, 1861-05-15

military resources Of the State have been given
into tho hands Of the Southern Confederacy
and accepted by that ConfsaeEacy! And lest
q aeouelderable vote, even in such an eItraor-
dinarY and anomalous ease, might be given
ags1nBt secession, the known friends Of the
Union, and even men merely suspected OF be-
ing friends ri the Union, are hunted ont and
driven BY threat or BY actual Violencs from
the State. The slightest remonstranee against
secession IL regarded and punished as crime.
his neck in deadly peril The ablest men Of
Tennessee, nen whose nam es a:e pronounced
with high praise throughout The nation, such
men - johnson and helson, tre warned to
make no public speeches. lest their lives
should pay the penalty. In the meantime,
such men as John Bell end Gustavus 4. Henry
md the E#tags and Others Whoee names 1t
storm Of anarchy and jacobism, and, laying
their lips Ia the polluted and polluting dust,
humbly give in their adhesion to the fortunes
Of the farce and wildly careerlng faction. As
for the T.nnesses press, excepting the loyal
and heroic Brownlow. the best portion Of It Is
dumb, and the rest applauds. We have seen
ed1torb escaping from that atnte because they
could not stay and speak their minds without
the sacrifice Of their lives, and the circulation
of papers from abroad that boldly Epeak the
truth Ia prohibited. Even In Nashville, where
the Louisville Ja..T7.al has for yeate had thou
sands and Thousands Of. warm and devoted
friends, It has been recently interdictcd and
banned by IN unresisted MOB, though Heaven
and mankind eau bear us vitEess that 1t Was
never conducted with deeper and lotliar deyo-
tton to the truth and the right than 1t is at
this day. !,
AZ illustrative Of the character OF the tyran-
ny established over souls in Tennessee, We
thousands which the Tennssee papers would
not dare to mention One Of the first gentle
men In Our city, substantial man Whoss
word none would question, was recently In
that State On business. Hs repeated to u
yesterday conversation th25 he he:d with
native Tenneaseeau, Union man, who depre-
Gated secession as deplorable blunder and
fn large room, no other petson being pyoba-
biz within half mfle Of them, Jet the Ten
ne4st IN lowered bis voice almost to whisper
~ il he fa1cied the very Wa1la had ears to hear
and tongue to repeat. Lately" said be,
II thought WAS worth eight or ten Thousand
sum Of money, and carefully laid By every
douet in my power for the purpose Of meeting
nv obligations and saving my property; but all
that laid BY has been taks1 from t1e They
have raised military companies In MY neigh
bo1hood, And, although my opiEions we're
known, they levied upon me, as they DID upon
Others, whatever they pleased, and had to
furnish herequired amount or be spotted and
persecuted- probably driven out Of the State
as au Abouhonist", Any dozsn, or even half
dozen, aeeessi0nists in sRy part Of Tennessee
can band themselves together ct pleasure, as
thopsauda of dozens aud nAlf dozens are doing,
and levy the most oppressive and enormous
bl.ck mail for accession purpost4 upon saces
eionis1a and Union men alike, marking each
mans tax opposite hls rume upon piece Of
paper. and taen presenting the paper with the
foot-pad command OF stand and deliverl And
from the authority Of the relentless and re.
moraeless robbery there is no appeal; no
power exists to which the sufferers can sue
cessfu11y turn for protection or redress. A
giant despoti1u, subdiyidad into countless
petty deapo.lsms, covers the land with
shadow deadlier to Life than the shadow Of
Java's po!son-trce.
VIZ sincerely mourn for Tennessee. She has
glorionsIy moved. she has myFiada Of good
men and patriots within her borders, but their
voices ara hushed as with the sitting air Of .
tomb. Let us Of Kentucky tAks solemn
warning from her most unhappy example
Agencies precisely similar to those that have
wrought such i fearful and disastrous york
in Tennessee are busy day and night in Ken
lucky. 4 conspiracy here to establish such
reign Of terror a. prevails there il on foot.
Tbs conspiKators are moving stealthi}y In all
directionS, holding secret and midnight con
situations, djgestlng their evil md oold MT.
chinations. seeking to arm Ill their banded
followers from head to foot at the expense Of
the Safe and to dtsarm Ill true and loyal men,
and assuredly, il they succeed In their aeeurs-
ed design, even the vaat and overwhelming
strength OF tbs Union party of Kentucky, 50
strikinslt exhibited in our recent election, will
not avail to hold the State back from the deep,
black gulf of political, moral and physical
perdition- into which Tennessee has been
madly plunged. -
There ars, no doubt, Is many bfavo lad no
BILE spir1b In Tennessee In proportion to popu-
latioH as Of any Stale Of the thirty four, bnt
they have been m'serablJ tricked, dupsd,
bed of their rights aud liberties. Be warned
In time, Oh brothers Of Ksntucky, OF the
warning will ceme to you tao lase.