Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-08-17
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In Ssealax tseposNiea tF Bsiof' sasa u
East Teunvsses, We a. q tIsbSqI - ihctGty
ftam ,Aen, hat Ne hare AZ sdesbs khAa ere
eessessly FspeesrnB them. Ehg - sei 49,
iieve, aud never have believed mat thsrs ~
Issa auy JUS. sad suihessn, cause Coz bseakihg,
up ibis Gossraneht. They do not believe
cad aeseF hare believed, that the rishtse ~
esde Avn the FEDERAL oompses exitss, s6a
can be exercised As Il hes heea 81 she ssyssAt
States which have seeded. ThsS % sst bs-
lssse, aH1 sesss sill bslissey that FUnasssss b.
LsaAaGY ous Of The uaIqn, Enough ~ deslafS
sds6y the action 81 MS LteIslAtnfs, and more
receatly by The hasty and ineonsiderase action
of she people. driven ints ssessnloa by aaH.
itarV desposlssn, sad under thspfrsssfe u the
times. They betieVe Il is he duty Of The
Federal Govern nent to put down this Rshea-a
lOa, NJ any and every esss iahlood aud sseh-
sy, that may be required sss-'ss : ''e
But the Union isadSts, and The Union con-
non messes, do not desirs Federal arnEsto
be sent into Eas: Tsanesses, asd they aFosss-
terry opposed to che thsswing % y 9oefeder1
ate army iatO our division Of The State, The
Union men of Easl Tennessee have not sp-
piled 70 tbe. FearrL GaEsrnnspt fos aSms.
men, or money, nor have ibsy had any other
offer of such help, from the Federal Gsyern'
ment than has appeared lp newspaper, OF iel-
egraphie dispatches, setting forth the purpose
of the 6cYssnmsat 20 rsiisSs the uaioa tsea,
Asd 10 sustain thea II their struggle To up
hold The GoTernmeht Not . letter. has Pas-.
sed siihsr way-fFom here % Washiagtea, OF
from Washington here, sskiHg for AID frsm
The Goseramsat, or Offering such aid, withih
eur kno~ledge. 4sdv We are vain enougt 70
believe, theI il sueh eeErespondssse sxisssds
a. between the Union mea OF R&St Tennessee
sad the GovsrnneBt at washiuEton, from our
position in the party, ,thsy would have lei Us
into the secret. ss a- :. zas. Is
Ssnsible and refsrtine unios nSa, in BAst
Tennessee, have cAleulated that, Ia the course
Of events, should this wargO %, The beads
of the Federal army, would deem il necessary,
Aad in their lias Of dalE. 10 thsoR - large
army into East Tennessee and Virginia, on
the Ilue Of this Railroad. Nay, many Of Us
have supposed that this might be a part Of
the PEoGRAnxt, Of the eommaadrr-in-Chie
of toe Federal Asmy,-bats Ne have neither
advised il, as Unios nsn, not hesa consulted
a. 70 its propFiety. On the contrary, ID 10
Kuowu TO as, that some OF The leading uaioa
men OF this city, have proposed TO SO Is Cpa-.
AIssloSkss to Washington, To solicit thrtios.
ernmeRt at Washington, not 10 throw asy
force int. this division Of err State, and
upoa Obtaining such pledge, they Intended
10 to rrtuTs and demand VI the Coniedhssts.
forces the removal from eur nidst, OF = large
body Of srnsed men, Ftatieued " dsferedt
Points, 10 resist the npprqerh Of Federal
troops. This effort sSala bave been, mace
aud made in good faith, but for tao conststF4
tions. FIRST, The proposed Colasa ss,eners
would have to appIy 70 tie KaoEFiiE L'aaers
Of Sse..sioa for pass; Aad htGt, having o.
tsiErd il, and started. they scale have been
pHSlished aseiHg abe Staas, aGd have Had
att.Isatsd to them motives that nstet ent. red
into their minds. In this. vies 81 thr e,se,
the m,sa,oR wns not undertake., &nai the .a4l-
ter su4ads JasI where all see IL st~nds. ats,1 4
Batt 10 said thks large hu,nbsrios Union
men are going over the m9a ftains ilt0 Keh-
tscky, tor arms, and that thsy wall eitl.cr rs
turn here 70 Ggat E@st Tepnesse4ps, pr sjonl
LiaeSia's Arny N KeaIscks. We hass aot
beea ous sf Knoxville, lie WitaeSs Ehat So
gong 90, nor have We received i hne apon
this sulject from AnE .Oue. We simply sap
pose tAis ~bsls tbiag "a have bssB ssxAg sssr-f
ated and that tie e1sissueaf Of the das has
nagDiIed ksAdEsds Ihte tA0sSaHds We sup
pose that STAGE harvest Aas psssed, spa crops
have been laid by, that some three VI iaar
hundred yOuag men, ID small squads, a, sif-
sereat points, have crossed oyer into Ken.
tusky, IN search a Arns, which fsaa.or, IA.
said, we're to b. had ~ BsIas isEae sgoargls.
ia KeDtpcky Tbrse hsse gbne nfon ikrir
e2a responsibility, asd nel as the ryprg, 81 !,
tAliyss Of abe URieA Rless or Of gnio.. ssg ~.
Isatious Ar a. eSidsaes bf the talatsrs iie.-
lag smAiI, Ne have neither iess Or heard OF 4
single nan Eho has fktnEsed Nilh any liiag
ia tbs fhsPs Of gaps ~ Pistnls. .zaspSAsa 4,
10 tss Asstsre u say iaIgFuissieu what
sEar, from aAy aaarlsf. We rensaEs tils sspsa4
Zen. shAs the Federal Got egaIafut vii hrsst
esd ss aray into sRagt Tsansssts, east y
hss ksa bsatsr saesssse s shs rssssaass sha
ia sghtias sAs Caafsdsrats sttsyis Titeinia
Il che Federal Gsyerpmsa, eaa's Sustain IL
sstS 10 VIrgi6iA, sud pee doas 4hIt fsbsllion
al ne dsoF eF ttsk MkgsoaAl gasst6Ezn a