----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 6:29 PM Subject: John Sevier (2) Following the Gazette's printing of the letter, the editor added some words for thought to the people living in Powell Valley: ------------- Roulstone’s Knoxville Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, February 6, 1797 [The circular letter addressed to the inhabitants of Powell’s Valley, etc., by Captains Sparks and wade, is so replete with mildness and moderation, that the most obstinate disposition, cannot but concur with them in opinion, that it is better to meet the wishes of these gentlemen than by a perverse conduct, compel them to measures which may terminate in unhappy consequences -- We therefore most sincerely wish, that the inhabitants of the above place may temper their minds, so as to fit them for dispassionate argument, and by throwing aside every idea of the interest they now hold, take into view future prospects, and the advantage which may accrue to them and to the state at large, by a due obedience t the laws of the land. ------- Editor’s Note (from the Knoxville Gazette)]