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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
PATRIOTISM
rpoIord and War.

mp ',,'i'', 'tfttt f1Iy ncf llNc Eorr. fcnn-
suar war in Spain against Napoleon, the
depression was beyond example At the
commencement Of the war the people ac-
cepted it with that accamation thatcharac-
terlsed the outbreak in the South Opposite
parties in Parliament We'd with each either
in their zeal to vote men and money, as the
rebels did in the Richmond Congress-the
English having money to vote and the reb-
els having none At the end of the first
year, the defeat Of tho English at Corruma
plunged the nation in dispair. Nothingwao
talked of but the stupid blundcrs of the
Government, its absurd and contradictory
army orders and it, gross Ignorance Of the
first principles Of war. Universal distrust
seized the public mind. The ministry kept
their places with extreme difficulty. Croali-
ers spoke of the folly Of any attempt to
check the progress of the French arms in
Spain But England pluck carried her
through in triumph, as the perseverance
and pluck of the United States has carried
us through. England spent four hundred
and fifty millions year, bought gold at
thirty to forty per cent. premium to pay her
troops, persevercd to the end, and conquered
But in this war her government stocks, or.
dinarily at 90 had come to the low rate o.
60; nay, before Napoleon was finally con
quered, they had fallen to 81. payable il
deprecated paper. Let the croakers in the
loyal States finding fault Of our govern
ment. look at these facts and be encouraged
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
MillcniaI Glory Predicted.

In the midst of all our national troubles
it is cheering to learn from some Of our
public speakers, and inspired preachers
that we are on the eve Of a blisstul period I!
They tell us-and so do some of the public
iournals-that the millenial glores long
lookcd-for are coming! To men Of mere
common undcrstandng-such as we claim
to be--the present and past state OF affairs
have seemed to be quite gloomy and the fn-
ture uncertain; but these Sages and proph-
cts Of superior discernment, dscry in the
existing evils under which the nation has
long been suffering only the precursors Of
the millcnial glory The beautiful visions
Of these milIcnial scers, seem to gather
strength from the clouds and darkness which
ovcrshad1ws others of us At no former
period Judging from their advertisements
aie bfrer Ircrurcrs and preachers on this sub
icct
We are not certain that we understand
precisely what they mean by the "millcni,
UNI If they mean that happy timo-tlat
good time coming, when the lion is TO lie
down with the lamb, and when "a little
child is to lead them" we can't agree that
the time is close at hand. The demoraIized
race of men, who have participated in this
Internal rebellion, must die oft, and better
breed of men take their places before we
can sing out peace on earth, and good will
towards men" We are wonderfully mixed
up with the predictions of Dapiel, with the
fruits of Autichrst, and with the threaten
ed evils of the Apocalypse. The devil has
been loose, and he has operated upon a large
scale both in Church and State, but he has
not been loose for one thousand years
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
SANDERS Of East Tennessee.

1t il exceedingly Notifying, ailer all that
the noble sclfsaerhcing Union men Of Fast
Tennessee have suffered, to sec them sland.
cred and moderated by Il few contemplate
scribers, who write from this country to
Northern papers, These liclt-spittlcs creep
after certain secosh families, by whom they
nro nattored for purpose, while in their
hearts they dcspisc them, andregard them
rs hangors-on in the Federal army capable
of any thing but what is cleverl
The vindication that we offer Of East
Tcnncssecans, will be found in the following
extracts, and it is compete, GEN, BURN
SIDE, in speech ut the Fifth Avenue Hotel
in New York. is reported to have said;
"IIe then paid glowing tribute to the patriotism
of the people Of East Tennessee Their scll.sacrI-
iicng loyalty was everywhere apparent They no.
tilted him of the approach Of LongstgQts forces
thoy hailed his army with cheers, waving flags they
had concealed under their beds and under the floors
Of their dwellings for that purpose they chccriully
gave up the contents Of their collars and barns, their
crops and their cattle to supply his men when they
were without mti0ns While ut Knoxville his army
was supplied with bread by loyal citizens who sent
on loads Of Hour and forage and cyor nirbt f thew
nootea boot,loods Of provisions down the river
cnony Tbny J5 Id b. and boJ Vt t6o % ,nY
the privilege Of feeding the Yankees
CHARLES \. DANA, Assistant Secretary Of
yVor ,,.,o Lo,o +, N,ro,,l,,,. and .
'"' '"7 "''' "'o'o "
letter to the New York Press, in which he
invites bnncvolcut oftnntiou +o tbo .uf,c,i,,,,,
u.s.
OF the devoted people OF East tennessee.
nTbo ,,o., lo,.ol ,o,,,lo,i,n vlil, oo,, L., c,,,l
IN o,,, ,a,t ~ ,Io Ini,oI S,,to, ~,
,,a,ian has onoIiod me- y, ,J',o Tboir
Locn rnnootoGly troyorsoJ ~ L,n ,ho nI a''J
Union armies Ind the corscooncos Is t,, IN ,',,,
,,orions NJ II Tho inhoEto,t or li,rn,, t - ,,!
!The Govcmn,cnt of com,.o viii iss, ra ons ~ rs
dc.titnto in tLo mmo1iot. ,i,it ~ ,,
most. Lnt mis- viii moi .uoo ~, no "u' ', J;
distress That il noy boginnh, L ca o1,n, ,i
socIrdod valleys Of that rcrioI. a,n,, Lrt ro.,t
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
The C0yernment.-.The President.

Those who are really hostile to the Gov
ernment Of the United States, and desire
its overthrow, take the ground that Mr.
Lincoln is the Government, and his errors
are paraded before the country as the errors
of the Government. Those who cannot
distinguish between their country and its
temporary rulers, but would sacrifice or haz-
ard the one from dislike of the other, is not
worthy of the name of an American citi
zen.
Submission TO the constituted laws and
authorities of the land, is the only basis of
free government and civilized society, and
all who take up arms against them without
cause, and all who aid, comfort, and counsel
armed enemies in war, are alike guilty of
betraying their country, and in all time to
come. should be branded with the scorn of
loval men And we call upon all good cit
liens to mark and frown upon all who per-
sist in this Infamous work,-to abandon all
distinctions of kindred and party, and,
henceforth, to recognize no distinction but
between those who are JOr and those who
are against the Government; and whether
the men in power please us or not to sus-
tain them in all their efforts TO save the
country, until others are put in their places,
through the medium of the ballot box. the
only constitutional medium. Forgetting all
party and sectional divisions, and owning
no other duty in "A crisis like this, than that
of loyalty to the Union, let us die by our
country
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
First Tennessee Cavalry.

Such information rs we have, in regard
to this Regiment of Cavalry, we impart to
its friends. Our understanding IS, thai they
are now in Blount, on duty, We have con-
versed with John II. Potter, Comp. c, VINO
has his arm in sling from sabre charge
last week in the vicinity Of Seviervile.-
James Basinger, Comp. c, was shot in the
thigh, and badly wounded. Andrew Ea-
ton, Comp. E, badly wounded. No other
losses, our brigade Of Tonncsseeans, Penn
sylvanans and Michigandcrs furnishing the
rebels severely.
The Lieut.. Col. Of the first cavalry, J. P,
Brownlow. was in the hands of the rebels
until midnight, when he made his escape!
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
Searching Union Houses.

Some two years ago, all the private Union
houses in Tennessee were searched for pri-
vate arms, and all the arms taken were con
verified into means to aid the Rebellion
without compensating the owner. The Of
1ieer who came to our house, would not be.
Iieve orr family when they told him that
they had given up all we had, and hence he
returned and demanded more, and still
further search. That officer has since been
broken of his commission and reduced to
the ranks as a private, "for the illegal ap-
preparation of private property. We nev-
or heard Il called by that name before!
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
Cost OF the War.

1t has been the cry over since this war
began, of party at the North calling
themselves Democrats, that the enormous
expenses Of the war would bankrupt the
country Nine out Of ten Of all the men
thus engaged in exciting the public alarm
on this subject, have been governed by trca-
sonablc motives, representing the outlay OF
the nations wealth, to save the nations life,
rs wholly unparalleled in history.
1t is well known that England, during
the five years duration of her Peninsular
war, expended ninety millions Of poWds Ster-
iinA annually, or Jour haHdred and Wy mil
lions Of dollars, equal to the large sum re-
quired in the United States to keep up the
gigantic force required to put down the re-
belion, But another fact must not be lost
sight Of England then had population
but little more than half of that which now
inhabits the loyal States in America, con-
ccrnod in carrying on the war, with rcsour-
ces infinitely less in proportion ut that time
than our own, her manufacturing interests
badly crippled by her own "Ordcrs in
Council and by the operations Of the
French Continental System
We do not pretend to say that our nation
al debt is not one Of huge proportions, or
that our rate Of expenditure has not been
appalling yet, they are not unprecedented,
or that our national resources are not equal
to our liabilities EngIand's outlay repre-
scnts the price Of her independence, and if
ours is secured by five times the amount,
we shall, in common with all patriots boast
of the wisdom Of the Investment The
English national debt at the close Of the
war with France, crcecdcd one thousand mil
lions Of p0UadS Sterijng The French laugh
ed at the idea Of England raising such sums
of money. NAPOLEON looked upon England
as the Southern people have been taught to
look upon the North, aS a purely commercial
people, who would shrink from the pccun-
airy sacrifices necessary to prosecute such Il
war, on such Il scale
We have no room to elaborate. We state
facts and leave the intelligent reader to
draw the proper differences.
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Giving uD the Contest.

The Richmond Enquirer, Of recent date
virtually gives up the contest as hopeless
1t says;
"Why are there now 2OOO straggers from our
armies Why has it occurred that over sixty per
cent of the men on the muscr-roll have in one in
stance at least, been absent in emergencies Whose
fault is il ? Why not bring these back instead of
violating contracts conscribing classes that never
before were called into war, dcpopulating slave
holding people with slaves already pretty thorough
" dcmoralized2 Why extend the age SO rs to take
in those unequal to the hardships of war?
Beside the incaculalle injuries that would in cv-
cry way result from wholesale CONSUMPTION the ag-
ricultural interest of the country would be wholly
neglected Negroes, left to themselves, will not
make even their own support. The next year would
be one truly of famine Already We are experience
ing the trials of scanty provisions; the greatest su
f,rng felt in our army Is from this cause. The want
of food with their families ut home is the cause of
over half of the desertions 1t would be good
policy now to detail every skiful farmer and over
seer from the ranks and put them to raising provis-
ions
Congress cannot act with too much dciberation
on these measures A refined sense of honor and
and fcrvcnt spirit of liberty the characteristics of
our Southern people. In our dealings abroad we
have cndcavorel 10 preserve unquestoncd our claim
TO these sentiments. Shall they be dsregarded in
our dealings at home? Shall we I'll our treasury by
force and the first step toward adding to the army be
bv fraud Shall we commence by repudiatiug the
debt of the one and denying contracts with eXempts
from the other? Whore will such policy carry us
We may yet realize from such false steps now, the
vision Of our country struggling in the slough OF
debt with labor resting on her ruStd implements
commerce furing her wings, detected trade in pris-
on garments, and the Genius Of Liberty weeping
over her people PROSTATE, bankrupt and disgraccd
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
Still Going South.

Since our last issue the following persons
and families have been ordered South, and
as we learn, have departed via Chattanooga
1t is thought by some to be an act of great
cruelty, on the part of our government, to
send women and children out of our lines
at thi. season of the year. We will be eX-
cused if we fail to sympathise with those
who behold an act Of cruelty in sending
persistent rebels South. Two years ago the
wife of the editor of this paper, with two
sick children, and the wife and children of
Horace Maynard, the former herself sick,
were forced out of this town to the North,
and that upon the shortest notice. Most of
the families now going out eXulted over this
removal. and said the rebels were doing
them right.
These Secessionsts have filled the land
with suffering and sorrow, The homes Of
the humble poor Union families, all over
Eastern Tennessee, have been pundered,
darlened and desolated, Mothers are going
to their graves broken hearted. Bercayed
widows, with their bare footed orphan chill
drcn, are shivering in the winters cold and
poorly clad are making their way North,
because their husbands and fathers dared to
he Union ua.il,,---|iil-t,H iIus Deen the fate OF
the Union families here, inflicted upon them
by the getters-up of the rebellion, and the
advocates of it, not the least prominent of
whom were rebel females,
1t is useless to discuss the well-agreed
upon resolution, that these two parties can t
live in this country, even after the war is
over. Those men in the interests of the re-
bellion who have done SO much evil, can
never more be trusted.
Miss Nancy Scott,
Dr. John Jackson,
Rev. A. A. Doak
Mrs. Claiborne Kahn,
A. l.. Maxwell,
T. {. Champ and family.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
Railroad Builders Sent 10 Tennessee
NASHVILLE, January 20, lsG

Sixteen hundred carpenters and laborers start
from Binghamton, New York, on Friday last, {
Tennessee. About nine hundred of the number a
now in New York and Jersey City awaiting tar
portation to Washington and from thence to 4
place of their destination.
This party was organized in different parts of 4
country for the purpose of completing the rairo
connection between Nashville and other points VI
Chattanooga. All the men at the Binghamton I'd
devious went to Emra; about seven hundred wd
sent by the Williamsport route the Others came
the Eric railroad. These men ARE to go to the Rel
House by way of Fortress Monroe and Washingt]
and then west on the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad
The men are in charge of Engineer Wcntz, al
ing for General Cullum, superintendent of militd
railroads. They are hardy looking, and would md
excellent soldiers. 1t is likely that a consideral
portion will remain permanently in Tcnnessed
Cincinnati Cq.r'tc.
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Col. Keith.

Col. KEITH, Of Ohio, is filling the Office
of Provost Marshal General, for the time
he;,y He is filing the Office with honor
70 himself. and usefulness 10 the government
Tie talks it out plainly to the traitors lace
90 face and acts with frmness and decision
in every case that comes before HIM. Il
NOW leaf must be turned over here with
all rebels and rebel sympathizers Let them
be madeto feel the effects of their treaSoh"nd
conduct. and to know that they must 50
with one party or the other.
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The OutrageS In the South.

When this war was brought about, we
recollect well to have heard its Southern
advocates urge in justification of what was
coming, and what they proposed, that they
were going to free the people of the South
from the tyranny of the Lincoln Govern
mcnt, and give the people new and supe-
rior form of Government Their first step
in this great work of reform, was to apply
the principle Of CONSUMPTION to persons and
property They sent armed rullians into
private families, to seize upon the father,
the husband, the son-thc all-in all to thous-
ands of helpless females and children, and
rushed them into the front ranks of battle.
to fight and die in the cause of TREASON to
which they were utterly opposed. They
entered Union barns, and granarcs, and
fields and factories. and storehouscs and
took whatever they deemed necessary to
feed the conscrbcd and other troops, in
most instances, denying the right of the
owner to ask for pay. and in some cases
giving their paper issues, not worth the pa
per on which they were printed This com
pulsory system Of service. and of robbery
was declared to be in accordance with STAT,
anil Southern RightS.
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by Old Mott, noted rebel scoundrel
and spy of Sewer county, was arrested and
lodged in prison in this town, but through
the influence Of some tendcr-hcdHed Union
men was allowed to take the oath and go at
large. The result is that Mott is now act
ing as guide to Long,trects thicving forces,
and pointing out Union men and houses
The only question Of difficulty with us is,
whether rebel traitors, or certain class of
Union men, are doing the greatest injury TO
the Federal cause
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
Knoxville, Saturday, Feb. 6, 1864.
Citizens Meeting.

BY resolution of n preliminary meeting
of citizens held at the EXchangcand Deposit
Bank, on the 3D. inst, as many Of the citi-
Ncns Of East Tennessee as may find it con-
scnieht to attend, are requested to meet at
thc Methodist Church in Knoxville on Sat
urday the 9th inst, for the purpose Of form
ing IN association having for its object the
adoption of ways and means calculated to
relieve the wants Of the people Of East Ten
ncsscc.
JNo NJ. FLEMING, ,Sccrddry
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Our Michigan SpPpch.

We occupy our first page with speech
we delivered at an Agricultural Fair in
Michigan. II was accurately reported at
the time, and published in the Grand Rap
ids paper. 1t was misrcprcsented in the
Richmond papers, as every thing else is,
said by a Southern Union man. We do not
publish it now. however. to correct misrcp-
reservations, but give rebels some Jacts to
digest.
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Tennessee Spring Elections,

Our people are now called upon by Gov
johnson Proclamation 10 come TO the polls
in March aud elect their county officers, and
We hope they will respond heartily, The
Proclamation breathes the true spirit, and
excludes traitors from holding offices or
voting, 1t is document that fully explains
itself, and will be read with interest, 1t is
clear and explicit upon all the subjects it
treats, Itgivcs us the gratifying assurances
that the good work Of rcorganizing the
State will go on, until we have Il civil gov
ntumnut
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06

IorsE TO RENT.-Wc are desired to say
that there is comfortable dwelling, with
kitchen and cistcrn attached, in East Knox
Vile to rent. on liberal terms.
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SeVenty-tWO BlCunt County Rebels.

The following card was boastingy pa
radcd in the Nashville Union, and we copy
it that our soldiers and officers may APP
prociatc the patriotism Of these men when
found.
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PREACHING REsuMED.-We are desired TO
s,ato that there will be preaching in future
a, the Methodist Church at half past ~
o,o,ock and nj 3 in the evening.
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lNvlNCIBlE BANNER.

Inyinciblo Banner the flag of the Free
OF where reads the foot that would alter for theef
Or the hands TO be folded iii triumph is won,
And the eagle looks proud, as of old, to the sum-
Give tears for the parng-a murmur of prayer
Then Forward the fame Of our standard to shared
With welcome to wounding, and combat and scars,
And the glory of deathior the Stripes and the Stars
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FROM BLoUNT COUNTY.

LOUISVILLE, Tenn, JUNE s, 1861.
Editors Union and .lD,crican:
Please publish the following re Voted for sep sa'
our posterity NAV w.
William Akridge, VIM. NJ. Goodlin.
James r. II. A,kin, Saml b. Hart
Josiah r, Badgett David Haynes,
Thomas Barnett Hiram lIcartsll
J. W. Bowerman, Abram llcartsl
Henry Burum. NBRcT H. ii&Eisjlh.,
Geo ii. Chann VIM. Henderson,
William Corey, stephen X. Hitch
William Colburn, James Xix,
VIM. b. Coibur, Howard james,
James X Cox Benz. James,
Madison Cox, Peter Key,
II Talbot Cox, A. r. Cox,
Williston VI. Cox, Jno King,
jackson l.. Cox, James Key, ir,
Abram Dyer Abram n, Low,
Daniel T. Dyer, josiah I. Love,
Saml X. Finley, John Mccullough,
And French, Barton Mlhcan,
Alex. Gillespie John Y. Myers,
VIM. ID. Gillespie. Philip l.. Myers
reonidas A. Gamble, George Portcrield,
Edward uou1eS, Stephen Portcrfeld,
Jno. G. GOurlcy, John husacll
Rich'd c. George, Andrew Russell,
Jas. G. Russell Lamer B. Satcll,
Henry c. SaIicll, John Singleton,
Charles j. Satiell. Chas. SpilmNn,
Morrison D. Singleton, VIM. NJ. Steele,
sainl Steele Daniel Taylor
Grinsteld Taylor, james Taylor
VIM. B. Taylor, Barton h. Warren,
James d. Temple, \. c. Whttenburg,
Marcus b. Warren, VIM. Z. Wright.
Isaac Wright,
We hereby certify that the foregoing arc the name
of the voter, for Separation and Representation t
Louisville, Blount county, Tennessee, on this, I'll
/ Sth day of June 1862. II. ]. Cox.
II. HEARTsILL.
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Stop the Thief!

The following letter will explain itself
We have no knowledge of George w. For,
and warn the people of the North against
him:
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Editors Union and lHtcricdH:
Please publish the following y ttcG far s6r S'
our postpritV NAV - " 49, 80 ~ l''"