The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-22
LeoEaEsroSDENce O TEE A1cAao4n nIsrAren.l
BIoCETriLLE, hast TENNESSEE.
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Nov. Is, ISL.
Thi- portion OF the State has been q scene
or Wild excitement and cOmmOnon during
the last We.-K. On every road toD}I be seen
citizens with their riffs and shot guns / is
tPaln@ to the scene OF action. On last Friday
night, she @th OF This month, rhra" r.;itrQad
uTI6Eas WeTa burnt on The East Tennessee
ROAD. Il appears 20 have been Il PreCOG jeG
plan with the Tories Of his end cl she State
ss- ar the brtig-- were destroyed on the same
night, apd, ~ SONS ct The IEcendjaries who
were 81 ntEret the sti19 nigh DECLARED. that
every railroad bridge between Bristol aud
JEat5S aooga were IN a-Ges ~ thtt dine. II
certainly was planned vita gIe3r SECRECY ana
canton for, considering he mum Sers en-
SaEed IN the conspiracy, and th7 desperate
S1,E. IN which they we're eugs,-i. i. seem.
strange Ihat tha p3ot vas not revealed some.
wher'- 1t vii! s"rTe 20 snow wha, or
ganizt-ton they 8aYe, ana how resotuJa taey
are, by referr'u4 TO tne Iatc dlttion.
iu every Congress oral district in F4st
: s-iGe~se ,1Pn we're running for the CCuFt-,t4-
rats congress, protesting 70 represent their
sentiments, modified - acqUiesceuc4 ia the
separation OF the STATE, ana though rr5trssed
SoUtLera IL en- were also running il tlirae dis
triCr@, there seemed - b2 no hone of tu4ir
success. rs the Union ne0 we're iarreiviu the
majority, but or The day OF The election thew
ai1A't Ysii5 - ali, ana .bis Wa nos confined
10 apy particular loo 'Nty, but wherever there
y ere any Of that ciasz Tue party seems to
have hut one heart, ana rs various organs
act IN perfect concert 4uH hdrllOEy. 10
Southern nan knew % tfaiT liberalization
not 10 vote. TAI: ana their subsequent our
RACES VIII serve - show their disloy4ltY 70
the Southern tOUieoeTacy. and their deter
minauou To aid the Yankees IL me subfuEa-
t'on Of the South TAs deseryes the .ttau-
EC'l Cf the authorities. Cur StALe Executive
has shown icniaGcY long and u4eparing!y
with little or 40 effect, save 10 strengthen
them ia their opp0a lion ~ the Government,
+uc lrecipita1e 2 Rebellion. They d-spiss
Gov eminent t!tat shows mercy without
power, and iOrDaarauce without virtue 49,
hey are III arms ia several parts OF tha STATE
and the Government should crush this re-
bei!i9n oU5, root ana branch, INN datnly
Threatened rs our State l. from il yasioa,
me erFmy being on the very border, DELAY
10 ~ ii with ne Tor IS OF East Tennessee Is
they deserve seems 70 be dangerous II not
rUuOus. Think OF fifteen thousand Tennes
scans ia the Fe Terra! armv which has crossed
Cum OtrlaEd mountain, and has possession
OF the raIlt oGd. Can you calculate the dam
age tGey would 30 20 oar Cause and is this
lmpO-sl bic ? l fear If the Government does
not adopt some measures thaCir has not aro
pIoyed IA this direction, that il is RIO 5a hle
That the Tories or The Union men Of East
Tennessee viii cooperate with tie Fedela!s
i UesUolabla, 30 COON ~ tha latter can
sus -a;u them. Thy operate with narf-et
u0actEniry, aud cover their designs ia Inc
darkest secrecy, Hotl they are revealed IN
some outrage or political contest.
Middle and West Tennessee have neen dis
posed ever since me war began 10 cOnciii4Ya
the GiSiItctTd in the Eastern part OF the slata.
h"li-vt OK that the southern men had eXe--
cised too little cIeIut cY towards their neigh
bors of opposite views, but this favor gave
too IT 'Ch cDunten4nCe 10 treason, added fuel TO
the flame, nn iii UniorieIu has eliminated ia
open rebellion.
East Taunes-ae ia threa tened with iunedi-
ate Invasion IRON three different points In
the neig borhood OF Found Gfapit is reported
mat there are from four 10 five thousand
Federal troops, while Col. Williams, who is
there 10 oppose them has comparatively a
small Fore L9IfirpffNr - AZ bar
land Gap to meet the Invader there, but his
force is greatly less than that of the enemy.
We have small force az James oYp on
the Cumberland mountain, but considerable
fear is expressed that it Is uuabla to y, event
invasion from that direction. 1t Ia not well
to think OF security under suca circumstances
Whea hy single defeat Of our troops at either
one OF those points. the enemy would be pre-.
cipitlted i'll cur midst, tint rail road would be
seix'd. communication cut OF from Virginia
and the Tories turned lose on their neiEhbors
10 murder and pluuder.
! am no aIarmist, but I know the L1nioa
men OF Etst Tennessee. / tell yon candtdly
that they are fatally bent on mis- hief There
Is no MISLEADING Their purpose. Long pent-
up 1nry is now seeking an outlet. Though
the plot to burn the bridges Is evidently
premature, and failed in is effects vet there
Is no doubt but the scheme originated with
the enemy in Kentucky, who intended 70 at
tack our forces on Cumberland mount tain,
aud TINS lii-tlmed stratsgem was TO cut of
Confederate reinforcement-. The Tories We're
prompt to execute their part of the task, but
The federals tailed in theirs.
IL Is oeiieFed that this conspiracy came TO
the Geo pie Hrst sanctioned and authorized by
the Union Uen Oh the late Legislature. There
We're many Lnton mem beers then who were
aFoWed rebeiilonlsts before but took the oath
10 SUPPORT tAe Constitution OF the Con f9der
ate states, with what sincerity may be infer
red fToin THIS suspicion and the incau tious
iscli ion OF oas OF them, that he did not
CONSIDER The ohth binding on bis conscience.
They cen do such thinEs with impunity Ia
Tennessee. Snch Is the result u political TOD
eration.
ne Tories are IL t3rae az Eii1aoet hton,
Rristol. TO protect the bridge burners. Their
numher In seven or eight h0anyad. They
SAINT In q nag Of lrnoa day before yesterday 10
tbs Commander 1t Carers Depot, with u
comm ansoatioa 10 The effect that tnay would