this internal disunion party,
whose design was 10 break mp the Govern !
ment. Many of you supported that ticket, [
md yon ought to be ashamed Of II tonight |
Applause and laughter The fourth and |
asst ticket on the track was known, and is
till known as the Lincoln and Hamlin ticket (
Cheers. III your pabers have not acquainted /
'ou with the fact, have the exquisite pleas !
ire Of announcing to night that your ticket Z
vas successful [cheersl as / did in 48 hours I
fter the polls closed as my honored repre- 0
sentative in Congress, Horace Maynard, on {
ny left, will bear me out. This reference I
o Mr.. Maynard elected cheer after cheer, I
which Mr. M. acknowledged, after which Mr.. :
}rownlow proceeded. Mr.. Maynard and
thers and myself have fought them to the t
utter end and we are still fighting, and we 6
intend to pursue them to The gates of hell, C
md, as they enter, make mouths at them. a
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