Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-09
East Tennessee -. Emaclpation.--The
PeOpie All Right.

The Knoxville Whiq Of the 18th ua,
edited By Southerner and slavehold-
er, contains some highly Interesting and
encouraging information in regard to tho
progress Of Emancipation sentiment in
East Tennessee The loyal portion Of
our State Is for destroying slavery, while
the rebel portion Of il is for holding on
10 the negro The Whig says:
Several persons, Subscribers Of ours
In years gone by, have said they would
like to take our paper, but decline on
the ground that we are for emancipating
the negroes They correctly represent
US, and If they wish to read a paper
whose editor is determined TO hold on 70
the negro, In preference to the Union,
they had better look elsewhere for a
Newspaper, and have as little 70 do with
as and ours as possible. No man can
or shall misunderstood our position, who
can read our large type, and understand
plain English language. This internal
war was brought about by the unprinci-
pied Disunionists OF The South, on dc-
count o the Niger, aud there viii never
be any peace in the country while the
cause Of the rebellion, which is slavery,
exists,
Those who think the real people and
the patriotic masses Of East Tennessee
can be deluded into the work of organ
ixiag a third party, or a conservative
party Of Copperheads, 10 enable few in
tsrested men to hold on TO their negroes,
mistake the signs of the times altogeth-
er, and the material out Of which our
people are made. The mad-dog cry of
abolition and rigger got them into ono
war, aud has overwhelmed them with
their present difficulties They win not
likely 20 into second rebellion to fight
/ for she slaves Of few aristoerats, when
they have none themselves, and really
/ don't want any.
We receive great many letters from
men 10 different counties Of East Ten
nessee, whose good sense, respectable
positions, and general knowledge of men
aud things, we can underwrite for That
these gentlemen reflect the sentiments oi
their nsighbors We havs no doubt One
/ Of them writing from Messy Creek, in
Jefferson county, eoneindss his letter
thus:
Nearly all of the Union men in this
eounty are with you on the negro ques.
ton. We believe there can be no per
manent peace, or peace worth having
until this disturbing element Is finally
disposed OF, and no true Union man vii
hesitate fer . moment what course t
pursue, when the question comes up of 9
government of law aud order withou
negroes, or one Of corruption and tyr
amy with negroes, such as Jed. Davi'
is trying to get up Is made the issue.
A gentleman of fine sense, and ,
stakeholder, writes after this faghioE
from McMinn county:
'Sines the late Knoxville Convention
the copperhesd element Of this county
whose leaders are in Athens, have beel
/ busy on the streets, talking and eleC
tioneering with the country people q
they come in, shaping their course for th'
building up 3 sort of third party, to &C
: with the rebels in holding on to the nis
ger They are mistaken in the Unio
: voters of this county. Let candidate
come out for the Convention or Legisls
: tnre, as they viii do, and make the issu
$ of emancipation, and the people of tn
county win put an end to the nigge
, question. We are sick Of it, and hav
: had enough of it to pat the matter ;
rest"
From Blount, a gentleman writes f
our paper, including the money, az
adds:
"P. s For the first time you and
: are together. Though a Democrat
have been stakeholder on q small seal
but always a Union man. am nc
with You for the Union, aud fer gettir
I. rid Of the cause of all our troubles, Il
everlasting niger. There are few
our former Whig and Democratic lea
= ers, in this country, who cling to the n
y gro, and talk out against the Linco
Government, but the genuine people a
for Lincoln, they are for johnson, Al
they are for Brownlow and Maynard"
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