Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-05

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they poared ous their blood freely with thsii
and Cerro Gordo, at Montersy end Bnsn,
Vista, at Chepaltspee and Chsrhbusco, anc
helped 20 swell the shout Of victory as on
gallant legions marched IN triumph into tb,
Grand Plaza Of Mexico.
Thas, allow- -eitisens. In peace andln war
10 the cabinet and IN the 6eld, at sbe has
tings, A. The bar, and In the senate, IN pub
lie aasembsies and private circles, IN th.
homes cf the rich and the eabiHs Of The poor
the heart cf East Tsnsesseo beats time tc
The muslc Of the Union. fLoud applause
Witness the sad history Of the past three
ysasH This devotion h not > mere scnti-
msnt Il Is pnssiou nay, more, n q prin.
eiple on fire. evee burning. never eonaarucd;
i Is heritage Of The blood, traosn1itted
from sire to con, ;inbibsd with mother
milk stersotyped apon the heart, and riv.
cited in the soul. AppIause1 The hrst
test OF the Union sentiment Of Eass Tennes.
see, in references 70 the existing di1icaIties,
was applied, as has been remarked BY my
friend, in February, 1861. The form Of the
question then wss, A Convention or No
Convention, and representatives or delegates
70 be elected by the people 10 that Conveu-
ton, in case it shoald receive q majority in
its favor at the pending election? The true
test IN this election was tho aggregate ma
iority Of those who vindieated the Union
cause during the contest. The questions
before the people were amply discasscd
from the rcstrun, and when the day for
election came, the State Of Tennessee, cast
ing vote Of $50 or 40, 600, gave . solid
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the Union Of these States; and Of that num.
Der, filow-eitiSens, East Tennessee gave
$1,000 in favor Of the Cni0n, and 1000
against it IAppIause In June. when
the question was put in a different form
Representation or No Representation p
East Tennessee again recorded her vote, by
overwhelming majorities, against the great
treason. Then came persuasion, soft aud
sweet, and silent eloquence, dropped like the
dews Of HcTrnon into the cars Of onr peo-
pie Of tho mountains, and our boys were
promised exemption from the battlefield il
they would only aequiesce and let the storm
roll on. Well, feIlow-eitisens, the Angus,
election came, and the question was 10 elect
q Governor, members Of Congress, and rep
resentativcs 10 the State Legislature. By
THAI tins tie britthng bayonets Of the
Southern Confederacy were found al over
the State Of Tennessee Our great men in
the middle and western portions Of the State
bad felt the force Of ths storbi--amonG them,
tbs man whom was proud 70 serve, in 1860,
"a kha rrpsss<sttatlSe oT Lns UEIon sentiment
Of cur State IN conjunction with my ilus-
trious Eie~d on my right mean, fellow.
ejtizsn, John Bell. lie, and the Ewings,
CoR, johnson, Neal Brown, and host Of
men whose hearts had been true % the
Unisn until the storm rose, now felt their
knees saite together and their hearts fail
them, and tho fury of tho tempest s5zept
them all of into the Southern Confederacy
Our boys 10 the mountains saw that storm.
Efforts weFo mado To keep us from the bal
lot box. We were told--sThc State having
now gvne out Of the Union, If YOU dare to
20 and vote for the men who are in favor Of
the old Union, we win see that you are "a
ken care Of We have places PREPARED fer
men of your sentiments, and the 6rst thing
you know yon viii find yourselves under
tho gallows, or in the loathsone dungeons
Of the Southern confederacy" The storm
came up, from tho west and south. and the
east OF us--dark, gloomy, gathering black
hess with every hour. We heard the nut
tering thunders in its bosom, We Ezw the
livid flashes, as they illuminated Us in our
isolated position. But, fellow citizens, when
The election came, when the rcst OF the State
WAS falling OF and going into TREASON and
the Southern Conlederacy, East Tennessee.
IS Ear as she was concerned, elected her
candidate for Governor, her representatives
70 the Congress of the United States, and
her representatives to the legislature, by
overwhelming majoriLies. Apelausel Il
was all sorts Of an election. We had can
didatcs for various offices Ia the Confedera.
cy, and candidates for tho same ufaese in
the Union; and in my District, the eandl.
date for tho Cohgresa Of the United States
was elected to that Congress. and he was
also elected TO the Congress Of the Confed.
erate States. Laughter
Thon came, my friends, tho violence TO
then cane tho eating down
ana shooting down Of Union sazs; but still
East Tennessee breasted tie storm, she still
held ont faithful; and by and by the Con.
fedcrate Congress, when the war Yaxed hot
and hotter. passed 4 conscript law, and every
man in the community, from eighteen TO
thirty -hvO years of age, Has enrolled BY
oflicers in every nelghborhood, appointed
for that purpose, and notified 10 rally at q
given time and given point, TO enter active
service for the defence Of the rebel cause
Then the exodus, already begun, swelled 70
hundreds and thousands. Oar yeang men
had resolved that they nevsr--eo, nfrer--
could be persuaded or charmed by blandiah-
nents or aattery, or forced BY bayonsts, n
siriko at the heart Of the mother that bces
them. lApplanss No. fellew-eisisens
but they won't 20 their homes, kisscd thar
mothers lips and received thsir blessing,
they received the ibnd arsweiil Of their
fathers, their sisters, their ulvcs and their
little onca, and thsn went lbFth, sxilea from
their own loved lard, aud iaF 10 other reas
on than that they loved thai LAID. TheEt
was no premise Of premiums o. kountles -
them there was no hope Of wealth. happl-
ns@ sad prosperity IN the distanee but
they lsgt their hotnes IN tha aarknaes qf the
night, and ascsnded The tOeky siflse oe9hp
$50 ef 800 miise frosa keHta :.
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