The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-25

Speeches of Pnrson Brownlovv. q v,
johnson, and Got. T.. q. Houck.
Tho Uuion gathering at Franklin, last
Saturday, was = decided aud very graft
flying manifestation Of the deep interest
felt by many Of the people of William.
son, in the work Of restoring loyal civil
authority TO Tennessee. A large majority
Of the audience were country people, who
came from all parts Of the county, and
listened with the profoundost attention,
During the absence Of the committee on
B'sllutioDs, from the hal. the aplendid
Brass Band Of tie l4th Michigan, play d
national and other airs in excellent style.
As the old familiar strain Of hail Colum
bia and Yankee Doodle, aosted upon the
air, doubtless the potent spell Of music
fell powolfully upon many a heart and
recalled to many a mind the precious
days of peace in years gone by, when
the Union h3g was loved throughout
Tennessee, aud Disunion was word alb
hored by all her people. Not in vain,
perhaps, the min,trels invoked the golden
memories of the past.
Parson Brownlow was introduced to
the audience aud remarked that he had
been accustomed for 30 many years to
speak from a text that he would adhere
to his old habit to- day. lie would take
for his text, on the occasion, a short
editorial which he published in reference
to secession, in the Knoxville Wing
(rhe speaker then read the celebrated
editorial of the Knoxville Wing, writ
ten Immediately after the secession of
South Carolina, predicting the horrid
consequences of that deed Everybody
is familiar with it, as it has been fire.
quently published)
This shall be my text The dreadful
consequences which I f]retod. tlen de-
ridsd as idle predictions, have more than
been fulfilled. TO employ the Language
Of disiing uished Kentucky Statesman an,
now dead, say eve are in the midst
Of revolution" mighty revolution
When, and where it will end, God only
knows. trust, however, that am now
beginning to see some gIimpses of day
light on the Southern border. Bloody
and terrible as this revolution may be,
hope it may never end until the Stars
aud Stripes wave again over every foot
Of territory, in the South. Cloud ap
plause) To attain this end l am for
coercion, fer subjugstion, yes, for the
annihilation, if you choose, of every
man and woman who dares resist the
glorious authority Of the flag of my
country, under which we have lived for
eighty yesrs, so happily and prosper
ously, During this period, we have had
nineteen Presidential elections, in which
weof the South, with half the people of
the North, and half the territory, elect
ed our choice thirteen times, and gener-
ously, magnanimously suffered the North
10 elect their choice Si1 times. Not con-
tent with our Own Presidents, we even
proceeded TO kidnap three Of these SIX
Northern Presidonts, making them
Northern msn with Southern prin-
ciplesp Now, let me cay, l
am Southern man. born and
bred, and intend t. live and die
Ia the South, where can 6ght rebels aud
secessicnists; but yet Of all vile orea
lures IN the earth these Northern dou. h
faces, with Southern principles were the
meanest. Why the worst rebels ! know
Of to-day are Northern men who came
South, married widows With twenty or
thirty negroes, and suddenly grew chiv-
alruu and noi-y about southern Rights,
| never voted Tor Jackson, or any OF his
party friends, but if my earnest prayers
and bitter tears could have recalled Old
Hickory to life, [ would have poured
them forth, that ho nigh, have sat in the
sod Public Functionary's" chair, and
colArlng that unmiugated scamp Floy d,
Jake Thompson, aud that anointcd thitf
Judah Benjamin, told them, by tho
Eternal, this damnable plot has got 10
stopl' Add il would have st ppsd, and
the people would have shouted Amen
We OF the south ruled che nation abso-
lutely. We never allowed ,he North TO
re-elect President We reelected
nearly all Of ours, but pat the North OF
with one term. Yet after the enjoyment
Of all these extraordinary fayors, when
the mighty North saw lit % elect Lin.
coin, we got furiously patriotic and voted
Separation aud Representation" And
guess that see a goo1ly number pres
ent 10 day who voted Tor s pare ton and
r presentation. Gentlemen, lhiuk you
have gotten what you voted for to
your hearts content, You have been
represented With o vengeance, for
over two years, ont Of nearly all you ever
possessed Represented on Of your
Legislature, and Of Congress! You have
got Il presentation You have got Sep
aration zoe! separation from your hay
stacks, corn crios and fence rails Sep
arauoa from your horses, mules and
oauIel Separation 'rom your beloved
uissers! and have heard It limited taat