The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-23
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SUNDAY MORNING, NOV. %, 1862.
Sketch of W, @. Brownlow's Speech
at the MeKendree Methodist
Church, on Friday Night, No
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% at the MeKendree Methodist
Church, on Friday Night, No
vember 21st.
The crowd which assembled on last
Friday night in the spacious chapel Of
the McKendree church to hear the mimi
table Parson, who is the terror and
scourge of treason in Tennessee, may be
briefly chsrac tsrized as BRowNLow
gathering, which is short way of say
ing it was large, eagerly attentive, en-
thusiastic, rapturous, and, at times, up
roarious with merriment. Long before
the appointed hour for speaking, every
nook and corner, of the house was
crammed and jammed, and hundreds
went away, after vainly trying to force
an entrance at the door. The appears
ance of the speaker was greeted with
loud and prolonged acclamation, which
was deafening enough TO frightening
away forever the legion of the devils of
treason who were invoked there by
Bishop MoFERRIN-if any of them re-
mained: .H.4.r ..r.r ,# lsr,.g p .
The speaker said that he had occu-
pied this pulpit in former days, on very
different topics, and amid very differ
ent circumstances from the present.
There is no house more appropriate than
this one, for harangue against a God
defying rebellion. Erected as a temple
of God, it has been abandoned by its
cowardly clergy, who on the approach of
the Federal army TO Nashville, went not
" the way Of all the earth," but what is
far worse, the way of all the South. /,
said the speaker, still remain true TO
Methodism and to republican govern
ment, while my clerical brethren are
dodging in terror from town to town as
the Union army advances. living on short
rations, and double -quicking their flight
at the sight of our flag. / want TO drive
them still farther, into the Gull, and
baptise them anew by immersion.
We are in the midst OF fearful and
wicked revolution; the rlost uncalled for
that the world has ever known, or histo-
rian recorded; thrust on us by the worst
class of men in modern times. God never
permitted more corrupt, unmitigated
band of scoundrels to live. The rebel
lion they cOncocted was forced upon US,
without excuse, and without even the
shadow of pretext Whatever. As l have
said at the North, before not less than
five hundred thousand people, say here
this rebellion is not the work of Aboli
tionists, but of God forsaken Southern
demagogues. have always been a pro-
slavery man, and opposed to abOlitionism
but must say that this rebellion is moi
the work of Abolitionists, but of cor
rupt South, And these rebels who origi-
mated it, to obtain their rights, have but
two rights--the right to be hanged, and
the right TO be damned. The Govern.
ment under its present form, has existed
nearly eighty years. During this period
we have held nineteen Presidential cleo
tions, in which the South, with but hal
the States, population, and electoral votes
which the North has, elected thirteeI
Presidents, and the North has elected six
The South reelected five of her Presi
dents, who held the Government forty
years, while she made it point to allow
no Northern President TO be reelected
Not satisfied with this she seized, ap
propriated, kidnapped, and used as cats
paws. one half of the Northern Presi
dents. The last we appropriated, soul
body, and breeches, was BUCHANAN, tina
miserable old public functiOnary. an
not here TO reproach any one-I havt
ioined the unconditional Union party, e
nut down the rebellion at any cost re
ouired-but still ! hope the ladies will
rebuke their husbands and sweetheart
who voted forthat wretched old creature
since any man who can live in this sin
stricken world, Or eighty years, withou
either counting a woman or wedding
wife, is fit for wolf-bait.
When the North at last concluded {,
assert its claims, and beat us in a fai
election, the South determined 10 kicl
out of the traces, and destroy the Gov
ernment. Thousands Of loyal men, doubt
less, voted the BREOKISRIDGE ticket. Ha'
DOUGLAS or BELL succeeded, this wa
would still have occurred, for disuniol
had been determined on. II BREoRIN
RIDGE had succeeded no war would hav
then occurred. | will explain. Thes
Southern leaders have avowed their pro
: gramme. Had they succeeded, the.
would have carried on the Governmen
peaceably; have set all the gun factories
work, built war ships, erected a chain
forts around the South, withdrawn all IN
munitions of war from the North, col
lected all the public revenues, and at th
end of the four years would have wake