Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-04-25
Ladies' Of Lynchhurg and yicini

j. sute5 VI LyuchQufg anu Ftolnl
g ty:- Language cannot express th
. feelings of my heart in accepting o
Il the chosen preventative Of "lynch
/ burg Rangers" the noble and beauti
b lul banner you have presented u
through your worthy and fair rep
iresentative, to whose eloquent notes
and stirring sppeals we have listened
with more than fond delight. Grea
God! is there language to give ven
! ito the deep feelings and quick pal
Ipitations of the heart Of the patti
OF upon such an occasions? And
what is the occasion. The. Object
Of the occasion is TO FIRE the South
d etu heart, instruct the Southern
+ mind, and nerve the Southern atm Il
that resistance, though it be unte
j death upon the battle field, determine
led by every consideration of virtue,
truth. right and justice, demanded
Imy fellow Rangers, BY the respect,
admiration, aud lote / feel and
know that We entertain for The
better snd f'.irer portion Of this COM
munity, our mothers and sisters, the
wifes OF some, and alb, ] pause, ) Dung
men, you know to whom / refer as
THE others. All these and other
considerations, yea. the firm and de
ltermined resolve Of every Tine and
gallant Hearted man, that those the
fairests of Gods creation shall eser
be maintained 10 their supremacy
over and shall never be degraded
to level With heayen;doomed in-;
Iferior race. demand that We shall re.
|sist, ] repeat, though it be unto
death upon the battle. field The fur
|ther stride, yea aud drive it back
to its internal source that Northern
faDaticism that has so along threat
ened our rights, honor, peace and
security. The fit represe nta>
tive of the blacklist corruption aud
most unholy fanaticism, A Lincoln.
now desecratiog the chair Of Wash
ington, JEFF, rson, Jackson and
u Polk has issued call for troops
to eoefce those States, whose high
toued honor and insincible g,Ilan,fy
to sustain that sense Of hpuor have
prompted them to lead the way of j
this righteous resistance by The ex j
ereise Of that prerogaliye of SOW
ereignty belonging 10 eyety State,
the right Of secession The pur-
pose Of this company is to join u
regiment Of Tennessee voIunt, ers |
uuder the gallant Turney to be |
offered to the war department Of c. S.
A. to resist that. unhoIy crusade. |
Ladies, tbs occasion of your pre-.
seating to us the flag Of the G. !
s, the plan OF your own txqnhite
conceptions and the work Of your
own fair haads, the emblem Of truth,
right and justice and Of the white
mans equality with the white man,
and his superiority ever the negro. is
to us indeed a solemn one.
Here are our mothers, our sisters,
the wives Of soma Of our company,
and the loved and the Loving ones ol
others Of US. 10 their own language,
like the z man mothers Offering US
upon the altar OF their cosntry,-
They present Us With yon large ban.
ner, the Gag Of &c s. A" to b., hois.
ted upon yon lofty and heaven tow
ering hickory, that while il aoa,s
upon the brsezes Of heaven il may
remind them Of our departure. Eel.
low Rsngsrst il my heart beats the
impulse Of yours, and | know it does,
for J know you, when that departure
shall have been reached aud passed
the victory will be won. They pte-
sent us that smaller one, now in the
hands Of our gallant ensign, to be
borne upon the battle Geld. They I.
lisciain the necessity Of exhorting US
TO stand by it and never allow its
lovely folds to trail in the dust Of
dishonor. Fellow Ran gers, do they
over-eslimale aud are they too conf
dent Of our gallantry and manhood.
Let our conduct as displayed upon
the battle field in distant lands an.
sver the enquiry. Remember Fellow
Rangers, that in defending that BAN
ner, as you crowd found our gallant
ensign to yard of the fendish blows
Of Abolitionism, you are defending
these the faiyest and ioyelisst objects
Of Cots creation. Then If We fall
let that blnner, bathed in the tears
end consecrated BY the prayers Of
the ladies Of sLynchburg aud vicinity,
be our winding sheet.