Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-05

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Loud applause,
NY distinguished friend who'hss Just ad.
dressed You has rendered il unnecessary for
mo, even If ] could to give you dcscrp.
/ tion, geographically, of the country which
! represent before you 10 day for he has
painted II with tho pencil Of au artist as he
| Is, IN word painting, uncXceled within tho
limits Of our broad country, TAppause !
| While he has drawn the outline oi that beau,
tiful, and lovely, and loyal land, he has i'm,
/ pressed his pictures with the warmth and
beauty and patriotism Of his own devoted
heart. Applause. ! come to You to-day,
ielIoW'cltllcns as the representative Of East
/ Tennessee, not 10 talk TO YOU about party
politics, nor to make arguments or Sppcals
tor The support or the sdvancement Of tho
'n'crosis Of any particular party or any par-
ucular man in these United States for
tell You, in all candor and truth that such
has been dir condition for more than two
years that we have had no party politics
as We used to understand thom, 1t is true
We have parties there, but there are only
two. We once had democratic party, n
whlg party, an American party, and an anti
American party; but these parties have all
been merged in the great questions that
have divided us for the last four years.
might say, for the last eight wears, and we
are divided into only two parties, the one
known rs tho Union party and the other
as the secession or rebel party and am
glad 10 tell You to-day rs my illustrous
trond has told YOU in advance that when
the test was applied at the ballot box, we
stood a. !, ~ ,tng ys'I
sec, rs thrty-tour to foyen upon this qucs.
ton thir,y-ioar for the preservation Of the
Union Of these States and seven fer the
ditsoIution Of this governments fApplausc
Neither do J como hctsrc YOU to-day, iel-
lo"-cjticcna,,as bCfEar although present
myself somCVhat in tho somblauce Of a beg.
gar; nor do rorro,ea, Il begging, although
a bcggarcd people. She whose people were
too proud to bow tho neck and receive the
yoke Of King Cotton Of tho South, is toe
proud a' heart TO ask aims at the hands Of
her si.!"rs Of t." North. [sprlquse.l But
come, icIloM-citizona, as y representative
Of q suffering and loyal people, reduced to
extremity by reason OF their devotion TO
our common country, t7 present some ruin
facts to the loyal people of tho North and
nity for tho cytcnton cf thot banoyolnncc
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