Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-21
sending Troops TO East Tennessee.

sending Troops to East Tennessee.
Sometime ago Major ANDERSON was made
Brigadier General, end assigned to the Mil
itary Department of Kentucky. Subsequent
ly, IL was stated that he would lead column
of the Federal troops designed to operate in
East Tennessee, and to pass through Kentucky
Arms intended for East Tennessee Union
men have been sent to Kentucky, and start
ed for their destination through the eastern
. portion of that State. To prevent East Ten
nessee from becoming the theatre ofwar, and
to protect all her citizens who are disposed
to be loyal to the State andsto respect her
authority, it has been deemed necessary to
station portions of eur volunteer force at
certain points which afford the readiest ac-
cess to an invading force. Every right think
ing man would say that, in doing this, the
Governor has acted wisely and humanely. His
duty to the people of the entire State, as well
as to the people of East Tennessee, demanded
this much Of him; and unless he had done il,
be would be justly censurable were the State
invaded. But there are men in the State
mean enough to take advantage of this wise
precautionary measure to make capital for
Col. ". h Polk who is running for the Gov
ernorship. And if the Knoxville Wing, the
organ of the disaffeeted Union men in East
Tennessee, is to be believed, Col. Polk him.
self is either lending himself to this purpose.
or playing false to his duty as citizen of
Tennessee and the Confederate States. In the
WIsg of the 18th inst, we find the following
HARRIs AND PoLK-GOy. Harris, listening
to the false representations of malicious men
in East Tennessee, in sending troops from
MiddleTennessee here to subjusate Union men.
This MAINS Of bringing on cirl toar, and erasper-
Gftag the Union Of Eazf Tennessee, Col. PolE
opposed to, and ,cOuld not La1d himself TO any
such purposes II is, therefore, the duty and
interest Of every Union man in East Tonnes
see to vote for Polk The defeat of Harris
will be g just rebuke to him for lending him.
self to these men, for such unholy purposes
Really, it will be q victory to defeat Harris.
and il will teach him and his counsellors q
lesson they will not soon forget
We infer from this. that Col Polk il sop
posed to" sending troops to East Tennessee
10 protect the State and the people against
invasion. The charge that they are sent
there 10 "subjugate Union men" is untrue,
ana U SEQ Ouiy " AcCP uP hi-icCinA III inas
section. Col. Polk, and all who are true TO
the cause Of Southern Independence must
feel the Importance of keeping sufficient
force at all exposed points In East Tennessee
TO prevent invasion. and to keep up our line
of communication with Virginia, SO that our
brave volunteers there, fighting for eur lib
critics, can be succored and sustained If
Col. Polk, however. as the RAig asserts for
him, L opposed to'' ii, then he Is not dt to
be trusted by the people for any position In
such an emergency as the present. The su-
thority of the State and the Confederate
States mus. be upheld, and be who lends
himself to intrigues to weaken 1t, for the
purpose of pandering to his ambition, or for
any other purpose, should be visited with the
wrath Of the people. 1t IL the authority of
the State and the Confedersts States which
now gives u security. 1t is that which affords