Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-06-15
pARsoN RRowNLow AT BALTIMORE.

on credentials, ParSon OF leu
nesssee. was called upon for a speech. AS
the Parson made his appearance in the
body of the House, he was greeted with
ideafeuing applause. The convention and
audience rose to their feet. and amid the
waving of hats and handkerchief, the
gallant old loyalist of East Tennessee ad-
yanced to the chairman's stand, where he
was welcomed by President Dennison aud
introduced to the convention, He spoke
as follows:
"Geatiemen of the Convention Il as
sure you, you have walked up the wrong
passenger. l am a very sick man and
ought to be in my bed, and not here.
have journied on, however, through great
tribultion, to meet you. The last regular
meal | took was on Saturday, upon a boat
on the Ohio river. l am sick. sick, and |
come forward because SO enthusiastically
called for. to make my bow and apologize
for not attempting to speak. But before
/ take my seat, l know you will take of
me kindly any suggestion | may make,
or any rebukc | may administer to you.
| an one of the elder brethren, one of the
old apostles; laughter and | heard when
/ came to town that you had some doubts
in your mind about the propriety of adj
hitting the delegation from Tennessee
State in rebellion. | hope you will pause
gentlemen, before you commit so rash an
act as that, and thereby recognize seces,
sion. We don't recognize it in Tennessee.
Applause. We deny that we are out.
Applause. We deny that we have been
out. lApplause] We maintain hat the
minority first voted us out, and then a
majority whipped the minority out of the
State with bayonets, and drove once a
portion of our men to their ranks; but
we are here to participate in your delib-
e~rations and tolls and show you honor.
l pray you not exclude US. We nave a
full delegation from Tcnnessce-a patri-
otto delegation-a talented delegation,
all excepting the present speaker. Laugh
ter. Our best men are here. We have
in Tennessee, as you have in most of the
Northern States, a Coppcrhead party, just
beginning to come into existence. They
have existed here a good while. l have
fought the venomous reptiles for the last
two years. But,they are beginning to Or
yganize in Tennessee, and | confidently
look for them to be represented at the COM
ing Chicago Convention, and to send up "a
delegation then under the nose and scent
of that pink of virtue of the Chicago
Times. The delegation that our State
sends up to you would scorn to 60 to the
Chicago Convention. They would decline
having anything to do with the late Clevc-
land Convention. Applause. We are
foe the Baltimore Lincoln Aiming Of Ne
gro Convention. Applause. We are
for the convention of the party that are
resolved to put down this internal rebel
lion at all hazards, and all costs of money
and lives, and our convention instructed
us before We left home to advocate and
vote for Abraham Lincoln, first last. and
all the time. Applause. He has got
his hand iu; he has learnt the hang OF
the ropes, and we want to try him for q
second term. Let us get along in Lar.
mony.' There need be no OBTAINING Of
this convention for two days in discourses
of various kinds, and the idea | suggest
to you as an inducement net to throw
out our delegation is, that we may take
it into our hearts, before the thing is over,
to present a candidate from that State in
rebellion for the second Office in the gift
of the people. Applause. We have a
man down there whom it was my good
luck and bad fortune to fight untiringly
for the last twenty-five years-Andrew
johnson. Applause. For the first time
in the providence Of God, three years ago
we got together on the same platform, and
we are now fighting the devil, Tom Wal.
kcr aud Jeff Davis. side by side. Zap.
plauso. | never refuse to speak when
am able to speak, and my old friend, Dea.
cou Bross, knows it we'll. | should like
to help him canvass Illinois. and gougt