The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-10

lprlnted, although, now that L am at the
North, 1 shall take the opportunity to
lay it. before the public. zoos - 1'f
| In that correspondence he stipulated
to let me ont. He said ] was bad
man, and dangerous man to the
Southern Confederacy and, he said (;
/" have directed Major General Geo.
B. Crittenden to- send you through
the lines to the people you serve"
Agreed" said fit out your escort
and will accompany it.. / propose to
do for the Southern Confederacy what
the Devil never did-quit the country"
[Cheers. About the time / was ready
to start, an inferior officer came in with
a warrant for my arrest. Holding in
my pocket the passport Of the Secre-
tary Of War of the bogus Government
of the Southern Confederacy, and the
order for my removal signed by Crit
den, | declined to notice the warrant.
This officer, little upstart named JAS.
&. Ramsey, seized upon me, and swear
ing to his own warrant, the periured
villain, that | had committed treason
to the State of Tennessee in writing a
certain editorial which was published
in the Knoxville Whig, and which,
mark you. was printed May oath, one
month before the ordinance of seces-
sion was passed and Tennessee had
passed into the Southern Confederacy,
and yet this was treason to the State.
| was taken out of the hands of the
military authorities, denied trial and
thrust into Jail on the affidavit of this
miserable, debauched little puke.
After being in Jail three weeks, ]
was attacked with typhoid fever, and
for twelve weeks l was very low.
was removed to another room, and be.
coming worse, they called in an addi
tional physician. Although / was SO
low that | had to be turned over i'm my
bed, and could not move of my own
will, the guards were doubled and ex-
ira precautions were. taken TO preyen,
my escape. The excuse they gave fol
all this was thatlI was only pretending
to be sick. In this they showed their
ignorance of the Union men of Ten
nessee. | intended to see them out i
all were trumps, and never to run from
them. | intended carrying out the ar
range ments made with Benjamin.
The Brigadier- General commanding
at Knoxville came i'm to see me one day
The prisoners all rallied around to heal
what was said. He said Brownlow
you ought not to be here" "I thinl
so, too" said /. f" Now" says d,
''come along with me and we will max,
it all right. We will 90 up to Judge
Humphrey, at the Court House, ant
you may take the oath of allegiance t,
> the Southern Confederacy. i turne,
round 10 him at this insulting PROPOSE
ton: g SIR said )" before will TAX
the oath of allegiance to the Southern
Coniederacy to obtain my freedom,
will rot in Jail of disease, or die of oil,
age. Nay, more-I deny that yo'
i! have Government / deny that yo
are authorized to administer the oatl
OF allegiance to your rotton mob Gov
ernment, which no power on earth wi
recognize. Before l will do so, wi
: see the entire Southern Confederacy i
hell, and you and OH :he top of it.
a Great Cheering. "Sir," said he
If "that is id plain talk" Ye:
d sir-ee," replied i. He tipped his hat
, made bow, which / returned, and W
= parted. l hope to meet you again, an
O that will be when the Federal arm
e takes possession of Knoxville. j
s The Union sentiment of East Ter
y nessee has never given way, not a pa'
e ticle, A more loyal, devoted, untirin
ii band of Unionists never lived on God
g green earth.sIf ..rit 4uia2e yf.f6isi
o That little valley forty miles wild
e and about sixty miles long, of whic
If Knoxville is the centre, is full of sue
r Union men and women. When j cam
$ away, the Jail of Knoxville was full {
It Union men. i was there in Jail whe
1t they took,my companions ont and hun
81 them. | did not see them hung b,
/ cause it was done over the hill but
p, saw them 90 out with the black popls
ir coffins, and the soldiers would tur
is round, and pointing to Brownlov
IS would say, " You will swing next
r, My reply was, I" am ready to be hun,
N and all / want is an hour under the ga
g lows, to give the pedigree Of the.
d, men," -5gEcr si oH.o9ss ss
&c expected to be hung, and had mad
n up my mind to it. ! was told that ii
ID drum head court,martial lacked b,
g one vote Of confirming my doom, an
lie that was the vote of secessionist. n
n man ever came SO near being hung an
I'll was not. -.4f --., -, 49,,
Il. No one can tell of the sufferings au
ID hardships that the Union men of Eas
~ ernf Tennessee have had to underg
" nor how many innocent men, witho.
hearing OF. trial, have, been put TO deaf
le Squads of cavalry are rowing about IL
,e country committing all manner
~ crimes, and shooting down all suspecte
lit of treason TO the Southern Confede
m acy. 1t was only necessary 10 have
he finger pointed to a man, and some OF
Nv was ready to shoot him down. Th
lie was the case of poor Pierce. He ha
III committed no act Of. treason, but W:
I'd supposed to sympathize with the Unio
Id men. Walking across one of bis fielt
I'd one day, some said, 'There goes