Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-02

lightly ~ be- set aside, or cruelty ignored ,-
to your liberal generous instant dmf II
she has will yen not prompHE meet them ?
DO not be afraid YOU may be tempted 10
give too much, Forty thousand iamili.s.
more than 25O,0 persons, must be rcIlcy-
cd fed and clothed ill another crop can
be made, and it will bc August before they
can cat the roasting ear, one hundred
dollars for each family, will be scanl al
owancc At that sum-East Tennessee
asks You for s4OOOOO0 Now, if your
heart tell, YOU her claim is just are you
not bound Ia pay it, If YOU are able. DO
not be alarmed, What is that sum divided
among 25oo00O0 of thriving pcopio and
twcnty-thrco great States? The yaric.t
pjttaucc, Pcrhaps'iod has permitted this
war in Il good cause, to make Ms poor and
You rich, 50 that our dcsttution, generous.
~ supplied from Your abundance, might
stir up and intcrminglo our sympathos
and bring our hearts closer together, and
make Ms appreciate, moro fully, the mcst.
mabIc blessing Of Union, Perhaps the
Lord, through this channel, may design to
show the poor misguided rcbe soldier that
Yankees are not the hcartess, vandqI
barharians they are represented 20 be by
their wicked leaders, and that they are
grossly sIandcrcd whom it is charged that
they hate, and desire 10 cStorminato every
body in the South 1t may be that proyi-
drncc designs aud believe He does this
very condition OF things to advance and
hasten the return Of honorable and lasting
peace Bat of one thing am entirely sure
our kind Father claims all you have AS
His, and intends you, AS his stewards, to
minister of your abundance to the suffer
ings Of your brethren,
Some one worth million dollars will
read this letter, One word to YOU sir. if
you please, II You could, without loss, and
with substantial and permanent profit car
ry one hundred Of these famishmg amilie,
through their pinch, enable them to make
4 crop and save them to the country and
to one another if YOU could redeem seven
hundred loyal hearts from death and make
them weep tears OF gratitude at the men
tion Of your name. and bcsicgr tho throne
OF God for blessings ON You and your chill
drcn through life would you not feel moro
than Justified in doing SO? An invcstmcs;
OF $4,000 Of your last receipt, in this ben
ciaction will accomplish all have sup
posed. Is there any other investment you
could mako Of that amount that would pro
duce more pleasing and beneficial returns
to your heart than this Beside, one hun
drod Of these are soldiers. Your gjt, ncryes
their arms to strike ten thousand hcauicra
harder blows at the heart Of the treason
which would destroy your Government
and thereby your capital. How small
sacrifice to you,--what au nestimable bles-
sing to the brneiiciarics
If address man whose conscience tells
him to give 81 ,0u0 out Of his wealth, 10
keep the lamp Of lie burning in 10000 sad
but loyal homes he ought to obey that
monitor. Whore is the individual, corpo-
ration or State, that acknowledges the OBJ
legations of Christianity, or patriotism, or
humanity, and can refuse to lay some wor-
thy offering upon the brcadIcsS table Of u
gallant soldier furnished family?
Ladies' of the loyal States, TO you ]
turn, with confidence thrice assured. when
| remember that you are mothers, wives
sisters, and daughters. Last at the cross
and first AT the ScpuIchrc Of the crucifcd
Savior, your hearts. like His, ever palpitate
1T liN FlEil vi HhlIlslil NNIlNllliR. anu NOuI
gentle hands, like His, are ever open to
soothc and relieve it, To the loyal women
Of the East and West, appeal, in behalf
Of the true and tried and faithful daugh-
tcrs Of East Tennessee. When your brave
soldier lads came to suffer in our mountains
and valleys for our common country. our
women gave them such greeting rs only
true women can gvc-and champion Of
the Union ever found welcome home un-
der the root Of every loyal citizen in our
mountain land. In health their smiles
checred him-thcir word of Kindness en-
couraged him. Wounded or sick. their
gentle presence soothed and comtortcd him
their soft hands smoothed the pillow
which their fingers had made. and wiped
the cold sweat from his aching brow BY
ing their sweet voices whispered in his
ear Of Cayery and home in Hcavcu.-
and dead, with II mothers and Il sisters
angui>hed hearts. they have wcpt over his
grave. They have broken the last biscuit
and divided their last salt with your soldier
boys. And when the yoke was on all our
uccks, and we were all groaning under the
tyrants heel. and your captured brave,
were carried through our country. iumNh-
ing with hungcr--thcy fed them. in the
face Of terror, and strengthened them for
the troubles just before them.
When that young Yankee soldier. who
fell. bravcy fighting. at Watauga bridge
in Gen. Carriers raid, was brutally cXhum-
ed, and his body stripped, insultcd and
left exposed. and no man dared attempt to
rc-intcr him,--our young ladics,-my
ncighbor girls with their own hands after
night. dug him grave in the forest made
him a coffin and laid his body within it,
and by themselves, at midnight, with tears,
bore him to his last resting place, and there
dccently buried him.
They baptized with their tears, their
fathers and sons and husbands and lovers
dedicated them TO the defence of liberty
and nationality, and sent them forth, cXiIc>
to breast the storm of battle and bleed for
our nation life with the Injunction to re-
turn victorious or gloriouSlv To die. The