Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-12
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Condition Of East Tennessee - BrolonIoD III
RaA TO acknowledgement in the Cay-
The Bell House.
JANUARY 6, 1862.
EDITORS APPEAL: It is not probable tina
East Tennessee will soon become the scene o
events, the concurrent history of which woult
prove of great interest to the countless readeri
Of the APPEAL. Though one might well imag
inc even now that the roseate goddess of spring
was tripping along from the sunny South witt
her lap full of flowers, yet grim-yissged winter
still sits enthroned in the mountains, holding in
check by icy barriers the coIliding armies of two
empires.
In the absence of exciting rumOrs of war, in
the midst of quietude which may continue fol
an hour, q day, OF a month, 1 can only detail
current local events.
So conflicting are the accounts received from
different counties in this portion Of the State,
that it is utterly impossible to define the eondi-
ton of popular sentiment. There ae no out
ward indications Of any dissatisfaction on the
part of the pOpulsee; but in many places there
are dangerous men who have not abandoned the
doctrines Of johnson. Maynard and BIownlOw.
They still adhere to the exploded dogma that the
old government was indissoluble. There is one
significant fact now being developed, which is
seen and felt everywhere. Our government has
purchased in this end of the State nearly one
hundred thousand hogs at ten cents per pound.
Every farmer who sells is paid in Confederate
bonds, and to this extent becomes q shareholder
in the government These notes go INTO general
circulation, aad are everywhere received as the
best currency 70 be obtained. This is surely the
Strongest evidence that could be given Of the
sOundness of popular sentiment IN East Ten
nessee. and ii is also the surest guaranty against
rebellion Cor the future.
If we are finally cut off from all commercial
inte recourse from the Northwest as We must be
from New England, East Tennesseeans will soon
become the richest people on the continent
Their agricultural products, their manufacturing
facilities. the inexhaustible mineral wealth Of
their mountains, the delightful climate in which
thew live, VIII render them the most favored Of
all the inhabitants Of the South. Above all
others. East Tennesseeans should be true to the
government of the Confederate States. Brown-ew,
whatever may be his sins, unatoned for, has
made this people sound on the slavery question,
save 10 the extent that his influence has been
csunteractedb by Maynard and Johnson and the
DAY is not distant when this healthfGl region
shall be the summer Paradise of sOUtherners.
Not a day passes that the trains to Richmond
are not crowded with Ofice-seekers and contract
and ~plsee-huaters, en- route to Richmond. 1t Is
almost as disheartening TO witness tins on TO
Richmond = as that would have been, II accom-
plished, which once echoed throughout the North
and al the seat of Federal power and folly at
Washington. Davis and benjamin are TO be
pitied, while their pests are pitiable.
II is a terrible, damning, whitening satire upon
hntaan worth, purity and patriotism that IN the
ver,r midst Of a revolution which involves all
fbat L valuable to ourselves and pOsterity, men
rapnot be Invested of selhshness by patriotism,
nor of meanness BY the dangers which environ
us. Ambition, despicsble, selfish ambition,
often supplants genuine love OF country, and
assumes the habihments o. worth, integrity and
puritv. To make others happy should be q
maxim in social life. and if a selfish reason must
be given for-unselfsh conduct, l might add
that by this reason alone can we insure our own
bea6tnde. If this be true in the relations OF
arivate life, how undeniable Is the principle
when applied TO the relations subsisting between
fine citizen aud the commonwealth l would
have the love Of my fellow men L would render
them eonsented / would alleviate their suffer
jnos and remedy their misfOrtunes. How much
stronger the impulse thus to serve 6 nation, and
nv children's children through all time How
inconceivably stronger should be the sentiment
patriotism. than that of benevolenee, or that
OF private friendship Yet we find even now,
in tie midst Of the 6ereest struggle whose annals
shall record, that the love OF gold, OF
preferment, OF place and power. tr~anseends, IN
many instances, all considerations % duty 10
the republic
This place, like every other where there are
troops in the CoufedeTats service, is infested with
81 Memphians.p Col Monsarrat, cOmmandant
this post, has a battalion of artillery, surely
of the finest in the service. He has twelve
bronze guns completely manned and equipped.
When ii is recOllected that this corps has been
organized and parts Of it in active service since
the LIST of October last, too much praise cannot
be ascribed to the energy and efficiency Of its
vallsnf aud accomplished commander.
Bob Noon, Capt. Shirley, Capt. Lea, Capt
Harbsugh, Congressman House, Thomas. Jones,
and Walker Brooke, are all at the Bell House.
the way this Bel House is infinitely the best
in East Tennessee-one that / wot Of not a
miles from this place is intolerable.
1t is stated here that BTOwnlow viii be sent
beyond our lines as soon as his health viii admit
81.