Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-11
From the New York Weekly.
ParSOn BrOWnlOW's Canvass In Mlchl.
gan.

I IdrSOu DTOWHiOWS CuHNaSk iii MICH.
20 gan.
MEssRs. STREET AND SMITH have now
made a pretty thorough canvass of the State
of Michigan and it is an occasion for re-
newcd congratulations that the real people
of Michigan continue TO show their devotion
to the cause Of the Union, by laying
aside much of that partizan feeling and
purposes which for years have divided
them, by sending thousands of their
best men into the army, and in every
possible way uniting in the most
earnest support of the National Govern.
ment which is charged with the high and
solemn duty of defending and maintaining
the sacred cause Of the Union against Il
wicked, and, | am sorry to say, rebellion
of fearful proportions ] have spoken to
seventy-five or one hundred thousand of
her citizens, and feel warranted in saving
that her people, as whole, do not entertain
the thought for one moment of concession
to, or compromise with, the cauSeteSs rebel
lion now striking at the vitals Of the nation t;
and their determination is fixed to endure
and fight, to contribute and die, till the GOV
ernment established by the wisdom, the pa
trotism, the sacrifices, and the blood of their
fathers, is restored in its rightful sway, and
the banner Of glory and beauty shall float
in triumph over every foot of territory in
this Union.
Michigan takes the view that the struggle
in which the nation is now engaged, is clear
ly one for Or very existence--one of life
and death. And, should the scene of blood,
and the night of death, through which we
may be called to pass, shake this nation,
and the Kingdoms of the old world to their
utmost foundations, yet, trusting in the God
of our fathers, and of Justice, the true
hearted everywhere refuse to entertain
doubt that all will end we'll This govern
ment of ours must be preserved in its in
tegrity. Neither envious and jealous foreign
powers, nor domestic institutions, can be al
lowed to establish rival government on
any portion Of the territory Of this Union.
Hence the feeling is deep and wide in the
Royal States favoring, nay urging the gov
iernmcnt to use all the means justified by
the ultimate law of sof-prcservation, and
bat all compatible with christian civilization,
no permanently suppress this rebellion
Solemn and weighty responsibilities rest
Upon the government upon the States, and
the people, in this great and trying crisis,
From what have seen of the people of
Michigan, feel warranted in saying that
they will show themselves equal to their
1utics. They feel that they are part of
the American Union, and have a vital inter-
EST in its preservation. They say it is Il
Union consecrated to liberty of thought,
bpcech, and action, and that it falls to their
lot, and that of their generation, to defend
hnd preserve their birthright. Their voice
IS 70 baptze our institutions in fire and
blood. They are resolved to maintain this
government, at whatever sacrifice, feeling
hnd knowing that momcntous issue is upon
them.
DETROIT STATE FArR-On the 18th of
September spoke one hour and half from
Ehe stand, to an audience of at least 10000
persons, delivering the Annual Address be-
Fore the State Agricultural Society of Mich
gan. The following evening I spoke to
he Young Mems Association, and was hon
sred with crowded house.
The attendance OH the Fair Grounds was
greater than on any former occasion, and
Eor the first time in years. the Society wiped
put its liabilities, and had left on its hands
4 considerable revenue. The weather was
beasant-the exhibitions were full of in
Ferest-the productions contrasting finely
with those of quarter of a century ago,
Shen the work then done "by hand is now
bone by steam and machinery. The inge-
nuity of the Yankee, in the exhibition of
The steam engine, the telegraph, the reaper
and mover, the patent corn -sheller, &C., was
here to be seen, and by all admired.
The cattle, the sheep, hogs, and other
i've stock, was very tpe, and the trotting
hvses made good time, One ofthem, Magma
CA-te, going round a mile, track in tUo
sassts and thirty -tco seconds. hedairy and
ivsgitabA departments were we'll halsd, and
ITeke ~ei.u.s for the ycu,g and ef~-ing