Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-19

ton Of the Banner presented by
Tie Ladies Of Liacolas county, to
The 9Th Regiment Of tennessee
Volunteers, commanded Gy Col.
a. s. Eulton:
Ga the 10Th of August, 1861.
the Regiment was paradcd at camp
Edray in Poeahontas county, Vir-
ginia, and thrown into close col
Iumn, on the first division, when
Adjt. Mckinney appeared in front
with the Banner and read to the
Regiment the Address of the Hon.
John NJ. Bright, as follows: ~
Soldiers Of tie stb Regiment
|of Tennessee Folunteers:-I am
commissioned by the ladies Of
Lincoln county, to present to you
this beautiful Banner. You will
be pleased to accept it as q token of
their especial sympathy and re-
gard for you as soldiers, and as an
expression of their profound inter-
est IN the cause CT Southern hide
.pendence.
When you are under privations
and delays and you become FESTIVE
and pant for inopportune conflict,
its motto eXhorts YOU too Patience, !"
and represses the mu11nur on the
lips. When the order peals along
your ranks to rush upon the peril
Gus edge Of battle, it exhorts you
to Courage" and when the wild
isurges Of battle rage around you,
it gives you the watch-word to
mount and Tide to Victory"
lneed not remind you that there
is nothing which so wins tie graf
litude and admiration of a people,
as the brave soldier, who battles
for high achievement in his coun-
try's cause. Tennessee has e he
role fame as broad as civilization.
Her gallant sons turned the tide
of disaster in cur Revolutionary
war, in the battle of Kings Noun
tain. Their impetuous yalor cary
ed It's way to the Southern Gulf
through the territory of the fierce
and hostile Creeks:-they covered
their country with q blaze of re-
nown on the plains Of New
Orleans. They mingled in the
triumphal march through Mexico,
until the American cannon thun-
dered its notes of victory above
the crown of the Cordilleras. More
than a hundred battle fields attest
their valor. You, soldiers Of the
Sth Regiment, are not expected to
flower the standard of our former
renown a chairs breadth" But
we have confidence that you will
fight up to it, and beyond it if pos
sible.
! Religiously trusting in the God
of battles, take this Standard
Sheet, and beneath its folds chas-
tise the insolence of the Northern
Vandals, who would invade our
free and Sunny South, devastate
our fields, burn our houses, and
villages, dishonor cur females, AZ
iricanize our civilization, prescribe
our Religion, subjugate our people,
and overthrow our government.
Vindicate our rights and honor,
and on your return mothers, wives,
sisters, and all our female patriots,
viii lavish their smiles and bless
ings upon you.
JOHN M. BRIGHT.
At the conclusion of which the
Capt. handed the Banner to Mai.
W. ii. Bolts, who replied In sub
stance as follows
Felioao SolelierS:-
The ladies of Lincoln county
have through their commissioner,
the Hon. John NJ. Bright, presen-
ted to you this beautiful Banner,
with request that you accept the
same as a token of their especial
sympathy and regard for you as
soldiers; and as an expression of
their profound interest In the
cause Of Southern Independence.
On your behalf | have been re-
quested to receive this beautiful
present, and to tender to the fair
donors the profound thanks ofevery
member of this Regiment for the
same
Beneatheits folds thefair donors
exhort you to chastise the inso-
lence of the Northern Vandals,
who would invade our free and
sunny South, devastate cur fields,
burn our houses and villages, and
debase and dishonor our females.
From the time we parted with
our wives. mothers. and sisters IN