The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-16
THE DAILY REBEL.
I'd HATTAN0oGAi
GOV. nAnRIs AND rnE DEFENSE OF

TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT l6. 1862.

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every one who feels its interests should en-
deayor to project that reputation from unjust
and unfounded attacks Itis for this rea-
son that We intend tosletitibe, known what
Coy. Harris did ia rlgard to the evacuation
Of Nashville. the defense of Chattanooga,
and the redemption Of the State from. the
Lincoln dynasty. L
Andrew Johnsons and his friends in
their speeches, at Nashville and ID their
publications. seemed to taks particular de-
light in denopncibg Gov Harris and in
stating faisehoods in reference TO him Well
might they hate and SANDER Gov. Harris,
forhe was to4thcm most dangerous foe
There are some facts in, relation 10 the sur
render Of Nashville that have never vet been
made known through the. public Journals
and which wcshave derived from gentlemen
Of high character and intelligence who we're
in Nashville, that ought to be made known
in justice to Gov harris. Gen Jehnston
sent for Gov Harris on the morning after
Fort Donelsonl fell Gov. Harris GOT On his
horse and rode directly to Cen JOhnstopis
headquarters, which we're across the river
+ Whether he rode rapidly or slowly We do
not know, Gu sfrivibg there he vac III
formed by Gen, Johaston. OF the state Of af
fairs and Of hisplans q Gov Harris stated
to Gen Johnston that If he would dcfAnd
Nashville he (GovHarris1 wonld guarantee.
ten or twenty thousand additional troops
from Tengessee within fe4 days Gen.
Johnston told him twas useless; that tlfoge
troops if gotten there without arms, without
discipline. and without=any previous train
ing, would debut little if any good, and
that By means Of tlieir gunboa;s the enemy
might reach tl.at ritf At any lime dnringI
the day. if fhey cane iiYipeliag4y up the
river Had there been delay on the part ei
Gen. Johnston. his army might haze Leen
cutoff and destroyed. His great object was
Ats' Eayc hi~l afinv khdp he feand be- could
nst ssye NasltEiGlr, and make Junction
with Isdsurekarsl IBtb@a md Polk a; Cor
iisth. M, hsn 9a4rkf1he cneny's :, l1..ise, ]
Gen 5oin,,sn adopt 1 tire only plan i.ieli
lzc9uld SAKE Ts,n,ksef. as yabsequent events
/ have slowfts far lie lad rsnisined al
NashyilleHana LII a,Hily had been ,lestfoy,il
there would llas9 begn nothire 10 check the
march Of de cntmy throisl, slie S'sstlcrn.
country, and Tennessee might 'evf,. noY be
lin their hands Gov Harris, though with
ing 10 make 4 stand and fight for NaShiileIl
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yielded TO the judgment of Gen .Iohu-IsG
and acted upon Ills advice. On -Bis prfuru
he may hay9 staicd tos some frisnds. who
veto asking hinB questions. Whit T. Had
learned from Gep. .Iohnstons but the story
about his getting on his orse and eallopipl,
shout the streets of5Hashyille. Proclaimiil44t
to every body that Donelson had fallen, &C.,
is untrue and mpst have drieinatsd in thu
malice of his enemies Greatiaj ustiseIh.iiF
been done Gov Harris Ii reference 10 thIs
!! matter, and many good and true imen, hagEi
4 ing heard these REPORTS, have neger heard
the truth about them until they have be
lieved them Governor Harris course, SINCE
theisprreudcr of Nashville, shows what SOFT
of a.Inan he is To say nothing Of his cot.
duct at Shiloh, which is well known, bis
course in reference 70 the defense Of Chat
,tanooga and the present movement i thie
army into Tennessee entitle him to the graf
itude Of essTs Tennessean During the
! summer there was a very small force at Chat
tauooga; the place was not we'll fortified.
and the enemy made an attack on it with a
greatly superior force Gov Harris was
then here, and when something was slid
! about abandoning Chattanooga, lie earnestly
protested against it and used all his iufu-
ence to prevent it lie took the necessary
steps TO have the place properly defended,
because he well knew that the loss Of Chat
tanooga was rreparable. Had Chattanooga
been abandoned, East Tennessee, aud peri
haps a portion of Georgia would now be in
the hands Of the enemy, instead of their
flying before Bragg's army into Kentucky
Gov Harris also urged upon tho. commatd-
ing General the propriety and impor,ahcs
of making movement frem Chattanooga
and East Tennessee into Kentucky, which
movements are now being made with every
prospect of success. III 4
! The citizens of Chattanooga, ,nafe' and fe-
male, bert said to their greatest credit, d q
ferred that the city should be shtlled And
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