Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-11
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PARsox BRowxIow's LEcrURE.-The
lecture Of Parson BrownlOw, at the Academy
of Music last evening, drew q large audience,
who applauded the patriotic sentiments which
they heard, to the very echo. While he had
never been an AbOlitionist, he said he was in
favor of putting down the rebellion if Slavery
was abolished for ever and ever. He said he
was in favor of suspending the habeas cor
pus, and every other corpus, if necessary.
Ho was for emancipation, confscatiou, and
extermination, unless the rebels submit. He
read an editorial, which he published in the
Knoxville Wing two years ago, when the
news came that South Carolina had seeded.
In that editorial, commenting on the mad
action Of that State, he said it would have
been blessing to the country if South Caro-
lima bad voted herself out of existence, and
blessing to unborn generations had she
voted herself into the Internal regions.
(Cheers.) In that editorial he predicted that
the other Cotton States would follow the lead
Of South Carolina, great war would ensue,
and the rebel leaders would be cunning
enough to have it fought on the soil of the
Border States. He ridicuied the idea preva-
lent in the South, that Northern men wouldn't
fight. Ho said Breckenridge democrats and
demagogues might not fight, but the North
ern people would fight until they extermin-
aied the rebels or were themselves extermin-
ated. The South pretended to rebel to make
Slavery secure. BrownIow told them their
rebellion would inevitably destroy Slavery,
and the prediction is rapidly being verified.
Mr.. Brownlow addressed himself to South
ern symPathizers, if there were any in his
audience, IN fair and candid manner, show
ing conelusiyely that the South had not the
shadow of an excuse for Plunging the couL-
try into this terrible war The South has
had. thirteen Presidents out of the nineteen
that have been elected, and out of the six
that have been elected from the North the
South won three Of them over to her inter
csts, took possession of them, soul, bsdy and
PantalOons, making them her tools. The
South reelected FIVE of her Presidents for
second term, while she has suffered no
President from the North to re-occupy
the Char. The South has always
had more than her proportion of Offices,
more than her proportion of money appropri-
stious for building forts, custom houses, &c,
and for thirty years she has had mail facili-
ties Al an annual expense, over all revenues,
Of from 5000, 600 to slOO, ,OOO Yet in the en-
joyment Of all these privileges, instigated by
the devil and without the fear Of God and the
Constitution of the United States before her
eyes, she has endeavored for more than thirty
years to break up this Union. Said the
speaker, we are now assaulting the place
where an this deyiItry was connected. We
are bombarding Charleston at this moment,
and hope, said he, that the internal city
will be reduced to ashes. Then no hoped |
the Constitution would be so altered as to
preclude the rebuilding of the city while the
world stands. [Applause.l
lie referred to the letter OF Governor Wise, !
of Virginia, to the Governors of the Southern
States, about the time of the election In 1856, |
in which he proposed in case Fremont was
elected, to march upon Washington, seize the
archives of the Government, break up the
Union and declare their Independence.
1t was the South that voted down the pro-
position of Corwin, to so amend the COnsti-
tuition that Slavery could not be interfered
with. They wanted pretext to rebel They |
were determined to accept of no compromise. |
They we're deliberate and sytematie in every
thing connected with this treason. Well, |
they went out, and we have gone cut after |
them, and intend to keep after them. We
shall drive them out Of Tennessee into |
Georgia and then into the Gulf, as the devil |
drove the hogs into the sea. Applause. He
alluded to the measures that the North had
adopted TO paeify the South on the Slavery
questionable Fugitive Slave law, the repeal |
of the Missouri Compromise, the annexation
Of Texas, &c, all to no avail.
Mr.. BrownIOw spoke in enthusiastic terms
of Rosecrans and his army, whom he but re-
Gently visited. lie says it is the finest army
in the world, and they have every confidence
in their leader. The rebels say be is ga d-d
Ohio Dutchman, and don't know when he is
whipped." [Applause. That army has six
months Of supplies now and they are prepar
lie spoke Of employing negroes in the
army. He acknowledged that ne had been
little squeamish about it once, but he was now
feady to fight the rebels with anything, lions,
tigers, elephants,-eYen the devil himself.
daughter and applause. With regard to
destitution in the SOuth, he believed that the
accounts were not at all exaggerated. He
spoke Of rebel barbarities, and said it was
a fact that rebel soldiers going home to
Louisiana from Bull Run had heads of dead
Union soldiers, which they exhibited exult-
ingly wherever the train stopped.
AIluding to JEFF. Davis threatened blind
ness, he said the blind would lead the blind,
and they would all falliut the "Iast ditch -
together. lie paid a glowing tribute
to the people of East Tennessee.
and praised their. devotion to the Union,
which no persecution or suffering could de-
strOy.
The only hope now left the South, he said,
is division in the North. He therefore be-
sought his hearers to sustain President Lin
coin and through him the Government. lie
eomplmented Secretary Chase very highly
and said that he had been fully equal to the
financial emergency of the country.
In conclusion he said the country must be
saved if we all perish, and then perhaps the
Almighty would create better race Of peO-
pie.
The lecture gave excexcellent satisfaction.
UNITED STATES CoURT.-The next term
of the United States Circuit and District
Court will commence on the 9Th of May.