Year: 1862




IN accordance with an arrangement made by large
committee OF intelligent and influential citizens Of your
effort, or with any wish fascinsts or charm YOU
appear here simply 70 relate few facts and to give
you tho locaes and names OF persons the South who
nave suffered AZ manner OF prosecutions for no other
reason than that they were Union men, have met.
since have been in your city, not few intelligent psr
sons who have inquired Is Il true that they hang and
shoot men for being Unionists7 Tney did not as
though they could realize IL. In what may say night
shall deal in nothing but facts, nothing but know
Of personally and can subsantiate If the question is
raised. l have seen the day when was young man,
and admit, ladies', that that some time ago, for
have wife who not likely to die )and
have seen the day when could mako myself heard at
any ordinary distance when for four Eve hours have
been heard on stretch in the open air but those days
have gone by. For three or four years havo been
aboring from Affection OF the throat and could not
At times speak above whisper but under theprovdencs
Of God and the continued bitter denuncalon OF secession
my voice has been gaining all the while (sughter)-
and should not be astonished il. six months hence


Rchard should be himself again" You will bear With
mo for few moments ir shall make few remarks by
way Of preface which 10 personal 70 myself Circum-
stances have connected NV name with the rebellion In
the South am native Of the Old Domiaion born ana
raised in the State Of Virginia. Ladies' and Gsntismeu
you have man now before you who ia an acknowledged
descendant OF one Of the second families OF Virginia


daughter sad caesrs) Ny parents before me on both
sides were vrgiaans ana bsth sides they were
Is s % , sns w;rs acasa h,xs
rebellion with being N gutisi1vory and descend
ant Of tories. take great psasure pride
l8tnof r.
and have had uncics who died at Norfolk and New
Orleans in the cause II the Union On my mother side
have had rciasives who have Less their
lives in defending tho United States; not the
swamps Of Louisiana and Mississippi, but every
particular State. may well make remark here on
politics am not hero to revive old party prejudicss.
In Tennessee thank God we havo merged all party
tons into and that OF the Union and in atime
to como, although have been whig will not vote for
any man not what DO his poitic not Union
man will see all such mon whom gravitation the
other way even hewsrd before would vote for thsm


have fought Andrew johnson Of Tennessee systemati
ca!y perseverngy for the last twenty fvo years He
has scored me on overy stump in Honors
easy now have now joined hands with him, and will
fight for him against the common foe. have always
been Union man commenced my political career in
1928, and remark, ladies' that am not young man
and confess the fact for never expset be wdowsr
(aughter) In 1928 was one Of eorporals guard who
got up ticket in East Tennessee for John Quincy Adams
against Andrew Jackson. Although opposed Old Hicko.
ry and fought for Adams would have prayed that he
might have beesn raised up during the reign Of Jesms
Buchanan. that he might have sunk South Caro-.
lima in some sea like the Dead Sea. where 1t
will ultimately 90. ! next supported Henry Clay.
have jumped higher. shoutsr ouded and fell fater than
almost any other man in canvassng for him. have
swung coonskns and water gourds high and low around


the log cabins Of East Tennessee. next supported Tay
lor, and then Fillmore and Donelson supported the
Boil and Evore ticket The tail OF the ticket doing
well in and is standing erect daughter
Tho latter cad win DO 70 tie to ye but as to the onts
man" One word on the subject Of slavery. have no
sentiments at the South that have not here and no



SOUTH have told them face face is more to blame
than the North and yet have say that il two years
ago had been authorized 70 hunt up and collect them
would have selected about ono or two hundred anti
slavery fanatics (for know them oil we and about
m equal number Of Godforsaken, hs-desorvinr dis.
unioaists-I would have marched them 10 the Dis.
trict Of Columbia-T would then have dug
ditch-a common ditch-and wrapped up their bodies
in gympsum wheat and dog fsnnsl, and buried them
there Had this been done then should net have been
here tonight II the issue shall be made By the South
OF slavery and no Union, or Union and Slavery am
for the Union. have told thsn homo on the
stump time and again will always stand by the Union
unless the question should be the federal Union or tho
Christian Eeligton 'then. and in other case, am
against the Union. About twelve mouths ago stream
hell, came along from the South through Knoxville
Then il was that the rebel soldiers made mad by bad
whiskey, visited tho houses Of Union n Knoxville
and robbed them OF everything nsued and abused tho
inmates and my humble dwelling was honored, il honor
il be, by these soldiers. Az the time was read.
ng in my exchanges from Mobile and Charleston that
they had boon compssd 70 send the flower OF the South
to defend the border States said to my wife, il these
soldiers be the flower Of the South God deliver us from
until in May they commenced shooting down and hang
ing the Union One man named Douglas
raised pole and run up the Stars and Stripes
in front Of his dwelling, and he was shot down
for this. was then In tho street, and demonstrating
With them proposition was made 10 shoot me down
The work Of murder and slaughter went auA they be.
came overbearing that number of us had TO Zee TO
the mountains. cannot boast OF my courage but be.
lieve was accused Of personal cowardce Thsy
teok my building TO repair old muske which the thief
Floyd stole from the After taking posses
sion Of my ofnce, was out Of employment. One regi-
msnt located in the town had decided to tear down my
dwelling, and the plans all ready. Gen. Zollconsr
was informed Of the facts ana issued orders forbddnc
Of his soldiers 70 60 outside their lines He also sent
detachment Of two hundred men to surround pro-
tsct house. Many said he had done t worthy OF
great credit but believe he did more than his duty
knew him for twenty five years, and be was q high.
toned honest aud brave man. He stopped any
thing low and the only mean thing that he ever did
that am aware OF was 10 fight In such that in
which the South Is engaged. Ny family urged mo
70 leave home with tears and sntreses and to crafty
nv wife and children l did SO. About that time
there election for President and Vice Presi.
dent. The ticket got only 2j 900 votes that
sheri refused to open the halls Judge swan the mem
ber Of the Confederate Congress from the Knoxville dis
ttct, bad but 700 votcs, while the district has
given Horace Maynard II 600 voter After johnson and
Aayra left the emily leader isrt in Knoxville al
though only second or third-rsts that Mount
ing an old iron gray horse one day and with few
friends the secessonsts say when beaten by the
Union army, retired. I retired, gentlemen. Haush.
ter We made up company OF twelve persons, aud
nesses from North Carolina. and in the month OF No.
vsmber we lay out twelve fifteen nights We had
taken some bread and meat, and when our provisions
gave out We killed black bear deer aud turkeys
We had cousins who came to us every few dsys and in
formed US as 10 what was going We lcnrred that tho
commanding officer had detailed four squads Of cavalry
and their public Instructions were not 70
take US but TO shoot sight. In some
mysterious way, one Saturday night about
eleven O'CLOCK, nve bridges the main line
of railroad miles apart all burned down and
we're in ashes by daylight next morning This put the
very devil in the secessonsts although he had been
their midst all the while The Legislature OF Tennessee
passed law requiring the officer TO visit all the houses
Of Union men and take from them their knives pistols
aud guns, fearing that our people about rising
could give the names Of many Union in Knoxville
no shot down for other offence than opposing
jer. Davis. came in from Smoky Mountains, for did
not like to remain there as was not in accordance with
my character. was never known 10 from mortal
m On returning 10 Knoxville thrown into isil
on the 6th cf December


Mr. Brownow then gave narrative Of his imprison-
in the Knoxville jail Of his correspondence with the
Secretary OF War OF the southern confedsacy ana his
release and escort to Nashville with all the incidents thai
the way the same being for the part
repetition Of his speech before the Chamber Commerce
and Pioneer Association both Of which have reported
In foil In these columns.


Navigation ON the Upper Lakes.


From the Chicago Tribune, April Al


We have from Mackinsw up 10 the 10th OF March
which day the ice was only twelve inches thick, with
prospects OF an unusually early opening.


Navigation on Lake Eris ~ resumed, propeliers
running regularly between Detroit and Buralo and Toe.
do and DuEkrk


Accounts from the wsllAud Canal quite so ia.