Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-13


most important question that We would cal
to iour EScelloncys attention, is that q
transportation Had we money withou
limit it would avail but little toward re
iieying the present wants Of our people, i6
the purchase of supplies would profit IN
nothing unless We were supplied with III,
means of transportation,
To bring supplies across the Cumberland
Mountain by wagons or pack trains, even
had We the facilities, would be next to i'm
possible, The experience Of the army i,
sufficient to demonstrate the mpractabiIity
of supplying population Of more than
three hundred thousand by that means
The navigation Of the Tennessee river is
permanently INSTRUCTED by the Muscle
Shoals, which are not passablc by boats OF
the lightcst draught except during extreme
tides, and by this route we have no hope OF
relief Nashville is now, and, for some time
to come must necessarily be, the depot of
supplies upon which the immense armies
operating in lower East Tennessee and
Georgia must depend, The demands of this
force will necessarily, to Il great extent cX-
clude the citzcns from tho rrivilooo If
transportation. True, by means of the two
railroads from Noshyillc-thc ono tonninc
the Tennessee at Decatur and the other n.
Bird aeport-supnlios miobt bc tropsnortod
to the river; but then, we have no boots ot
our command and cvcn had wo ,ho boots
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plated as by the prospect OF ioot and raj
mont. While much mirht and should be
by this route TO alleviate the
present wants Of our people. the under
Signed are fully convinced that in view of
he necessities of the army sufficient flcili. .
les of Transportation can not be obtained
o afford ANYTHING like reliable or norma.
icnt relief TO the citizens Of East Tcnnes.
Zee. Still. we trust the government will
grant every possible privilege TO our citi-
lens. and extend TO them every reasonable
|aclitv for the shipment bv This route of
Necessary SUPPLIES.
We beg Your EXcelcncy to bear in mind
hat our wants are not merely temporary,
md that they will not cease with the add
ance Of the army, From the want OF seed,
he great diminution Of labor, and other
auses above stated, our next crop will be
ar Lighter than any preceding one, From
|ur exhausted pockets our farms are again
p be stocked before that plenty TO which we
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