The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-04-02


she emerged from her territorial condition to
the present writing, she has a pure and IN,
suited record, overlooking her conne1ion
with the s%lavehdlder's revolt, into which she
was compelled to enter BY the bayouets of a
merelless d~espotiHm. But this stigma she
Inns obllseratsd by a willing and immediate
espouaal Of Republican principles, and can
proudly congratulate herself that in tunes oil
general peace and order, nc whiskey iusur-
r%sctiOn ever occurred within her borders.
Tennessee Is the land Of jackson, White,
Crockett Houston, Bgownlow, Farragut and
hosts Of others, whose names fame will baud
down to the multiplying millions of humani-
y, eTsn to the last day that shall dawn upon
the world, Many a burning S%appho" has
hsraldsd the valor, patriotism and nobility Of
her people from pole to pole, in measures
baptized at immortality fouat, and the pa
triOts Of all elimes catching the inspiration
Of their freedom, and ingratitudO for their
example, unite to do honor to their name.
TennesSes opens wide her gates and pro-
claims an Invitation to all peopleto come and
reap the hasyssts that are spriuging upon
her plains. Her rivers smile and her grand
old mountains bow a welcome. She throws
her protecting and sustaining arm of IRON
Eerve and steel sinew around the weak,
checks the Entertainments Of the strong, &C.
Goods Justice to sll, and presents a refuge
uuder . system OF generous and bene6cient
laws, and asks every prosecuted mortal to a
home safe from tyranny and harm. She is \
bullwark OF all civil, political and religious
institutions, which bless, benefit and beauti-
fy a State, IA government of the people,
by the people and for the people is inscribed
on her advancing banner and the pillars Of
her temple. Liberty, Justice and Equality
are her lfe-her inspiration. Not an emo
ton Iwells from the depths Of her great heart,
but ia as true to these as the needle 10 the
Polar star. Hers is u mothers soliritnde for
her offspring, and her zeal to accomplish her
destiny and mission as the devoted Chris
tian's in the cause of God. Struck down by
the ruthless hand of treason, she has arisen,
like Antess of the fable, with renewed lite,
energy and determination from having touch
ed the mother earth, and now mll-mailed and
full-wesponed, she stands an invincible glad
istor in the arena OF the States.
This man, who so foully and mNliciously
SANDERS the people Of Tennessee, he editor
Of two newspapers, " both daily, +" Is John W,
Forney, who followed the star of Wheatlnnd,
until Democracy proved a failure, when be
treacherously fed the field and took refuge
in the rear 0! the enemy. After hurting eT-
cry epithet, possible for the human mind to
conceive against the Southern people, he, all
Of a sudden, concludes that they are not
such a set of Sepoys or Pawnees after all,
and comes out in favor Of universal suffrage.
lie seeks 10 curry favor with the rebels by
advocating a timorous and cringing political
philosophy that would strike the manaelS
from their ruthless hands. He is also con-
spicuously before the public in a huge peck,
o~t-ltninE enterprise, known as the " Southern
Land Agency" with headquarters at the Of
fee of the Philadelphia Prsm. lie signifies
his intention toivisit East Tennessee soon,
and we hope that our people, for the sake OF
their manhood and sSlf-respeci, will rebuke
the malignrr by signifyinG no knowledge Of
hil presence in their midst.