The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-07
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sw ord Presentation.

cipients being Colonel JONI A. MARTIN,
and Major Il f. SCHNEIDER The sub
ssriptiou for the purchase OF the gifts
was commenced on the morning of the
presentation and in two hours over two
hundred and fifty dollars was raised
among the members Ct five companies
the articles purchased-and when the
regiment had assembled for dress parade
Orderly Sergeant, WILLIAM RICHARDSON,
stepped forward and presented them in
the following words:
Col. JoHu A. MARTIN and MAJOR ED. F.
SCHNEIDER
RESPECTED SIRs: In behalf of the
members of the Old Battalion am re-
quested TO present to you these swords
and sashes as an earnest Of their esteem
and appreciation of you both as capa-
BILE and patriotic commanders. Our re-
lations with each other have always been
pleasant and agreeable, we have served
long and faithfully together, and we have
always found you both competent for the
task imposed upon you, and we doubt
not, should an opportunity offer itself Of
our meeting the enemies of our country,
face to face in bloody encounter, these
swords would never be returned to their
scabbards in disgrace.
Accept these presents as tokens of our
great esteem and whenever you view
them may they ever serve to remind you
ofthe high appreciation in which you are
held ia the minds of the donors.
Hoping that our relations in the fu-
ture will be as pleasant as those of the
past, and that you may ever command
our respect and esteem, are the sincere
wishes of the givers, companies B, e, H,
and X, 9Th regiment Kansas Yoluu-
teers.
Colonel Martin accepting the gifts re-
piled in the following neat speech:
FELLOW SoLD1KRs Words cannot ex-
press the pleasure and gratitude feel at
this generous evidence Of your esteem
and respect thank you warmly, deep
ly thank you. accept your beautiful
present, and assure you that never, by
any act Of mine, shall it be disgraced.
1t is doubly appreciated and priced
coming from you, who, for, nearly one
year, have been under my command, and
with me have shared the hardships of an
active campaign the priyatiOps of long
and weary marches by night and by day;
the terrOrs of the battlefield; the glory
of the victory. And |. desire, while
thanking you for the generous confidence
you have ever manifested in me as your
commander, 10 bear witness TO the
prompt, ready and cheerful obedience you
have ever yielded to my commands; to
the patience and fOrtitude with which
you have borne every hardship and pri-
walton; and to the unflinching courage
you have ever manifested in the face Of
danger You have been soldiers truly,
because you have exhibited the greatest
virtues of soldier-obedishce and for
titude, You have done honor TO the
State you represent, and 10 the bravo
people whose hearts have followed you
with earnest prayers for your welfare,
wherever you have gone. Continue to be
faithful to duty, prompt in obeying or.
ders, and our association will always be
pleasant Remember that duty we'll
performed, however hard, becomes 4
pleasure to the true soldier. By your
conduct, make the banners of the Eighth
the emblems Of pride and glory, SO that
in future history every "reminiscences
connected with the Regiment, shall be
honorable and grand with the memory of
brave deeds and earnest patriotism.
Again, | thank you. 1t has been my
pride to command you in the past-with
this assurance that | have your conf :
dence and esteem you have made il
doubly so, and 1t shall ever be my high
est ambition to continue TO merit your
respect and love.
Maj ED. #. ScHNEIDER theu spoke sub
stantially as follows:
My FELLOW SOLDIERS when learn
ed a few moments since that this pre-
sentation was intended, it was with emo
lions of the utmost surprise, and yet Of
the most grateful pleasure. Words can
but lily express the pride and satisfac-
tion with which | receive this token ii
your esteem. Col, Martin has already
returned thanks in language more fitting
than any can employ, aud | must beg
you to take his remarks as an expression
Of my own feelings. l will add, however,
that it has been the heighth of my am
bition, while endeaVoring TO discharge
fearlessly and impartially my whole
duty as an officer, to secure ths respect
and confidence of those whom have had
the honor, at times, 10 commend. This
beautiful gift is, therefore, of inestimable
value 10 me, not 30 much because Of its
intrinsic worth, but because il is = proof
of your regard. ..r
Comrades, feel proud of your reputa-
tion, and know that you will maintain il.
While have life, and health, aud strength
TO WELD this sword, shall be with you
and remain one of you. Should il be
our fortune, under the lead Of our gallant
Colonel, again TO take the field, hope TO
do nothing to show myself unworthy Of
your kindness or OF the trust you have
reposed in me. And should our country
again be blessed with an honorable peace
and we return in safety TO the ayOcations
Of civil life, trust no soldier or officer Of
the Eighth Kansas will ever pass my
home without coming 10 exchange friend
ly greetings with me and 10 renew the
memory of the many leasing associations
of our service together, as we'll as Of the
privatiOns We have endured and the dan p
gers through which we have passed.
Once more, return you my most sincere
and heartfelt thanks.
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A Yicksburg letter announces the
seizure Of $500 bales Of cotton, some 40
miles from Lake Providence, by our