The New York herald., 1862-10-16


employment in The Interior by the government with fair
wages to the il such labor and production may
meet the eXigencics OF the country.
Address OF Hon, II. A. II. Nelson to the
People of East Tennessee.
III all the speeches which made 70 you in tho spring
and SKINNER o. 1861, as well rs Ia printed address
the people OF the State abont the 30th Of May 1861
declared in substance, that If had believed 1t tho
object Of tho North 10 sbjlgae the South and emanc
patio slaves in violation OF the constitution would
have gone as far Us the aFthest in advocating resistance
to the Utmost extent.
Ny attention has Just been called 10 proclamation
issued by thsPeaiden o the United States the 22d OF
September 1862 in which lie declares that ION the first
day OF January ia the year Lord one thousand
eigh hundred and ytbrce, all persons held slaves
within any state, any designated part Of state the
reS;e whereof shah lhon be in rehelisn against tho
United States shall be thenceforward and forever Free
and hc executive government Of tho United States, in
cludrg The mliitary and naval authority, will recognize
ard maintain the ecdom of such rorEons and viii do
act acts 20 reess such persons, or any o them in
any sys .nssT ny may s actual ~ ,hs 'sSp sl which
dreaded and predioei as the results of the efforts
which made TO dssoivs the Onion that, in the
progress of the war they might oren the wsy fc ser
vile nsurrecon and The overthrow Of the Institution OF
slavery ally opinions to the unconstus baiity and
mpo,cy OF accession remain unchanged but in my last
speech in Congress, and various Other pubic
sions have ynd,cated and maintained, and still main
tain, tho right OF reyolutcl On no cccason, how.
ever, did ever assert the doctrine that ayiclaon OF
the constitution by pirts would authorize justify
similar other violations by the opposing party. Tho
paramount causes which have controlled or influenced
an unshaken confidence that we bad the bes c1usttu
and government the world Bat OF ali ihs acts
OF dospotm Of which the civil war in which
engap "a has been the prolific source, there not
which, N the slightest degree equals the atrOcty md
barborism Of nr. Linc0ns prooiauatin. ~ blow
il deprves al the ci.2ons Of tho slave States, without
distinction, Of the right 10 hold siayesa right gaTan-
iced by tie very constitution he pretends to uphold II
IL true he makes an nlimation that he win recommend
10 Congress TO provide jus, compensation TO Union
ters ip The slave STATES but what right has ha the
government ~ the Hncd States 90 deprive them OF this
rp
have they taat bis vague and general ntimG, ion III be
apllcd 10 ta, NJ or TINT an abolition Gonggess reck pg
with the bloq cF The South, and sbiart in NJ posses
sion oi usurscd power, III adopt his rccon endation?
We are il The midst o. sea Ct diiicues. Many acts
have been douo tho south 10 which VIC bitterly o-
posed a people, and which w who have adhered
20 The t'nou 10 spite ~ pcil' ani dangers could not
justly laliae. sgt lie tnlor aen oG East Tonnes
seo ere mot how ana neYef were aDohsionsls. Tho
Union mcn " East tennessee are u now, aud never
have been committed 70 the d9sifuss OF nceidarism
ard murder - when Ut lnc'h rTociiniliion reads.
What, then, the ial u Gty n tho trying ciroum-
stances which surround usy Il y 70 belle all past
professions and sustain Mr.. INc0ln administration,
right wrongy s u 70 justify man, whom We had
a. ercy slevang 10 power not only IL abandoning tie
constitution ~ tho Cated states bat IN repudeting the
Chicago platform hs Inaugural adr.ss ami messages to
Congr4s III which tie absolute figt 20 slavery IL The
States Were IL exists distinctly and unequiyocaiy
conceard2 o. " ~, vicw OF hs many ylsatious ol the
Cons nn, sud tnig cr0Anmg 90 81 -ssrpaon, 60 loin
sdo which al present. affords tho only earthly hope
ci success ul rcssiarcf
Lam awale ny coun'rymen, that son VIII and dim.
cucs 10 bringing yeer inads - the conclusion
which my own hes arrived. Mtly w,nt u and uDauthor-
lied acts Of cruelty ant oppression nave been pcrpetra
tod among you which Instead os changing your opinions
have only been calculated to as ayate and intensity
a heroic principle OF endurance. Many OF these acts
have been committed IN remote laces, without the
knowledge appreciation OF the authorities IL Rich
mond OF OF ihcse tho have held lie supreme command
in Fast Teanessec and under such circumstances thlt
you have felt II dangerous 70 complain. Gradually aud
slowly these outrages have a. last become AuoNn and
In the very recent po .aInson Issued by MAJOR General
Jones you have The assurance sha, your complaints VIII
be hoard ald the most energetic measures adopted TO
remedy the evils 10 wbch yo, have been subjected.
lei not, tbcu, sense Q. private and present wrongs
blind you agslnst ihs cuornes already perpslrated,
and stll more seriously cenempaed, by air. Lncolns
administration. II mg.ority o. the republican party
have been sincere IN Their proSes ions Of SeeFmiua
ton TO rcsrec the right Of slavery IN the states and if
the light OF freedom Il mol utterly cynguslsd In the
North may mol hore that spir. OF resistance will
be arous0d in that scctoG which. combined with the
Efforts OF tn. south will hurl Mr. Lincoln from power
and yet restore peace and harmony % our dis
rscied amt divided country: But through fear or any
other cause Sir. 1ncons infamous PROCLAMATION Is sus
tanned then have no Union t. hope for constitution
to struggle Tor lao magnificent ard unbloSeu hcritageto
magtan, no peace 70 expect such as with the bess
ing ol provitence we may conquer. The atnes which
hays been sent nea yon to tatsze you With hopc have
been Withdrawn, aud with cool scdaciy, Mr. Lincoln
virtually iOll you IN, you have no ghis Nc aicrna.
yc renlaus but choose the destiny which arrogant
and npiincipsd administration forces upon u.s.
II is simcsi sneessary 70 declare 10 you that adj
hered 10 the Inon amidst good report sad evil report
sunering and dsugor while Il was III my power 20 sup
porl IL ant that, when my efforts were raraiyzcd ard
my voice silcneoi by csusss beyond ny control hsyo
chegsAed thc Lcpc ter ali nigh, vet be well bu, Oihe
sst iink Is broken that bound the 70 government Tor
which my ancestors fought, anc, whatever may be the
course others shall reel II my duty 20 encourage the
most peseycrpg ard deornIuoi ressiauce against the
tvfanls and usurpaTs of tbs federal admlnstraa, Rho
have blasted pes and cruelty SEEKING to destroy
the last yestige VI free lDm among us. you would save
YOURSELVES IRON species ol unegampled the
history Of North America but uneauyccally invited 10
Mr. Lnc0lns proclamation, let every who Il able
10 s h buckle on his srmcr, and. without awaiting the
GLOW and tedious process Of ccnscrpr ~ yolun
,etr In tho struggle against him. The Is not always
TO the swift nor the battle TO tho strong and II cuno,
in the nsturc Of things be possible that Just God will
prosper the efforts of a government which has
hypocritlcay pretended TO wage N behalf Of the
Constitution but now throws on the mask and sets IL ut
tery ri dcAaace No despot In Europe would dare 10
exercise the powers which Mr. lincoln Ia css than
brief years has boldly usurped. He has suspended the
writ OF habess corpus in regard TO all persons who have
been or may be imprisoned by military authority and
citizen, right which the ma led barons Of England
wrestedVby force from King John, and inserted In the
great charter OF British Freedom right which caused
centuries Of contest 10 engraf upoh The British consItu
tun right for which fathers s.crny sir gged and
which Incorporated ia every American constitution. lie
has called anies into the Geld without authority accord
Ing to his own acknowledgment and has become milf
lary dictator lie claims the prerossiye 10 abolish
slavery without our consent at, II hc can thus take
negroes Why may he not take rands and everything
else possess, and reduce 10 stale OF vasssagc 70
Middle Ages. THOMAS A. n. NtL-0N.
KyoxviIE, Oct. o. ,ss82.
News from the Kannwha valley.
letter IN the Lynchburg R pubiccn from Charleston
I'd Instant says that General Iofne Is m ~ tnat place.