Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-07-03
East Tennessee.

No so,tiou Of The United States has been 30
grossly mlsrepresentsd and slandered as East Ten
uessoe Her mEgnRnimons brave and patriotic
people have been the victims Of more unfounded
and ntrocIor calumnies than The people Of any
State or Territory Of our glorious Union. The
oaly sso,on Of the eleven rebellious States which
babe defiance to treason and traitors throughout The
long and bloody night Of rebellion, It is but natural
hat LOYAL East TennessesAns should be traduced
and misrepresentod by the blind devotees Of seOes
.ieB The malignant, unrepentant, recusant trail
tors Of the whole South, who insist that their damn
able cause wss "iusi and holy" can never forgive
East Tennessee for furnishing THIRTY THOU
SAND gallant soldiers to the Union army.
Hence their repeated charge that East Tennes-
seeans are lawless, and that mo man who ever
ympathized with secession Is able 10 live in East
Tennessee without being the victim Of mob VIC
lence.
The truth lie, the loyal Radical Unionists of Ess.
Tennessee are as forgivIng sOrbearing, mRgnani-
NOUS and law-sbiding az any people on the face Of
tbe earth. II they we're not. Thousand men who
now live in this section, with perfect security 10
fc liberty and property would be sxiled OF dang
ling al The end Of q rope True an occasional set
Of lawleFs violence has been perpettated during the
pGs. two OF three years in Rast Tennessee but for
s cuse Of this description in loyal ERst Tennessee
nj least fifg have occurred in diHoyel Middle and
West Tennessee. While IN fec ipolsted cases an
atrocous rebel murderer and ASSASSIN hae been pun
i.hod 10 violation Of law, many men, in every
county in East Tennessee, have pursued their vooa-
tione unmolested who wore the instruments in the
asa-snatcn and illegal imprisonment Of their loyal
uoighbor Eyon In loyal East Tennessee more
murders an atrocities have been committed loyA
mon thsn have been on The disloyal.
notification Of the truth Of what We have said
Of The iaw-abiding character Of the Unionists Of
Ea.t tennessee and the falEty Of the charges pre-
judicial 70 our people this question, lie occasional
Is found in The ulteranocs Of that small number Of
robss who are capable Of telling the truth In speak
ng or writing Of East Tennessee Uniouists.
From ihs Macon tGeo) Telegraph, p thorough
Rebel 81 Conservative sheet, we copy The following
extract Of letter from Georgia Rebel publiAhsa
IN that paper Of lhe goth Of June from its eorrss-
pondeni at Montvale SPRING., twenty sve miles
from Knoxville.
After giving Gov. Brvwnlov thrust THE cor
rsPondent says
The OiBce-sseking rsnters who are stumpisg The
state DO not create az many disturbances - cut
aiders are led 10 believe The people as well the
candidates have become accustomed 20 abusive Ian
guAgs from the stand. oss can trassi ~ any Fo-.
non o. East Tsznsssss isiA es much i7ipisstv in
Georgia. We have among ns several GsOrgisns who
ars eager 70 get papers FROM our State. Your ia
miliAr face ha1 found its way here 70 The extreme
grAuhOaton Of ali from the Territory
Pardon for iRtrudins, snd believe me 20 be-
Very truly, X