New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-10

A4bst5on Is never paulkeds by c0nsiderattons OF
honesty and good faith he is mercless MUIR
defer and ensiaver Of his race 30 long as his own
political fortunes may be promoted by the inva-
Ssion of The South. He saw all the lending states
men g slowly aud wiIlingy Forced e
and then the way was open for the prosecution Of
his seifish schemes. There was no rival Of An
drew johnson before the ignorant. the debaaeds
and deluded class that ever held the balance of
sspower between the Old NVhig aud Democratic par.
dies IN this State, which, for quarter of century,
voted hrstWith one and then with the other polit
cal organization Andrew Johnson never failed at
any time to control this element of the population
iRs1, ssfuwnloyv. the irTspr essible, the violent
snd energetic parson. the harangner Of mobs in
Churches and 1T the musings, the man who spared
not the living nor the dead ID bis fierce danuneia
tons of all who opposed him; this man who per-
5hapsi by his hatred Of Andrew johnson, became
an ultra pro slavery oracle Of the Methodist
Chnrch he, too, found Unionism SO strong an ele-
ment of popular partisan strength IN East Tennes.
see, that he was forced. in his devotion to Henry
Clay and by his antag onism to the Yaneey school
of ticians. 70 cooparate with Andrew Johnson.
II counting for tho present abnormal condition
sof East Tennessee, he reekons without;his host,
who, I'M king an the balance sheet, does not
enter heayy debit 70 the once ubiquitous Brown
Elewsa M ss ;sj
III I'LL secluded home, wiithdr from tl,e pom
gaze, nshis quiet ending isolation,
little village East Iennessee, dKalls the accom-
fliesed orator scholar and profound thinker Thos.
his epRare t0o, Nas borne along Nv The irFe-
sisti current NJ swept over 81
district ef eeunsE aeclnded from the world whose
geopla wefs IN the midst Of their
simple pursuits the numh less wrongs heaped
upon the South by those who love nothing ia the
South except Southern gold. Nelson is ii poet and
= dEeamers as well as q statesman md orator.
There is not more indefatigable student I'm the
South than MI. Nelson, and there ii not one who,
in all the Relations of life ID more fanltless and
more beloved. His weaknesses all & incline to viz
tnes side and hs chyalrons spirit has never been
aDntests ii East Tennessee Nelson is the only on;
ponant of AndreH ohnson who never covered be-
FORE thar coarse bully and black guard. With lie
squenee, ~ these are embodied in Thos. a. r. Mel
son, Qni0nism found dherent who could neither
BE bought nor driven He has fixed point beyond
which ia Will not support the domination Of Federal
the doom Of African slavery, Nelson will proclaim
himself the supporter of Tie Confederate Govern.
sii1ent; From this course nothing can deter him
and having fxed his deter ton, however alb.
sura We may deem II, he will naver change IT, He
declares himself 3 loyal Tennessean, ard conse.
qnenty will raise his hand against his State in
the war DOW pending Such, am told, are The
Tennessee. # 4
ii am conscious that, in the midst Of a fierce
struggle, in which our brethren and kindred have
involved their lYes and fortunes 81 is impossible
10 regard wtth any degree of kindness or even
Justice the conduct Of those who oppose Oh stand
aloof from us. From such preindces I have
sought to diyest myself aud sin speaking Of East
STennesseeans and oil their influence upon the FIR.
tunes Of the country would speak truly Of men
representing and lending the great body of this
people. Such, in my estimation, are the three
great exp onents OF popular sentiment in East
p09ois,, S
4 need not be surprised that with such repre.I
sentative men ths people are ssunsound Il, and fl
y not astounding that such people and such in
o}Is tf7vr
For many years past the Yankees have avste |
nnaticaly sent into East Tennessee hordes Of New
Engianders, Of whom an infamous a minidabJ
Si n, Horace, nsrd, is the fl Representatives
they nave sent as, too, thousands Of Dutch and |
swiss, WIG dwell amid the yne-clad hills and ae /
elnded val legs ALL these are original Abolition
ists. The French element in this imported popu. /
aons e. TIE fortunes Of the South
err e gonf VERY iron, copper and coal /
NINE ~ East Tennessee was q den Of Abolition
you surprised that Erailroad bridges were
pnrhea KEN are you amazed when You learn that |
excuses are committed even upon peaceabla snan.
PIE sby organized marauding bands ii Secession.
lsts, Mho nominaliy belong to the army If tha /
aontl I. ls q unnatural that man should hate
m1at that enc my who, by ail laws Or m tire ana
commgnlty Of interests, should be his etaunchest
trend s4 Might Ws not naturally expect Sthat Tia
should be thus daily wfdened and that TIC
nate dug ~ Johnson and and
II sucli are tue causes N ichg have produced. even
lisse condition of society which has b been
oSIiss ,as
INITIATES opposition, nor that Hildness : ich ha.
ssts friendship has been adhered TT Grass in;Ss.
wy hare been done in some instances
'S asd NH fss, 1t has been
disasters which o late Iien srr g me
Long before the battle of FIsilfnu Gresk II
sgsed t0s1aYs Brow paper sanI
me pc az bad man as represented. M na'sid
ave been bong If not tile anti. slavery n anan
iamentos OF the Northern President. and M hias
would have made the Wing reaipinns Il
y ess Potent agency which the Confederate
unity Of sen tfment and fidelity to tie gonfedsr.
cy:Bsit scens, however, that the poWer If TIA L
aess, willeh has created our armies which keens
,;ss ahe splrit Of remittance 70 onr deadly enc.
I'LL of Some tyre I'M military exceenes II AMI III
mont newspap We might has 4 uerv
sspeGsa1ie army of Generals ard "a nimissionaS
n o,Sas pas they you'd have no men lead Is
pgnIzed among titled gentlemen: and. nbfngtnS'
leiy, ne. influence Of The same agency man ~
people was not ackn0 WIedged bv fha
Ct sar
iranly and ably conducted but no folin,gar ~ ~
seMhlow 81 Maynard nor Of Andrew Johnsan
rsaaons q old prejudices, believes oI,s wor5 {
~ t oG M r. would enquire whether It be
q .sien.s y. Kirby Smith, commanding n tEsst
s a, has adopted the policy which have
ne Ignorant, deluded victims Of DESIGNING p,en
,s,. - Aiongar nearceFated while johnson ana
ssss ". ana 1er Carter md Etheridce ara ravai
u Y T. sie of Northern ar,nas ;a Of
III 4teriaa nj treason to their f. IF
a. ,e " snsar BIRTH Violence
6snatnn e ush treason and the antira natiua
{ess III ~ could eas n, d
olesIt spectators of q atrncrja IL ,.a
M - would FORCE them, "a ~
nf;sn M that ia rar I. - ih
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nfo aat enaas mess sS,',
on, ie4 by East nss essotted d.
.ssas to homes, from siai sha ssan
9M Z rnthlessly expelled 7. t1sy aeem
AAAge lnus furnished you with q A4o,an, 4
y9aolsaon % things il this military Gser;at
ssay e9Erect as q can give it, within fhe as
u g nothing stated u KIN q
n NV ans Sn has not already been ciSs
M nay Iast assured II one fact: Till
atb X saay &C. TIE acity Or ability IF Car
wv II Mlch know but little, liz sSrslv os
is 81 energy ana eviction III I.,,
n 9y that Of Capt Mofsurraf ia .s inl
81 post III East Tsnrrss
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