The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-11
The war in Tenne.seo..In ResuI,..

The War tn Iennessee'-Its Results.
The following article FROM the Column
bus (Ga.) Sun Of the goth Of June, will
De read with interest. Il win strike our
readers as remarkable fact while read
ing this article, that The leaders Of the
rebellion have no confidence in those
portions Of the South which have few
slaves, and where the people are indus
trious, energetic and sclf-reliant. II
would be wholly impossible for very
J arge portions Of Marylapd, Virginia,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Missouri 70 have any political power
in the Rebel slaveholding Confederacy &c
established, as the population would be
regarded with suspicion and jealousy,
and would be forever placed nnder the
feet Of the Cotton oligarchy, The cot
ton lords have no use for independent
white men. The Sun says:
There is but little doubt now concern
ing the evacuation of Cumberland Gap.
II viii be seen from the letters and items
from Tennessee, published in to-day's
paper, that our troops have fallen back
from all the gaps along the Cumberland
Mountains, preparatory, it would seem,
to making that unfortunate section a
scene of bloody strife. Indeed, every
/ thing Indicates that East Tennessee is
TO become classic ground in the future
| history of this war. The congregation
of a large Federal force in Kentucky,
| beyond the Cumberland Mountains, Gen.
MitchelPs approaches TO Chattanooga,
the concentration of our forces in the
/ Holston Valley, and other movements of
our army in other departments, which
we do not care 20 mention, all point to
this conclusion.
The invasion Of East Tennessee has
long been a cherished scheme Of the Lin
/ coin Government. 1t will there find
friends and sympathizers such as it has
found in no section South. a bad ele-
ment Of society exists in many parts of
that country In the early history Of the
State, abolitionism did not fail TO make its
appearance among many Of It's prominent
political leaders. IL is the oldest portion
Of the State, and whilst il contains more
talent in proportion to numbers than
Middle and West Tennessee, il likewise
contains more ignorance. The masses
are grossly, nay, siRaly ignorant aud
have been long accustomed TO follow their
leaders in everything, just as the masses
Of New England follow theirs Nor is it
wholly unlike New England in other re-
speots. The first Constitution adopted
by the State after its admission into the
Union, cOntaineda clause guaranteeing TO
free negroes the rights of suffrage, prOyi-
ded they had property qualification.
This, however, was prohibited in The
amendment, and abolition seemed on the
wane until the Presidential election Of
1856 in which Fremont received several
votes in many of the mountain counties,
although there was no Republican ticket
in Tennessee.
Any one conversant with the geography
of our country, cannot fail TO see the vast
importance of thisnow threatened section
TO the Southern Confederates. East Ten
nessee once in the undisputed possession
of the enemy, Georgia will become the
last scene of strife in this war. Our for
tunes would seem almost desperate. We
have, however, every confidence in the
| ability Of our troops 10 defeat the enemy
Z after he shall have crossed the Cumber-
land Mountains, and in that case, the
whole rebel horde now threatening East
Tennessee will be captured.