The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-03

Cpnven saOn-Firm fOr the UAt0n.
We publish today, in full, the proceedings
Of the late great Union Convention held ut the
seute0 by Union delegates from thirty counties
Of that section of the State and to these pro
eeediDgs We invite the special attention of our
readers, and al immediate response. in the
shape of relieving Union army column, from
our general government
The Convention was in session for three
days. Its proceedings we're deliberate, and
he spirit which acruated its members was in
the highest degree patriotic, harmonious ana
selfsacriicine for the Union. Its declaration
OF grievances against the JEFF Davis desp0t
ism and its reign ~ terror presents most ap-
FALLING catalogue Of secession atrocities. Our
ioysl East Tenneeseesns, rising to repel these
atrocities and to fight Tor the Union, declare
that "the constitution OF the United States has
done us no wrong;" that the Congress Of the
United States has parsed no law to Cypress
U.s." that "the President of the United Statse
has made nc threat against the law abiding
people of Tennessee" but that "under the
government OF the United States we have
enjoyed Us q nation more Of civil aud
religious freedom than any other people
under the whole heaven" And 80 they
Rave. Next proceeding to the bill of their
grievances sgairst this monstr0us heresy Of
ecesson, they present q schedule compared
with which that OF the Fathers of American H.
dependence against King George the Third is
bsht and trivial. All the dastardIy crimes OF
q Iuffan mob sre presented 10 thus bill OF
grjevnnces egainss this Southern secession des
yotism is :: ameiess leaders and savage instru
Gen's,
Here are only few of the specifications
galnst this savage spirit of secession from
reee loyal uen OF East Tennessee. They say
Our people have b. an iusultso, our fags have
oeen fired upon ard torn do w. our house
nave been rld.ls entered, our families SUB
ected to jpsulf, our peaceAble meetings inter
,upted cur women and children shot at by a
ueIciless solGiery our to wns pillaged, our
citizens robbed, aud some OF them ass assiuated
md murdered" These dreadful complaints
we have no doubt, are strictly true We have
he same and even darker reports from every
o,her State of the South in which secession
rnles the hour. In sll of them, if we may be-
ieve one-haif that We hear, life, liberty and
property are ut the mercy Of despotic armed
mob. Can it be that the people Of any State,
rom such rule of anarchy do not desire and
,mpa.iently await the hour of their deliver
ance? 1t cannot De.
We are left in no doubt concerning the slave
States of Maryland, Western Virginia, Ken
lucky, Missouri and East Tennessee. In the
face Of the most trying personal dangers, the
people Of Ea-t Tennessee polied, on the ques-
lion Of secession, majority of twenty-five
thousand for the Union; but, borne down by
he Western secession section Of the State, they
meet in Convention and demand q separate
state organization, 30 that they may be released
from this Southern confederacy, which they
abhor. In th,s demand they apply to the sc
cess,0Dists their own doctrine, that cit is the
light of people to withdraw from govern
ment they abhor, and TO refuse obedience to
law and policy they dislike and deem uncon
-titutional;" and we should like to know how
he rebel dictators Of secession In Tennessee are
70 escape from this application of their own
professions Of principle.
They intend to do it, if they can, as they have
lone it in every other State except South Caro-
lima, by coercion and terrorism. But the loyal
people of Eastern Tennessee, like those OF
Western Virginia, call upon the government
for assistance. 1t has been given to Western
Virginia, and good results have followed. Let
East Tennessee be next relieved and armed for
he Union, and we will soon have the best evil
dences, not only of the bravery Of that intelli-
gent people, but that there are many others Of
rue came opinions, in the other States, dra-
gooned into the service of South Carolina.