, 1863-08-29
UNION AND RESTORATION IN
TENNESSEE. :.
A. Rousin!g speesh by Parson
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TIE REBELS Auu1H11lrEp. &:
An immense Union gathering WIS lc1d at
Tenn on Saturday last, It which
The inhe1ible rarson BrornloH made char
actcr.stlc speech, ot which the following i, .
SUMMARY: .~- -
He remarked ,that be had been accustomed
for 60 many years TO speak from q tc1t that ho
~o1td adhere to his old hablt to-day. He
would take for hIs text, en- the occasion,
Ehoft editorial which he published In refer,
enee to secession. IN the Knoxville Wig.
fial Of The Knoxville Nag, written l@me-
d!ateiy after the secession Of South Carolln1,
predicting tho hotrid consequences. Of that
decd. Everybody Is familiar with It, IS It has
been frequently published
Wick islso dha sn aeaes so
idle p1edlctlons, have more than. been fulalI-
ed. To employ the language OF distinguish.
Cd statesman, LOW dead, I cay: I'VE arc In
the midst Of q revolution" q mighty rcvolu.
ton When and where Will 1t end, God only
Knows. trnst, however, that am now BE-
ginning to SEQ some glimpses Of daylight on
the Southern border. Bloody and terrible a.
this revolution may be, hope 1t may never
ind until the. Stars md Stripes wave again
OYER every foot Of territory In the South.
Loud GnarsE1a applause use To- attain this end, am
Inhalation, II you choose, Of every man and
woman WHO dares resist the glorious autlori.
y OF the flag Of my country, under which We
fayc Hved tor eighty years, 10 happily aud
psospsrously: During this psslod 20 have
NC Of the South, with half the people Of the
North, and 1alf the Territory, elected our
choice thirteen times, and generously, mag.
unanimously, suffered tho North to elect their
choice nix times. Not content with our own
tphresldtntt: x, IT, Ms e. even proceeded to lidnap
them Northern men with Southern princ4-
plesl' Now, let ME say, am Southern
man, born aud bred. and intend to live and
die In the South, where I can fight rebels and
teeessaondsts; but yet. Of all vic creatures on
the Earth, these Northern doughfaces, with
Southern principles were the meauest, Why,
the worst rebels know Of to day are North.
ern men who came South, married widows
with twenty or Thirty negroes and suddenly
grey chiyalrous anu noisy about Southern
Rights. -..-.
IEeyer vo.ed for Jackson,o or any Of his party
tears could hare recalled Old Hickory to We,
would l1ve poured them forth, that he might
h:ye Get in ths "Old Public Functionary
chair, md collsring that unmitlgated scamp
Floyd, jake Thompson, and that anoIntea
thie4 Judah benjamin., told them, "By
NE Ets1nsl. thls damnable plot hss got to
people would hare shouted Amen! We OF TIC
South ruled the nation absolutely, We never
allowed the North to re-elect President.
We reelected nearly Ill of ours, but put the
Ne1th or With one term. Yet, after the en-.
jo5nent Of ~ these extraordinary favors,
when the mighty North saw at to elect Lin
celn, We got fasiously patriotic and voted
..separation and representation" And guess
that see goodly number present to day
Who voted for separation and representation,
Gentlemen. I think you have gotten what
5ou voted for to your. hearts, content. Yon
have been repesentea With vengeance for
ever possessed: Represented out of your
eGtslature, and OF Congress! Ypu have got
Representation! You 1aye got Separation,
toe! Separation from your hay- stacks, corn.
cribs and fsnce.ralls! Separation from your
horses. mules and cattle! Separation from
your beloved niggers: and have heard II
Limited llat some Of you have been separated
from your daughtcrst You win have good
deal more OF this separation before the war Is
over.
", We e got L more Than Than our share Of appprepsia.
ted quarter. Of million Of dollars to help
carry our mails, which were dead loss to the
Federal Government. The North gave us
what we asked. It helped US to the fugitive
slaye law i helped ne to Tens. and thrsw
IN Polk and Dallas to boot. The South wanted
70 repeal The Missouri Compromise, aud tue
North helped her; fatal step, which was the
beginning Of much OF the present trouble.
and yet. In the face Of all these historic facts,
re rehelled to save our nlggers! We are to.
day IN the midst Of fearful, cruel, bloody
Of 1usttdcatton for our wicked conduct. We
Wc1e the Last people On earth who had cause
to complain, for We enjoyed the tayors of a
benlgrant Government, oTer and above the
North And now think some Of you are be-
ginning M to zee Ionr stnpendous folly. Your
ally opening to The light. The marchi6g and
counter.matchtng Of armica through your
h1ns and Villages, II teaching 1l1any Of you
dear bnt valuable Lesson. But some Of you
are still not satisfied. and are wishing for the
1t does return, there arc plenty Of these blue
coated fellows to set them atloat ngnIu, south
ward; and by the time tho Federal troops
have taken possession Of your State ngaln,
they VII "1pe Jon up SO clean that there will
jo!n us. TIC United States is able aud deter:
mined to put down Ii rebellion. It must,
shall; ard w b put down. [Applause] I
INK 10 Inc 1eutle.
Who snauEurated this rcbellione South
md II the letter am spirit Of the FederI Con.
stitutlon had been carried cut, she never
could have been member OF the Unfon.l for
ahe never had republican government n hich
Is guaranteed To al the States. 4 man must
own ten negroes, before le can bc elected to
the 1cgitl itlaturc: She ought to bo let out on
contact to . Yankee company, to be sawed
out, 1loated Of, and sunk In tho ocean. Thfs
lebelllon is an old plot. As far back as 1855,
Governor W1eo sent secret circular to the
| Go1crnors Of all the Southern States, stating:
| .Ftcnlont would be elected. 1proposc, In
| this event, TO march to Washington, selzo the
archives, and declare tho Union dissolved"
Fremont Wss not elected, but q mcaner man
wae, Jamts Buchanan. Leading Southcrncrs
IN Congress refused to stay In ths Union, oven
though they were allowed to dictatc the terma
Of compromise. Mason eail the South would
20 out, nlthouRh the North should give moro
tlnn eho had asked. Good United Statca arms
| Of NIL Kinds, were condemned at the public
a1senals, BY Southern officers, wcre adver-
tiled for taic In Obscure papers; and South.
ern Governors Merc notified to send agents
2P 1 to bny un SlS i mnsksta 9n & at $3.50 a.Rlese.
years. II 1eGo yisI!ca Montgomery, Ala,
! and Was Invited bJ the Legislature to deliver
/ an address in their ball, on public affairs, I
did so. declared myself . Southern pro.
slavery man, md that desired the
prosperity Of the South. They applaudcd
these sentiments. But 1 added that L had
seen with pain their act 10 arm tho State In
| case Republican President should be elect.
ed. ! said It meant trcaaon, and that was
an unconditional Union man, and would stand
| BY the Tnlon, although slavery should perish.
Some Of the men hitsed, md some elegantly
dressed Iadies bounced up md lett tho hall !.
the devil was into them, then, before 1t got
into the men. Ny ticket In 1860 was The
heu.Ererttt ticket, q sort Of Kangaroo
ah.tr, with all lis virtue In Its hind legs.
John Bell Is, now .poking about Rome aud
Atlanta with an old coitou umbrella un.
| der bis arm. hunting for his rights. He'll
get them, ms iron:works have got them
already. Douglas headed the NEXT ucket-a
gallant patriot, who, II alive to-day, would be
In tue field with 4 star or two on his shoul-
.dess. Breckinrldge headed the third ticket
The fourth and last ticket WAS headed By Mr.
Lincoln, and T none Of yon have heard the
result before have tho pleasure Of informing
you, TINT ticket WAS elected! There would
have, been no war If Brcckinridec had been
elected. He would have gone Into office,
sworn before God, and kissed tho Bible on it,
to. defend the Constitution and the Union,
spent four {ears in filling every Southern fort
and city with arms, removed all the public
t1a1tora, and at the end Of his term, walked
out Of the Union, leaving the North without
n gnn+ ship, pistol, or e:lbre. think
my God to-day, that neither Bell, Douglas
nor, Breckipridge we're elected, and that a
| more honest, brave, Wise, nnd patriotic MN
was elected than ever Brcck1nriagc could be,
unless he was made over again, and think /
| know enough Of the Divlne character to say
that ne Almighty would never undertake