Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-27
THE TRAITORS THREATENING
CEVEE EAE.

A late issue Of ~BRowELow'5 Whfg-which
is quite a fair reflex Of GREELEY's TTibgae-
Informs US that it is generally conceded''
that civil war will De commenced in East
Tennessee before a great while longer. If a
collision takes place be thinks it is likely to
be in the mountain counties, where the State
authorities have every impTudentiy and un-
necessarily quartsred troops upon unsusPset-
ing citizens engaged in agricultural pursuits"
Complaint is further made by this official
organ Of treason that a body Of southern
troops, who recently passed through Morgan
county en- route to their place Of rendezvous,
''rudely tooS down. a LINCOLN ensign which
they encountered designated, however, in this
sheet BY the less obnoxious, but more decep-
tive aFpellatioR Of "ths stars and stripss.''
"These and other oVtTages,' says the edito-
rial brawlsr Of the Fkig, shave eHrsged the
mountain peoPle"-and be might with pTopri-
ely have added, wifi give offsIse to Mr.. LIN
COIN, when they shall be brought to his
knowledge.
The "organ" says the traitors think the
troops dispatched TO that section Of the State,
have been sent there to "subjagats them" and
/" crush ont the Union sentiment" prevalent in
those counties. The assertion that their mis-
sion is TO proven. Tennessee from being inva-
ded By The enemy, it brands Indignantly as a
mere pretsxt-"so silly a pretext that sepsi-
bic men can but roaclude that she coercion Of
Union meH in East Tennessee is the real OBJ
lscs Of the secession authorities Of the State"
The modest demand ia then made that the
State " withdraw" its troops from the eastern
counties, as a condition precedent to peace,
and as a preventive Of civil war. The fol-
lowing Is the language in which the terms
offered us are set f r.h:
Buff theseboTdes Of troops are crowded into
our end Of the State, we assure them they will
eaEse 4 large federal army 10 come TO the relief
Of tue CRion men, and the Union sentiment Of
the country. The secessionists, therefore, have
it 70 their poWert to bring on war, or to preserve
psscel
or course the State authorities kill paw no
further attention to this empty gasconadr, than
to prosecute the work Of defending our weak
points in the East with increased diligence and
activity. By the adoption IF toe right policy,
the Infamous and dis bolicsl plor Of introducing
arms and munitions Of war into that section,
paid for and transported at the expense Of the
enemy For thsass Of the traitors, will be
ef-ctusIlF ciFeumvsntcd.
That such a rcheme does exist beyond all
shadow Of a doubt is not now even questioned.
The bin, introduced q few days since By AN
DREw Johnson, and passed in the upper
branch Of tue LINCOLN congress, has pro-
claimed to the country at large that it is at
the same time unblu- hingiy Endorsed By that
congregation of professional towards and
non-combatsnts, who bold themselves out to
the world as the " Cnited States coDgress.7
The winnings Of traitors cannot at present
be responded to BY an inactive conciIiatory
policy, where it's adoption will certainly ex-
pose tte safety If The Commonwealth to the
most manifest detriment.