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

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h. and carried ID oil with them From that
moment the worl, OF devastation went On
with accelerated momentum -Four Times
lavo the Union and rebel armies tUTeIsgl
The whole leng,lol Last Tennessee, exhaust
ing the country ~ around for current olp'
plies, and at every movement widening The
track Of ruin that they Lett behind them
In the track Of The 0rnle9 me I0ala'N'
who found convenient hiding llNg' ana Itr
lying points IN the mountains uNtt.Ilo our
valleys, sud came down an' claimed '"cF
share Of the property o. our .unagd poo.
ple anl thus IL came o. 1e' l.n' our barns
and stabl,s, our cribs and dwellings, were
entered and robbed and our people .u.. rt-
tcrly destitute Tie y"v wearing '2.H..
Of our women and children ww F.t ~
these rut0aaa WJ carried ON o.. ..r t...-s
Oar blankets and le-..o.u- 3. nt.r ia'ne
OF w0.|.n that WIS calculated % It' zen ,.t
soldiers w0,g comfortable. T.a ac.a-t B. a., i."
strong band, and carried away b.r ..t.
nclica shared the sWuo late l.ar 3d.. h-
been compelled I'm the reign OF the rebels.
TO contribute sixty per cent oi their l-ntuer
70 the government for the shooting Of their
soldiers bu; now, when they were retreat
ing from the State. they seized @. The lcatA-
OF IN the watts and bore II away, leaving 01r
,I3 ,pa, and yoomor and children 10 meet
rho rig,rs az the pg, ..nr " inter bare. footed.
"a vci 50 almost u.l,1.
p.li.,...,,., rlr,,.. ,iry,,, u.s. T,rros.
eco ros dranl, tbc tpIj cuu ar SUFFERING. and
,,otIi... r.o,n, ii, l,.,.L,-.J.ut D., d.,..n IFS
Iittav,5.s 10 tl.o vD,. dy.-- C,e.l., sac.
,,,e,ol .va,,,.,1inr l't Ily.,:r and I.rar,
md death. and now i.a.tut;ou and nlat,e.
followed by oc.ga.r and death. are tramp.
lirr uron The thresholds Of her sad holaes
ore cnte,,nr thnir worry doors ready 10 con.
sn,r,n,ta The sacriior' and couIplett the SUI,
,Srjur But, thank God, throughout her
autf,.riurs she has been faithful Pcrsuosons
Threats igsuIts. imprisonmcnts. wounds
st,incs invitations chains corG-catious
,;bLcts md military nuriors the clash of
,r,ns the terrjhlanrss of armfas with ban.
nnrs and aII the combined and concentrated
Lorrors of iD-a,,ooino ,rgr y,or.nalled uuon
her bott,n.to,n hoeo,n and lYrIiru sorrow
md rtin into gi, her homes have never
Co,1nurad her I,,aIty nor driven hera ag,i.
t9,v Ina from her devotion to The ra.a.a-
,nont NJ how ftlers TGrqa- supl.r.a -
J'off pnnr,,taatad whom She orab, IN b-te
been nrotartaJ r,. the Government lat She
loved, interior aid isolated JaImed before
she could organize. size was chokod down
by tyranny. under a reign Of terror black
as the might Of the Eopc-per.an dynasty.
and her proud neck lyl, the heel Of q dospo-
tsm more relentless and crushing than The
power Of an autocracv. Her loyal people,
because ihcy could not do otherwise, suf-
fered the infection Of a bondage which then
inmost hearts aLAorrld--a bondage that
ftttored the soul and sealed the lips. and an
but closed the door of hope. We know. fell
low-citizens. vhat history means when !,
tells us Of Reign Of Terror Such q
state Of things is only to he felt; It never
can le told Il comes tc me now. even here
on the free soil Of Massachusetts, not as a
~. .ty in the retrospect. but like the mem.
o. f some holrid dream. 10 disturb and