Knoxville, Tenn. We are shut out from all intercourse with the
rest of the world. Even Dame Rumor has retired behind the scenes, exhausted,
doubtless, by the herculean efforts she has put forth the last few days. By the
last and only mail we have had since we came here, we received a bundle of
Detroit Tribunes, dated September 15th. Since then the silence of isolation has
enveloped us. There is a tiny sheet published daily at Knoxville. It is silent
on all except local subjects, and nearly so on them. I notice, in yesterday's
edition, a convention has been held by the people of this county to nominate
delegates to a state convention, to be held at Nashville, for the purpose of
nominating a state ticket. The delegates pledge themselves to support no
candidate who is not truly loyal. Thus, while politicians and demagogues are
wrangling over "reconstruction and territorial admission," the people
are solving the most difficult problem by the most simple process.
SOURCE: David
Lane, A Soldier's Diary: The Story of a Volunteer,
1862-1865, p. 101
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