New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-04-15
MAss.cHusr~r~ Avn VIRGINIA
. .. Hts and 1850. 81 Hfi
A THRILLING INClnENr. -

fspeaker Of the House Of Representa-.
t;.es in 1850, the JI"n. Mr. ,Boteler, OF
the llarper's Ferry District. in Virgin.
ia. sp Ike as fyl"ws: r,,tesrl oj as,
When sir, I have heard the name Of
> gentler m called here day after day.
first on the roll "a great historic name
mr.. a dnms) Il have been reminded
# Massachusetts in her rrcudcr day
y the heroic age o. the Republic. ]
have been reminded of a historical it,
,'ilent connected with the county III
which / .live--that county selected by
John Brown for his bloody :, ii: and
feel that l have right to appeal to the
Massachusetts delegation here, if they
are not deaf to the voice Of consa guin.
ity; and if they are, I appeal from them
to their people on this que.ti,n; l de
mane of thsm to come up to the rescue
# the country now. as they did in the
good old times Of the Revolutionary
fatl crs, The district which I repre-
sent ami the, county where I live. that
county male famous hy the raid Of
Browr, was the first, the very first in
~ the South. to sen'l spe Cor to Massa-
chusetts in the time Of her direst, ne
ce.ri,s 2, III one sf the most beauti-
| ful spots in that beautiful county, with.
| in rife shot Of my residence, At, tbs
base Of a hill, where glorious spring
leaps cut INTO the sunlight frs,n beneath
the gnarled roots of a thunder.riven onk.
there assembled on the 10Th Of July,
TITS, the very first band Of Southern
men who marched to the all Of, Massa-
chusetts. They met there then, and
their rallying cry was, ~ bee line for
Boston, That peaceful valley-the
valley Of the Shenandoah "-had ne.
yer l'een polluted by the footsteps Of 4
foe; for even the Indians themselves
had, according to tradition, kept'it free
from the incursions Of their cneinies,:=
was the hunting range and neutral of
the Aborig,nees. The homes Of those
who lived there then were far beyond
he reac!, Of danger. But B ,stoni vas
beleag cured. Tho hearshs of your faith
ers were threatened with pollution, and
the fathers Of those whom I represent
rallied to their protection. T@ttog hae
They left the plowshare IN the mould,
Thier Aocks and herds without fold,
The sickle in the unshorn grain, 1..f
Their corn half garnered n.bc' plaln.
And mustere,lin their simple dress, !
Fer wrongs Of Yours to redress" ''f s
Thus they mustered round the spring
I speak Of: and from thence they made
their ,,bee line for Boston,: Before
they marched, they made a pledge
that all who sur vived would assemble
there fifty years after that dsy.9 1t is
my pride and pleasure to remember
that i, though hut a child then, was
present when the fifty years rolled
round. Three aged, feeble, tottering
,nen-the survivors Of that glorious
band of one hua,lred and twenty -
were all who we're left to keep the
trys'c, and be faithful to the pie lgp
made fifty years before to their coin
pal.ions; the homes Of most Of them
had been left bleaching on your north
e, hills. Sir, l have often heard from
the last survivor Of that band Of ps,ri-
OTIS the incidents Of their first meeting
and their march; how they m'de some
six hun'.rel miles in thirty days
twenty miles day; and how, as they
ncarel the point Of their destinations,
Washington, who happened to he max
ing reconnaissance in the neighbor-
hood, saw them approaching. and.9 re-
ccgnisi"g the linsey .wool.ey hunting
shirts Of old Virginia, gnIloped up Ia
meet and greet them in the camp; how,
when he saw their captain, his old com.
panion in arms, Stephenson, who had
stood hv his side At the Great Med
ows, o.. Braddock's fatal fell; ana 3 Ia
an Indian campaign-who reported
himself 10 his commander ~ from the