Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27

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have taken hpoh the slavery question
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aiactarers, n well - professional men. are
writing tons from the iaysl ssaies, making
= great many enqaieies about Eastern Ten.
nesscs, ss they say with view lea pgrma-
nent settlement hero. We have 70 tine TO
answer their private letters, and take this
mode Of answering them In general terms.
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Eastern Tennessee as loyal 10 this Coy
ornment as any one Of the loyal States lis
composed Of thirty-one counties, and i ~
really distinct from Middle and West Ten.
nessse a. arr Kentucky and Virginia. tits
d valley 300 miles In length. and varying in
width from City . seventy ave mikes. Itis
separated from Kentucky on the noFth by
the range of moantains known a. Gumber-
lard Moantafils, extending westward aud
southwark, and lying between the great
valley Of East Tennessee and tio Gambler
land River, one Of the lafgess afsuents--the
Tennessee excepted--of the Ohio, rising
among the mountains IN the southeast por-
ton of Kentueky. The Cumberland range
OF IHsuntains belongs 10 the Appalachian
chain, and extends the whole length Of the
great valley of East Tennessee Over this
range Of mountains, through It's dense groves
and inlerminAhle laurel.thirkets, some 3d.
900 persecuted Union men Of East Tennos-
Esec have forced their way into Kentucky,
Ohio, and Indiana, most Of whom have there
gone into the Federal army. They Travelled
after Night, and las up 10 dayiine, and as
they scaled tie mountain heights they gave
ono long and lingcring look upon, their loved
aud native land. bidding a sorrowfal adieu
10 their families and friends!
$. On the south. Hast Tennessee is separated
fromth States OF North carolina and Gear,
eia BY Tho ChiIhowee and Iron Mountains
and by the Allegheny range extending
in ono continuous. range from Virginia t.
Georgia and Alahsma. This range OF moan
Trims forms dividing line between eastern
and western Virginia, snd makes Fast Ten
peSsec aud Southwestern Virginia alinos
one .,eaniry identical IN Interests. - they ar
onein sold. climate and prvdnrtion---ilas
/ Tehnessee having the advantage in climate
/ The population of East tennessee par
takes Of the same percentage - tbatof hen
lucky. the. original settlers having beel
| mostly from North Carolina and Virginia
| and they are second 10 no people for rnanl'
! frankhcss Of character, courage and ioyalt,
to the Federal government, except Eastern
/ Kentucky, aad We claim 10 Be greatly II
advance OF Keuteekyy There are fewe
Fsla~es in East Tennessee tlran II, alnios. nm.
kother portion of The south Of equal extent
and rs q genoral thing before The iutrodne
ton Of this rebellion. the people were Yer.
nearly apon an'equality As 70 their posSs
sions, After our return, having been alison
two years, We found more slaves than "
len -the rebels having stolen them in Ken
taeky, and bought them upin Virginia wit
worthless money and brought them in. W
found men ov ming from three 10 six. of II
rebol school Of faith, who, previous 70 III
war, could not get credit for a horse
+ Tho face of the country in East TenRes
sse il very Aerceabiy diversified with noun
I taihs, hills and plains, containing within il
i limits much Fertility Of soil, great beauty {
scenery, and delightful temperate climnt'
Tho hills are wooded 10 their tops wit
! every variety of timber, whilst on all tn
small rivers aud large creeks, there are ecu
|. bosomed delightful and fertile yallirs {
, farming .lAnds, which, Rutii this war NJ
, inaagurated, were in high state Of eultivs
/ ton. Along the great thoroughfares. an
Z where opposing armies have marched an
counter marched, desolation and ruin al
alone 10 be secn. The traxdleF. or visito
coming here now, sees the very worst sid
Of our picture, and ought not to Judge orr
country by is appearance,
| Tho climate Of East Tennessee is mil
/, about midway between that North 0f' q
Il Ohio and the climate Of tho cotton state
t Although We have had two unusually col
, spells this wintcrcne about New Yea
J. aud tho ether from the 10th 10 the sas