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

slreight n,eht hinaufi in die rcncn Lutte,
That means
On tho mountains Is Freedom the breath Of tho
wales
Rises not up 10 the pure mountain gales,
Oyorrun it may Lc by tho armed force, Of the re-
bollion but all the sympalhic, and attachments Of
this region are with the loyal States, While tho
arlstoCracN cf the southeastern counties Of that
State were shouting My Maryland the hrrmers
Of tue western counties, in Cumberland Nalls,
shouted back, No IT'S our Maryland Western
Virginia, q portion q tho SAME grand chain OF
mountain and valley is ms loyal as Massachusetts,
Eastern Tennessee, the homu of our houorcd guest
and oi AS a true-hoartcd, loyal Unon-loyiug pop
uatiou as there is on the continent As far down
as Northern Alabama, tho mounttin district "a tilcd
with Union sentiment II Mas rith the greatest
dlliculty that il was engineered into secession As
to East Tennessee when on election Was ordered by
the dlsluyul governor of Tennessee IN that dark
winter Of February 1861, TO see if the state was
willing to hold convention for tho purpose Of So
ccdlug tlyrc was seven thousand FIVE hundred votes
for the convention, and thirty four thousand near
ly 10 y against it. This circumstance, when the
treason Of the cotton-erowing States was con-
summated, marked out East Tennessee for the Pc
cuar vengeance Of tho rebellion. will not an
ucipnto what will be much better set forth by our
honor1d guest it i enough to say, that in addition
to ell Tho suticrugs Of regular warfare the Union
loving inhabitants Of East Tennessee have bson tho
victims Of mwlcs outragcs and crucltes, Of which
the narratjve curilcs the blood
Leaving all irlhrr detail 70 nm ! VIII only r.,
G'I' 10 your I't'Ircioh Tic iruer "' Mr JNann T.
beIl"nn' al tNA' ume 'ho rcp'l secretary ol war
of the 2j,h November ls6l. II will he rcmcm-
hercd that, at tbs period Of the war, the Govern
mcnt hnd been unable to send any aid to tho loyal
men Of East Tennessee. Il was balure the glorious
uNs "t 'rLh' !" 'hAttaio'ga ana buris'oe Nv
hhoNViiIe' Thrown upon their own resources, they
naturally sought to save themselves from beng
oNcNun, by dc-troying the bridges, on the cA''i
"h,' OF 'omMuNlcNin one would suppose thh"
uh'er the n'urpcd rule Of men, who proe"sed to go
10 "'r i'r ar'i-s2IornmenI au1 HIa'e-''&hIS TIC
people oi Eastern Ienncssco Il for any reason they
TouGN' III To 10 &c. hld rghi l? turn t"er own
t,'IS' -, ",'N'n' S,N'E l.'No "l lhe 'ebC. cahnI ~
i,'"M"h'' iNt Mr. jefferson ba'.> Mh'"sPN
l'!n'rr' ana Mt D. T. b'Wamn lawyer OF New
V"'ah,' u.ngI, '"tlW.e. luyf =" o0ly nied
'h' r'5't ~ the IN'N''S oi East tennessee - burn
thrlr o"n bridges nat they undertook TO outlaw ire
S'e"' 'h y,r1S "I '"e l"l"'toh '' tHN region o
'' l' l"'"''' h"A men U'Noo"e'hS 'Aom F" "nl-
Er'' "''',Fe ih.y refused 20 commit Ne.N'n' 40
Su'" |"' no" "'y I''""' an" hc'sN''r' ~ our non
I'.4 S",,' nay .',' F'''eu' .lt H' l'" YOU 'nHt
l'','F u ''t N," o'e'h' la"yor |n" ""' u"uuE
'''n H'tls'" 70 '"iI OH Tue NoHS"'u''oh u INC
''"'' N''''''
WAR DEpARrNrNr RlcnMosp,
November ~ lSol' J
Cot. ". r. booG ;-S'Dr--l our report Of the goth
instant has le,n received, and ! now proceed 70
give You the desired in,ructun in relation to tue
prisoners ct war taken hy You among the traitors
ut tost I,nnrssoc.
FH,t-AIl such as can lc identified in wing
teen engaged in trldge-hurning, are TO be trlua
sai''iiar'iS 10y dr"n-head eoart martial and, II
found guilty, erccuted on the spot by hanging. II
WoHm 0e eat to L>arc H''r bod1c. hanging IN he "
ctititg Of TIC bayUcI JridOcs.
Second AL such as have not been so engaged
aTc to - treated as prisoners OF war and sent with
an armed gard to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, there 20
~opl laTr',pcl 1T The depot scIected by the gov
Urmnt for prisoners Of war.
When vcr yol can discover that arms hre con-
utr,ud ~ these traitors, You will send oat do
tchmcnl., search for and seize the arms. II no
casc is one Of the men knooH 10 hart been r in arrs
against the G0rcTHHcH 10 he reLcdSCd on any plGIJc
or O'" q ",f""cf Il ne m 'c ,a5 'oT sacn nSsUry 6
var, 4.1 ultD IL JAZZ NIL rur END or .ns
WAR. Such IS cuAe in voluntarily, take the oath
~ '. l"l with .nisr|w '''''''
lour ylgilan, execution ct thee orders is cara-
e'''y urged by the government
io"' I'IH''I,' n'.,s,,,'' servant eoo.o.,.,,y
Col, ~ Il WoaI EnoTyiIr Tam y So
. r,,..p....... ,,.,.. r,....,..,-
loti rI pSIlrs and ,,hcr % ,;,c,nJrrs of ,bo
same cla.s. must lie .cns at once to Tu.ccloosa to
juI rs prisoner, Of war"
Sdch VS. the aIroco letter Of the Fe5o! Secrc-
iaIH "' W." ,, Su,n ~ 'no tIuH'i,nv % 10 "ich Va"
Dnt ! an .ncr,,cliu% an Tho timc tha, Eelo"c.
to our houored guest. will only add, iellow-citi.
acn, that our brethren Of East Tennessee arc flight
ing our battles us weIl as their own on their blood
''S'hta SOU At Is our cause 40 'hucH rs ,hefs III
tinn. any hou,,"r orre, bowoyer ,,r,,,,,lr
YOUR relief NAV b. cy,cndsi TO them. il wjll lome
too late, | fear to rescue some of them from the
horrors Of starvation. This must not be. If the
mon means anything 1t means not merely po!t-
% n ,bor ~" barn. anJ H. .horn cae o,Hor ~,
sacrifice; it means active sympathy and mutual
love.
Col, TavIor on being introduced, was re-.
o,;.o1 vii, lord .o,lon.o and hoor, rchoors
'o'''' VIZ" '0"" l''"'o "'''' "S'' = vs.