Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-22

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Is LoruAuonisp n J., Psb, Z, 1895
Rec w. a Brssales4
pKAR DotsfoE.-f have hong had Il II mind so
write you buthithetin Tor nopaEsalaf reason, have
failed. Having nvs leisure hoaf, yin assots d
70 ycu.
rieser to see thst there Il as length, prospact
fpr she festeFulen Of eiyil government ID our state;
and sincerely heps thai The sBorss nov making lo
thss end, b. the ioyal people cf Tehbssssa, may
prove sntirply Successful have nos beef sl,ls,
anywhere, te End detailed account sf he pfoceea
ings Of the Nashville ponrehtIon af last is.bbthz-
which much regret but with Tie action 81 lAas
patriotic body 10 sAr as have SEEN am Kseasly
pleased. As silEzsa of Tsshosset, heartily sns
siorse The ngniRatlon, % unaniinously maaa, gds
GoYeFnsr and woald love 10 zee Il uAanlmously
| ratified By ths people
Pho amendment 10 the Constituted II The State.
recommended BY The Convention, upon sha subject
Of slavery, nests ny entire appreciation. and pray
cc-d, eur people may ehserfuily adept Il.
-Four years ago, I believed that slavery ought %
be preserved, aud 50 did nearly every man in Ten
ntssee. With you aud all other loyal men of shs
South, tried honastly and earnestly 10 save Il By
| the only method by which Il eeuld have BEEN saved
~-and that wasby maintaining The conslitaiioh and
the Union. ihsn aaw IN peace preserved the per.
petaity Of slavery, and row think pafeeiss 10
the preservation Of slavery the perpetnsslon cf war
Inssfar then as peaos is preferable 70 cSl var, a
the destruction Of slavery desirable Before thIsre
bellon slavery and civil Nar Sere mel synonymous
bss now they sre--bad men have made them ses--
Slavery i the lever with which treason sndeavered
flsf L
With which traitors desighed 10 divide our nation
Lsi the people break the lever into atoms and an
nihilate the wedge forever. Thn Institution was
claiiasd 10 be the great scarce of wealth and pros
perly 70 the great States Of tho South bat the ac
IS row read Of AL men, that Il has been made the oc-
casion Of the destruction Of more wealth than per-
hSps the entire real and personal property Of ths
South was worth, negroes included, not to mentloa
The annsterabe saferiags with which Il has cursed
the nat aud lhe rivers Of precious fsaternal bloed
With which il has sEasuSd thousand bastlo-aelds
Va have tried Development al abe resources Of the
South Sufficiently under ihe slavery sfstep, and now
we Aase fair opportunity 20 try il upon the fFsa
labor plan. A comparison Of Che growth Of Ten.
nessse for ay pears, with that Of the great yeuag
States ef the Northwest for twenty-five years win
systeass, The advance of Tennessee compared %
tQeifs nas l4en aA one 10 tilree on fear. We have
Many natural advantages ever those States yet they
have len ps fsf behind In thsgrand msre Of ,snsal
and physical deyelopmchts and IN che great race
Tor political power The incubus Of slavery has sl-
ways held, IN is heavy grasp the energies Of our
population and the very idea of s exissanes In ous
State has been efireni In repelling feem bor
dsrs the intelligent enterprise industry and capital
Of hoa-AIaveholding States IL Il had been lam-
ing sword In every gato u entrance With civil
government, pesee and the Union restored, and
aisvets. voluntarily abolished In our State, day
dswns upca Tsnhesasa, In my opinion, brightor and
more graadly and gloriously anspciou than she has
ever yet looked upon or scarcely imagined True
sloo0oo 900 Of capital nov invested In nsgrocs is
annihilaied ut once and forever ard 10 there were
nothing 10 oompausate that less Il would ssam 70 be
ssrioes injury TO che peeuniAry interests Of our
people. But who shall estimate the enhanced value
Of all other Interests IN the State within ten years
after she becomes constitutlohally, free Stass In
stead OF loss, the sl00,0o0n00 now ia slaves
seemingly sunk with the abrOgation Of thesystcm
viii prove the most remunsrstiye investment of
capital her people bave ever made Oar genial eli
mate, our generous spil, our anboundsd unexplored
uEfathomed mines Of silver copper, lead, Kine, ccs
salt and iron untnpped oceans Of oil, our uRyi
vailed quarries of marble, our unlimited water pow
er, osv picturesque and vsriegsted scenesy--shsse
rcsissless attractions will draw from the teering
Norsh and East intelligent enterprise skilled labor
aud abundant capital, These elements Of new lie
will quictly penetnte every section of tho State
and at once by electricity, rsviYify every atom
Of cur 0rgAnisu political social industrial, physi
cal and iutsieetusI. and Tennessee purged and pu-
rieed by the fiery ordeal Of war, viii emerge ffem
the baptism Of blood redeemed and dlsenthralicd
regenerated and free win resume hof place In Che
sisicthood Of North American Upitsd States and
falaI. in every growing grandeur, the sublime dss
tiny that awaits her IN the future may bs over
sangnine ia my hopes, and ertrzvagantin In my calcl
tloBs. bat win venture the opinion that the en-
bAneed value Of the lands Of our State Nithin ten
yoars affer the close of this war, VIII alone more
than double the value Of the slaves withiE her boF-
Edsrs at The beginning Of the war
Who can estimate tbe undeyelnped wealth of East
Tennessee alone IN copper iron and coal no. IA
mention silver lead zinc, and other minerals kanwn
TO exist in her bosom, and leaving out Of view her
marble 40 elegHnt and e1hsnstlessf Who can count
the yaas IL her wonderful water power still wAss-
ing its energies ia fllless appeals TO an 70 appFo
tsnse rs titleastng powers 70 Che purposes Of cSi
| lisatioHf But Of what avail 10 Tennessee or the
world have these valued treasures been Eene
ocnpasstiysly none Bat bow viii & bo vhea The
sable gairds 1t sag doors who have hitherto mo-
TONED strangers away from Us, are withdrawn Our
mines, already known, will be riaed q their treas