The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-10
l,nnifine ar Tennessse.

A letter dated II oTrfsto wn, Tenn, July eth.
ivee as the subjoined account OF the posi-
tion at present occupied by eur sister State,
and sxpresseg corrscily the discrimination oI
her people to resist al attempts at suhjuga-
ton by foes without and traitors -yix..in her
oorders:
Ths Volunteer State By an overwhelming
majority - become member OF the SoUth-
ern Confederacy. Her gallant soas- who
never kas w Ioar, have exercised the right OF
determining iaeir own destiny, awed nskher
by large armies ncS the threats of many bos-
tile States. Tennessee to-day occupies n more
exalted position than ever before. Her peo-
pie nave snoygn themselves e be & 1set5 pel-
pie. and her sono freedom gailsnt cham pions
We nave already many thousand soldiers pre-.
pared for &c tion, and will hs abe to raiss rs
many more as necessity may require.
Though East Tennessee, By 6e~ vote o@ tha
Gtb OF June, seemed not to have received
enough OF cid Abe's blessings to make her
willing to leave his bosom, yet the secret OF
it was, her people cared nothing al ali for old
abe; but certain leaders, in whom they had
been accustomed TO place great confidence,
having becone favorites of the Old gentleman
some Of them on account of the loaves and
fishes, and others by reason OF a feLow ieei-
irg-took il u pCu themselves TO aleuse the: con-
Gaance, and 10 es trangs the people OF East
Tennessee from their brethren OF the other di
vision of the state, and 70 hand than over,
as they had promised 20 do, TO tbs Lincoln
tfoyerDment. f4
In Pursuance Of their designs, thay can
vasSed East Tennessee with a zeal til. then
unknown in political warfare, as IA general
thing refusing Southern rights men hearing
upon the same stump with themselves, and
c.ten having appoin tmentS mon the sane
day, and in the same neignocrnood wilere tiiey
tine Sou theTn rights man, spoke for the pur-
pose of preventing the Union -.sn from hear
ing but one side of the { Ues.lop. Having. by
these means, procured q large ms iority in East
Tennesses Tor the Union, they set to worh 70
transfer 1t 10 Lincoln. The delegates oE Con !.
vention, which was held st Knoxville before
the election, were called 10 r1set So Green vile
on the 18th OF Jlne. These delegates were OF
elected by the people, but those OF them who
were sent at all, were appoin ted by ittle, r-
responsible town and country meetings
Neither were the counties equally repre-
sen ted. Eight Of them had but one delegate
several moro 1oug and Eve delegates sach,
while Green, Andy Johnson's county, had
fifty four delegates; Knox, BroWnlow'a oouu-
", twentV-eight, and Washington, Nelson S
county, forty delegates. Many of these dele
gates were OF the small, uaeddiesome kind Of
politicians, who tno - nothing OF State az
fairs, and who follow 1ivoritsss let them a3-
vCcate whatever doctrine they may. Thess
are the men and this ths ConVan lion that has
decided for rebellion in East Tennessee, and
il is part OF the same crew who are heading
Union companies, and exciting their fellow
citizens 20 reb~llion. They Will be put down.
majority OF East Iennssgae will not suctain
saen. BESIDES, OCr worthy Governor is ready
to crush down q rebellion as SOON as IL shows
It's head.
Lincoln may send arr1s here to Union mon,
but We will do as we have already done, aD-
proprstte them to ou- own rse. lie may start
an army here, AZ he has promised to DO, but
IL Will never get further than Cumberland
Gap. We are prepared 70 nast any force no
nsGils through the Gap, but never the aaaLes.
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