The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-27

speaker, said that he was recovering hU"
illness. On my return to Knoxville
some six months ago found the jail
in which the Rebels we're kind enough
to lodge me for three months, lllIed 10
overAowiug with another class OF beings
Among th.m found a portion of the
leading, active, villaiuous Rebels, who
were concerned in my incarceration,
guarded by Union. soldiers. They were
to be sent across the mountains to Camp
Chase, and curiosity induced me see how
they would look going through the oP.,
peratiou | 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, it-Kuoxyille, while an artillery reg
imcnt of colored gentleman came in that
town, a prominent rebel, gentleman
personally friendly to me, tapped me on
the shoulder and said, "Brownlow, |
know you are a Southern man. How
does that thing look in your eyes "
"Sir," said !, ga little more than two
wears ago when | lay through the cold
winter in this Jail which towers above
our heads, denied the blessings Of fire,
bcdclothcs or any comforts, frequently
marched in and out by blacks in Rebel
uniform with muskets' taking the place
of their young masters who were smoking
cigars and drinking liquor at the hotel Of
! Knoxville.
As | marched to prison the guards
would say, "step little quicker you ID
Lincolnite or will put this bayonet in
t. you" "Sir," said |, "that looked
very bad to me this looks good deal
BETTER "But," he continued, Sin all
sober earnesness, Brownlow, are you in
favor of arming negroes to fight white
! men ?"
"Yes, sire"
And if had the power, Sir, would
arm and uniform in the Fed,rol hablll.
ments, every wolf, and panther, and cat
amount, and tiger, and bear, in the
mountains of America every crocodile
in the swanIps of Florida and South
Carolina every negro in the Southern
Confcderacy, and every devil in he'll and
pandemOnium.
This war, | say to you, must be prose.
cutrd with vim and a vengeance, until
the rebellion is put down, if it extermln.
ates from the face of God Almighty 5
green earth every man, woman and child
South ef Mason and Dixon's line.
T Cheers. Those who have preceded
me have spoken of the South.
| bear testimony Of my own knowledge
to the influence of, and the ind"mitabc
courage of the ladies Of the Southern
! Coufedcracy The most wealthy, the
best educated, the most refined among
Shem have planted themselves in their
doors and piazzas and have iun their huS-
bands, sous, nephews, unclcsand brothers
out in tie army.
"Go, volunteer and fight, or | will
disown you forever" and when the Yam
KEGS met them and they fell, the South
ern women complaceu,ly folded their
arms aud thanked God that they died
10 good and glorious cause, fighting
for the independence of the South.
But when the Yankees has stolen one
of their negroes they would howl as II
the devil from hell was after them. The
only way to reach the tender scnsibill-
ties of Southern woman is to get after
her negroes s. Kill her husband and she
thanks God That he died in good cause;
but steal one of her negroes, She will
howl and whine as if the devil himself
were after her.
In the New Tcstiment an occasion
similar to this is spoken of, only it was
feast. Ladies and gentlemen were in.
vited to attend. Various were the ex-
cuses sent one had bought a farm an
other says, have bought Il yoke of OK
en- must prove my steers. y fourth
says, ought to 60, but it is utterly i'm.
possible-I haveamarried wife-l can
not 60.
Soyou see, according to the Scriptures,
one woman can out.puh ten steers. |
am glad to find the woman pulling in this
glorious cause. Pull on; and prosecute
the War. Let US carry it on. We will
get through with it after while. We
have been fooling with the mater at the
North. The South is terribly in earnest,
and always has been.
You have not felt the effects of the
war in the loyal States,aStt you are 60.
lug to now. | know that little man
Grant-he is the right man in the right
place am willing to see Richmond
captured by him; but, if | had my way,
| should choose that Richmond and Char
lesion should be taken alone by negro
troops, commanded by Butler the Beast.
Sherman has got 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 them in
to the Gulf of Mexico, and drown the
entire race as the devil did the hogs in
the Sea of Galilleo.
When we come out of the war we will
come o6t with 100000 or 100000 of the
best of soldiers, who have got their hand