Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-05-23
Speech of Parson Brownlow.
DELIVERED IN NEW YORK MAY 10.

SAID he took occasion in advance OF any
thing he might say, to apprise them OF
what they would doubtless find out by
the time he had concluded-that in his
public addresses, no matter what might
be his theme, he did not present it to an
audience with a charming eloquence or
beauty of diction which captivates an
assemblage. There was no power of so
great influence upon the human mind as
that of eIoquence. Caesar controlled
men by exciting their fears; Cicero, by
captivating their affections. The effect
OF the one persisted; but the other would
continue to the end Of time. He was
confident that he addressed an apprecia'
tive audience who had assembled to hear
some facts about the great Southern re-
bellion. He should, therefore, look more
to what he should say, than TO the man
nor in which he should say it-more to
the subject matter than to any atsrl-y- Il
force Of language. For the last thirty
years he had been accustomed to speak in
public on all the subjects that came up
for public discussion. lie had never been
neutral on any subject. From an attack
Of bronchitis, lhree years since, he had
been disabled rom speaking, and had Wis
tied the city 0 New York for medical
treatment. III had been treated by an
eminent physician, who did him great
good, and then advised him to 20 home
and occasionally exercise his speaking
powers--to retire to the woods, if neces-
sary, and decl;im on stumps or logs, as
the case mightJe. Instead of doing that,
he had taken occasion to speak in a
neichboring tCwn on total abstinence
which they al knew was a very good
cause. IL had also at other times en-
deavored TO oliver short sermons On
Me,hodism, Which was also a good cause
they would all know. That bad failed
to restore his voice; but as soon as he
spoke against this Internal rebellion his
voice improved, and he discovered all at
once that he could be heard half mile.
He could only attribute the improvement
Of his voice tc the God-like cause in which
he pro(essed to be engaged. We were
in the midst Of a baneful revolution. He
would employ no language he had not
lsed at home, way down in Dixie. He
should despise himself if he had one set
If sentiments for the North and another
ct for the South. lie would utter no
word here against the corrupt and irfa-
nous wretches that be would not utter
N the street where he resided. He
would repeat simply what he had fire.
Iuently said in the widest circulated pa.
)er Of the South Ohe Knoxville Whig)
Up TO the time the paper was suppressed,
N the 25th of October last-the last
Union paper that was permitted to live
n the South, and the only religious jour
al in the eleven seeded States. The
'eople OF the South, and not the people
t the North, were to blame for this war.
The South had intended for thirty years
0 break up the government. They had
ad the presidency twice to our once, and
ve Of their presidents reelected for pc
iods amounting in all to forty years.
10 man ut the North ever had more than
ne term in the presidency, yet. in addi-
ion to their own presidents, the South
ad seized upon two or three miscreants
Tho had been elected by the North-tLe
'outh had plowed with them as their
eifers. The South asked the Fugitive
lave Law, and it was granted. They
sked the repeal of the Missouri Com
romise Line, which never ought to have
cen given, but it was granted. She de-
handed the admission of Texas and it
'as granted, The North had granted all |
he South ever desired. Hence this at
smpt at secession was without cause. 1t
'as the work of the worst mer that God |
yer permitted to live on this earth. If
'hen the war was over, the government
hould fail to hang the leaders every one
S high as Haman-the triumph would |
e a failure. The rebellion would be
rushed. He had always had confidence
nat the men at the head of affairs would |
o it. George 3. McClellan-that great,
allant, and glorious mana man in
whose ability and integrity he had always
elied, aud who, he prophesied, would
ONE out right side, would certainly con-
uer the rebels in his front. East Ten
lessee was now in the department of that
ero, Fremont. Tennessee reioiced
When it heard it came in his division
lie differed from Fremont in politics but
greed with him in this case. He had
oniidence that Fremont would either
make spoon or spoil horn. When
fremont got ready to go down to East
be intended to 90 with him,
nd ride on nice horse, and have epu-