Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-04-03
Parson Brownlow at Cincinnati.

Psrson Browulow reached Cincinnati on
The bravo old patriot made two
speeches there. We give the ma
parts of them
" Although a STAKEHOLDER, he has
no hesitancy in saying that. when the issue
is presented, as it may be, ''The Union and
no Slavery, agginst Slavery and no I'm on,
he is forthe Union, aud Slavery may go to
tho dogs. He is for the Union above Slav-
cry or any other institution. y y y
The joy he felt upon again
breathing the air of freedom. could not he
expressed. The rebels retained his wife
aud three child: en-girls, as hostages for
his good behavior. Upon leaving town
he told his wife to be prepared for execution.
for, according to the rebels ideas, he wod.d
most certainly misbehaye himself. When
the army goes to East Tennessee he wishes
togo with it. Knoxville is in Frenont's
Department, and he was. glad Of it. Ere:
mont was his sort of man, and he wished
to be with him on visiting East Tennessee.
A great deal of hanging had been done on
one side, and he would like to su%rerintend
some on the other. Without profanity, he
could say that the Federal army would be
received in East Tennessee with a joy only
equalled by the hosannahs of the angels
when Christ was born. He expressed him
self as feeling confident that the rebellion
was on its ''last legs" The rebels were
preparing for a desperate fight at Corinth.- -
III defeated there their cause was gone
He hoped they would be pursued through
the cotton States, and driven iuto the Golf.
as the swine containing devils were driven
into the water. ~
y y y n n For three months I have
been kept in close confinement, and the on
ly favor allowed me, was that my little son
should bring me my meals three times a
day. The food that was given my fellow
prisoners by the officers in charge of .he
Jail was the foulest offal from the hotel
No true Virginian would give such food to
his dog. My food was prepared by my
wife, and was brought to me by my little
son in a little basket.
The officers in charge used to take this
basket, lift of the napkin, examine between
the plates and watch all my movements to
see that some little bit of paper containing
information from my friends was not con,
cealed 10 the basket, and when / had fin
ished my meal, the same examination was
made to see that | did not communicate
with them. The only information l OBJ
tanned was from my little son, who would
whisper to me thata fight had occurred
here, or an engagement there, but no details
whatever were given me, for they charged
that in the absence OF Gov. johnson aas
Horace Maynard, that / was at the bottom
Of the conspiracy and the leading spirit il
the opposition to the Southern Confederacy
l however, entered into u learned diplo
matte correspondence with o little miserabl,
Jew, named Judah p. Benjamin. the so
called Secretary Of War Of the bogus Con
federacy. In that correspondence / hav'
the vanity to believe that l got the bette
, Of him. This correspondence has neve
!, been printed, although, now that | am a
; the North, l shall take the earliest oppor
|, tunity to lay it before the public.
,, In that correspondence he stipulated L
/ let me out. He said | was bad man, an
a dangerous man to the Southern Confed
D eracy and, said he, II have directed Ma
' jor- General George B. Crittenden to sen
: you through the lines to the people 20
serve" agreed said L; "6t out you
escort, and l will accompany it. I propos
: to do for the Southern Confederacy wha
the Devil never did-quit the country" :
elCheers. About the timeI was ready I
$ start, an inferior officer came in with q wal
/, rant for my arrest. Holding in my poke
the passport of the Secretary of War
Q the bogus Government of the Souther
C~onfederacy, and the order for my remov,
signed by Crittenden. l declined to motto
the warrant. This officer, a little upsta,
named james @. Ramsey, seized upon nj,
and swearing to his own warrant. the pc,
jured villain, that l had committed treaso
|, against the State OF Tennessee in writing
r certain editorial which was published i
]. the Knoxville Wing, and which, mark yor
was printed May "a, one month before th
ordinance of secession was passed, and Tel
nessee had passed into the Southern Coz
d federacy, and yet this was treason to tn
State. l was taken out of the hands
y the military authorities, denied q trial an
thrust into Jail on the affidavit of this mi
cradle, ~debauched little puke.
l. After being in jail three weeks. l was a
tackled with typhoid fever, and for twel'
d weeks | was very low. l was removed
q called in an additional physician. Althoup
a | was SO low that / had to be turned ov,
d in my bed, and could not move of my ow
,f will, tho guards were doubled and exit
l. precautions were taken to prevent my e
q cape. The excuse they gave for all this W,
g that ! was onls pretending to be sick. ]
e this they showed their ignorance of ii
Union men of Tennessee. ! intended to Sc
them out if all were trumps, and never
run from them. l intended carrying OF
n the arrangements made with Benjamin.
The Brigadier General commanding
Knoxville came in to see me one day. tt
prisoners oil rallied around to hear VIII,
a was said. Hesaid: ''Brownlow, you ougf
not to be here" II think SO, too" said
Now" says he, 'come along. with N
d and we will make it all right. We will 9
g up to Judge Humphrey, at the CouI
House, and you can take the oath Of all
glance to the Southern Confsderacy."
Q turned round to him, at this insulting pr
position. Sir" said /, 'beforo / wi
take the oath Of allegiance TO the Souther
/. Confederacy. to obtain my freedom, l wi
rot in jail with disease, or die with old ag'
Nay, more-l deny that you have , go,
eminent ; / deny that you are authorize
d to administer the oath Of allegiance to yol
d rotton mob Government, which no pows
: on earth will ever recognize. Before ! wi
q do SO, / will see the entire Southern Confes
!. eracy in hell and you and | on the top Of i
n [Grest cheering. Sir" said he, 9Th,
kisd-d plain talk" Eyes sir-ee,p replied
% He tipped his hat, made a bow, which Ir,
f turned and We parted, Il hope to meet hi
a..;ns axA that will ha vvhep the Nader