Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-22
The silver Liniug 10 the cloud.


At length we begin TO see signs of daylight in
East Tennessee. The black cloud Of rebellion and
civil war, Which has 90 long lowered over us
shows e silver lining which Is the harbinger OF
calm-a presage that the storm is pasaing away
and will be followed by clear sky aad genial sun
light Prom all the upper counties We daily re-
ceive accounts Of crowds Of men. who-bitherto
obstinate in heir adhesion 70 the Lincoln dynasty
but now undeceived by his violated pledges and
his unmarked abolitionism and treaehery-are
coming in to the different military posts giving Up
their arms, and voluntarily tskiag the oath of al
1 legianee to the Confederate Government 10 one
portion of Greene county, it is true, we have ads
vices Of trescherous conduct upon the part of
reckless persons who have hid their arns in ad-
| joinEg North Carolina counties, and reaorted to
that species of equivocstisn, for which the late
| Union leaders were noted; bat in the main we
have reason to believe, that the people of East
Tennessee, who are grounding both their arms and
their, preJudices, are sincere. Even this (Kuox)
county, which has longest maintained an attitude
OF defiance towards the Government, is at length
swaking to the fact that Tennesses's destiny Is
irrevocAbly fixed with the South, and that the
South is not only able 70 maintain the stand for
freedom she has taken, but has the sympathy of
the whole world in hsr struggle against her fGnati-
cal oppressors.
As instances in point, we learn tia. Col J. F.
Pate of Concord, in this county, appointed by GEN
Carroll to collect and adminlster the oath re
ports that the work goes braYely 10 his 6istrict
arms are coming in, numbers of dissffscted per-
sons are voluntarily coming forward 10 give in
their ADHESION and IN short slice the last message
of Lincoln, there are none but southern in the
district
Vim Il. Crippen, sheriff Of Knox county, sn in
Auentisl man, voluntarily came forward yesterday
and took the oath Of allegiance in this city as did
also Harmon @. Lee, OF Granger and I'm. T. Dow
ell. of Blount.
In addition to the above, the following gentlemen
We further learn, came forward Voluntarily sud
took the oath: Jas. Il Murphy, Justice OF the
Peace, Randall SAipe. of Knox county; Vim. Scott.
Clerk Circuit Court, Morgan county Alfred Cross
and Wm. Cross, of Anderson county.
Below we give the frank and manly letter of Mr.
BoWel AS an advocate Of the cause Of the South
cherish no partizIn preju1ices; have no politi-
cal revenge to CRAFTY and have alwsyR been ready
to extend the hand Of cordial fellowship to those
Who have taken their stand uneQuivoeslIy for
Dixie" But we despise the double dealing dem
sgOguss, who betrsy with kiss, who profess to be
for the South, but yet hold to the . len organizl
tion and name to +" save their bsccOn," should the
North win. A Southern man with Northern prin-
ciples" is BoY an absVrdity We commend Mr.
Bowells letter, sd model % all prominent gent.-
men who are in earnest in casting THAR Lot wi tn
our government-not merely willing TO atteu1pt its
protection temporarily. but ready Is contribute
what they can to sustain it and perpesuste it,
MAREYHLs, Tennessee, December Il, 1861.
General WnLAI e. CARROLL, Ccpmanding Brigade
- knoxville:
DEAR SIa Having heretofore failed to realize
fully as now do that the separation between the
Government Of the United States and the people of
the Confederate States is AnaI and forever and the
Government of the United States having failed to
extend It's authority and protection over the people
Of Tennessee; and believing that obedience and
loyalty should be commensurate with the protecr
ton afforded by any Government, l am willing to-
and now do pledge myself against any act, word or
deed CT any kind that would in any way, directly
or indirectly, mIlitate sgsi0st the Government of
Government support commensurate with the su-
thority and Protection it now extends, or may
hereafter extend over me in common with all good
citizens of the same. | hereby transfer mysef
property, honor, and everything pertIIniog to me
to the Confederate Government, to the same ex,
tent heretofore regarded them due to the Govern
meat OF the United States.
W 7. DoWEIJ.