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

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Rowing the pFesesE wants Of or people, fsr
che purchase 81 rnlsse selA pros. vs
nothing unless - aafs snppliee with Tho
means q transportation
To bring supplies across che Casnhgalsnd
Neantain hy wagens o. lseek trains even
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passible. The cxpefieaee It De army q
Sufficient 10 ,lemonslrals die inalsaesalallty
II supplying population g mere dan
,hree hundred thousand Is thaa means
The navigation 81 he Tennessee river 4
permanently osstFacsy4 hy the Muscle
Shoals, which are not bassable By boass d
the fgbtest dsaaght except during extreme
tides aud bs this teage we have no hope &C
relief Nashville Is now. aad, Cor selae time
to eomc must necessarily Be, The depot 81
supplies upon which the ipinlrnso armies
operating ia lower East Tennessee and
,icorgia must depend The dcshaRds Of this
force via necessarily, TO . great extent eSs
Glade the cltixes.s from the privilege Of
transportation. Trse. BY means 81 tho two
railroads from Nashville the one tapping
the Tennessee a, Decatur asd the ether d
lsriaeepoyt---sapplisS might be transported
@ the river. bas, then, We have no boats at
oar command, and even bad We the boats.
the npper Tennessee the Holston, the
Clineh and French BROAD rivers arc unrsli.
able Cor navigation. aud indeed src nnnayi.
sahle for six months ia the year. Besides,
,bsroa,e from Nashville b East Teanesse By
way Of the rivSf 4 TO a CONSIDERED PIE extent
parallel with the enenlyis lines, and there
fore subject 80 the repeated rails Of gaer-
rflas whose daring Is never 20 much slim
ula.ed as By the prospect Of iced aud rail-
mont While much might and should be.
aocemp lishsa by this route 70 alleviate the
rspscRt wants Of our pseple. the under-
s;gned are faIly convinced that in view Of
tae necessities Of. the army, sufficient faclh.
;iss Of transportation can not be obtained
to a:ford anythiag like reliable or permA.
uent relief to the eitsEens of East lenses
sse, stu, we trust the government wiz
grant every possible privilege 70 our citi-
sens. aud extend to them crery reasonable
facility for the shipmeat By this reate Of
necessary supplies.
VS. beg Your Exccllency 70 bear IA mind
that our wants are not merely temporary,
aHd that they viii not cease with the adj
vance Of the army. From the want Of seed,
the great diminution of lsbor, and other
causes ADORE stated, our next cTopwili be
far lighter thaa any preceding one. From
our exhausted pockets Cur EARNS are again
20 be stocked before that plenty 30 which ne
have hecn accustomed again smiles apoa
Us While deeply impressed with sense
Of present need, it Is the fuian that most
deeply concerns rs. Under the most favor
able direction Of eyeBss, Il is impossible for
cur people 70 obtain relief, Of their own re.
sosrces, before the harvest sf 1865 has been
gathered. Meanwhile, they must seek
communication. direct and sure, wish the
markets Of our moro prosperous sister
States That communication can no~
only be obtained 8iroagh direct railroad
connection with Louisville aud Cincinnati
The construction Of such a railroad, Your
ExceilGncy, As early as the fall of 1851, had
the sagaeity TO recommend 10 Congress as
necessary military work for the suppress
sion of the rebellion, and had the recon
mendations Of Your ExeeiIency then been
adopted. East Tennessee, teesning with aban-
dance. would hare long since dropped like
ripe apple, into the possession Of the Coy
ernment, instead Of being finally captured
at an expense of millions TO the Govern
HeRt, aud il IA exhausted condition. The
Guipb arasy, apon is arriFd, woald not
only hars foand plenty, but would have
been still IN close communication with the
plenty Of the North The transportation,
or rather tire aelas ef transportation alone
Of the Array Of the Uhis. with tie Losses
necessarily incident theretDs has eests the
Government not less than 6re millions n
dollars since tise army lest It's piaes Of rem
dezvoas in kentucky less than that sam,
eyen with fully compensated labor would
have constructed and equipped railroad
from stanford. KY, TO this point, and the
Army Of the Ohio would now have been
within twenty hours Instead oftHents dasA
travel from its trae base Of supplies. That
the immediate construction of this fcad IS
a military necessity, y BOW apparent TO
every member Of this army The etSan-
~ rat'ons q the soldier give evidence Of
the fact and tlse lying animals That fali and
perish By the way EIDE fully attest Ii For
the want OIL sasa = Communication tie ar.