Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-07-20

CHATTANOOGA, July ii, 1854
EDITOR CHATTANOOGA GAZETTE Being here
on business, for very brief period, l drop you
line in regard TO matters and things in Upper
East Tennessee. We have Just closed out
loyal Methodist convention, held two days In
the Episcopal church In Knoxville. We had
MY. i've delegates, representing all portions OF
East Tennessee, and Of this number twenty
seven were preachers, and twenty. eight were
laymen. And q more loyal and harmonious
meeting never convened In the State. A special
committee developed the fact that there are
etlll ono hundred nd fifteen loyal preachers NTH
IN the bounds Of the Holston Conference, and yet
others, whose positions we could not give with
certainty. because we could not hear from them
directly.
Our convention resolved to return to the old
Methodist church again, and called upon the
Northern bishops to meet us In annual confer
ence at Knoxville In October next. Our loyal
Methodists In this end Of the State, who are
the majority In our membership, are resolved
never to have those rebel traitors TO rule over
US who carried our church into the foul en-
braces of treason and rebellion.
The proper spirit prevails In upper East
Tennessee among the people, and they will not
be carried estray by few Copperhsdd leaders,
who are still troubled about the Niger. Our
people have suffered enough on account OF the
niger, and they will, when opportunity offers,
| rid themselves Of the evil. The people at
| lonRIn TealEo tnht tno ulEBot 10 tno feuohioh,
and the rebellion is the Niger, and to get rid
Of the one, they must wipe out the other.
| was pleased to see, on tue road between
| here and Knoxville, such fine crops Of grass,
corn, wheat and oats--it looks to me like old
times, and certainly like living, If they are
| taken care OF.
| found quite an excitement at Cleveland, as
came on, growing out Of an order for rebels
| to report to this place forthwith, who reside
along the railroad, and for several miles out.
This creates futtering, and causes many
rebels TO howl right out. Send them out, l say,
aud let them 60 whore they can't talk treason
to the prejudice of the Government, or give
information to raiders, phsre and lphea to strike
at our towns, and at the railroads. have nc
faith In their behaving themselves, or even re
naming quiet after taking the oath. Rebeli
are rebels, and the devil is In the most Of them
and they should be sent to where he Is.
You have the right man In command of thii
district, Mai. Gen Steedman, and he is doinl
good work, In country where 1t is wanting
He is one of the few ofour military men hav,
met with who properly apr eciates rebel, ant
: knows how TO dispose OF one. We have beer
fooling with traitors long enough. 1t Is tim
to cease our moderation, leniency and forboar
} ance, and to come down upon them as the enc
mics of God and man, and as the opposers o
law and order. They are burning trains oil
our military railroads, and they are murderlnl
our Union citizens all over the country. Le
them be treated as guilty all along these roads
: and let their property be destroyed. Let thei
= bushwhackers bt killed wherever captured, an
In no instance be digniaed as prisoners Of wal
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