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

ZN3 - me tEtl51a <fattskt4 ~ tl4rt|S 49,
fnllli9bs Of MONEY i ere apfs bpriffed for The
Epul1,se Of ssrelh6 4 skBeasl INTO siouai.
ern t'cnlsderAey. Thfeagb the patronage
and power thus acquired, some men we're
tsuelk. others inundated The press was
lssaxsseal and free discussion suppressed and,
by saelf means, Tcnnessse, which less than
fur months befbrs bad given majority Of
so 900 in Iavur 0f the Union. was through
the mere form and n,oekery Of a popular
slession. Declared In stste Of iasaFFeeaicn
against the United States. Still loyal East
TennesaecaRs refused 70 acknowledge the
validity OF the set ofEepafation With un.
waverink devoii0n they still adhered 70 the
a Old Governmeht Through the valley
OF Fact Tennessee ran ono Of the most inn
poFtant railroads in the COnfedcraey, con
Meeting the SOUTH West with The capital OF
the rebel Government Geographically and
strategsiiesIly considered, this road was
essenIIal to the maintenance of tie Confesi-
eracy. The $4,000 Union voters iHhabifing
THE section. mutually encouraging eael,
Others patriotism, and strengthening feel
/ log Of nationality IN oil, constituted a dan.
gsrous element in very important locality.
/ Prmdanes called Cor vigilance ON the part Of
the rebel authorities, and rnalignity demand
ed revenge Large ARMIES were quartered
amongst Us For more than two years the
Federal Government was ejected from East
! Tennessee Union citizens were disarTned
arrested without warrant, and, Tor alleged
| military offences, imprisoned at the plce5are
Of petty military tyrants in violation Of all
] Iaw,--Gdreed to take oaths sgninst their con.
sciences and in derogaiioa oftlreir allegiance
/ TO the United States--taxed with Illegal
/ costs TO support corrupt ofiieials-thsir
| property siesccl Ear public and for individn-
uses. Their field. were laid waste; IN some
instances houses wers baFned over the
heads Of families ~ Punishment for their
I loyalty, and, ia other instances, sos .far,
/ men patriotically scaled their devotion 10
their country with their life-blOod either
butehered by lswless soIdiery or officially
murdered BY military court.
1 Amidst this accumulation Of wrongs and
expressions, being Tor the time hopelessly
removed from, and cut of from the Govern
meAt to which they looked for protection,
the people were unable. in their anarned
eoHtzsion, 10 organize anything like an adj
eqaafe Essistahse b the force always pres
cns among them snlarting under these
wrongs they determined to be free. BY
small cosapanies, they gradually and stealth
liz withdrew from their cherished homes,
leaving their property and families behind
sought the Federal army in the neighboring
State of Kentucky, organized into regi-
ments. and claimed the high privileges ofre-
t,Irnins with the flag oftheir country to ne
lievc their oppressed families and friends
from the Calling tyranhy OF Confederate
rule While some eight or ten Thousand
East Tennesseeans, by means Of eonserip-
! ton and other appliances, were induced TO
enter the rebel service, st least filleen to
eighteen thousand loyalists, being one ball
the loyal voting population, stole their way
through rebel piokets, and across the Cum
herland mountains in search Of that enhleEa
of protcction--the Stars and stripes--to
which they and their families stu looked
for relief
: This much we havc deemed il prOper 10
, say in justice TO our people, although the
} recital Of their Wrongs May be 10 Your Tx.
f eclIeney bat the repetition OF m OF telt
tale We're this all. and did the sa.EsFins
stop hcre, no Inurriur wosh now be heare
to troabls the ear OF Government. But th'
I patriotism of our people. and the tyranny
! q, the rebels have, naturally enough, co
operate6 to iin90vsrish oar country. Most
Of those who snGere1 The armies, both Fed
, eral and rebel, were lahor;ag men, and thu
more than half the ordinary labor Of The
country was withdrawn from ts,e cosanaoI
, industrial pursuits. The productions suf
fered corresponding dinAinatioa, while Ia
: demand was increased By the pressing ne
cessitiss OF the rebel Government In tn,
! fall of 1861, for instance, East TenResSe'
{ furnished over 60. zoo hogs to support tbs
+ rebellion. In 1852. the rebel aashoritic'
were inexorable for further supplies. Every
: available hog was hunted cut and taken
: The producss Of our farms were seized
: wherever G6nnd The stock TO which w
/ looked for future inercase was destroyed
without stint and heavy drails we're made
upon the citizens for clothing and blankets
| for the soldierY. The blockade ofthe South
, ern coast. 80 disastrous TO the conieieraey,
embraced Us also In is ruinoas effects and
; deprived Us Of most OF tho comi9rts and
, necessaries Of life to which We had been
J accustomed. In word. W. suffered all IhC