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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Programme. (search)
Gulf States with the Atlantic board, and this one connecting rail-tie, radiating off, East, South and West, after it has passed her ranges of mountains, render East Tennessee quite an important district of country, and this city an important rallying point. Consequently, it has entered early into the designs of the Unionists to possess themselves of these valleys, and thus endeavor to tap the South, by cutting off this line of communication. Well, how have they succeeded?--The election of February last resulted in an overwhelming defeat of Southern rights, and Tennessee fell back into the arms of Lincoln and his adherents.--But Providence has ordered the final result otherwise. Instead of acts to endear the people of the border States, here comes a proclamation from the Federal Government, and at once Tennessee military fire was aroused. An election for June 8th was called to vote "separation or no separation, " and a majority of 60,000 freemen called for separation at once. The L