Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-02

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liz Nsl klendz Ekfx, and .hsy ffeak kss
lIy. an qaAflsrsd. for lie Tins be-
lne. /. the ksass Of my esteemed friend,
EsrainaaJ = nrseg wkq lives y apriaesiy
,hansion. with aSoul u 4 = on,l iaslb enopgh
q iii his sfokt pasler. kssl shsuasrs sess-
ibrsable bscausu feel aud kAsx that hns
welcome. j have rs an associate guest d
the ha,ss nobsaa Dale Owen, % Lt.tsllesiaai
a.aa educated maa,s and . laaet agreeable
gentleman IN company. sa web - enter
tanning h conversation.
Go where I win, naeet up With whom
may, in the loyal ranks, tind that tho Bah
,imors Convention, by nominating A bfal'a'H
Lincoln, did just ,sh ii the people expected
and demaAaed The feeling & nnsyerr's
that the man for the times i Mr. Lincoln,
as the business in which theHstisa Is eY'' I
cerned i familiar to him. and L would bs
the worst sort Of policy TO put i into new
hands 10 complete. The loyal people who,
thank God, arc the great majority ell over
tie North, have learned to valus him bs.
eanse Of tao tasiness of the services he has
rendered..
OF Andrew johnson, the nominee for
| Vice President, but one opinion prevails
among the leyal hosts, thar be u tie man for
the place, aud that he viii be of grrat ser
vice TO the Southern Union men, and assist
materially 10 securing 20 them justice in the
winding up of this rebellion. The Platform
adopted at Baltimore gives great satistac-
tim 10 the Union nien, and with Lincoln
on the platform, the Union war party have
ticket that no combinations ran defeat.---
No matter who may I've nominated at Chi.
cago, or elsewhere, or what their platforms
NAV be, the Baltimore tickets destined to
win Nay, the candidates opposing that
ticket will be most disgracefnlly defeated.
and 10 Fact, ought TO be, as The COUNTRY is
what we are for who advocate th-isaliimors
ticket. and iaaty and t,poiis aresyhai oar eP
poneuts are aiter
The news is here Ibis morning Of The de-
feat Of Morgan in Kentucky, aud Of bis
fleeing in utter confusion rio Pound Gap,
admitting the loss at Cynthiana of near
600 men. This rSia IS enc chat has a0s
paid, but has cost the thieves and robbers
of that command more in horses and lives
than they have realized. There Is one fes
tare in this affair worthy OF remark. 1t
is the general desire throughout the loyal
| States, and among loyal mel, that raid alter
raid may be made into Kentacky, until che
leading, aetive, moring spirits Of that State
shall he made to take one side or the other
Of this struggle for the nations life. Indeed
have heard loyal Kentuckfaas say they
were glad Morgan had gone among them,
and hoped they would hc made 20 take 4
stand, either itr or agnins, the rebel inya-
deFs.
here Is the Great Central Sanitary Fair, fol
( the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers
and their families. These fairs, aud tbs
wonderful success attending tiaenl, speak ~
thunder tones TO the rebels and those in
sympathy with them, OF the purposes and
determinations Of the loyal men and womes
of the loyal States.
/ The great Fair al New York yieldet
el,q'ea AvHdre,' fAoasaad dollars, and the on,
here promises 10 excel that or any yet bel.
in the United States. Already the receipts
amount 20 serca hundred fhousaHd detlars
aud they have fifteen more days to run, AM
arc averaging sfty tLopsaad per dag Tn,
average attendance daily is one Iaslrst
thousand persons, II is WONDERFUL ] hav,
aeyes seen such an exhibition In my life
have never seen such zeal, pstriutism, aa,
libera!ity displayed 10 any cause.
The history of the great enterprises =,
successfully conducted in the loyal States q
this Union, aisA popularity called ~sani,ar,
Pairs, forms one of the most curious, in
structive, ami characteristic chapters Q
American life and history. Schemes I'll
raising money by the voluntary eontribu
tons Of the people, for the relief Of thos
} who have suffered OH TIE battle field, hav
been common in other eountriss aud il
other wars. Ia The early day OF the Frene
Revolution offerings of money. the gold an
silver plate Of the churches, the sspergaea
finery Of the rich, were freely laid upo
what was then called 1.-THE altar of the com
try" In Prussia, in 1873, when the grea
national uprising took place against Oh
French, personal ornaments, gold and siive
plate, and jewelry to large extent. wer
offered 10 the Government and were gladl
accepted.
Bat these displays Of popular enthusiast
! in Europe were wholly unlike the gran
movement We have been called apoa to wit
b ness In America. They were short live
! and spasnlodig, springing only from the e,