New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-12

know that this may not interest the Senate 10 any very
great extent; bnt mutt briefly refer TO it. TIE peo-
Ie of portion of that State having devotion and at
iaCbmeut to the Constitution and tie Government as
framed by the sires Vi the Revolution, st sdheng 10
A., gave majority of more than twenty thousand
votes in favor Of the Union at the election. After
that, this portion Of the State, East Tennessee,
called convention, and the convention puoiisheu
an add'ese, in which they sum mp some 81 d1' sne
grievances which we have been bearing IN that Por-
ton OF the country. They say: -,,,.h.a
TIE heapas Apoeol prominent dunGn pfPsb b Taors
IN CorBe who represented county on' THO Two
b Es Ten' the little batch Of d.eHeeeu Jobpsons
home Our tele 9phed TO 1se Ne recon- 'n
%ensg suSmi.sion i sovent, thousand were pct east
.gant ecesoD The di paeh added tha s's,s though
they A. ould be in minority" . .oo am 4.
They he'd fny five thousand men and s. oco,OOo 70
sustain them, the State authorities WIN 'nea a tbe
made the declaration that they intended 10 .oid '
Saie though they should be III minority ~ s
the advance Of tyTany and usurpatation. ny way -
showing 81 Senate some OF Ihe wIona9 .. ,he Gov
suimhted TO by that PEOPLE, who are l,yai W e
erpment-wbo have been deprived OF The arms IuTnsu
ed by the Government for their proectiorwlheiu ny
this little man Harris, the Governor OF ire o'ae-i
will red a few paragraphs from ihe aodress
declaring i treason to say q 90 anyhiSs M
In fyo Of the Government Of ihe tcs b sa 5 o. M npI we
hend ii passed by the Legislature Of lenpe.see
II has ovoyed the Southern States in whose success
D, less and which must ultimately lead to the uin OF the
pecp,e ,vbearpr and pto,er.nt spr, has already
sub ced the people of East Tennessee to petty griev
upon down. houses have been rudey entered
families have been uoccted insult peaceabe MEETINGS
ineuuped women and chiden shot az by neiciess
sooerS towns Pssed citizens robbed and some OF
tbem assl.snsied andd murde ed - -,
TeDpe.ee from the expression OF their fee thoug1ts The
der and ASH stn " been openly encouraged by eadn
secession Ouna hos been thus oveIoeus ana
bie in the minority in East Tennessee hing bet
Ger be expected Of the pre ndcd majority han wild uncon
si:aon snd oppressive legon an ntler GanenIt % ana
tbe State the support of Consi,u on Re hors to
become of and deson well as the victim Of
into!erable and relentless oppre.sion"
These ace some of the wrongs that we are enduring
In tia: section Of Tennessee; al of hem but
a few which have presented tha, tie country may
know what we are submitting to. Since i left my
home, having only way TO leave the State through
two or three passes coming out through Cumberland
GAP have been advised that they had even sent their
sries to blockade these passes in the mountains as
they say prevent johnson from returning with arms
ana munitions 10 place in the hands OF the people
20 yindieaie their rights. repel invasion, aid put
down domestic iDsurrectIon and rebtlion Yes,
Sir, there they stand In arms environng popu,
lation Of three hundred and twenty-five thousand
hyal, brave, patriotic, and unsu6dged people, but
yet pOweIless, and not i'll a condiion TO vlndicate
their rights. Hence | come o the Government,
and do not ask il as suppllant, but demand
IL as a constitutional right that give us protection,
give US and munilions and If tht cannot he got
there in any other way to take them there with an IN
vsdng army and deliver the people from 9ne OPpFes
SION TO vi ich they are now subjected We claim 10
be the State. The other divisions may have seeded
and gone off and If this Government will stand by and
permit those portions Of the State 10 go OIL and not en-
fore The laws and protect the loyal citizens there
cannot help it, but still claim TO be the State ana
il twohirjs have fallen off, or have been sunk by an
earthquake, 1t does not change our relation 10 tmS
Government. III the Government VIII let them 90,
and not give Us protection the fault 10 not ours; but
You will give protec Ion We intend to stand az
State as part of this Conederacy, holding TO the
Stars and STiles the flag of our country. We demand
ii according TO aw demand upon the guarantees
of the Constitution. You bonnd to guarantee to us
Republican form OF Government, and We ask 1t az
constitutional right. We do not ask you 10 interfere
as a party as your feel ngs or preudces may be one
way or another in reference TO the parties OF the
country; but we ask you 10 interfere as q Govern
ment according to the Constitution. Of course We
want your sympathy, and your regard, and yonr re,
spect; but We ask your interference on CONSTITUTIONAL
grounds.
suite the II Of Rights, declare thar "a well regulated
militia being necessary to the security Of Free State,
the right OF the people 10 keep aud bear arms shall
not be infrnged." Our people are denied this right
secured TO them in their Constitution and the Con-
sution of the United States; yet we hear no COM
plants here of violations of the Constitution in this
respect. We ask the Government 10 interpOee TO Sc
this constitutional right. We want the passes
IN nICuntsins opened, we want deliyerance and
protection for downtrodden and oppressed people
who struggling for their independence without
arms. If We lad bad ten thousand stand of and
ammunition when the contest commenced, we should
have asked further assistance. We have not got
them. We a rural people; have villages and
small towns-no large cities Our population Is homo
eeneous Industrious frugal brave, independent; but
now harmless and pOweress, sDd oppressed by usuIp
en-. You may be TOO late in coming TO relief;
you may not come at all, though do not doubt that
you viii come; they may trample us under foot; they
may convert plains into grave-yards, and the
Of mountains into sepuichres; but they will
never take rs out OF this Union, make land of
slaves--DO, We intend TO stand as firm ada
aDt and unyeldiDg as our own majestic mountains
that surround us Yes we will be as fixed and as i'm
movable they upon their bases We will stand
as long can; and If we arc 0verpowered, and
liberty shall be driven from the land, intend before
she departs, take the flag OF country with s;ol
wart patriotic heart and an honest tread, and
place ii upon the summit Of the lOities and most ma
;eslic mountain We intend TO plant 1t there, and
leave il, 20 indicate 70 the inquirer who may come in
after times. the spot where the Goddess Of Liberty
fingered aEd wept for the last time, before she took
her hight from people once prosperous, free, and
happy. m
love the Constitution made by father. We have
confidence in the integrity and capacity Of the people 10
govern themselves. We have lived entertaining these
opinions; we intend TO die entertaining them. The
battle has commenced. The President has placed il
upon the true ground 1t ID issue the one hand
for the peoples Government and It's overthrow on the
other We have oommens sed the battle Of freedom IL
Is freedoms cause. We are resisting usurpaion and
oppression We Will triumph; we must triumph
Right S with Us. great and fundamental principle
0i right, that lies at the foundation Of all things
with us. We may meet with impediments aud may
with disasters ard here and there defeat but
ultimately freedoms cause must triumph for
"Fnsion1s battle begun,
Beqoeaihed nom bleeding ,iIe to SON.
Though bsfhed oft, IL won.'
Yes, we must triumph. Though sometimes cannot
my way clear ir matters Of this kind as in matters
of religion, when my facts give out, when my reason
fsis ne, draw largely upon my faith. My faith is
strong, based IN the eternal prno pes of right, that
kO moi