The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-29

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They Favor Immediate Emancipation IN
East Tennessee.
IA KNOXVILLE, Oct. 10, 1853
Ny dispatches TO. day advised you
that the Samuel Jones campaign into
Western Virginia, with the view Of obli-
terAting that misohieyous Major General
and his rebel army, was aoout closed.
We have not taken the salt works or OBJ
famed a fortified fOothOld amid the
mountain passes at Glade Springs, as we
devoutly hoped TO do, but We have driven
the enemy out Of East Tennessee, des-
troyed the railroad from Bristol TO the
south fork of the Holston river, and de-
molished three locomotives and fifty
cara This last achievement, however in
furious TO the enemy, 10 much TO be re-
y GREETED on our own account, since il was
by nomeans a military necessity, and
the article named being Just what we
are sorely in need of, could have been
saved with no danger and comparatively
little trouble. Ten days would have suf-
iced our excellent railroad people, under
Mr.. Hixie, Superintendent, (who has al
ready on one occasion performed the
same feat for the Tebels) to have brought
the cars and locomotives across the Hols-
ton and Watsuga TO point whence the
road Is intact TO Knoxville. Our regrets
over the destruction Of railroad property
is rather assuaged by the announcement
that General ShacklefOrd did not reach
the Salines, for being in somewhat des-
truciye mood, il is more than probable
that we should have been called upon to
mourn the contamination Of apublic dis
aster In the wAton demolition of those
magnificent works. II ia our cue TO cap
ture and hold, not TO destroy. This can
only be accomplished by crowding the
enemy beyond SAltville, and by holding
The mountain pass--at or about Glade
ALPHABETICALLY secure Tennessee aud
Kentucky from invasion in that quarter.
The situation involved in the occupa-
ton of East Tennessee with an active
and dangerous foe at either end of
line two hundred and forty miles in
length, extending from Chattanooga to
Bristol, IL is difficult without accurate
knowledge Of the facts TO estimate justly.
Our base Of supplies is 200 miles dis
tant, over dangerous and difficult noun
tain roAds, with elk considerable rivers
and innuinerAble mountain streams to
cross This long line of communication,
extending drought wild and disaffected
regions, especially liable to guerrilla war
fare, require to be surely and adequately
guarded. The rebels policy has been 70
threaten all points, but not fight, Run
them from one position, and presto they
appear at another; force them back
there and they reappear at tho FIRST, and
50 on alternately, Wolford in the West
and ShacklefOrd in the East, 200 miles
apart have been engaged in this unpleas-
ant and Improbable military psstime
since our advent into the State, and the |
situation differs but little to-day from |
our status six weeks ago. Chattanooga |
is distant from Knoxville Ito miles. |
The bridges over the Holston and Hiwas- |
see are destroyed, and Bragg holds the |
railroad from Cleveland TO Chattanooga. |
Dur subsistence certainly, if not our ex- |
islence, during n winter in East Tennt ssee, |
will be seriously influenced by one or more
OF three contingencies: the entire and elh- |
Gent reorganization Gas proposed by |
Colonel GilberD of the present superdam.
nable system of wagon transportation |
over the mountains, demolishing Bragg
or driving him back to Dali
ton or beyond, or the resumption Of ma
vigation on the Tennessee river. All |
these considerations renders the role Of |
commander-in-c chief of the army Of East
Tennessee anything but bed OF roses
As have stated In previous letters, 10 is |
possible to procure bread, meat and |
forage, provided the rebels are maintain |
ed at q sufficiently respectful distance |
TO enable as to go whore they are bat |
it is not possible TO olothe and shoe the |
army, or obtain supplies of coffee, sugar,
candles, and other necessary to comfort
other than by one of the methods sng- |
gested; and without these supplies; to |
say nothing OF tho physical conditions |
involved, il will be impossible TO pre-
serve the morale of the army throughout |
a long winter of comparative inactivity. |
IL were well in this connection to con-
slider also that these difficulties will be |
enhanced by. the elements introduced in |
to the army by the Tennessee recruits.
Veterans know the difficulties and are |
willing to excuse and submit; raw re-
NAoAAe NAAo hoNs no AuuuNak GlNlNEd
over short fations, inefficient clothing, or
deferred payments are always heard |
from those who have done the least to
deserve them.
THE sERENADE
About o'clock p. NJ. Of Saturday
last the band Of the 4th Ohio proceeded
TO the residence of Parson Brownlow and
greeted him by playing several of the ma
tional airs in magnificent style. In res
pOnse TO loud calls the PArsOn appeared
before the immense crowd OF soldiers and
citizens that had assembled in front of
his house, and proceeded 10 address them
in q speech OF nearly an hour in length,
every word of which was cmiHently
characteristic of the man.
Mr.. Brownlow, in the course of his
remarks, said that he had not returned TO
East Tennessee for the purpose Of apollo
giving for any of the acts of Abraham
Lincoln. He endorsed the Emancipation
Proclamation and every other act Of the
Administration, and only denounced