Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-13

! VlWlHu ana clplullncnt Already the road
i, projccte by Louisville and Cincinnati hay
boon extended in this direction somethln
over 100 miles, Louisville US we under
stand, is now engaged in extending hcrroa,
from Lebanon to Stanford, and Cincinnati
must necessarily push forward her line from
Nicholasyille to the same point or lose tn
advantage, hitherto enjoyed, Of the vaua
bic trade Of that productive region TIL,
distance from Stanford 10 Knoxville by III,
most feasible route is about $50 miles. Il
her days of prosperity, East Tennessee
with an enterprise that was crcditablc tC
her people, undertook to fill up this link il
one of the most important railway commu
mcatlons on the continent Ten miles O
the road, beginning at Knoxville are al.
ready completed and in running order
Ten miles more are graded, the masonry
complete and the bridge across the Clmeh
river twenty miles from Knoxville, is par
tally completed, One hundred and thirty
miles will complete thcconnection and bring
us within easy communication with Louis
vile and Cincinnati, The route has been
surveyed by competent engineers and found
to be not on y practicable, but comparative
~ free from the difficulties usually charac-
tcristlc Of mountain routes. 1t travcrscs
one Of the finest coal and iron regions on
the globe. While IFS construction would re
licvc the army in this region and that ope-
rating south of here, il would at the same
time afford relief to, and in fact furnish the
basis Of the resentment Of East Tennessee.
1t would stimulate enterprise, and develop
the rich mineral resources of the country
through which it would pass 1t would
give to the cities Of the North and West
the trade of country, numbering 100000
in population-iTcvocably unite our dcst-
MES with theirs-appreciatc the value of
property along the line1 and at both OK.
trcmes-create wealth by encouraging m
dustry and building up manufactures, and
establish new bond Of reunion through
the social and commercial intercourse thus
secured, These incidental advantages to
the people Of East Tennessee, we would re-
specially suggest, would be but grateful
return TO them for the countless losses they
have sustained, and for the untold persecu-
tons they have horoicalIy endured for the
sake of the Union; especially, when it is
considered that our people have ncvor par
ticipated in the benefits Of any Of the libcr-
al grants of public lands, made by Congress
from time to time, to our sister Western
states for educational and railroad purpos-
IS If the purposes Of the Government can
30 facilitated and its necessities removed
md at the same time, the wants of the peo-
Die Of East Tennessee be relieved, we feel
we'll assured that your EXcclcncy will find
n the incidental result new and stronger
''u '.', ~ ihSc W Work PROPOSED
We have thus, in compliance with our in
attempted briefly and plainly to
make known to Your Excellency our pres
mt and probable future condition as pco-
Die, and to suggest the remedy which in our
opinion seems best calculated to afford sure
md permanent relief We feel well assured
hat Your ENcellency will not be inscnsblc
o our appeal. nor unmindtul Of the suffer
ncs of a people in whose welfare Your Ex-
,ellency has heretofore manifested SO lively
IN interest We rely, too, with confidence
lpon the iberality and wisdom Of the Rep
of a great and magnanimons
people. for such action on their part as may
be consistent with their duties and conduc-
i've to. the relief Of our people.
Allow us. in conclusion, to congratulate .
Your Excellcncy upon the success already
attained by the Union armies in breaking
the power of the rebellion, and to express .
the hope that with the entire restoration Of
the National authority, our people, every .
where, may ere long be blessed with re
turn Of that peace and prosperity which can .
be enjoyed only under the Government Of
the United States.
We have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your Excellcncy's obt servants,
Thomas W. lIuMEs,
WM. HElsKELL,
W &. BRowNLow.
JOHN BANTER,
O. p. TEMPLE,
JNo. NJ. FLEMING.
LOngstrect'S Position.
The daily inquiry is, where is Longstrect
and what is his position? We answer that
his forces are strung along between the
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