The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-11
Netief for East Tennsssoee.

uuouSsnsb uo'vto ttc ChttIS W gne bOyM men o
East Tennessee upon the confederation ADD iberay
tho people Of the North wan esoousntiy urged by In,
Hon. N. @. Taylor, Formerly renoer OF Oongrcss from
that State
General WAaa'ooa presided, and In an eloquent bul
brief address introduced the speaker Of the evening "a
the meeting.
HON. Mr.. SAvLoR's srzeoH.
Hoa N. @. TAYLOR thss forward and was enthu
sastcsliy received He said he presented himself at
the instance OF kind friends 10 address them with
reference 20 hat part o. tue republic OF which no
the representative lie could not say that the people
Tennessee were prosperous and happy; that peace
aud tranquility were unbrokeo there; that no DIS.
nOuntsns Such had the effect or the war that
he could not speak OK aoy OF those pleasing stories were
ne able 70 y" ne woua not Dc present II was tho
pressure OF tue war upon tbs people that induced
come forward on such occasion. He did not come
however - che representative Of beggars for popula
on too proud to bend to treason IL still proud beg
aims from their Northern brethren East Tennessee N
composed OF some thirty counties with popuatioo OF
OF three hundred th0usandthres slaves three
thousand coored free people, the rem anier white It's
boundaries are almost all mountains and this SEQ
ton is deyirsled Joy mountain aud valley, the valleys
running almost to tho summit OF the mountans-
fertile, watored with bsautfui creeks and rivers
and even mauy OF the mountaus are rich 10
vegetation, the SOL almost rich the auviat soil
OF tho Mississippi This Is the home of these 100000
people, and II has been their torture or misfortune to
that in interests associations they severed
from heir brethren but that thsy had different appre
caton Of the government OF the United states Many OF
their Southern brethren have exhibited hatred to East
Tennessee that has made its terrible press the land
but the people s0aced with tue reflection that this
hatred because that they perssently refused to
Ion in treason agans, the constitution which they re-
ceived from their fathers and which they determined
70 bequeath to thor chidrsns chiiren Tennessee has
not been unfathful TO tha Southern people they
ready to admit that the we'll being OF the South bound
up in the integrity OF the Union and that outside OF it
They nave stood against this war. aud the do.
struction which war has brought upon the
country at.es:s tho loyalty and patriotism
OF East Tennessee II thoss whose ma ambition brought
the were TO DO the only sufferers then Tennessee
would have escaped the caamtes OF this cruel war.
Tennessee learned how to he untrue the cons
futon and the Union (Appause) In the days Of the
Revolution they bucklea their armor crossed the
mountains and met thu euemy on the rising slopes on the
other side At raiego, Mud Fall and the Horseshoe aud
under Jackson at New Orleans they proved prowess
and patriotism Again in the days OF publication. and
when thu Hero of the Hermitage by the Eternal
that the Union should DO preserved, unanimous
echoed from the valleys aud the mountains aud the
tho Tsnuesseean had been shed for the country
hearts and feelings Of the people march
ever to tbs music Of the Union (Chsers)
This devotion Is pass,oo-a principle on dre.
consuming never consumed-a heritage ia
tho blood transmitted from sire to son Applause
Witness the past three years Tennessee 1880
recorded he. President OF the United States
when declared that the desgn OF the Brecknrdge
party, II defeated was to seceie When the election
the Union constitution aud the enforcement OF the
laws was the principle that carried tho day. Applause
Subso lueny the question OF convention aud
tou to ueCiio WHAT Snonu Do tne oicy Oh INC otato
There were then no thrcasno lawess men terrifying
the people and when tho result those repre-
senting the Union ticket numbered o5Oo OF which East
Tennessee rolled Up IS 900. This the test OF
dsunon and believe the heart OF Tennessee, had it
been left free 70 act would nave been all the time for
union in 1881 But II Determined to destroy tho
Union at all hazards. and these not do.
TERED by this exhibition Of the popular will. Tho
next question was or no
10 the Confederate Congress- separation or no separation
fortunately the standard bearers Of the Union gave
way undor terrible pressure and they went into the
I'm I'm fSnfAvN ga
circular letter was published, signed first by john Bell
exhortaton tO DO firm, to stand firm by the Unou
That ugnt the sgners Of the circular at meeting on tho
steps OF the Capitol at Nashville declared themselves for
separation And WHY Because military bands parsfed
tho streets urged on by the Governor and the result was
that this pressure forced thom TO this ass stop aud whom
the election again came on all was carried The same
storm burst upon East Icnnoscc nut hrm az her own
mountains she stood true To the agtrue TO the consti
tuition and true 10 the country. (Appause In August
following when the election came on for members OF tho
Confederate Congress- and tho United Staos Congress-
Western aud Middle Iennesseo as IL was reported went
Tor secession East reunessee despite OF armed mobs
aud military pressure voted for Union Governor and
Tor members LOT tue UNION cou5ress But coosctptou
came Including all between e'ahteen ana thirty nve
fhen the exodns comhenceu among the young men VINO
swofe ,hai tney ever l,ea 40 arm IN tus war y mus
De unoet ths nag ol thof 'asnets. Applause AND
wuen conscf.pt.a tney Daie iai sweu 70 parsnts ana
frends anu iadal tne aas sness o. night climbed the
uack.ess mn'nsa . ~ , o very SUNNY. AMI, ~ln.sr
aau ,n % ~ sbs,r s,ihsr, .s, ,h , arm
@ 49, S.,nass no, 49, s $500 v! s,su' nsu'
piauseS Rebel troops were scattered over the country
HA n,cI mi had Iaann
oil d,,ar,nad hv ~ r,vnu troona and IN. ho.s ~ ,,
ns which sbonIa be hsd socrsd war. ,hrnsn oa zoo
- ,ha senreoations Of The myrm,don. r tre,sonaho
nosar an mementoa, Of the past-tbe bowie knrs
~ III. nt,pcer tina riGe of the bun,ar and liza
,n,sra, on The soldier az the Peynu,i,n and
~ Inc Gar OF IsI2 wo,o ruthle..ly taken awav
Thsv i,,ss Tor relief but found IL moi and ,hsv we're
sf, "a tb.r hone when deferred maketh ,hs heart scs
a,,a ,en !, nom, tia ,innn were A.. soed =, dun
eoos hsa ,hay lnger al from month 1, vsss mi ,naay
Se cam dsaass or despa,r Tbase ara trn,hs whareos
nor dve ho ana neooe OF Fasl 1ennes ee nave inns
basn oxayhundreds Ia tho nrisnns M ,ha far
Soh AMI hundreds maid tho nenauv az Iove N thar
rfnn, a,, tnelr lives One OF thess was Mr. pctsos
,,1 years ~ 400 Who a,ed ia tina nr,sons ~
nd vnv I'D thev ,eka him, ri, couorv yava ont ~ hsr
haia n,nnatio, one vo,c for saccsson This ,.as tha
cn,c ~ ,ho n,,rio,, pieksns ina, as an,ser Union
nan Montgomery Tnornl,urr was con1nes n ths Inn
geoas On lie south in the nosl unhea,tny and fe,d
Sr,sos for b,s devotion 10 the Union Rnt IL was M,
cLa,s ,ns Thornbnrg hut ,honaania snTs,ed y,thoy,
= c,usa Thna terror shook her black banner aver
Inc I,nt and II hi. wsa net enongn the su.ty
say,re waa brought into the state and nut upo5
,ha t,sck or tbs vTlno men yloss univ crns that
,hev are diving h ths succor NJ The oId a,y TAU or
negro s,d'eys ser that f,t et Il bo sposcn 10 ths
hono, of the hsroxee Ind an, tLey were far more mar
cinI han ths white man an1 tho Union peona At last