Year: 1864

" pray God that the day may come when through
out the whole land every man may be as free as you
are, and as capable of enjoying regulated liberty.
Prolonged Applause.


| will not detain you any longer One single
word you will allow to say IN behalf of the State
from which | come, one Of the smallest Of the
thousands of Israel. We know very well that our
eleven votes are O. no consequence in the Presi-
Dental election. e know very well that IN our
present unhappy condition, it IS by no means GER
tain that we are here to-day representing the party
that will cast the majority of the votes in that un
happy State | know very well that the senti-
ments which | am uttering will cause me great
odium IN the State III which | was born, which /
love, where the bones of two generations Of my am
cestors and some OF my children arey and where
very soon shall lay my own. i know very well
that my colleagues viii incur odium if they endorse
what | say, and they, too, know il, But we have
put our faces toward the way in which we intend
to go, and we will go in it to the end If we are
to perish, we wiz perish in that way. All have
to say to you is, help us if you can fyou cannot,
believe in your hearts that we have died like men.


speech OF Parson BrOwnIow.


The President then introduced Parson Brown
low to the Convention, who was most enthusias-
tically received from all parts of the house. As
soon as the applause had subsidized he addressed
the Convention as follows:


Gcittlenet of the Colsrcnti0n-I assure you you
have tonight walked up the wrong passenger. |
am a very sick man. and ought to be in my bed
and not here. | have journeyed on, however
through great tribulation, to meet you The last
regular meal | took was on Saturday upon boat,
anduponithe Ohio river. / am sck-sick-sick-
and | come forward, because so enthusiastically
called for, to make my bow and apology for not
attempting to speak; but before | take my seat,
| know you will take OF me kindly any suggestions
1 may make or any rebuke / may attempt to ad-
IN mister TO you. | ann One of the elder brethren
-one of the old apostles. Laughter. / knew
when came to town that you had some doubt In
your minds about the propriety of admitting a
delegation from Tennessee State IN rebellion.
l hope you will pause gentlemen before you COM
nit SO rash an act as that, and thereby recognize
Secession We don recognize Ii in Tennessee.
| Applause We deny that we are out APP
plause. We deny that we have been out. Ap-
plause We maintain that minority first voted
us out, and then a majority whipped minority
out OF the State with bayonets, winning over a
portion of our men to his ranks IIHt we are here
to participate in your deliberations and tolls, and
to share your honors. pray you not to exclude
Us. We have fall delegation from Tennessee
patriotic delegation talented delegations always
| excepting the present speaker. Laughter: T.
/ Our best men We have. We have M Tennessee
| as vou have IN most of the Northern States a



/ istenee. They have existed here a good while.
! | have fought the venimous reptiles for the last
two years. But they are beginning to organize IN
! Tennessee, and / confidently look for them to be
/ represented at the forth coming Chicago Conven-
ton, to send up a delegation there under the nose
and scent of that of virtue, the editor OF the CHI
/ cago Times. Laughter The delegation that
our State sends up to you would scorn to 60 to
the Chicago Convention. They would decline
having anything to do with the Cleveland Conyen-
ton. Applause We are for the Baltimore
oin-4Arifiirlg of \ Ne@rees Convention App
| plause, We are for the Convention Of the party
that are resolved 20 put down this wicked, this in
ternal rebellion at all hazards and all costs Of mon
! ey and lives, and our Convention instructed us,
before we left home, to advocate and vote Abra-
ham Lincoln first last and all the time. Ap-
/ plause He has got his hand in; he has learned
| the hang OF the ropes and we want to try him for
a second term. Let US get him along in harmony.
There need be no OBTAINING of this Convention feT
two days IN discussions ofvarious kinds, and the
idea suggest to you as aninducement not to throw
out our delegation is that we may take It into our
heads before the thing is over to present candi-
date from that State in rebellion for the second Of
| fee in the gift Of the people Applause We
| have man down there whom it has been my
good luck and bad fortune to fight untiringly and
perseyeringly for the last twenty-five years-An-
drew johnson. Applause For the first time,
in the Providence of God, three years ago we got
together ON the same platform, and We are fight
ing the devil, Tom. Walker and JEFF. Davis side by
side. LAfplause.


never refuse to speak when am able 10 speak.
and my old friend Deacon BroSs knows it well.
| should like TO help him canvas Illinois and gouge
for him among the Copperheads. If were able
to speak and could interest you, would but |
am sick and must be excused; / thank you for
the honor you have done me,


F.