Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-08-30
REPLY BY B. w. HUMBER.

In Dehalf OF the montgomery GudrdS,
and as their representative, do most CRATE
fully receive this beautiful gift, high tes-
timonial of woman's sympathetic kindness,
a true symbol of her unbounded patriot
ism, and q generous token revealing the
glorious truth, that we have in behalf of
our cause-just both in the sight of Hea
ven and man-the sweet smiles of gentle
woman's appreciation.
In the cark hours of the war for Amer
lean freedom, woman, upon the altar of
whose heart ever warmly burns the fire of
patriotism, whose devotion to country is
ever true, lent her aid. There we see her
performing deeds of heroism, and by her
patriotic zeal and devotion to the cause of
Independence, inspiring the hearts and
nerving the arms of her countrymen, till
the bright Sun of Liberty rose and shed
his refulgent beams upon free and inde-
pendent people. From time immemorial
has her name illustrated with patriotic
deeds the page of history and in this the
second struggle for American freedom, do
we see the heroic daughters of the South
lending their help to forward the good
work commenced in defense of truth, JUS
tice and liberty. May the donor of this
flag be ever attended with the smiles of
Heaven, her path be ever green, and her
heart never once be saddened by the rehec-
ton that those into whose hands she has
committed this charge will ever permit it
to be dishonored, or its bright colors soil
ed by the traitorous hands or unhallowed
feet of the iendish foe
Now, into your* hands, as standard
bearer do | commit this inestimahle gift.
May you honor and cherish it--look upon
1t with devotion; remember 'tis the flag of
your country, and living or dying in de-
fense of that country, remember tbs the
last fond token of sisters tender love,
friendship and esteem.
The orce proud flag of our country, the
once honored Stars and Stripes, that were
wont to float over the homes of the free
and brave, no longer gladdens our e. es-|
They have faded, ANONYMOUSLY faded
from the galaxy of Liberty they have de.
serted the sunny climes of the South, and
have set in the black clouds of the North
We no more revere Il e n, no longer recog-
nize them worthy the thought of freemen
no other than this, the proud flag of the
Southern Confederacy, do we recognize
no other will we accept, and for it, as the
representative of Southern rights, South
crn homes, Southern mothers, daughters
and sisters, will we live, for it will we fight,
and by it will we die
Fellow countrymen we are passing
through a crisis, the most eventful in the
history of nations; one in which is invol-
we'd our fortunes, our liberties, our ALL
Usurpation and tyranuy-which forced our
forefathers in the old Revolution to take
up arms in their defense, and which, after
a long and doubtful struggle, finally shook
from their necks the CALLING yoke of Brit
ish oppresson-have in like manner com
PEELED us to pursue the same policy, and
by the help of Him who guided them safe
ly through that long contest, will we tri-
umph in defense of that right which is
most sacred, most dear, to a free and en-
lightened people-LIBERTY. Like them
then, let us not count the cost, the time, or
the effusion of blood but let independence
be the beacon light to which we would di-
rect our vessel, and with swelling sails
proudly streaming, regardless of breakers
or turbd waters, let us resolve, g. sink or
swim, live or die, survive or perish" we
will reach it, Remember the trials, trou-
; bles and difficulties with which cur ances-
tors had to contend, and the fortltude with
which they bore them; toiling day and
= night, marching over the frozen earth, and
through fields of snow, leaving behind
them the painful evidence of their devo-
ton in tracks of blood; slumbering upon
the bare ground, exposed to all the inclem-
encies of nature, having no covering or
protection save the wide-spreading canopy
of Heaven Remember them, and shrink
not from duty think not that liberty is not
worth contending for. Theirs was wal
against usurpation and oppression, so is
ours. Theirs was war against subjuga-
ton, and for independence--so is ours
God prospered them, so he will us. Shall
we who have long enjoyed the sweet sun
shine ef liberty bequeathed to us by our
progenitors, now submit to become the
subjected vassals of tyrannical despot
: Shall we cry submission, stand and see our
e sunny homes desola'ed, our green field:
overrun and laid waste by the wild fanati-
= cal vandals of the North | know a neg.
ative response comes from every heart, and
/. like the brave, heroic and immortal Henry
, the exclamation comes up, ''give me liber
ty or give me death" We have done all
l. that could be done TO avert the storm
1--WE have petitioned we have remonstra
T. ted ) we have supplicated. y Oul
petitions have been sighted our remon
!. strlnees have produced additional violenc'
and insult our supplications have beer
:. disregarded, and we have been spurnet
with contempt" from the halls Of Congress
> l"ln vain, after these things, may we in