Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-02-13
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ALEXANDER r BuTELER. Of Va. de-.
livcrsd IN the Henses on Weilncs iay ]
We honor the liesII md ilie heart from
which they proceeded. The incidents
narrated cannot iail toahioistei every
eye By which they are perused; The
language employed for the pnrposesis
the language pf elevated patriotism (
4 Tie district which ! represent,
and the county from which, caiale n Il
that county made famous by Cue Is rad g q
ne Rrowilr-was the first, and the very
first Il, all the South, TO send snccQr
10 Massachusetts. In one'of the most
beautiful spots in flat beautiful conn-
ty. within.rihe shot of my residence,
At the base of the hlii, wherea glorious
spring leaps outssinto sstnlight from
beneath The guarded roots gof thnat.
i der riye,, oak. there assembled on the
10Th of July. 1875 the very first band
ofSentlleTha men who nlarcheiiito the
aid Of Massa cInasetts. They met there,
! and Abe rallying CRY was !" Decline
for Boston. y
. That beautiful and peaceful valley
had never been pollntedsby foot steps
pfa foe Tor even fhe Ipslians them
sclves kept II free from The ilicursion
of the enemy. lit was the bunting
range and neutral ground of. the alb
origities. This band assembled there,
and "a bee line for Boston was made
from thence. Before they marched
they made pledge that ah who sur
yived would assemble there fifty years
after that day 4 Il was my pride and
pleasure to- be present when fifty years
rolled around, Three aged, feeble.
lettering licn--tlfe Survivors Of that
glorious band Of ore hundred and
tweIlty-who were left to keep their
trust, and be faithful to the pledge
male fifty years before to their cotn-
panioas. the bones Eof many 4of whom
were bleaching on tile Northern bills.
i. .sSfr, Ihaye often heard from the
last survivor Of that band of patriots
the incidents Of their first ltleeting
and their march how they lnale GONE
six hundred miles inz twenty days
thirty miles d day--and how, as they
lneared their point of destinations
Washington. who happened to be
niakingta reconnaissance ii the3neigh:
borliood, saw tfeln4app preaching and
reconnizing the linsey -wQolsey hunt
ing shirts 81 old Virginia, Eede ugp
Ito meet and greet them te tliecafhp
how, when he saw the captain his
old scompanion IN arms, Stephenson.
who stood BIZ his side lat The Great
Meadows, BIZ Braddock 3 fatal field.
j and ii inaily a1 Indian campaign, aud
. reported himself TO his coinnlalHaeta az
Ne. from t1eqaa5t bank 1T thelPot0naac
--l,e spffang from his horse clasped
E.his old FREUD and eourpaniot in arms
withsbothhap}is. lie spoke no word
of welcome bnt the eleqnence OF 81
+ lencc told what his tongue could no'
arficulases lie moved alangfhe ranks
shaking It'd hand Of each, from mar
tas,,,ans and al fhe while--as; my III
/. q ss;,asr NH ne--bio tears were secr
.'sa,sss;s :, d T. his. ,,,,,s,,lv check
4 Ay.lsir, Washington weptl Ane
why did the glorious sonl OF Wash
;n,s.,toYs, sw,.ll wifhen,ationg. Why did
ha T.. f., Ma, Reeansez M that I'll,
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