The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-03
The Patriot Brownlow on the War.

not broken or dsanted the true Union spirit of
the brave cid man. The expulsion of the reb-
els from Tennessee has restored him 10 liberty,
and bis fearless and clarion tones are cheering
the friends OF the Union and Of our democrat
&c system Of government, to the noble work of
preserving the institations founded by our pa
trietic forefathers. Ged bless and preserve
TIE frm old man. The heliboEn spirit Of re-
belliou should never be suffered to exist on the
American continent. while the wrongs and in-
dignities Of one such Union man IS Browulow.
are unredressed.
We make some extracts from his speeches in
Cincinnati As expressive of a Southern pa
tFiOt's feelings on the present issue, We quote
the following
He never had any sympathy with disunion-
lists, secesSionists or abolitionists. He was
born in Virginia, and his parents before him.
He IS STAKEHOLDER, but he had no hesitancy
in saying that when the question come. as il
will, tbe Union aud DO slavery" against
:" slavery and no Union, he was for the Union
and let slavery 60 10 the dogs, or where else it
may be sent. He was for the Union, above
that or any other institution.
The sentiments of the true patriot and yet,
we suppose, there are plenty of rebel sympa-
thizers in California who would denounce him
as an aboiiionist as il that false and idiotic
cry was sufficient to deter him from strength
ening the arm of the Government in this It's
hour Of peril. Upon this point Brownlow
said
1t might astonsh them, but the greatest
negro thieves in the world were the Confede-
rate soldiers. He spoke feelingly on this sub
ject. They had stolen from him a likely negro
boy, fourteen years DID, and worth a Thousand
dollars. He had never heard from the boy
since be was taken away, and never expected
to see him again or get a cent for him. 1t was
a solemn fact that the Confederate soldiers had
stolen more negroes during this war than all
the abolitioDistS had stolen for forty years.
These soldiers were the ofscouringS of the
earth. Not one-half OF them had ever owned
a negro, or were corrected by any degree of
social affinity or consanguinity with anybody
! who ever did own a negro. Not only did they
steal negroes, but they entered the houses and
took the clothing from the beds, broke open
the drawers and took all the money and Jewel
ry they could lay their hands upon. They
were emphatically thieves as we'll as traitors.
A comforting picture, truly, for those who
declare by solemn resolution that they are :" in
favor of a recognition of the government Of the
Confederate States, and the formation Of trea-
ties of amity ard peace with them" The
statement of Brownlow, that the rebels were
the real abolitionists, is sustained by the prac-
tical results of Prices operations in Missouri
"a State that had over one hundred thousand
slaves when Price opened the rebellion there.
and there are now less than thirty thousand
within the State He denied that the nigger
was in the rebellion, or ever intended to be.
and stated that other causes had produced it.
He hoped they would be pursued " through
the cotton States 10 the Peninsula, and then
driven into the sea, as were the devils into the
Sea of Gallilee7
The following is Illustrative of the frmness
of the patriot while in the hands of the infa-
nous rebels, and wholly at their mercy The
Jail in which he was confined was crowded with
Union men. Many sickened and died. and
many were taken out and hung He says:
General Carroll. of the Confederate army.
who was at one time great friend of his. being
Union man until late period. visited bin in
jail, and said to him " Brownow, you ought
not to be here '' So | think" the Parson
responded, but here l am" The General
said the Confederate Court was sitting within
hundred yards of the Jail, and if he would
take the oath of allegiance he should be imme-
diately liberated. Sir said the Parsou.
looking him steadily in the eye, before will
take the oath of allegiance to your bogus gov
ernment, will rot in jail OF de here of old age
| don't acknowledge you have Court. |
don't acknowledge You have a Government
1t has never been acknowledged by any power
on earth and never will be- Before would
take the oath l would see the whole Southern
Confederacy in the Internal regions and you
on top of it y
The General Indignantly left the jail. re-
marking, that's id plain talk :. Yes.
stree" said the Parson, " I'm plain man. and
them my sentiments"
He mentioned the case of an inofensive citi-
zen at work in his field, who was pointed out
to party of rebel soldiers, as " a id Union
ist." He was fired upon and maugled so that
he died within few hours. He expressed
desire to go with the Union army into East
Tennessee. There had been great deal Of
hanging on one side, and be wished to super
intend it on the other He could say. and
without profanity, that the Federal army in
East Tennessee would be hailed with 10y
only equalled by the hozanuahs of the angels
when Christ was born
In conclusion, the gallant old patriot thank
ed God that the rebellion was pretty nearly
played out His motto for the war, was
grape shot for the armed masses. and hemp
for the leaders" A true type of the Southron
Tirs Brownlow
ScHoor.-It has been suggested to US that
those most deeply interested in the prosperity
of our village school, pay but very little atten-
tion to it. \ short time since. when the aunu