The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-27


70 the other Ills wife came 10 visit
him, bringing hsr youngest child with
her which sas taH laho. hus ihes
refused her adniltancc. | pat ms
head oai Of ibc jail window. aad cn-
treated them for Gods sake, 10 let her
in, as her husband was dying. They
al last consented that she might see
him ior a limited Time Of fifteen min-
wes. As She came in, and looked up
on her husband 5 wan and emacialea
face and saw how rapidly be was
sinking she gave evident signs Of faint-
ing, and would have fallen 20 the floor
With the babe IN her arms, had | moi
rushed up 10 hef and cried, Let me
have the babe,' and thea she sank
down upon the breast Of her dy.
ing husband, unable at first 10
speak a single word. ] SAT by anl
held the babe until the fifteen minutes
had expired, when the officer came
in, and in M Insulting manner noti-
fed het that the interview was 70 close,
/ hope ! may never see such scene
again; aud yet such eases were com
moa all over East Tennessee, Such
actions as these show The spirit of Sc
cession IN tie South. Ii is the spirit
of murder and assassanatiou--it Is the
spirit Of hell. And yet yoa have
men at the North who sympathize
with these internal murderers. Cap
plause) III owed The Devil a debt
10 Be discharged, and il was 10 be us
charge! b lie rendering Up him Of
a dozen Of the meanpst, most revolt
ing aud God-iorsaken wretches that
ever could be called from the ranks
Of deprayed human society, and ]
wanted 70 pay that debt and gut
premium Upon the payment, ! would
make a tender 10 his Satanic Majesty
of twelve Northern men who sympa-
thizc with this internal rebellion. II
! am severe and bitter in my remarks
+ (Cries Of " No no not bit Of il" } If
am, gentlemen, you must consider
I that we in the South make personal
matter OF this thing. We have no res
pect or confidence in any Northern
man who synpathizes with this in
iernal rebellion-(C Cries OF "Good') }
nor should any be tolerated IN walk
ing Broadway az any time. Such
men ought to be ridden upon q rail
and ridden out of the North. ("Good,
good. They should either lie for or
against the "mill dam !; and | would
make them show ther hands. (Laugh-
ter.) Why gentlemen, after the bat
4 lie at Manassas and Bull rn the Of
fcers and priyates Of TIC Confederate
army passed through our town on their
way 10 Dixie, cXuIting oger the VIC
tory they had achieved, and some Of
them had what they called Yankee
heads, or the entire heals Of federal
soldiers, some ofthem with long boards
and goatees, by which they would take
them up and say, See here is the
head Of a damned soldier captured at
Bull run" That is the spirit OF Sc.
cession at the South. il is the spirit
Of murder Of the vile untulored savage
it is the spirit Of hell, and he who apol-
o1izes for them is no better than those
who peFperate the deed, (Chcers.) J
In Andy Johnson's towa Ohroe
cheers for johnson were here giyen)
and while Johnsou's name is on my
lips, ] will make another remark or
two here If Mr.. Lincoln had cens /
ted the Union men Of Tennessee lis to
whom they wanted for military Gov
erner of the State, to a man they would
have responded Andy Johnson /
have fought ihat man for twenty-five
long and terrible years; fought bin
Systematically, perscverlngly and un-
uringIy but il was upon the old issues
Of whiggery and democracy, and now
we willhght for one another. {Cheers.) J
We are the Union men Of tennessee,
unconditional Union men and tie
miserable wretch who viii attempt
here or elsewhere to resurect OH ex-
ploded paities and party issues, and
try 10 make capital out of this war, de
serves the gallows, and deserves death.
4 (Applause.) In Andy Johnson's town
they bad the Jail inll Of prisoners,
drove III. family out Of lis hoase, and
h.s wife being in the last stages of con-
sumption, appropriated his house, r-
pets and bedding for a hospital, and
bis wife had to take shelter with one
Of her daughters in an adjoining coun-
ty, and johnson has III INN ID night
a devil as big--and there ia IN the
bosom Of every Union man IN Tenn
essec--as my bat and Whenever tie
federal army shall liad H. wny there,
wc win shoot them down ike dog
and hang them oneYery limb SIC come
TO. (Applausc.)
4 They have had their time e hang
ing and shooting, and our time comes
next; and | hope to God il viii not
be long. ! arm watching ID tie Ia
pers The movements Of de army, ana
whenever | hear that my country
Is captured | intend to return pos.
basic aud point out the rebels
(Chcers) ! have 10 other ambition
on earth but 70 resurrcct ihe Knox
vile Whtg and get ii ii fuil blast,
with one hundred Thousand subscribers.
lChcer.) And then, rs ths negroes
ss doan South. 6 i spress my opin-
ION of them." (Grcat Laughter. )-