New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-25
THE TRUTH ABOUT TENSFssEE.
From Oar Own Corrs.ponas1t.

NOT fail 20 interest You at this tine The pretense set
I'D bv the tyrants who now trample with iron heel
upon the middle and western counties Of that once
proud Commonwealth that the people sustain inelf
doings il shameless libel and tho means roreea' o.
learning what is really the feeling Of honest, unpreu-
diced men in those portions Of the State convince me
that Gov. Harris and his debaucbed adherenis are
Iosthed and hated beyond measure. An aposa'e Wig
and original dsunioDist, g. K. Cockrll OF Nashville,
wrote fusomo letter TO Harris the 10Th inst, IN
which he said Your constituents, the advocates OF
se-government and Of Southern Independence, desire
you W remain where you are" And that mos! auda-
cious Of oil the usurpers who have sgnazed them
selves in the attempt 70 overthrow the General Gov
coolly sad in his hypocritcal reply, be bad
" most cordially and earnestly oo0peraied with the
great majority Of the people Of the State, and thcn,
without thrice refusing, Cesar did, he consented 20
run again for the Office Of Governor.
Every fact connected with the States precipitation
into rebellion shows tina. he co0perat6d With sworn
conspstors 10 so the freedom Of speech and OF the
press and fsfy the facts Of history thus eusIaying
and deceivng the great majority Of the people. And
no il now in great fear tina, the majority viii avail
Themselves Of the only means left by which they can
under the circumstances tell bin that they bate hiu
Major VIM. Polk his competitor, has been declared
by his organ an out-and-out supporter Of JEFF Davis
and the Rebeloni and yet the pimps of Harris, such
~ TIE kashptle Patriot, evince muen anxiety 10
treat him ar though he Nelson or Andrew
johnson They fear the gradual recovery Of tho poo
pie from tho thrsdom into which fal,shood and mob
force have throwl them. II they should dsplace
Harris, even with le~ tyraRuicsl secessionis. the
taste of power to unrvet their letters might ernbolden
them 10 20 further / find many Scces-ionisis from
Middle and some from Wea Tennessee who prefer
Polk nevertheless. Bot The Union men will hardly
vote for either 40 that the reelection Of Harris pay
be regarded az certain.
The Nashvtle Banner supports the claims Of Polk;
and 40 that paper is still respected by honest
people from sheer habit, the Harsites arc alarmed.
Doubtless they ind another for alarm in the fact
that The Banner reduced 70 ia present course in
part By intimidation, and financial prescription, and
that suce iis reduction, editor has been admitted
70 is coums The fear with the baser sort Of rebels is
that like Crnamer, il may yet determine TO burn the
hand With which IL agned cowardly recsntaiion. 1
learn that TIE Bonner office Is again threatened with
destruction ~ Il was before il sneaked into secession
ranks This threat lie doubt made by the violent and
iotous, at the nstgsIion Of Hsrriss hired men, by
way of kicking The Banner behind. The Pa,yiot,
which ] notice loses no opportunity to lick King
Harris's" feet, with the design, am informed, Of
supplanting The Uxion and Amerreas in the State
prin.rg, and thus ssving bankrupt affair from the
dunghl Of inhmy, tries to pull The Banner forward
BY The name by declaring, in is issue Of the lS,h
that its neighborF influence is deservedy great ind
ssking this very singular question, the bill Of which
shall dispsy with italics: Wonld 1t not be preferable
Join in the universal spontaneous movement Of the
nasscs and aid In the elevation Of a trusted and
acceptable mani"
nee. daily with Union men from Middle Tennes-
SEQ and even the Western District, who plainly
press their anxiety for liberation, aud to whom Ne
Cielans successes in Yirias tidngs Of great joy
Men whose nearest and dearest relations have been
reduced into the Rebel army, rejoice when they bear
thai victory has perehed on the banner Of tho nation
am permitted to make tho following extract from q
letter q merchant here received from in in
tesia city in Tennessee II may amuse you:
"Our city frequently snjoys the delight Of fllse
report; setting forth that Gen. Lyon CAPTURED as
Bonneville and his boats sunt, that crest battle
was fought NJ Manassas junction, Ia which 5000 Gov
ernment troops and 100 Coneds or 900 Yankees and
800 COnfeds II forget which,, were killed, bcsides
wounded and nissing. Yesterday the working week
was usherod III by the news that Gen. Johnston had
defeated Gen Patterson at Martinsbnrg, killing 5000
aud taking 900 prisoners driving the remnant Of his
army across the Potomac. Tho hoodwinked and BAN
boozled Confeds fully believe their arms have gained
great successes. Everything they succeed 10 they
member; what they attempt and fail to do, they ume-
diately forget they attemptedand they always forget
20 contradit their own lies. When Claib jackson
fired of hs proclamation and ran, Missouri was TO be
4" disonthralled' right awsy. There was no such
word Ms fail That thing is several weeks old
now and what have the boastcrs donei Nothing but
run IL ~ lard 10 say whore excavations are the most
rapid Jacksons Gen. Prices. These yeiient traitors
fgut like Mexcans and boast like Hexicans, ard
lie Ike uexi ana Like Mexcans they prefer guerrilla
fighting Liko Mexicans, they will some imes fight
behind walle ard sometimes even from these; but
like Me1icans, they bay in ease attacked an Amer
an, iuirenchment. Like Mexicaps they give user-
ably ilse accounts Of our battles diligently circulate
ridiculous stories Of their proves, bat nearly always
eyacuate in some way, when they have opportunity
10 fight. They evacuated Alexandra, evacuated
Haper's Ferry, evacuated their poti ION opposite
Wiliamspoft, evacuated thst at Black kivor .eyscu
ated Martinsburgb, evacuated PhiGpp They bid lair
20 cover the sicred soil Of Virginia with tracer Of
their eyacuations. In Missouri thoy evacuated all
round Their word il retired they retired. Gen.
Price l presume both retired and evacuated. On
Eat considerable occasion have the Conieds failed TO
evacuhte, il light or eyscaate they must except in
tue case Of Great Bethel Ny opinion s that II they
should NE with q very signal reverse, their oyacua
tons would become no frequent and thorough as TO
JrlDg on collapse"
This exhact indicates The feeling which peryades the
bosous NJ thousands in Middle TenneSee-And those
thousands are the cream Of the population. am as
suied thai The gentleman from whose buuiness letter
bavo copied H. slave-o wner, and Ia thoroughly
Southern In feeling and interest The East Ten
nsseeans have shown, by several recent uPrisin5s,
70 resist, and this eIss u Middle sos