The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-15
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TO TIE LOYAL PEOPLE OF TIE
UNITED STATES

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Eas. Tennessee. Impess ble. as Z Is,
Is reaeh sour ear ln tiiai way, ! beg
Is address you through Tie public
press, aad nay letter shail be iis own
aFology.
THAI part a BE State of Tennessee
east Il Culnb laud Mountains em-
brB,ing soine lliry counties, is East
Z Tennessee, and contains POS Gel per-
sons IS ihe census of lee0.
odfutmie.. nearly 100000 men,
wnh loN000 hoFses and mules, have
occupied aud subsisied, pringipa.y,
upon Last Tennessee Tor six months !;
a. has rebel army Tor more than two
years. These armies have construed
the entire sul lance q the people,
aid lhere Il nothing eit tor them to
subsisi ul on while they make another
crop. All ,he ike stock Of tie ciii-
zans af any value, has been aPpropri-
ated By these armies, aud guerilla
bands baudilti lowering on their ilanks
aid rear.
Shut out Tie commerce FOR three
years, our people relied for theii
clothing upon the old spinning wheel
and hand loom. Their supplies from
this source were seized by the rebel
( soldiegs wherever found and carried
away. Our tmucres were robbed,
and our people leti without shoes for
tlie winter. Much Of The very wear
ing apparel IF lhe people, table and
bd furniture, farming implements,
abd kitchen utensils, were also taken.
Dwellings and other houses have
been plundered and Destroyed
/ Yard, garden and field iences, and
sometimes buildings. have been torn
down and used for iuel--lheir enclos-
ures desola,ed aud utterly laid waste
The people o. East Tennessee
haye fought in all our wars, including
! the Revelation, and the great mass Of
them are stiIl true 70 the constitution
and The Union. Bcteeea tlCeaty and
hiriy thousand, more haa four fJfhs
oi her fighting men, are now in ,be
national army. battling for our nation
Al existence. Hence those who now
feel tie horrors 81 destitulion, and The
pangs 81 famine, intensified by winter
winds, are Lhe aged parents and ten.
der families of these hon-hcar.ed
/ lmountain patriots.
Gallant, brave menl God nerve
your arms for victory! Who even
Is ght as ye fight! You meet The
storm of battle, while your houses art
being pillaged, your farms laid waste,
your substance destroyed, and your
loved ones at home reduced 10 tatters
and ready 70 perish for bread Sol
dicrs Il liberty fear not, God will
provide
Yet my people, too proud 70 bow ic
despoilsm Of traitors. do not beg the
charity Of brethren. They claim lh'
assis ance which justice a. well as pa
troism demands. Have they right
eous claim Our cause, our struggle
our hopes, our destiny, our country
are one. The restoration Of the I'm
ion, the preservation aud perpeiaatiel
oi constitutional liberty, and naionali
ty, these constitute our united AIM
II this be SO, We are in justice bonnt
. 10 suffer and sacrifice, and endnr'
alike. But how has il been in fact
That gou have endured bravely, tha
sou lave suffered freely and greatly
that you have sacrificed molly ant
heroically, none dare deny. But on
people al home were doomed 10 fee
ior two sears The ietiers Of despoism
which. disarmed. they could not re
sst. while many Of our young met
were with yours fighting the battles 0
The Union.
Under the glorious cliehains, Ros
ecraus, aud Burnside. and Grant, 20
cane, io,fally. at last, TO our assis
tance; but the comines of our friend
was ihe signal 10 our enemies. Eas
Tennessee was soon one vast miliiar
encampment of contcnding armies
A great, tremendous, sublime sac
rificc--a sacrifice that will stand on
in history TO all ages, pfominenf
grand. wtlh scarce a pafallel, was de
manded. How East Tennessee RS
pouded. lrt tie loa.bsome dungeon
whore Hirkcns, ard Ihornburg, an
Bibb. lhe youthful Hendricks bFo,l
eFs, and other patriots, we're maltyI
! ed---let The gibbets where the liai
! mans, Haun. and Dugger, and man
other faithful men met death for ihei
conuiry--lei the blood of hundreds {
her old and young men, shed on III
green sod Of & ry county, by eommi.
stoned and uncommissioned assassin
Iet the blaekened houseless chimney
i the cl,arred fences. the devastate
farms, lbc Si00,o00.0D0 Of her prop
erly destroyed, and die desl,nao
that pr, sides in almost every home =
l,t these ali answeg hoe she has II
sponded.
The sacrifice has eosl us abou, al
We lad. except honor and loyaliy
bot il il mad and Ne could not lie.
ila'e 10 make il again, if daiy aenaf
aed oar motto, our seehng .--' Pel
i'h money property. home ii'e-pei
isa 'stafae- s0trfre our a5erig-
lap "a aatiea Why ihe war hs
been q ns luiH. aud 10 yoa wealth
10 ", thus far, cure, to you biesi
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