Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-02
from the Boston Daily ADVERTISE March I'd. Ton
On Behalf Of East Tennessee.. . E. I.
To the Loyal People Of fhe united sfafesE

Ass'v = - y isHs could speak
to you all orally, and present to your con-
siaerat'on the necessity OF 1promptmaterial
aid to the people of East Tennessee. aa I'm
possible p1, as II Is, to reach your ear in that
way, 4 beg u address you through the pub
nc nc press, and my letter shall be its own
That parflof the tesofITennessos sast
ofthe Eumbefland MOUNTAINS, embracing
some .thsgty conntie ies, is East 4 Tenncssee. and
contains ont zsS ga persons. /. By the censrs Of
isr armies, nearly Zoo, ooosncn, Nth
perhaps Lee. 900 horses ah1d nulfs, have oc-
cupied and subsjsted principally upon East
Tennessee for SIX months as has rebel
army for more than two years. These ar
mics have consumed the almost entire SUBJ
stance ofthe people, and there is nothing
left for them to subsist upon while they
make another crop. All the 1--we stock Of
the citizens, of any value, has been appro-
priated by these armiess and guerilla bands
and banditti towering on their fanks and
rear. e ya rs easss sFf w.sd fafs ssx8
Shut out from commerce for three years,
our people relied for their clothing upon
the old spinning wheel and hand loom
Their supplies from this source were seized
by the rebel soldiers and robbers, and, in
many cases carried away. Our tanneries
were robbed and our people left without
shoes for the winter Much ofIthe very
wearing apparel of the people, table and
bed furniture, ~farmsng implements, and
kitchen utensils, were also taken, 49,
Dwellings and other houses have been
Eplundered and destroyed. Yards, garfen|
and field fences, and sometimes buildings,
have been torn down and used for fuel
their enclosures desolatcd and utterly laid
waste. 1 gisH9 orb ii 4aia5dW n 81
ri The people Of East Tennessee have
fought in all our wars including the revo-
luton, and the great mass of them are still
true to the Constitution and the Union4
Bettceea sttcehtg and thirtg thousand more
than four.ftths other fighting men, are now
in the national army, battling for, our ma
tional existence Hence those who now
feel the horrors Of destitution, and the
pangs Of famine intensified BY winter
winds, are the aged parents and tender
sfumilies of these lion -hearted mountain
patriots es.ss ss
Gallant, brave monl God nerve your
arm for victory J. Who eyer fought as We
ighti You meet the storm Of battle while
your houses are Eaing pillaged- your farms
laid waste-your substance destroyed, and
your loved ones at home reduced to tatters
and ready to perish fer bread & Soldiers
ofllIiberty! fear nqtgGod viii provide
Yet my people, TOO proud to bow to a
despotism of traitors, do not beg the chart
ty Of brethren. They claim the assistance
which justice aslwell as pat3aotism demands
Have they righteous ciaim2 Our cause,
our struggle, our hopes, our destiny, our
country are one.a The restoration of the
Union. the preservation and perpetuation
of constitutional liberty, and nationality.
these constitute our united aim. If this be
SO; we are in jnstice bound to suffer and
/ sacrifice, and endure alike. But how has it
been in fact? That you have endured
| bravely, that you have suffered freely and
greatly, that you have sacrificed nobly, and
herolcally, none dare deny. But our peo-
| pie at home were doomed to teei tor two.
years the fetters OF despotismEw which, dis
armed, they could not resist, while many
| Of our young men were with yours lighting
the battles Of the Union. Under the gio-s
rious chieftains, Rosecrans, and Burnside
and Grant, you came joyfally, at last, to our
assistance; but the coming Of our friends
was the signal to our enemies. East Ten
nessee was soon one vast military encampa
/ ment Of contending armies A great, a
/ tremendous, a sublime sacrifce-a sacrifice.
that win stand out in history, to all ages,
4 prominent, Grand, With scarce a parallel,
| was demanded. How East Tennessee re-
( sponded let the loathsome dungeons where
! Pickens, and Thornburg, and Bibles, the
youthfuI " illiams brothers, and othel' pat
| riots were martyred-let the gibbets where
the Harmons. Haun, and. Dugger .s and
many other faithful meu met death tor their
icountf.ys-let the blood of hundreds aof her
1 old and young men, shed On the green sod,
| OF. every county, by commissioned and un n
commissioned aassassins--let the blaekened,
houseless chimneys, the chaTred fences, the
/ devastated farmss the 100,000,d09 of her
| property destroyed, and the destitution that
presides in alinost every home, ,A-iet these
all answer. hou she has responded. s ~ Z
The sacrifice has cost us about all we had
except honor and loyalty but Eit is made
and we would not hesitate to make il aghir
] If duty demanded !, our motto, our. feeling
/ is.--fs. Perish money, property, homes iltc-
j perish ref1tl,inq--sURyIyE ogR LIBERTY
1--we THE NATION "a Why the war has,
been to US ruin and to you wealth; TO us,
! thus far, q curse, 70 you a blessing q mean
pecuniarily why the war, with us should
/ have created "a despotism that robbed death
fof his torrors, made our nights hidcous
with horrors, and robed the sunlight With,
unuttefable sadness, while your waking.
hours were cheered BY present prosperity
and the hope OF greater gains, and, pillow
/ ed in thelap of case, your nights were ded-l
icated to refreshing sleep, with your rosye
checked children sluniberng around you'ss
why this war should bave made our richest
men poor, andfgear wealthy men million
ss.ires. and many Of youIsz poor people inde-
r,endent; why IL should have snatchedl
! from cur lips the bread of life and sent oar
! little Children sappirlessitoI unblanketeq
! beds.-while yoar tables gros2n9 undfer ,f the.
weight of the good things o. u. earfFil'mYhy