Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-09-10
ParSOn BrOWnlOW at Franklin
Tennessee.

lCnuCSSCC.
We gave brief extract recently from
a rousing speech delivered some days age
by this rcdoubtablc war-horse, at Frank
lin, beautiful little city about eighteer
miles from Nashville, and the home of ;
dozen or more flint hearted Unionists
Doctor Brownlow concluded his speecl
as follows:
Who inaugcratcd this rebellion ? Soutl
Carolina had been plotting it for thirty
years; and if the letter and spirit of the
Federal Constitution had been carried
out she never could have been member
of the Uni for she never had a repub,
lie government, which is guaranteed
to all the States. A man must own ten
negroes before he can be elected to the
J gislature. She ought to be let out
on contr2 to Yaa'.ee company, to be
sa ed out. doatcd o, :, and sunk in the
oc n. This rebellion is an old plot.
AS far back as 1856, Governor Wise
sent secret cir lar to the Governors
of all the Southern Dtates, stating:
"Fremont would be elected. | pro-
pose, in lis event, to march to Wash
in. on, seize the ar hives, and declare
the Union dis lv.d Fremont was not
elected, b t q meancr mcn was. James
Buchanan. Leading Southcrners in
Congress refused to stay in the Union,
even o"gh they " re allowed to dictate
the terms Of compromise. Mason said the
South '1ui 60 out, although the North
sho d give more than she asked.
Good Uni d States arms of all kinds
were condemned at the public arsena 3
BY So crn ofcc,s, were advertised for
sale in obscure pape.s, and Sou ern
Governors We notified to send on agents
to buy SIS muskots at s. sc apiece.
Thus they prepared fo- rebellion, Sc.
crttly, for years. In 1860 l visited
Montgomery, Ala, and was invited by
the Leg laturc to deliver an address in
their hall on public affairs, did so.
[ declared myself Southern pro-slavc. y
man, and, that desired the prosperi
of the { outh. They applauded these
sentiments. But added that | had seen
with pain ther act to arm the State in
case republican President should be
elected. 1 sid it meant treason, and
that | was an uncondif' nal Union man, b,
and would stand by the Union, although
slavery should perish. Some fthe men
hissed, and some elegantly dressed ladies
bounced up and left ,e hall; the devil
was into them, beforeit got into the
men. My ticket in 1860 was the Bell
Everett ticket, a sort of Kangaroo af-
fair, with all its virtue in its hind legs
John Beall is pokiDg about Rome and
Atlanta with an old CO n umbrella
under his arm, hunting for his rights
He'll get their, his iron works have got
them already. Douglas headed the next
ticket-a gallant patriot, who, if alive
to-day, would be in the field with star
or two on his shoulders. Breckenridge
headed the third ticket. The fourth and
last ticket was headed by Mr.. Abraham
Lincoln, and ii none of you have heard
the result before, have the pleasure of
informing you that ticket was elected.
There would have been no war if Breck-
inridge had been elected.
He would have gone into office, sworn
before God, and kissed the Bible on it.,
TO defend the Constitution and the Union
spent four years in filing every Southern
fort and city with arms, removed all the
public money South, manned the whole
navy with traitors, and at the end of his
term walked out of the Union, leaving
the Mort without gun, pistol or sabre.
thank ny God to-day, that neither
Bell, Douglas, nor Breckinridc, were
| elected, and that more honest, brave,
wise and patriotic mau was elected than ever
| Brcckinridgc cou'd Il be, unless he be made
over again. anl think | know enough of
| the Divine character to say tina. the Almighty
would never undertake that job. These
Southern lea lcrs are the worst men who
ever lived. There arc better men i'll the pen
eteD tiary, aud if | were not afraid of Getting
up a theological controversy, | would say
there are better men in hell They took a SOL
emn oath OF office, they devoutly kissed the
bible upon it, and then, after legislating in
Congress all day, and drawing their salaries,
met in secret room By night, to plot the
overthrow of the Government. Hon. Toombs! !!
| Hon. A. o. P. X. Y. q. Nicholsonl | will
not insult Judas Iscariot by comparing him
to these wrctchcs. Why, after all their cry
aSalnsV aoolitiohlatS these reoels arc SauG
of negro thieves. SCOTS Alabama cavalry,
composed Of Southern chival,y, kidnapped
ny negro boy, Charles, one Sunday, and run
him south. lie came back to ne the other
Gay, having given them the slip, after getting
his rights" abundanty. Now | had ex-
pccted these 'blue-coats might take negro
occasionally but not the flower of secession
aristocracy These rebels have stolen more
negroes since the rebellion began from Union
men, ali run them South, than the abolition
lists ever did. Northern Abolitionists are not
| fit to hold cand lc to these Southern negro
thieves. Young Captain Perkins, of the town
Of Franklin, IS a specimen of th.se negro
theivo'. They are hypncrits and scomndrels
as well as traitors. ] hope the devil may
seize them and drown them in the sea, as did
the swine in the New Testament.