Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-07-16
MORGAN'S SPRING.

The Military Barbecue, al Morgan
Spring. nssr this place. to-day. reminds
Us thai TOMORROW will be the Ninety
Fifth Anniversary of the interesting Rev.
dictionary incident, referred to in the fol-
lowing extract from . speech Of Hon. A..
r. Bo,eler. delivered in the House Of
Representatives, February 25.h, 1860 =
"Bu. word now 10 Massachusetts :
When, sir. | have heard the name OF .
gentleman called here, day after day,
first on the roIl-a great historic name.
(Mr. Adsms)-I have been reminded OF
the "OIG Bay Stale" in her prouder day
in the historic sge Of The Republic. and |
have also been reminded Of historical
incider, connected with the county in
which live-lhat county selected by
John Brown for his bloody raid-snd feel
that have right 10 make an especlal
appeal TO The Massachusetts delegation
here, if they ore no, deaf to The voice Of
consanguinily; and if they are. appeal
irem them 10 their people on this ques-
ton; demand Of them 10 come up 10 The
rescue of the country now as they did IN
the good old times Of their revolutionary
fathers.
Sir. the dislric, which | represent and
The county where live-,hs. county
IN ade famous by the raid OF Bro~n-was
The first, The very first in all The South, 10
send succor 10 Massachuseus IN the time
OF her dres, necessity 10 one OF the
mos, beautiful spots in that beautiful
country, within rife sho. OF my residence,
at the base Of a hill, where 8 glorious
spring leaps on, into surligh, from be-
meath the gnsrled roofs Of thunder risen
oak, there assembled on The l7lh OF July.
IT'S, the very first band Of southern men
who marched to the aid of Msssschu.
sets, They me, there. then. and their
rsllying cry was,"s bee Lime for Boston"
Tina, beautiful and peaceful vslley-lbe
"valey Of the Shenandoah '-had never
been polluted by The footsteps Of foe {;
for even The Indians themselves had. &C.
cording to tradition. kept il free from The
incursion OF their enemies. IL was the
hunting range and neutral ground Of the
aborigines. The homes ol those who liv-
ed there then we're lar beyond the reach
Of danger. But Boston VAS be,rag ured !!
The hearlhs OF your fathers were threat
ened with pollution, and the fathers Of
these whom represent rallied 10 their
protection
"They left the plow-share in the mould,
Their hocks and herds without fold,
The sickle in the unshorn grain,
Their corn half-garnered on the plain,
And mustered in their simple dress,
Fer wrongs Of yours to seek redress"
Thus they mustered around the spring
speak OF, and from therce they made
their "Bee-line Tor B,s,pn." Before they
marched, They made pledge that all who
survived would assemble there fly years
sf,er tina. day. l, is my pride and plea
sure 10 remember tina, !, ,nough but a
child then. was present al the spring
when the fifty years rolled round. Three
sqed, feeble, toi,ering men-ihe survivors
Of that glorious band Of one hundred aud
,wen,y-were all who were left 10 keep
their ,rysie, and be fsiihIuI 10 the pledge
made flly years before to their comPan-
lone, The bones Of most OF whom bad been
left bleaching on your northern hills.
Sir, have often heard from the last
survivor (the late Henry Bedinger, Of
Berkeley county, Virginia. Of that band
of patriots, the incidents Of their first
meeting and their march: how they made
some six hundred miles in thirty days-
twenty miles day and how. as they
nesred the camp a, Cambridge. their
point Of destination, Washington. who.
happened 10 be making a reconnaissance
in The neighborhood, saw them approach
ing, and recognising the linsey woolsey
hunung shirts Of old Virginia. galloPed
up TO NEE, and gree, them 10 the camp !;
how, when be saw their captain. his old
companion ,in-arms. Hugh Stephenson,
who had stood by his side a, The Great
Meadows, en- Braddock's fatal field. and
in many an Indian campsign-and who
reported himself to his commander as
"fron. the right bank of The Potomac"
he sprsng from his horse and clssped
his old friend and fellow-soldier with
both hands. He spoke no word Of vel.
come; bu, the eloquence OF silence told
what his tongue could no, ariiculas. He
moved along the ranks, from man TO man,
shaking the band Of each. and oil the
while-as nv inormer told me-ihe big
tears we're seen rolling down his cheeks.
Aye. cir. Washington wep' And
way did The glorious soul OF Washington
swell with emotion Why did he weep'
Sir. they were tears Of JOY and he wePt
because he saw that tho cause Of Msssa-
chuseus was practically the cause Of Vir'
pinis; because he saw ihs, her citizens
recognized the great principles involved
in The contest These Virginia volun-
,eers had come spontaneously; they bsd
come in response to the words OF her
Henry, that were Ieaping like live lhun-
der through the land, telling the people
Of Virgins that they musl fight. and fshi
for Mss.schtscM,. They had come 10
rally With Washington Ia defrod your
fathers fresides. To project your mothers
homes from hsrn.
Well, NJ. Clerk. the uisit has been
returned! John Brown, under the aus
pices of the "Na.sachuseils Aid So.
cieiy," selected TIA, very county,
,rto,. ,,,;,e,s uenf an Dromntly