Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-24

The Unlon po,rn in l Tenne..,


Seu1tur JolIu$on, OF Tennessee. is repor-
ted on his way To Washington, being safe
y out of renCl of the malignnnts that uUw
runtrOl the political fortunes of that Smte.
few days aga. the Memphis AudLoRcjIe
announced that indictments were at once.
'9he found against SSennior JahnSon, Mn.
=. brownlOw. Emerson EIheridgr and nth.
"r urionisis, for treason ngnimst the State.
aud wHrrnniS issued fuT their arrest. But
noue OF these patriots are yet seized; nor
,Lpes It appear That the gallant spirits Ot
ntst tTrnneS' &c, who have SUSTAINED the
Urion. are nt "ll prclurrd 10 go uudcr tile
yoke OF Confederate tyranny. aud weld up
Their lihcriirs, "a well as tLeir leaders, to- tl,
tender mercies of the Confederate govern
meut.
Senator johnson made speech nj Lex
in2ton. Ky.. and one nj Cincinnati. lie
wits received Mt both cities with enthus;-
asm Mnd Ivy great numbers, aud his AL
dresses we're Luld and uncuuprunisinp.-
Ills voice is for war against traitors-wnr
10 the bitter emd-nud no compromise
short of. the rr-estah'iSimrut of the Uniuu
over all the land. He declares that ..Erst
Tennessee would never give up the Union,
If armed 10 prevent suhjugrtium"
II appears lay the full returns of the vote
ON secession ia Tennessee. rs published hy
the scCesSiOniSis themselves. that $4,000
Ames were VHst anRIIins 81 ihe lndcuus Icrrsy.
and about twire The number for it, The
mass OF the heavy Uninn vote was. of
ronrSe, east in East Tennessee, aud the
nUnhers could not lie suppre> scd, for Tn
ionism there almost 5cluimtd uunrimiIy.
and possessed the pull-hnuks and ihp jndg-
IS at the elrcIiun. The voice auf AuEy
JUhnsnn, therefore, and his presence inIhv
inVAN ri f,Ft
significant OF the dnwn uf an armed Union,
demonstration In East Tennessee Furiy
thOHsnnd ireemch leave refused under
every pressure and ngainstIlie most heart
sickeninE betrayniS of their cause by viii
iOm lcnders-tO join The hated despotism
of Jef. Davis, and they mean to appeal to
tue GnveTEmenL they love and ncknowl-
edge fur protection.
But Andy JOhnsou's visit to Washington
and his speeches 10y they way, arc not the
only evidences we haze of the uprising nf
the freemen OF EIst Tennessee ngtinsf the
terrorism ut serrssiun. We learn Iy the
Tennessee papers that Hon. ThOs A. Il
Nelson. n Union member of the late Con
gress. who has st"u'l by the heroic Brown
low throughout the bitter figtt that has
just occurred. raHv ,sSing East Tennessee
thoroughly for the Union. lnrsissurh call
fbr the meeting of Il Union Convention in
East Tennessee. to adopt measures of de-
ienre and protection We shall Inve from
Ills Convention, we hope II d lelieve, IL
patriotic movement similar to that so sue
rPssimlly carried Out in wcs'crn Yirg,nin.
and if ii shall he ns promptly susl,intd lis
tho liberal Easit rn States nnl by The Erd-
rrHl Govcrnmt nj, it will lie cqunlly su, =
ccssTul. And hy giving TO the UniDn arr
mics possession Or the railroads conrcn-
trtiiing n. Knoxville. and uniliug Virginia
with the southwest. the Uniunists of Elst
Tennessee will enjoy the distinguished |
glory of mving entirely cut or and de
stoyed the grand army of rebellion now
assembled in mYirginin. to war against the
tree working Of republican, Institutions as
Embodied in orr Union. In the noble
deed they should have every patriots sym
pathy nnd support. s ra