Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-05-31
Rag PRESENTATION.


PRESENTATION of beautiful flag to The
patriotic members Of the " Red River Vol.
lnteers." It is published by request OF
many citizens in that vicinity, aud with
pleasure do we lay the warm heart porings
of the Southern ladies before our readers:
GENTLEMEN VoLUNTEERs: 1t is with
Incidence that undertake to discharge a
duty imposed upon me by my lady associ-
ates. A consciousness Of my inability, i'm
pels me to bespeak your most generous in.
diligence.
Let me presume that your liberaltv will
allow me to refer to that once proud and hap.
Ply Union whose domains extended from the
icy banks of the st. Lawrence, to the boil
ing Gulf of Mexico; from the briny caps Of
the Atlantic to the golden shores Of the
Pacific. Behold her in her once proud
sPissdor, carrying the arts and sciences to
their ne plus ultra; an honored Republic;
the mistress of the world, whose sword
when raised to resent an insult, caused
kings and queens to tremble for the safety
of their thr ones; an enemy to tyrants aud
friend to the oppressed. But TO. day.
where is her splendor, her purity and her
gloryp obliterated and Como for ever
Gone, glimmering through the dream of things
that were,
A school boys tale-the wonder of an hour.
Corruption wendell her way into her
legislative halls, usurpation reached forth
her poisonous hand aud forced out the
lovers of liberty. Yea, the American fac
robbed OF Its purity by the baneful Adolf.
Non demons, now lies in her tomb close bv
we SIDE OF those who bore her triumpbant.
through the dark adversities of 1875
can but say
iarewelL gallant Eagle, thou vert buried in
Tod rest the in heaven, lost star of our night
Eleven of the states, formerly the strong.
est pillars of the United States, animated
oy the same ardent, patriotic aud incorrun.
table spirit that actuated the immortaI
heroes of the revolution, have declared
themselves independent of the Nortbern
Government, in whose Presidential char
sits villain, surrounded by his faithful |
tyrants, and have formed Republic stvled
the Confederate States of America.
We, the friends and relatives of Won the
Red River Volunteers. have nrocnred Co.
you a banner which rejects the nationality
OF tne Confederate States. / beg you,
gentlemen, for the sake of your lady friends
TO accept this symbol of gratitude to you
VINO have SO nobly vindicated your willing
ness TO protect US, whom nature has seen y
1t to make incapable of self protection,
you having done US the honor to receive
It, gentlemen, we can cheerfully say
Flag Of the brave, thy folds shall fly,
Inc sign Of hope, and triumph high.
Go on ye sons of the brave, with an on. :,
ward progressive step, wend your way to :,
the shores of the Potomac and plant YOUR
selves upon the tomb of the Father Of his ,
Country, with your glittering bayonets
pointed at the enemy's breast, seek a COM b
lpensation for the injustice done to your o
Sunny South. i
Unfurl those colors, say to the mnions
of the North, in the name of Tennessee,
who has so long chung to the Union, that
she is rallying with her chivalry, and mar
shalling her gallant hosts for the conflict d
that she is yet the Volunteer State, and
her heroic blood flows as richly in her
veins, as when her sons drove back the in
vader from New Orleans and mounted the
frey walls of Monterey. If you send your
mercenaries to our State, we will, in the i
spirit of the Irish martyr, meet you on 7
the border with sword in hand. We will
meet you with all the destructive furies of !,
war, ready to immediate ourselves upon our :
before superior forces, will dispute every
finch of ground, burn every blade of grass,
Nnd the last iutrenchment of Southern 7
Rights shall be our graves. III
After which, the following reply was
made in behalf of the company, by Lieut..
r. A Barnes.
LADIES In behalf of the Red River
Volunteers, | gladly receive the proffered :
gift. Though unaccustomed to speaking, !
l may fail to thank you in burning words
of eloquence, yet hope you will make the 4
necessary allowance for one who stands be- J
fore you, with feelings that would natural
ly prompt him to be silent. Feelings which
it has never been my lot to experience be-
fore, and which l hope may never be ex- !
perienced by you.
In presenting the banner you spoke of
the once glorious but now severed Union
that Union which was once the pride of
every American heart, but which is now1 !
ruined forever Aud what has brought on {
this state of affairs A mean, low and grow J
cling desire to interfere and NEEDLE with
our institutions. The people of the North
nave guns On s'ep ny steP encroachlnR ]
upon our rights, until the South could
stand it no longer, and as the last resort,
have appealed to the sword.
Ladies, this Revolution is not unlike the
old Revolution, in which our fore fathers
engaged, they were once happy as English
citizens, and no doubt loved their country
as we'll as we once loved the Union. No
doubt they were as proud of the old red
flag of England, as we were of the stars
and stripes.
But when that flag was made the en-
blem by which they were to be enslaved,