Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-07-19

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tinually have they commanded the respect
and admiration Of all nations on land and
sea. Indeed, our national character hay-
ing become SO permanent, our prosperity
so continuous, our liberty so general, and
our institutions SO generally acknowledged
Il e best in the world, the position of an
American citizen was beginning to be hail
ed as the proudest position of man. Would
to God this had continued--that the old
flag that once knew no North, no South, no
East, no West, had continued prosperously
adding new Stars to its galaxy of States as
during the past eighty years, uniting and
concentrating in the bonds of brotherhood
the old States and the new ones, until the
Stars, comparatively speaking, were almost
Iinnumerable- theentire world should
have become imbued with the principles of
civil and religious liberty Yet how vain,
how futile, are all the attemps of man--how
utterly powerless are all his adventures
when he departs from the true way of right
The reign of usurper may be brilliant for
a brief period; yet the time will come
when his usurpations must cease. At the
very zenith of our nations greatness, When
the light of our institutions had begun to
penetrate the dark avenues of the Old
World, gradually driving the darkness
hence, showing the blessings and beauties
of civil and religious liberty. Indeed,
when America had begun to be looked up
on as the hope of the world, the storm of
sectional dissensons was heard sweeping
like blight over our fair land, spreading
CONSERVATION and ruin throughout the Re-
public.
Ladies, the Government which our ma
tional colors represented has fallen the
dark days of corruption have come-the
time has come when she, like all her pred
ecessors, must add to her catalogue of his
torical events, sectional discord, anarchy,
and civil war One section has dared to
trample beneath their feet the Constitution
of our common country, and have dared to
say that we of another section shall do
likewise. This sectional party, thus trans
crossing, is the Northen party. The his
tory of the differences of opinion between
the North and South are known to ALL
That the North has ever been jealous of
the South that the North has endeavored
to dictate to the South, and make aggres-
sions upon Southern institutions. and have
done so--is palpable to all. This domi-
neering spirit-this dictatorial, this higher
law position of the North, is the origin of
the downfall of our nation; yet the old
principles are still living-a minority OF
the States, standing by the Constitution
and the institutions of their fathers, have
by their own acts, severed themselves from
the old Government that promised no more
than corruption and oppression. These
few States, eleven in number, have under
taken to preserve unsullied the principles
of civil and religious liberty, and transmit
them in their original purity to their pos
terity. They have dared to form them.
selves into bond of union, adopting {
Constitution embracing all the principle:
of liberty engrafted in the old Consttu
ton. l hold in my hand their Stars ant
Stripes, the emblem of their nationality
For thus daring to assert their rights, wal
is declared against them by the old Gov.
ernment.
Ladies, right has ever been might AL
though the odds is fearfully against tn,
South, in point of numbers and other ad
vantages, yet we have the light of patriot
ism to guide us to victory, and will ult
mately succeed. Although Kentucky
our home by birth or adoption, and eve
, regarded as the home of patriots and war
riors-has in her capacity as a State, pre-
ferred the advancement in dollars and cent
to the defence of the principles of justic
and equality, there are within her border
brave and chivalric men and patriotic wo
men, who are devoted to the South an,
who are zealously advocating her cause
Thousands of her sons will go forth to bat
tie for the principles of humanity and pre-
serve the hitherto unsullied fame of Ken
. !, lucky chivalry.
S Ladies, on receiving these colors fror
r your hands, we are inspired with renewe
t confidence in the justice of our cause fo
: woman has ever been right. Although nc
2 fitted for the battle field, because of he
r delicate organization, yet her keen perceE
i tions, and intuitions of right and wrong
= place her ever on the right side, where sh
= is capable of exerting an influence MOI
- potent even than man. Patriotism is
d characteristic of woman. The history
= the world, the history of all the revolution
c OF oJner lanuS, as Well as our own, give
: examples of the courage and patriotism {
k woman. They have not only, at differer
O periods of the worlds history, encourage
It men to deeds of daring, and BY their strat
i agems led the enemy into snares, but hay
: actually gone forth to battle. All ii
J. great events in the worlds history teach
n that woman is ever right, that her infl
IS ence is almost boundless-that when sh
5, with her characteristic patriotism lends h,
e influence, tits most potently felt to the az
= vantage of her friends, and detriment
n her foes. The ancient records show !
d that the Jews were saved by the inAuen,
d; of Queen Esther-Rome was saved by Il
y mother and wife of Coriolanus. She pr
y sided over the feats and tournamentsin Il
TO days of chivalric knighthood, an instit
N ton that did more to humanize and cili
rs ize mankind than any the world has know
lr before or since And we were indebted
i great measure to her influence for the Ii
ne critics enjoyed SO long by the Americ,