The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-05-03

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secession FIRE. as hot as hell, commence
pouring out of the Southern. States in the
direction of Leesburgh, Richmond and Ma
nassas, by way Of Knoxville, Tennessee
Then it was that the rebel soldIery of sht
South. made drunk upon mean whisky
halted over night, day in and day out lin the
town of Knoxville, and commenced their
predations-yisiting the houses of Union
men and stonIng- the inmates, and black
guarding all they saw in them, male or fe-
male. My housei in Cumberland street vas
more frequently visited by them than any
other building in town. At the same time
I saw If announced in the South Carolina
papers, that the best blood ofthe South had
yolupteered ia the cause of =" Southern
rights Z said to my wife, 81 this is the
flower of Southern youth, God deliver as
from the Southern rabble." The black
guards came once with ropes-those cords
were emblematic of somethng -and called
me out and demanded a speech. Men, y
said IL was always choice of my express
sions, and never by any chance called them
gentlemen-"Men: You are here as execu-
toners, and want speech. am against
your cursed cause. You are for disunion,
l am for the Union am for the cause OF
God and humanity--you for the cause of
the devil and his imps. l shall fight you
unto the bitter end, or until l die in the
last ditch They retiredLthey never re-
treat, but always retire elm good order. !"
[ Applause and laughter.
They met with some success in 1861,
but in 1862 they have had no success. Had
you seen them come into Nashville, as did,
from Fish Greek, from Somerset, distance
of 1 SO miles, and still looking for Yankees
pursuing them,, you would have thought
they were Tetreating. Whether at Cheat
Mountain, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, or
Corinth, they always say, 'fWe retire. -
Their order was good at Fort Donelson.
Cheers, 75 saai 1a 49,
Tennessee never voted herself out of the
Union By a fair vote. In February, when
a fair shake was had at the polls, the secesh
made no show at all. We beat them so
badly that they have not got over it yet. AT
the following election, ten thousand troops
wharf rats and low flung scayengers out
of the South-were sent to US, and told that
when they got into Eastern Tennessee they
must show us no quarter. They carried
the election then by intimidation. Ii know
anything of any State, it is of Tennessee !;
L
is loval. When Gov. johnson isuses proc
lamation--when these thieves are thrown
off, Tennessee will vote herself into the
Union by more than $4,000 votes. APP
plause. Gov Johnson is doing a good
work at Nashville. He is the right man in
the right place. l have fought him twenty
five years persistenhy, and given him ''Old
Scratch" and rubbed it in. He and I are
about even. But Drawer man never lived.
He has a good deal of old Jackson in him:
He has that excellent faculty of hating ras
Gals. He knows the secesh leaders well.
We fought together against the secesh. We.
were for the Union, right or wrong, all the
time. and against any man not forit, and SO
ought you to be here. A man who dare
advocate secession, ought to be 'mounteilon
fence rail aud rode through the streets.
Applause. It is no small matter that
your husbands, fathers and brothers are
slaughtered by the rebels, and then to have
people in your midst who will sympathise
with the traitors. CAS- .&I ao3
On the 9Th of November, at the election
in Eastern Tennessee, the sheriffs and dep
uties we're Union! There were no polls, no
votes for JEFF. Davis and Stephens. They
got 25, 600 votes in a State that votes $780,
900. Men declined to vote,
Secessiopists may tell you the South is
unit There is'no truth in it. It is false.
Louisiana herself never didyote jherselfout
They had vote there, but it was never
known how it went. She went out. Geor-
gia and Alabama did. North Carolina viii
gladly vote herself back to-day. True, they
say they are unit. It is a lie.
E An act was passed to deprive US in East
ern Tennessee OF our arms. Men We're de.
tailed to go to every magistrate in the dis
trict for their guns. They came to my
house-a squad under Capt. Gillipsie,
and they took my shotgun, my Sharp's
rife, my revolver-my small arms they
did not take, as they were concealed. Be-
ing DR.. of Divinity, was not largely
armed. Laughter. Shortly after, strange
to say, all the bridg on the Chattanooga
took fire at IL o'clock on zone Saturday
night. I knew nothing about it, but
thought it a good arrangement and well
carried out This fired the traitors up.
Our horses were taken, bureaus and chests
blankets, ali taken. For, say what they
is no truth Ia the report to the contrary |
DootS are 210 PAIR III hnoAYHe. I Cau
get three pair for the money IN Chicago. |
Tonight you cannot find = boltzof cotton
cloth IN Nashville. To-day the aristocracy |
IRE using tin cups TO drink out of In
Knoxville there is not fine tooth comb to
be had. Laughter and applause. Not
yet, every little secesh urchin's
lair is full of squatter sovereigns hunting
heir rights in the Uranium. Laughter.I |
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Then they commenced to shoot down our
men. for no other reason than that they