The sun., 1888-10-28
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The Loyal Mount.ineer,.

During the war Of the rebellion largt
majority OF the people OF East Tennessee re
mained loyal to the Union under circum
stances which would have weakened the reso
luton OF less hardy and courageous popula
tion. They were surrounded by the mos'
Bealous OF the adherents OF the Confederate
cause. and, unlike the inhabitants Of the Dor.
der States OF Maryland. Kentucky, and mis-
souri,. were not merely without the moral sup
port OF their neighbors. but were actually sub
jected to severe measures of repression exer-
cised by the Confederate Government and its
armies. They also had railway and water
communications only with the slave States. 30
that their material interests were with the
Confederacy. and their social and apparently
political advantages required Of them that
they should Join In the dlsunion sentiment
which prevailed In the rest OF Tennessee.
Yet the people OF East Tennessee remained
thoroughly loyal to the Union under every
temptation and In the face OF the bitterest
trial, and their devotion was expressed In large
contributions OF men to the Union forces. The
history OF The Loyal Mountaineers Of Tennessee,
By THOMAS WILLIAM HuMEs. ST. D. tKnoxvile:
Ogden Bros. d CsJ. shows that tho virtues
which they displayed during that period were
an inheritance from tn@ sturdy stock that first
settled In the region. Whom North Carolina
was under the oppress,on OF the provincial
Governor. Tryon. In ITO. many Of the people
crossed the Alleghanies and passed over to
East Tennessee to mako their homes in the
valley Of the Watauga. For twenty years the
region had been traversed by OF xplorers, traders.
and hunters. among them the famous Daniel
Boone. Hero tho Carolina refugees set up an
pdependent State. over which tho hated nag
of England mover waved. and where the fertile
and well-watered soil stimulated the growth Of
IN agricultural community. Edward Everett.
In an address made during the war, spoke OF
East Tennessee as so much resemb bling the low
or ranges and fertileivalleys Of the Alps that It
had often been called the American Switzer-
land. or the early settlers some were Of Scotch
Irish ancestry, and others came directly from
tho north OF Ireland but tho great majority
wore Of American birth.
During the Revolution they rendered bravo
and essential service to the patriotic cause.
and they set up'the first republic ever formed
in iAmerica But Frankland their State. had
emily a short life Us an Independent community.
After vigorous struggle in 1888 1t came under
the authoritylof North Carolina, against which 1t
had rebelled, and thence by cession 1t became
part Of the Territory and afterward Of the State
OF Tennessee, admitted into the Union in 1896.
When the war Of secession broke out in 1861
vigorous attempt was made to force tho pee-
pie Of East Tennessee to take sides against tho
Union. 1t was q region OF which tho Southern
leaders we're naturally suspicious. for, socially
and otherwise 1t bore little likeness to tho rest
of the South. The large majority OF the peoplo
were not Shareholders, slaves forming only
one-tenth part OF the population OF about 3Oo.-
600. Cotton was not grown. unless by n few
farmers in small patches for domestic use. At
a political meeting at Knoxville during tho
CANVASS for the Presidency In 1860. Mr. Ma
thanel G. Taylor. an elector on the Bell ticket.
had declared that the "secessionists of tho
cotton States in attempting to carry ont their
nefarious design to destroy the republio.
would have to march over his dead bodv
and the dead bodies OF thousands OF
East Tennessee mounteineers slain in
the close OF the same campaien. and in tho
same town, demanded an expression OF sem
fiment from some of his audience who dIs.
agreed with him as to what should be done in
the case OF the election OF Lincoln. the Rev.
William G. Brownlow, afterward 80 famous as
Parson Brownlow. boldly proclaimed that mot
only would he refuse to Join in any secession
or armed opposition to the authority OF the
national Government because Of Mr.. Lincolns
election, but that any body OF men attempting
to march on Washington with hostile purpose
through East Tennessee would find there
thousands OF men ready to prevent them by
force Of arms"
Tbere vas no Republ,can e,ectora, tcket IN
Tennessee and any open advocacy OF Lincoln
voul,l bnve cost a man:dearlv. but vb.n Il cam.
70 resistance to the will Of the neople as ar
pressed in Lincoln's election. East Tennessee
stood with Mr.. TAYLOR and Parson Brownlow.
The neople of the whole stats voted In Fehrn-
ary 1861. by a majority OF moreYthan GO 0O0.
AGAINST secession: but after the inauguration NJ
Ijncon and the b.pjnnino of actnal bostilities
the sentiment in favor Of separation from the
Union was famed to violence. Gov, Isbam a.
Harris called an extra session of tho Iepisla.
ture in May. 1861. and in June an ordi-
nance of secession adopted bv Il was
aubmttted to the people. Meanwhile An.
drew johnson, Horace Maynard. and other
Unionists were active In efforts to keep
the State loyal. A Convention held at
Knoxville In May declared that tho
evils which now afflict our beloved country
are the legitimate outcome OF the ruin
GUS and heretical doctrine OF secession; and
that the people OF East Tennessee had ever
been. and We believe still are. opposed to 1t by