The weekly union record., 1864-07-23
Parson Brownlow in New York.

/ An oratorical and musical entertainment; 10
aid of the Relief Fund of the Ladies Home
United States General Hospital was given st
| the Academy of Music, New York, on the
evening cf the 23d ultimo. and speeches were
made by George Opdyke. Henry Ward Beecher.
Edwin H. Chapin, James T. Brady, n. G.
/ Taylor, and the Rev. William g. Brownlow
of Tennessee. The neverto be forgotten Parson
said that be had teen i'll, but was convalesciDg;
and while be could not attempt formal
address, be would make few brief remarks
and this be did in bis own iuimitable style, fire.
quenlly eliciting bursts of applause. He said:
"On my return to Knoxville, some six months
ago, found the Jail in which the rebels were
kind enough to lodge me for three months filed
to overfowing with another class of beings
Among them l found portion of the leading,
active, villainous rebels, who were concerned in
my incarceration, guarded by Union soldiers.
They were to be sent across the mountains 10
Camp Chase, and curiosity induced me TO see
how they would look going through the opera
ton | had gone through. | looked on with
sort of malignant pleasure, my mind occupied
with only one reflection. Every dog has his
day Laughter Standing on the corner of
Jay and Cumberland streets. less than five
weeks ago, in Knoxville, while an artillery
regiment of colored gentlemen came into that
town, prominent rebel, gentleman personally
friendly to me, tapped me on the shoulder and
said, 'Brownlow, | know you are Southern
man. How does that thing look in your eyes?'
Sir, said |, "a little better than two years ago,
when lay through the cold Winter in this jail
which towers above our heads, denied The
blessings Of fire, bedclothes or any comforts,
frequently marched in and out by blacks 10
rebel uniform, with muskets, taking the place
OF their young masters, who were smoking
cigars aud drinking liquor about the hotels Of
Knoxville. As | marched to prison. the guard
would say, Step little quicker, you id old
Lincolnite, or | will put this bayonet into you
Sir said l. that looked very bad TO me; this
looks good deal better But he continued,
III all sober earnestness, Brownlow, are you in
favor of armng negroes to fight white men?'
Yes, sir--ee. And if | had the power, sir.
would arm and uniform in the Federal habili
ments every wolf and panther. and catsmouDt,
and tiger, aud bear, in the mountains of Amer
lea; every crocodile 10 the swamps of Florida
and South Carolina; every negro in the
Southern Confederacy, and every devil in hell
aud pandemoDium. This war, | say TO you,
must be prosecuted with vim and vengeance
until the rebellion is put down, if it extermin-
ates from the face Of God Almightys green
earth every man, woman and child south of
Mason aud Dxon's line. Cheers. Those who
have preceded me have spoken of the Influence
of the ladies of the South. | bear testimony
of my own knowledge to the great influence of
and the iDdomitable courage of the ladies of the
Southern Confederacy. The most wealthy, the
best educated. the most refined among them
have planted themselves in their doors and
pazzas, and have run their husbands, sons,
nephews, uncles, brothers, etc, out into the
army. Go, volunteer and fight, or | will dis
own you forever; : and when the Yankees met
them and they FELL the Southern women com
pacently folded their arms and thanked God
they died IN good and glorious cause, fighting
for the independence of the South. But when
Yankee has stolen one of their negroes they
would howl as if the devil from bell was after
them. The only way to reach the tender
senslbili,ies of a Southern women is to get
after one of her negroes. Kill her husband.
she thanks God he died in good cause; but
steal one of her negroes. and she will howl and
whine as If the devil himself were after her. In
the New Testament an occasion similar to this
is spoken of, only it was feast. Ladies and
gentlemen were invited to attend. Varou.
were the excuses sent one had bought farm;
another says, have bought yoke of oxen |
must prove my steers. A fourth says, ought
to go, but it is utterly mpossble-I have
married a wife-I cannot 60. So you see
according to the Scriptures one woman can
outpull ten steers. | am glad to find the
women pulling IN this glorious cause. Pull on,
aud prosecute the war. Let US carry it on. We
will get through with it after a while. We
have been fooliDg with the matter at the North
The South is terribly in earnest, aud always
has been. You have not felt the effects of the
war in the loyal States, but you are going to
now. | know that little man, Grant-he is
the right man in the right place AN willing
to see Richmond captured by him; but, if
had my choice, | should choose that Richmond
and Charleston should be taken alone by negro
troops, commanded by Butler the Beast.
Sherman has the finest army in all the world
not less than 100000 all told. He is gradually
advancing into the heart of the Southern
States. He will take that country. Grant
will take Richmond. And we will crowd the
rebels, and crowd them, until trust in God
We will rush them into the Gulf of Mexico and
drown the entire race as the devil did the hogs
10 the Sea of Galilee When we come out of
the war we will come out with 100000 or
600 600 of the best of soldiers, who have got
their hand in and would as soon have their
hand n ktte longer as not. Then | am in
favor OF giving Old England turn. Cheers
We can whip the Southern Confederacy: we
can take in France and England and the whole
civilized world, and want to carry it on until
we whip out all Gods creation"