Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-09-27

have mads . nett gain over your
splendid majority in 1858 Of 4I4.l
The Inscriptions on this banner COM
memorials this result and the cause
lin which this majority was given. =
The majority is almost exactly that
by shich Gov. JOHNSON il reelected.
So that your noble county. has stood
8 b1lwark for the rest of tho State
protecting it against The political pes
liIsnco which walksth at midnightyi
aud proosaiming to the wuyes Of ia
nat;cism aud faisehood, "thus far
shalt thou 90 but no farther.
JOHN NJ. BaIaHT, Esq, who bad
been selected to receive the banner
Ia behalf Of the democracy Of Linz
Ooin, replied ssfoilowa:
The democracy Of Lincoln, With
mingled pride and pleasure, accept
this BANNER. Permit U.s. through
you, to tsnisr .tosthe Democracy Of
NashYille our grateful aeknowlsdg-
tmsnts for such . splendid token of
their favor. '- q
BY it's reception ne feel the press.
;lrS of new obligation: That, as
we have become pre-sminent by great
effort, in all time to come the same
effort will be requilsd to says US from
q rssrograda movement.
+ To our Democracy Ne would say
4 that toll is the price Of honorable
distinction. That laursls quickly
withsr upon the brow Of Sloth.
That VS. do not receive this Banner
! to retire with it into winter quar-
ters, like Hannibal and his army,
after their brilliant victory at Canine,
to indulge in ipglorious ease and
luxury, until the robustness Of the
soldier has softened into the sffsm-
macy Of the oourtier, and until orr
enemy has gathered strength and
courage to attack and rout us.
That by receiving this Banner
there is an implied contract, that it
shall never be lowered before the
face Of foe. That We will remember
-tihas cur noble bird Of Liberty, whoss
F picture we behold on this Banner,
/ always proudly wheels through the
Ffslds Of air, tn broad day lght, With
tits eye fixed on Heavens burning
.ESan; and that it would be an insx.
J prsssible shame, to forsake the prin.
; oiplss which it represents. and to
!. adopt other principles, which Ito Dor
row a fgur0 would be aptly rep.
resented by the 6ootins bird Of
. night. MI IS s.
That should Bigo.iy, at any fa'
ture time, unohain her Furies and
: turn them loose upon our iaiE heri.
) tage of Freedom. and should oil on,
: Institutions be sinking in a gulf Of
ruin, may the scroll upon this Ban.
D nsr, "CIvL AND Rs LlGIoUS FREEDOM
be the last thing that shall be seer
: fluttsring above the Hreck:--no, .ath'
! or let it rever sink! but may the Es
: gle Of Liberty like Guardian Angel
:, grasp the scroll in its talons aud
: away to the crsgs and peaks, ant
c there preserve it until another rae.
!, of fIeenan shall arise who viii pledg.
}, their lsues, their fortunes, and thsil
f sacred honor in It's defence!
g After this reception speech, Gov
d. V. BRowN msde the opsninl
e spssch, as heretofore noticed. His
J allusion to his former association with
Q the Lincoln democracy Was vsry
# happily expressed, and was substan'
TALLY IS foliows: w8a 80 +
J, Gov. BRowS commenced bis ad.
: dress by touching sllusion to bis
r connection with the psopls Of LIN
: coin, from a very early period Of bis
] lie. He said it would sooa be forty
, gee ra since be Grst stood among the
. people Of Lincoln and raised bis
: voice Oh political subjects; that he
: vas then Irrounded by the GREER's,
: he NoRRIs's, The EDNIsroN's, the
, BUcHANAE's, and a long list Of Others,
. whoss bold and manly persons used
! TO grace the assemblies Of the oldsn
, times. But whore are they nowf-
} Hsre are your hills your groves =
( your flowing streams; but where are
your fathers and grandlathsrs, who
cleared up these wide-spreading val.
. lays and made what Was wilderness
when they they found it. now to bios.
f som like the rose! They are all
; gone
, "To thss undiscovered country from whose
bourne,
No traveller returns,"
i But still (sAid hey / find here their
sons aud grand-sons, their daughters
sod rrsnd-dau0hters. the ipheritoro