Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-14
Furthe Nhls.
The Approashihf esngfessional Elec
tion- What Should the People Of
East Tennessee Dot

/ IL ia the aseeBdaBt and eur E0Sefmen;al 81.
iStenes IL, - yet, bat sbseHrely devsiUpsd--
when the past affords rs NO satisfactory pre-
cedshIs fog oBF guidance either ier the pres
ess or the future, II becomes ns - eitizensin-
terested in our own welfare aad the welfaFS
Of our children, 10 confer Freely and fully TO-
gethsF in order that We may he gBided in oar
course By wise. saluiary aad ehhghtened
/ policy. DeepIy impressed sith the moinsn-
tousness Of the crisis through which ws ATE
] posing, involving aa 10 does, the dearest In
terests OF Us all, We have thought 1t proper
to address few plain ana practical words to
the people Of East Tennessee, upon the sab-
| jcct indicated by lhe heading al this article
1t in a spiFi' OF dicsa tiOn, hswsser, butraih-
er Of friendly counsel.
On the 6th day OF November Hext the Peo-
pie Of Tesnessse Sili be called RpoH TO choose
hsmbsrs To the Confederate Congress; and,
10 our opinion, liis election will be Of mere
vita, imPortauo 20 as all than any Congress
sioaal election We hsye had for bali een-
tnry past. And bene let Us explsis shat
maRy may not uhdtrs b,na. The election on
the lsth of August last was for Members Of
the PF00t4soHat Congress aud their term Of
Office will expire with the Provisional Gov
eminent. The Members chosen next Sa9em-
Der will take their seats IN the Permanent Eon-
gress, which cosvsAes on the 18TH day Of
February next. At ihs, time the Permanent
Constitution will he Exaggerated, PsFmaneDt
President Installed for sir 8 ears, aud the Gov
eminent OF the Confederate States, thus orgsn-
jEed will set ont on its career either OF sue-
cess or decline whether the one or the other.
Kan only be now known to Him who holds
the desIinies of nations in His hands
Il as vel. known, Tor il has been demon
slrated by the last three elections, thata large
majority Of the people in each Of the three
Congressional Districts "a EasI Tennessee are,
aud have been all the while ESIos men They
have loved the old Uuion with an uufeigued
affection and they still love it. They have pa
trio;ically opposed secession from its very
b.eih rs hereIical and destructive, and Their
opinions OF the doctrine and vi tue men who
have promulgated IT, remain unchanged. Bet,
as has been said in n So, D1er issue, the events
Of the past few weeks bave well nigh con-
WINGED Us that oar cherished old raion is
gone. That grand old Government which
bat few months ago was the pride Of uS
ali aud which ranked highest among the
powerful nations OF earth, seems now, through
the combined influence Of the corrupt and
imbecile men who eontrol it, and the bad men
that have conspiTed to work its overthrow, TO
be incapable OF perpetuating It's own existence
Instead OF ''puitiag down rebellion,' the re-
beliion has rapidly widensd AID 6eeptntd
from The hour it commenced. lpslesd OF at
fording aid 10 loyal citizens and States, Il has
suffered the Revolution 10 swallow up almosl
The last restige Of leyelry, until BOW With
the exception Of one or tive small localities
States seem to newell nigh consolidated in
a common cause. But four slave States Dell
aware Being but nomiuaIly slave) remain in
the Union. One Of these, Missouri, is now
d ISOLATED with civil war, and 10 IS doubtful
which Of the two State Covernnea,s there
will prevail. Two others, keRtGcky and !
Mary Wand ,--hoble aud patriotic Statss.--are
at this houF trembling with The lhrees o. rev
oIu.ion, While besirging army OF two hun
dred thousand men momsstarily holds the !
Capitol of the Nation Ia ;error. The0oveFp- I
ment although the fearful fact was again aud |
again Numbered into its ears, seems until /
quite recently to have been inssaslhie Of us !
real danger, while the mes Ia power AZ Wash. |
ington have proven themselves Incapable !
either OF compreheuding the solemn FesLol
sioiI'tes of their trust, OF of directing the
policy Of great nation through crisis like
the preseat. We repeat, that such evidences
as these have painfully impressed % with the
fact that We area divided PeOple--sthss hence
fptGh, fer time al lrast, we are - have tive
b5veruursts-the enc Seutherh Govern
meuI, the other almost exclusively = Northern
Govsrnmeat, II not entirely sor-the ane =
Siaos-Aoldag Government, the other a Jsss-
sol GOVERNMENT II Is a,nslanehoiS fact, bat
nevertheless true Would 10 God IL were
otherwise bat empty wishss can avail moth !
ing. Iadeea ihs combined Efforts Of every I
paion man Ia Tennessee coald not change sae /
result. Il eau only be dene by the superior {
arm Of the GoSernmea:, which, IS before .
said, We do noe believe i, has the power nOs
TO put forlh.
Sqrb being The atata NJ ihe case. what II |