The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-09-15
Col. Matt. Martin.

| III Work OF TWO volumes, NY LllLa
beth F. Ellet, entitled "The Women q
the American Revolution" / find chap
ter Il devoted to Elizabeth, Grace
and Rachael Martin" AS an interest
ing sketch Of times when patriotism
was a watchword and liberty consid
cred far more desirable than luxury
place or power, this chapter will be rea'
with delight, and it will show some
thing of the ancestry of the gentleman
whose name heads this article, and who
is a candidate for a seat in the unitc(
States Congress.
Colonel Martin, however, does no
stand in need Of any reference to his
ancestry, for, like Dean Swift's tub, he
can stand on his own bottom, fearless
as Jove, and defy the world. His
sound Judgment, comprehensive views
of every situation-as if guided by in
tuition-Lis decision and boldness Of
character and dauntlcss perseverance
in that which his clear head and firm
heart conceive to be right between man
and man, eminently fit him for the po-
sition to which l believe his country,
men will elect him by hearty majority
of votes.
The narrative in question is from an
able and interesting work, not published
pro lac uice, but in 1913, for the pur-
pose Of transmitting to posterity some
thing Of the political history of women
who bore a noble part in the first Rev.
olution by which we won our indcpend-
ence of the British Crown, and when
this history is taken in connection with
the fact that Col. Martin had twenty
three nephews IN the Confederate ser
vice who bravely performed their duty,
and that he, himself, at an advanced
age, was one of the first to go out and
illustrate his valor and patriotism on
the "tentcd field Il say when all
these things are put together, how pu-
Grille seems the charge made by a Shell,
oyviIle paper, that because Lewis Till
man, Radical, is uncle to Col. Martin,
ergo Colonel NJ. is not all his friends
claim him to be. Lewis Tillman mar
RED into the Martin family, and from
his union came sons who fought for
The Contederacy, and when seductive
were made to them, in per-
son, to take the oath of allegiance to
The Lincoln go, crnmcnt and thereby be
released from prison, their mother, wife
Of Lewis Tillman, but a Martin in Wood.
wrote to them, urging them TO remain
,teadfast in their determination never
10 sully their hearts with even a
thought of infdelity to the cause they
lad espoused.
1t was this same spirit that actuated
Elizabeth Martin in the first revolution.
She was a Marshall by birth and mar
RED ALram Martin, by whom she had
nine sons. When the first call for vol
lnteers sounded through the land, the
mother said: go, boys, fight for your
fight till death, if you must,
out never let your country be dshon.
pred. Were l man l would 60 with
;ou."
Again, when the sound OF cannon
heard in the direction of Charles
on, besicged by Sir Henry Clinton,
Mrs. Martin, thinking, perhaps, that
he sound might be the knell of three
IONS who were defending the city,
'aised her hands and eyes toward
Heaven and exclaimed: "Thank God,
hey are the children of the Rcpublic"
At another time, when Colonel Cru
yer commanded the British at Cam
fridge, and Colonel Browne in Angus
a, several British officers stopped at
,er house for relreshment; and one of
hem asked how many sons she had
She answered-cight; and to the ques
ion, where they all were, replied
promptly: "Seven Of them are en-
,aged in the service of their country"
Really, madam" observed the officer,
nceringly, "you have enough Of
hem" "No sir" said the matron,
proudly, II wish had fifty"
The chapter to which l allude shows
lie sort of blood tina. has descended |
o Col. Martin, and of which he has |
ust cause to be proud. He has never
lishonoied it by any act of per.
Idly in tho late contest between the
;outh and the North, and if elected to |
congress the same spirit that gave
UGH prominence and nobleness to his
and which has pervaded all
be descendants, will not faikus in the
Ials of Congress, where Col. NJ. would
tand ".Sans psur el sans reproehs."
fNorE-The chapter alluded to Is so long
hat we regret We cannot find room for it,
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