Year: 1862

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| The address to the people of Tennessee, is


sued by the committee of eight appointed at


the recent Union meeting held in Nashville,


published in yesterdays HERALD, ID well cal
culated to work out great good among the peo-
pie and secure more rapid development of
the Union sentiment in that State. Its clear
and concise statements Of the facts connected
with the rebellion, the deception of the leaders,
their professions compared with their prac-
tices, especially commend it to the care
Of Tennessee, to whom it is specially ad
dressed, but to the citizens Of every other
Southern State who have been led into the
maelstrom of secession. It is document that
will apply to every seeded State, and, if it
could be laid before the entire South, would
do as much towards restoring the Union a. the
victories of our armies.


The address commences with . statement Of
the condition Of the State before it was forced
into the rebellion, its prosperity power and
influence, compared with its present deplora-
BILE condition, in the following language -


During the time she claimed membership In the federal
Union her population Increased than fourfod Her
free schools academies colleges and universities
multiplied in numbers and magnfed in their benign in
fuonces. Her manufactures grow In extent and ex-
panded in their good effects Her industry reward
ed. Her agriculture prospered and her commerce
tended Her credit was respected and her currency
people were c0ntented and happy


Such, say the committee, was the enviable
condition of Tennessee before the rebellion,
which they contrast with its condition after
fourteen months reign of JEFF Davis in the fol-
lowing style:-


Our school fund for the education OF poor
and helpless has been distracted and carried or by
Of the legitimate authorities CT the State. their
control. Tho funds Of our state Bank our only


financial agent and place Of safe keeping Of the money OF
the State havo been seized and carried withiuhe
troll Of mon at against the government. Our State
debt is increased by millions without dollar consdera-


on Our credit Is dishonored currency ruined
Our commerce Is cut on and manufactures shut up
Our fences are destroyed bridges burned private pro-
pcrty taken and crops consumed, tho plea Of mill


ary necessity Our folds are uncutvated and the hand
of industry is st Our Governor Secretary Of State.
Comptroller and Treasurer, with the public records of
the State missing Our courts suspended and
are without regular government Added to all this mi
burn the products Of ther own hard earnings.


Having drawn this contrast, the address goes
on to show that secession is the work of thirty
years preparation, and exhibits the fraudulent
appliances made to bring it about, and that,
through the mockery Of vote of separation
forced upon an unwilling people, desolation
has been brought upon the State.


In their regular order the committee take up
the plea of the Southern leaders at the outset
that there would be peaceable secession. that
the North would not fight, her people were
cowards and that foreign nations would
recognize and assist the South. Peace
able secession they prove from history
as being impossible. In answer to the
assertion that the North would not fight,
they refer to the battle fields of Yorktown,
Roanoke Island Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge,
New Orleans and Corinth as proof to the con-
trary, and that the plea of foreign interferen ce
was only delusion got up to deceive the
masses, when the leaders knew there was no
prospect of anything Of the kind. The credit
and fourishing condition of the United States
government, with its finances in better condi-
ton than before the commencement of the re-
bellion, are dwelt upon at much length, and its
resources shown to be endless and its power
daily and hourly increasing. Then comes the
refutation of the cry of beauty and booty" SO
often used by Beauregard to incense the army, as
follows


From fifty to seysntynve thousand federal troops
havo passed through our State ana yoa have soon no
them nor have you heard any such word suhjuga.
ton Of the South freedom to the slaves 1t Is utterly
untrue that any such have been made BY
any division Of the United States army by authority Of
tho government.


That the war is waged for the destruction
Of the peculiar institution of the South they
conclusively show to be false from the mes
sages Of the President and the action of our
military authorities and that the small band of
raving fanatics Of the North do not represent
the government. Thus we might go on quoting
from this document, and continue to give its
thorough refutaton of the accusations made by
the leaders of the rebellion against the North,
the utter disregard by the managing spirits
in the so-callcd Southern confederacy of all
State rights and professions made at the com
mencement Of the rebellion. A true and loyal
spr:. pervades it from first to last, and its
wholesome truths and common sense argu-
ments cannot fail to have telling effect upon
all who read it, and lead to a general convic-
ton among those who have been led of by tine
whi-o -"iSP "Ssusioh VI Pcaec, haPPihess uuu
prosperity, under the reign Of JEFF. Davis & Co.,
that their oaly hope rests in their return to
loyalty to the Union. As the history of one
seeded State is the history Of all, this docu-
ment will apply to the other States, and should
be promulgated to the people whenever an
opportunity is offered.


Our EXPORTS TO EURoPE.-The shipments Of
breadstuHs continue exceedingly large, the
enormous amount Of one million four hundred