Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-16
VOL. XIV, NO. 25



a! msssing in Boston, to aid the suffering
people Of Est Tennssses, Mr. EdEsrd Eve
rs.s gave the following pie.urssqus and slO-
qusnt description Of Ess. Tennessee EndAhs
Teunssses river:
That river, fellow. eitiz5ns, is in sozs rsspeois
| one Of tie most remarkable on the continent
It's northern ailments Ti5s in the State Of Vir-
gina, bat, as if 70 read a lesson Of Union IN The
very face Of the soil-as If to prop the fabric Of
the Unsn by the eternal buttresses Of the hills
instead Of fosieg to The Atlantic Ike tie other
rivers Of Virginia, i! gsthsKs up the vatefs Of
its tributary streams, and connecting Virginia
and the Carolinas with East Tennessee, flows
souihHATd down to The northeastern corner Of
GsoEgia.
There, after kissing the feet Of the glorious
hills Of Chattanooga, instead Of flowing % the
gulf, Its seeming natural direction u eoqHets
with AOrikezn Alabama, breaks into the Muscle
shoals, plaat5 Decatur at their head, aHd Flor
enee a. their feet, and, then, sweeping back 70
/ its naive North, trayeTses tho entire width Of
Tennessee second time, seemingly running
| up bill, for while il is flowing northHard, tss
Mississippi, parallel to il and ct no great dis-
ssncs, is Tolling It's foods sOuthWard-sntsfz
| the Ssats Of Kentucky, and emplies a. last into
| The Ohio, fly miles above is junction With
she Mississippi, thus binding seven States IN its
silver cireRit, and connecting them al with the
/ great central basin Of the continent.
The soil Of Eastern Tsnnssses is rich, the
mountains are filed with coal ard almost every
variety Of ore thsir slopes bubbis with mineral
springs The climate is tsmpersts and haalth-
ful toe territory mainly divided into farms Of
moderate sizs, for the most part tiled By frugal,
industrious men, who own the sell, which yields
thorn its well earned abundance. In no part Of
the State are there SO few slaves, in none Is
there mors substantial population in no part
Of TIE South is the slave interest 50 feeble
East Tennessee greatly resembles the lower
ranges and fertile valleys Of Switzerland, and
il has often been called The American SsitzsT-
land. It is divided into thirty counties, and Il
poDulstion does not, ] think, fall short Of 3OO,s
600 souls. Ny irisnd, Colonel Taylor, mods
assent
Bqt this grand valley, with the hills that en-
close il, possesses al interest for rs far beyond
that which attaches to their geographical fsa-
turss, merely ss such. Il is one Of the most
important links in that chain of valley and
mountaiu which tIsVsTsss the entire North
American continent from northeast TO south
6es. Separating tho streams which foE into
the Atlantic from th0ss which seek the 81. Law
-snee, the Ohio, and the Mississippi. FsrciDE
is way d0Rn into the heart OF the region
whose alluyial plans are devoted 10 the culture
OF tobacco, colton, rice, and sugar, By slave
/ labor, this ridge OF highlands, with the valleys
enclosed 10 them, fTem lhs tims you leave ths
| State CT Pennsylvania, begins to assume the
highest political Importance, IN references to the
present st1psndOas struggle. Extending TO the
southwest AZ f1E a. North9Tn Alabama, this
noble mountain tract, and ,hs valleys enclosed
il its parallel and transverse ridges Is, By tho
character Of rs climate, soil, and natural pro-
duesians, the natural ally Of the North. Here,
If nowhere else, ne may truly say, with the
German poet;
Aaf den Bergen Is. FrsyEesl; dsr Hsush der Gruiis
s.slghs NIGHT h.zEui, II ds reirsn Lutte.
That means
On the moanis5s s Freedom she breath oi the vaes