The National tribune., 1890-11-20

mai order. for 10 give formal order would be
discourtesy TO Maj Gen. Crittenden, who,
! being in command Of the Department. Is pro-
sumed 10 know its needs. The order or letter
roctes that the President would be eratifed il
/ he would give BrownloW passport"
So on the morning after his return 10 Knox
! Vile, Judge Baxter and John Brownlow called
on Gen. Crittcnden. On reading the letter of
the Secretary Of War, Crittcudon manifested
his delight 10y his manner and words. lie
said
." am gratifed beyond measure at receiving
this letter 1 coustrue il into order. The
Secretary OF War. by command OF President
Davis says be woGli bc ErGiifcd IL I would
send Mr. Browniow through the lines accom-
panied by military escort This Is TO me an
order.
1t is a relief 10 me-" said Crittendcn, ad-
dressing Baxter; for whatever fault may be
found with il by the leading CoufCGcrates here
IN East Tennessee ii is an order of the Secretary
OF War aud the President; aud did hot want
TO be the instrument OF puHishiug the lifelong
and earnest friend Of my father
The letter was conveyed at once TO Brown
low ia. his hiding place lie WAS aroused al
midnight, and whea it was explained to him
how il was procured, le WAS asked, after read
ing II, il he would act upon it and surrender
! himself lie said at once: - will aud do for
the Southern Confedcr1cy what the devil has
never done, will leave il ."
Without delay Gov Brownlow came 10 Knox
Vile, aud ia company with Judge Baxter called
on Gen. Crittcndcn. lie was cordially received.
IL was arranged that he should leave at : a. NJ.
Of the next day. This was about II a. IA. I'm
mediately it was nOiscd abroad in tie town
that BrOwnl0w had come and what lad &C
Cured. From - o'clock until . p. IN. hun
dIeds Of his old friends called 10 bid him good
by.
Among others was Hon. Montgomery Thorn
buTgh, Of Jefferson. Brownlow chccriiy said
"ghomburgh, | viii see you in a few months.
ID viii only be few months until ] return"
With tone OF inexPressible sadness aud
with tears la his eyes. IhOrnburgh replied;
My old friend, You will never see me again"
In few days Thornburgh was arrested, sent
ia filthy caitle-car 10 Madison, Ga, where hc
died in prison.
Within the space OF three hours after the
/ interview between Crittenden and Browniow,
aud while the latter was bidding gOod-by
to his friends, Deputy Marshal Of the Con
! federate States Court at Knoxville arrested
/ him NJ his residence. and took him before the
/ Confederate States Commissioner lls. B. Rey
/ nolGs), where. on the general charge Of treason
/ 10 the Confederate States he was ordered at
once TO Jail. lie offered bondsmen for his ap-
/ pearance in the sum Of 100000 but IL was OF
no avail After the arrest he sent n note TO
! Gen. Crittenden, reminding him that lac had
/ surrendered on his (Crittenden'sD pledge OF a
/ safe conduct North. To Col. John Williams,
! who took Brownlow's letter, CIittenden yer
/ baly replied that the civil authorities" had
/ taken the matter out Of his hands.
! The prison door at length had what it want
! ed-his entrance.
BROwHLow's PSALM.
Elsewhere we have alluded TO the fact that
4 in closing up lis newspaper Brownlow issued a
" last address 10 his subscribers" This sd-
dress, not appropriately, has been called
PaTson BroWnlow's Last Psalm" Rising to
/ the hight Of the occasion, he sang song Of de-
/ fance in nervous, pathetic English. wonder
/ fully thrilling, like LincOln's Gettysburg
speech. What could be more pathetic in his
situation than these utteTances: shall 20 10
] iaii-as John Rodgers went to the stake-for
my principles. ] have refused TO make war
upon the Government Of the United States. !
] have refused To publish 10 the world the false
and exaggerated account Of tho several en-
gagemCnts had between the cOntendiHg aTmies.
/ have refused 70 write ont ard publish false
/ versions OF the origin Of the war aud of the
/ breaking up OF the best Government the world
ever knew; aud ali this will continue TO 10
1 If IL cost me my life Nay, when agree TO do
such things may a Righteous God palsy my
right arun, and may the earth open aad close
upon me. With me life has lost some Of IFS
/ energy, having passed six annual posts the
Western slope of half century, something of
/ the GTo Of youth is exhausted, but ! stand
/ forth with the eloqueuce and energy Of right
/ 10 sustain and stimulate me ~ the maintcn-
ancc oi my principles" Following IL after
Ward 10 prison. he added the halo of a martyr
| 10 the cassock Of a priesb--syOfti,y 90 stand
! hencefOrth beside the Italian SaTyoaoTola.
The address had a wide influence. The
| writer was present and saw thIs actual occur
! renee which follows: On the bank Of q peaTly
mountain stream Ia one Of the upland Counties
/ of Middle Tennessee about 400 miles from
/ Knoxville, after busy days work, dozen
stalwart men who had been working on a mill,
! lay down on the hillside under the trees, to
listen 20 it's reading When it was concluded
there was not dry eve present
The stCutcst aan Of the crowd sprang 10 his
! feet with flashing eye, and demanded Three
cheers for Brownlow." IL was given with
Wild will, that hushed for a moment the rat
tl.ug, laughing stream, aud startled in chorus
! the whippoOrwilis ia the forest. The pathetic
point TO the fact Is, the man who called for this
cheer was afterwards taken from his little
! cabin home ia the hills from wife aud child,
! by a cOnscriptiGg officer aud with this Psalm
ia his heart aud the declaration on his lips that
he was Union mar" died confined with
ball-and-chain, at work on Confederate earth
works in the State Of Georgia. IN BroWnlOw's
case, the jail was the logical sequence Of the
Psalm.
IN THE KNOXVILLE JAIL.
Here we shall follow him very briefly. He
had 10 chair 10 sit on, no bed on which 10
sleep and food Of the cOarscst kind. Ia a damp,
narrow, poorly ventilated cell, weak and in bad
health, lie was soon stricken down with typhoid
fever. We will relate but one incident Of this
woful experience, aud that, chiefly, because it
has the fash Of a woman's sweet face in it, and
her confidence that even in the last extremity,
Par5On BrOwnlow could do anything; and it
shows his readiness 10 attempt IT, Out Of the
cell in which he was confined a fellow prisoner
was taken and put in the iron cage, 20 die next
evening on the scaiiold. Before the hour Of
execution arrived. young aud beautiful
daughter was allowed 10 take the last leave OF
this doomed father. When the agony Of separ-
alton was over, blinded with tears, she stag
cered down stairs 10 sec Parson Brownlow.
oh. can't you do sOmethng!" she sobbcd,
TO save my poor father, who dies at o'clock !"
Taking the envelope of an Old letter from his
pocket, he hurredly wrote across il this dis
patch:
ROCKVILLE, TENN, Dee -, 1861
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS: My father, Harrison
Self II sentenced To hang at O'Clock tins evening
dead. aud he remains my earthly oil; my hopes oi
happiness center IA him. inlpl"re you 10 pardon
him, ELIZABETH SELF.
, Take this" he said TO her, las quickly a.
possible 10 the telegraph Office, aud send il OF
{ Love, grief, hopc-all lent her for help tbeiI
winged shoes. The dispatch was flashed q
Richmond aud back on the wings of lightning
while the cart with the coffin in il stood at tie
r door came an order 10 stay the execution. Ii
never did occur The man lived years after