Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20
BISHOP OTEY.


oP 0iey, Of Tennessee, "a native OF
Frsiuia,) 10 WIN. IL Seward. But il
will fall upoa bis ears as did he in
srirtd vOe of AarOn upon the ears
Of Pharaoh. We JeXtract Tie follow
Ing graphic picture Of the military
spirit ell the South:
Sr, believe me, when | say thai
from iEe Chesapeake to tho banks
of the Rio Grsltss, is heard the
martial note OF preparation. The
lsborer is quitting his fields, The
professional man bis eice, the mer-
chant lis countiug-room, and The Pic
neer or The wilderness ID dropping
his axe and sBatebing up his deadly
rIas, all to array themselves in The
Tanks OF var. Oar mountaiu tops
aud valleys ARE pouring forth their
hardy sons, while our plains are alive
wish armed men, eager for the strife
Of battle. Even the free Negro, the
unconscious representative Of :
class WHOSE al eyed degredatlon and
uncemplaiDing wrongs have roused
into frenzy all the fi.ree passions 0:
twesty millions 0! men in the North.
comes forward, voluntarily, and begs
the favor Of being allowed to fight
for the land where be ioili fer bis
daily brsad.
Oar women, the daughters Of
mothers who menlded bullets and
carried them hot in their aprons to
their husbands. as they stood behine
their stockadss and repeIlsd The as
saults of the msreiiess savage, srs
practicing themselves ia the use OF
Are arms, arc forming VOLUNTEER. ss-
seciaiions to prepare lat and ban
q ges for tbs wounded = condiments,
msdiciser, sad ether caratsrts for the
sick and teil-worn soldier,
gir, | have besn ia this State for
forv-years. The lndisa boundary
line, wasn cams TO Tennessee, wss
two hundred milss East Of This FIsce.
Il is now twice thai distance West.
1T is now ! know not where. | have
travelled oitcBer than ! can count
years Of my life, all over these South
western States, from Fort Iowson
to Tsllahasse from Virginia 0
Texas, aud mingled freely With the
people, unasr all the ordinary eir-
cum.tsnces Of social intercourse. -
I have had the best opportunities to
know them intimately, and think |
understand their character thorough
ly. tell YOU, in all the sObc rOess
of truth, that wherever the invader
shall attempt TO pass the borders OF
these States, with hostile intent, he
will be me. by a living wall ef men
with brave hearts and hands armed for
the strife Of death, mere diflienlt to
pass than breastworks frowning with
osnnou and bristling Eith bayOnets,
more numerous than those which
crown tie ramparts Of BUrgos.-
Numbers may overcome and destroy
These men, but in my conscience, |
declare, tlat | do net believe that
the united strength Of the North
can compel tkem to submission
You may Kill them. but as Cam
bronno is reported 10 have replied,
in bahalf Of the old guard, TO the de-
msnd for surrender on the bloody
field of Waterloo, "ihey die! they
never surrender
| repeat that kao this people;
! know their impetuosity, their rsck-
less daring. But kuowu, too, and
--a,l,crs who have fougst BY their side
know also. that they can be cool and
steady as veterans, when the osca'
sion demands. Accustomed from
childhood to the handling Of arms,
and praeticed in their skillful USE, 10
the chase, which frequently involves
dangerous encounters with fOrmlda-
Bile wild beasts, they acquire all the
readiness of attack and dsiancs
which marks the veteran in var, and
far more activity than he possesses
Its not to be denied that the same
qualities of scholarship distinguished
the troops of the Northera States,
where they hare been trained 10 SINH
lar scheels of hardy discipline. But
this admission suggests first and lore.
most. the thought, By no means a
pleasing ons to minds which are set!
on peace, that al encounter between
such troops, must be profertiensts-
~ more destructive: But be that ss
it nay, the GOODNESS and dehoeration
Iii whieh our nseole are preparing