, 1864-04-24
.Parson Brown1o1v on Traitors.

VIC p4AAt UE4A" AA CAk4ANt A0A4 l Ak0OA
BrownloH's great speech at the late Knox
vile Convention. The sci l man indignant" :"
although fresh from d sick bed, never waved
f.ercer against traitors and the peculiar instl
tuition than in this, his latest effort: -
When these reports were presented before
this body, l had 10 make my choice. With the
framing Of these documents had nothing
to do. I voted aye and no In the Committee
reom-and perhaps quarreled some, but moth
inE more. Now I am called upon, not only
to vote, but to speak And am ready to do
both. L indorse the minority report. In
doIsc It from beginning to end. l'swallow
face; and I reject the other. 1reIect it from
beginning to end. It is Copperhead all over.
It stabs the Administration; it stabs the mil
itary authority, to which ne of East Tenues-
aee are indebted for the immunities, aud I
may add the Impurities, Of this day; It stabs
the devoted. self:sacri6cing, blood stained
loyalty Of The great masacs OF this great State.
And this 1t does In a whImpcriug, sanciimo-
nious gnrb OF patriotism, and aIEs GOD. Al
mighty to whet the knife, and stilIen the
blade, and sharpen the point, and make aure
work of the damnable murder 4;
This report indorses the emancipation pol
Icy, and recommends the adoption OF Q State
hibit slavery You object, and declare that
slavery Is not the cause Of this rebellion. I
say that it it, SLY That form more than eighty
years slavery has ruled this Government, and
that for more than thrce years, because 1t
could no longer rule, 1t has songht, With fire
and sword, aud the assassin's Knife, and the
dungeon, and the rack, and the stake, and
every device that hell could suggest; to ruin
this Government. Since the Foundation Of
this Government, there have been nineteen
Presidents. OF these the South, hare had
thirteen. The North had, In all, but si1, and
Of these slx VIC kidnapped three, and ploTed
with them our cotton-helds, as we plow
with bulls md heffers. We have had most of
the foreign appointments, and the hind teats
OF the Federal kline at home; aud these
things VIC lRd when We were not able to pay
our postal expense to the General Govern
ment. And whyg We did not solicit these
things demanded them. In tile name Of
tion, our high'toned chivalry, ne demanded
them. Whence this arroganee3 We got II
And now mn asked to let him alone as prop
erty. fought Andrew jackson all his life,
but IL my prayers could bring him from his
Houee when the negro sent the Southern
cAiyalry to hold club over the head OF that
mean, musty, miserable mockczy of Mnn,
the Old Public Functionnry- Jackson would
haye raised ten feet in bis boots, and kicked
the wretchcd Pennsylvania through South
NA1Ol4lA NAu Au&0 LAE At4A41tlE SEtAu4 Au1
if be were here to-day be would kick these
coppcrlead resolutions into the ground, md
grind them to IoTder under his feet
Yes, gentlemen, We Of the South are re.
epousible for this war. Before God, tell
you that We made It necessary, whether or
no; that we forced it upon the country, aud
this without the shadow OF an cxcuse. 1hAvo
been pro-slavery mantle best pro.slayary
man In this house. But mn for the Union.
So told the Alabama Legislature In speech
five years ago. They we're then preparing for
war, and had made an appropriation Of $780, :
0CQ for armfng the State. And further back
than that, when Henry A. Wise was Governor
Of Virginia, he wrote letters to all the Gov
crnors IN the Southern States, declaring that
In the event OF the election Of Fremont 10 the
Presidency of the United 6tatcs, he would
head an army, march into Washington, aud
In the namo OF the South seize and possess
the Government
lion for more than thirty years. South Caro-
Hna and two or more cotton States have new
CT heln Republican, and never had Repub-
Ncan Government. South Carolina would
have seeded in Jackson's time, but the old
hero took Calhoun by the throat and choked
him down. And this choking is q remedy
that ought to hare been resorted to in tho
like that walking nquor-shop, Wigfa1l. who
had sworn to support the Constitution Of the
United States, wero in secret caucus every
night plotting this rebellion. And
still ron cling to slavery. We'll, so be It.
You will have good time clinging to the
negro, joy be with you. As for me shall
cling to the Union, and let the niger go. He
nsed to be a local Institution among Us, but
now be Is what we Methodists call an timer
ant. + You used to cry ont separa-
tion, and you got it; YOU have It to-day to
your hearts content. You arc e.,arated
Fstx fF raY md fFhTT1 ?
taImG ana houses, your felIce-isAlls. your mu1tt
and horses. Yon used to cry representation,
and you got 1t. You are represented in every
rebel nrmy In the South, In every prison aud
bastile in the North, and you have more rep
resentatiyes in hell than any set Of men be
tween heaven nnl hell,