New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-06
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TEMNnaAE

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- ma ~ +,,sn..sal expedients for increasing ia
po,5ts,ssS sfength in Congress is the partition o
Ta55see, and the construction of new State t.
formed out ofthose counties embraced in Eas
Tennessee, This part OF the State contains almos
thewhoie of what was once the Union element
Il is at variance by association aud by sympathy
with Middle and West Tennessee, Its people are
fntense ioyalists,n in the modern sense of that
term their "loyaty consisting in thorough
~ conviction of fhe divine right Of minority,
posed of former Unionists, Y to hang, murder
!, exile ana aisfranchise majority composed OF
= former rebels On such materials the radicals
= connt with confidence to constitute a new State
which can be trusted as an unswerving ally of the
: whole scheme of vengeance upon the people of the
. South.
= For some time this idea of dividing Tennessee
has been entertained and in pril there was issned
an address to the people of East Tennessee SIGN
BY citizens Of some dozen of the counties Of that
part Of the State, calling convention of delegates
ifom an the counties, to meet in Knoxville on the
% q May, to take steps for separation from the
present state, and the erection of new State.
me convention met in Knoxville on the Sd, and
reiialled IN session two days. Resolutions were
aaopted, and an address was prepared and pro
nlagated, strongly favoring the plan of division.
me following extract from that address contains
| .le essence OF the argHaents and reasons which
nave gwen impetus to The present movement:
The idea of the separate political existence Of
| Hast tennessee IS not recent one. MANY wears
ago before our late and present political tro1bles
PoTtlon OF 4, our people warmly cherished snch
scheme The great chain of The Crynbarjad ,.rJt
Mountains divides and cuts us off fyor, tba atb
RliSIssohs R OF the State. Our boundaries are every
Where else on the mountain tops on peopIe AZ
iSyir rom M tne Capital of the State Those
lfLus ~ tLe extreme eastern end to reach II are
eoLnpelisa 70 travel over three hundred miles and
| soHle O them near four hundred There ia ~
S..leTenee n soil, climate; and productions
sn sWeen t9e two sections, and 4 more marked
ference between the people III fastaa bah;tSs s5
gaolgAts In the elections of February afag1ns
1921, the difference in political sentiment snd ~
tachment was 50 distinct as to raIa,1e i, 80 ~ 4 ~
people, The difference somewhat a5;.s5 - aGI Gto
may De, still exists and will continue ftr eeara
ton or longer. II 7 + eleia'
j Io.day the reasons for separation which ~
lseed nEe years ago, still exist and some Of H.
with increased force, There Is M ana y ] s,ielt
ee, any haFmon5aor community Of Sentiment ana |
IgsiL5A vesNeen the people of the two sections
Inc dllefence is wide, rTeeoneilahle and ,.s,Jsa1
majority, indeed almost all the pennla 1rat
the mountains, were rebels in the late civil siF
Mra fTniar e4u4t nnaiifg oqr people we're loyao the
ouiou ny 4Aey mated us FOR our alleged fraacbsrE, 1
to the So1th while unr people had Yn,cb - 10y
PLAN OF Tor their treaehery to the Union and fnr
lhelr conduct in sending troops amnno ne ~ sth4
ME- VI. IsY constitute the majority in the State
10 escape their rule, the loyal peope Of tIe Sfata
as tney think, are compelled for selfproteetion X
eAelude them, or the greater aYt of +hatf fro,s
ONCE ana the ballot box. This ia begetfinr IN
ssea9sa sAssp ana iilYi After the next
regular election, IN spite of, and probably IN dis
regard of any franchise law which may be nasse5
me preba3lities are they viii control the Stata
i..s row lney Will exercise their power cannot be
knoFn IN advance but it NAV he veil fin 4IssTTb;S
men to remember their reign from 1se1 ~ 7oe
ana I2ke warning from the past. They NAV. and
Pf0nably Will indemnify and pay, bv taxation tba
sl.9hs u 81 donars Of loss sustained by rebels dur
ing me war, and may attempt to make III laost
paEaal cenpe penBation to them for their nitetvtits
q dollars worth Of slaves
mere We md o development to its interior enn.
sequences OF the doctrine of the divine RIGHT nj
the majority to govern That doctrine n III Iast
inaysis means simply force power. the ability n
'ompel obedience which is supposed to reside it
ne majority. But the minority III Tennessee han
zen to have acquired that power. Tbev ~ I
loyal citizens, and the majority Of the peonle t
! the State are reoels.n But behind fbasa {
loyal I citizens stood glittering array Of Fed.
fal bayonets, ready toexecute tie will and an.
'rfe the mandates Of the minority. Here was
le force which, by hypothesis, gives sanction h
over and constitutes the measure of right. Tbosa
oael followers of Northern Republicans were '
y SLOW to avail themselves of so eligible an in
rumentality. TO use their own words. their m Q
'nents constitute the majority in the state. n c
cape theirrule 1.-THE rule Of the n1aioritv1 stbe f
yal people Of the State are compelled far salg. e
'ateetions to exclude them Ete faafority1 or H. ri
eater part Of them, from office and the ballot. 0
,x.n O
This would Be very ieIectable state Of afairs o
teond only last But unfortunately, the e.Iova, Il
hzens DO not oonide in perennial array Of e'
aderal bayonetsi and very naturally conclude IN
at the majority will snap their fingers at laws u
exclusion and disfranchisement adopted by the cl
audulent parody on a Legislatures which now n'
eets at Nashville. But, on the other hand, =
'oWnlow and his associates have become ca Y
toxicated with the pleasures of power and the g
under of office, that they have no notion of y
signing their grasp on the State They wish 70 to
1strate their loyalty by filing their pockets "
th greenbacks, and by gratifying their yindictye ca
alice on the disfranchissd population Of Middle ."
d West Tennessee. Hence the partition move. pr
ent meets with unexpected opposition even in an
e camp Of the loyalists y themselves. what To-
II become Of ns, touehingly ask these patriotic So
ople, we are deserted by our brethren east as
the mountains We shall be ruled by rebels. re
shall lose our Offices, We shall not enjoy the gr
ilghtful privilege of ruling with despotic and pa
exorable sway over hated majority" th
These considerations, however, will probably So
We but very little influence with the Northern "
deals, when it is once ascertaiued that the ma an
'ty are likely to regain possession of the State ol'
that the franchise laws are only futile express an
ms Of malignant hate and bitter revengeful. thl
y But # on the contrary, it is supposed that ap
z people Of Tennessee can be kept, for any up
'gth Of time, in situation Of political subiec an
= to the minority, East Tennessee viii have to no
liste for her separate government and then not CO.
t it. cu
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THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE. Be-
bal
StAoeal adInonlllons OF bitter experience seem del