Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-02-01

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Il would Be Inisresilue 10 piuay ne
Ccoerdplg Of ihe Rebellion: 10 trace lln
progress and deveIopmeni--th lines which
its bloody path describe upon the NAP Of
the country, II wonld be found that, HE
other sIornIa; Il depended up8n certain con
ditIcus nf the atmosphere, moved IN ccrl
tain determined circles, and obeyed Ger.
tam elementary laws II wonld be found
that Il begun IN the cities, and By the shores
Of the sea; that it followed ihe course Of
the ocesn coast aud the rivers; that il rro-
gressed IL the wake Of sleamboals. and fol-
lowed the wsudiugs cf bays aud esluafIes.
ghat u gsuck 20 The low.lgnds end the marsh.
cs; that u worked Us way slowly and doubt
fally into the interior, and has ohlained
even yet but precafious foolhold il the
more pastoral regions Of the South. IL
would be foand that the points 6fst tainted
we're Charleston and Sasannah--placcs
commanding both the sea and river. that
the disease followed up thesircamsof South
Carolina and Georgia. attacked Mobile,
New Orleans and Galveston. worked ifs
way up the AlAhamn and Misslssippl RiseFa
struck at oil the larger towns. taintinR
even Cairo and other places 10 Southern
Illinois. snd meeting rs frst check at St.
Louis
Another suggestive fact would be desef
opod: II would be found that The Rebel.
lion had lis beginning where Elsvery wes
the strongest, that its intensity was mea.
surrd By the density Of that great social
curse; that ap the proportion cf 1lases d.
minished, iE grew weak and that in those
places where ebnitelism constituted mere
fraction Of the population, II vas resisted.
and is resisted still. Beaufort, where she
slaves ontuumbered the whites Ege 70 one,
was the nursing place Of Treason; Eastern
Tennessee, where free men are the rule snd
slaves the exception, remains loyal sfiIlg
Ard 10 this curious phenomenon Hes our
chief hope for the salvation Of the Union.
A large proportion Of the territory Of the
seceded States ls comparatively untHiated
by Slavery. A region Of country-~consti.
tuting what may be termed the Highlands
Of The South"-~n region Of ccnnfry com
prised Of the ridges and slopes Of the Al
leghany and Cumberland Mountains, to-
getheF with their various spurs and pfolec-
tions--a region Of country which has had
no part or parcel 10 this Rebellion. boz has
on the other hand, given indubftable evil
denee Of layalty--mHy, II once thorouRhly
penetrated by our armies. be ecnsarted into
an important auxiliary Of She loyal cause.
Western Virginia Is already ernaucipated
from the Tyranny Of Secession. Eastern
Tennessee is waiting to receive our troops
with open arms. The mountains Of Geof-
gia. Of Alabama. Of North, and even Ho6lh
Carolina, to some feeble extent, aE least,
are attached to the old Gag, The South
is almost bisecied BY this mountainous bah
Of semiloyaliy. From the Eastern base
of the Alleghanis aud Cumberland, 10
Montgomery or Charieston--to Savannah
or Hiton's Head--is not very long dss-
tance. By occupying Eastern Tennessee
stimulating The mountanisFs Of Georgia and
North Caroline, and possessing NashsiIle---
the Rebellion wousd be broken IN two--its
head would be severed from its trunk.
This mountainous region comprises an
area of eighty Eve thousand square miles
an area more than double that Of New Jer.
sey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Masaachu-
seits, Vermont and New Hampshire com
bined! And yet all this vast country has
done nothing to abet, but has done much
TO resist, the rebellion.
| IL will be curious to note how small an
item Slavery is in the sam total Of the pop
ulation. In the thirty eight counties Of
Western Virginia, out of a population ef
2s4, 1876, there are only 1880 slases. In
Southwestern Virginia region reaching.
into the Cumberland Mountains--therear are
only 5000 slaves to 10000 free-or ten
freemen to one chattel. In the Eastern.
Highlands of Kentucky the disparity Is sfill
greater; while in Eastern Tennessee, the
Free element is ogerg belmiHg.
And YET there are those who tell rs thak
Slavery is not the quiekening spirit of this.
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