The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-06-08

fered here to day inviting the rebels back L
this comm unity, those rebels who by theiI
acts ofpersecution and crime were forced &c
leave the country, and he for one came here
10 fight it-be was for law and order as much
as any man, but be foresaw the result OF such
a movement-it would bring about a worse
state Of affairs than we ever had before. Lei
them secure other places to utter their H.
radeS Of treason and AbuSs Of Union men, and
our country will soon become quiet and hap
py. But bring them back and we will have
n ire-brand thrown into the work Of pacia'
cation and restoration. There are but two
parties throughout our lAnd-Union and dis,
union. We must be on one side or the other
East Tennesseeaus ever have been, are now
and intend ever TO remain loyal to that Gov.
eminent erected and bequeathed TO US by
our revolutionary fathers. The rebels told us
but one party could live in East Tennessee.
"A voice-"Now make them stand to their
contract. y Loud and long applause.] II
was their malignant treason that lead them
to perpetrate these terrible prosecutions on
defencelesS Union men. They were bitter
enemies t%ben-:hey are bitter enemies still
and would SO express their sentiments ifthey
dare do 30. Are we to beg them to return
to US, and TO humbly apologize to them,
anG shed bitter tears Of rCgrct2 II those
among US who have stolen our property, and
insulted our women and children while VIZ
were in the Union army and committed 9TH
er bad acts, will come forward and make res
%titution, and acknowledge their faults as they
should do, they will bO met by the Union
men with a spirit Of forgiveness and friend
ship, but until that is doae they need ex-
pect neither favor nor forgiveness. Let
them bring forth fruits meet for repentance
and they will be forgiven and told to go and
sin no more. a voice-"Y Yes we feel sorry
for the %scoundrelI, as bad as they arc. APP
plause. Go to rebel communities and you
will find them pNtronizing each other. The
breath Of treason and abuse ofthe government
is fresh upon their lips. tell you the war
ended too soon for such men. | I'm no. for
forgiying those who do not repent. II they
do not like our mode of transActing business,
let them find other and more congeniNl quar-
tersl Union men were charged with driving
rebels away. They should resort TO the laws
Of the land for redress, but their cause in ma.
ny cases was ofthe most Aggravating charnc-
ter, and men coull not be blamed for such
n state Of things when it was forced upon
them by the most relentless cruelty. They
could hunt Union men down with blood
hounds and Indians and nothing was said
about it-but let an offensive rebel be driven
away and all the world is ablnze At once
about" Tie bsr5drous eruelfes Of East TeunsJSe-
ans !" A thousand Union men were driven
away to one rebel-not over = smooth rond
in the day time, but at the hour OF midnight.
through swAmpI and thorns, over mountains
and through r%ayines, pursued by savAgcs and
those who were worse than ssvages. We
want such men to give evidence OF their hear
~ repentance Of these insults and deeds Of
darkness. "a ~voice-"Cnll for mourners,
Colonel,,") [LNughter.l Whenever they man
lies, this spirit they will b, protected BY the
Union men.
Col. Patton then followed in \ few sppro-
pirate remarks. Being a lnw-mAker he was
not in favor Of lAw-breaking. He was in IA
vor OF uol Reeves argument.-the rebels who
had committed these outrAges upon Union
men must come up and make restitution, or
they must be tried BY the laws Of the land for
their offences. lie believed that the Union
men OF Washington county was misrepreSent-
ed. Il was not the Ulion soldiers that were
committing these dGpredAtionS. Some you
have in your jail-nnd who are they? They
are a set Of men who belonged 10 the rebel
army, and could not get bail il they were to
be hung. Such are the men who are gull
" Of these crimes. II he belonged to a GER
tain class Of rebels he would leave without
being made. lie would not show his face
among men whom he had treated 80 shame
fully. The people Of this country knew moth
ing about the rebel sentiment. Go to Nash.
lille where | have been il you wish to be in
suited Mt every step you taks-thsy are out
spoken aud bold in their expressions Of trsa-
ION. They were rebels while the war was 90.
ing on and they are -ebels still, and do not
attempt to deny Il. They Islander and Willy
our loyal Legislature, aud threaten them with
humiliation. They praise up Johnson be-
,auss they have bis pardons in their pockets
Of his rope round their nscksi II one
.ebel Is run OF in East Tennessee, the rebel
publish It in blazing characters as a
lorrid, barbarous AGair-while erimoiS stalk
ng abroa: in their midst which Icaxely re-
elves n passing notice from them. These
re small matters, but theV show which way
he wind blows. II the rebels had gain
d the dag he never would have attempted TO
sturn to Washington oounly-ju,t so with
he thirty thousand Union soldiers who W.re
from East Tennessee-tbey we're per-
,etly satisfied that they would have been