Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-05

ofsy sBo Ine ha8 ot tnelr eoa0tfys under itg
foids alone 10 6ght, and, If need, Be. there
70 de. lProlehgsd applause. s-.
hegiments, companies and squads of in.
fAntry and cavalry were now dissribatsd
over TIC length and breadah Of the ccuutrv.
\ ior sAe purpose Of hunting down and shOot-
ing the escaped eonscTipts Everywhere
they went, fellow -eitissas, and - they went,
they eatered the horess ofths people. search
ing tor arms and ammunition, and thus the
4 people nf the Ekols couhtrf were fobl,sd Of
Their mnskets and rifss, and lsfe perfectly
defenceless. Prominent citizens were ar.
rested now, By armed banta. f1eauently Al
midhight, IN The bosom Of their kafnfl;es.
without. notice, and carried before sonns
1 Provost Marshal, or some upstaFt offcfAl.
tried before military cotnhissIon. hastily
got together. CT pd5te, without evidences, and
with scarcely the sefubIance Of charge,
sometimes with no charge at alI, and then
hurried Oh 10 the Ioathsoms dungeons Of
Tuscaloosa. Ala, or Madison, &C., or Rich
mond, or Salisbury, or Knoxville, or Nask.
vile, there 70 lie in the midst Of anHttsrabls
6lth and Sermih, to pine away and Amish
upoA their scanty and miseFabls fare, and
sometimes 70 dio in utter despair. l. my.
self, have known the facts Of which speak.
Hen a. reputable as any 10 East Tennessee
have suffered In this way. ] viii mention
ono case. Dir. Pieke1s, (Ehose sams Is
mentioned in the letter Of the Confedsrate
Secretary Of State, which has been read BY
my friend, the Chairman,) had been rep.
rescntative in the State Legislature; be was
man Of heart. . man Of soal, q nan Of IN
telligenee, man who was popular among
al our people, good citizen, and trus and
loyal to his country; but be has been ostra-
ciscd, and in compliance with the order Of
which ] find q copy in ths hands Of ny
friend, bo was seized, without charge, car
risd south, a1d in the loAthsoms dungeons
Of Tuscaloosa, Ala, he paid the ferfeit Of
bis life, and became q martyr 70 the glorious
cause Of human liberty and ths Union Of
these States. TApplause
Sir, such Instances ara not rare In our
Community. The prisons Of the South have
been filed with the best men Of EsAt Tea
nessee, and il IS said by those who know.
that not leas than FIVE thousaud-think Of
Ii fellow -eitizeus NOT less than Eve thoa-
sand Of the men Of Ease Tennessee, because
they were true 70 their country, because
they loved the Gag that emhlemAtiSed all
that they held dearest on earth, because
they would not bow the knee 70 BaaI nor
receive upon their pecks the yoke OF the
king Of the South, have been snatched from
their homes by the hand OF power, and
borne away into captivity. The failrcad
bridge near where lived wAs burnsd. and
arrested, tried by . adrRmhsad court nartisl,
according TO the order which you have heard
read, and hung and, fellow citizens, speak
the truth when ! tel you, that At least two
Of those gsntlemen-ior they were gentle
hneR, honorable, high-nindsd, intelligent,
neral, upright citizens of the community
IN which they lived-two, At least, / say, Of
those who were thus igRominiously hung,
and their bodies LEFT dangling in the air,
knew not that they were sentenced until
they werO brought within sight Of the glib
bet upon which they were 70 expiate with
their lives that offenes which they had CON-
nitted ayaiBse the Southern Coatederzey, Of
being true 20 their own government.
Thus affairs moved on, feilow-citizens, and
Terror planted her black hag over all our
country; and, TO make the reign Of terror
still more fearful, legion Of tawDy Indians,
whose forcfathers had been wont, in other
times, TO tonaha~k and scalp the citizens Of
our section Of the country, were brought
from their mountain regions, with their
painted faces and wild, uRearthly whoops.
and put upon the track Of osr remaining
young men. But be IL remembered to their
credit. that these poor, half civilized Chero-
KEGS were less savage on the trail than their
pale-faccd ecmpaaichs in arms [aPplaAsel;
and the people OF my section OF country,
after the first terror bad sabsided, and they
foerd the kindness Of heart that existed in
the bosoms OF these people, preferred =
thousand Cherokee Indians among their
hotnes - one captains company Of rebel
Southern soldiers.
Several regiments Of eitiscns had now
volunteered, and hundreds ficte had been
eompeliedR BY coercion 70 enter the rebel
Lines, aud % serve ia the re6ol army; and
sboR, this time, August, 1864 jed Davis
nladS another cal, running up % toFtv-hve
years OF age; and at the same time, Gov.
Harris issued "A additional call. embracing
ell up 60 tfey-sTe years OF age; 20 you So
that ell oar population from eighteen years
Of age ND 10 CITY live were called for BY
these several aathorities But simultaneous.
IL with these calls came the advance Of Gen.
eral Burnside's gallant and glorious army
AercSs the Cumberland Mountains, Igreat
applause f6F she fedemption and relief Of
our suffering people. The army Of General
bragg had been, just Previous compelled
70 eyRcaate Chatian0oga, and thus General
Rosccrans occupied that extremity Of the
State and Unsny of our young men st once
sprung ffotn tier hidisg places sad their
eoverts In the mountain. and rallied 70 The
standard Of their country, under the lead Of
these gallant and glorious ehampions OF the
Union, and Cur mothers. sisters. wives and
old uacn were left alone 10 oecapy oar vacsnt
hoeses To-day, fellow-eitissus. more than
Is, ,Re0 Ieanesseuana wear the anif6rm and
kasr kha nrSI,a AZ Vnnr caantFv and nv
country. TProloaRed and enthusiasts Ap-
nIaaae Willis woald not dispafage any
osksr sscaioa Of these URised Slates IN ia
pasrialiam ana devotion 10 country. must
sav iar nv seefion, that in the midst ef ell
the saAerinea and trials, privations and
psfih ineissent q every hoRr of their hres,