Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-04

to his vile and Kitty, having donated his
large and valuable law libr RI to the bar Of
GallaLin. These acts coupled with his Judicial
life, which appear in the reported opinions
of the Snpreme Court, are monument to
his power, more lasting than stone, marble
or brass. @Jii laLi-no- 15f'
PEYToN ELECTED TO CONGRESS. s
. / will close this communicated, now too
long, with one more incident of the olden
times. ,HsVId 4IaIE fa-. gI3 b.. .5l-5 %. lTga
I Guild and Peyton, after this race, de-
voted themselves TO the law, and in 1882
had acquired prominence remarkable for
men of their age. After the retirement of
the old patriot sold er, Gen, Han, from
Congress, the people Of the district loos ed
upon either Payton or Guild to become the
candidate for the succession. Guild ha7in 2
then a successful run of practice, yielded,
and urged his old and long-tried friend,
Peyton, to assume the position. He an
nounced himself in opposition to Col. A. IL.
OVerton, ofSmith Countrywide was a speaker
of marked ability, and had q voice as sweet
and musical as violin. He relied upon
his age and fine Oratery to carry him into
Congress, and spoke to Guild rather dis
paragingly of Peyton's rnnniog against him;
Guild said t } him, that he would find Pey-
ton rather rough customer, and very hard to
beat. When you meet him upon the stump,
without disparaging yOur orstory, you will
hear it thunder and you will witness the
forked lightning jumping from craig to
craig. In few weeks after this they met
on Delicate Creek to ADDRESS the people Of
Smith county. Col. Overton anticipated a
great victory. Peyton had made this APP
pointment upon the war-path and battle
field Of 1910, where his father and
uncle had calamity fought. Peyton
opened the discussion to large assembly
of ladies and gentlemen. He went back TO
the revolution of I776, and the various bat
ties of that glorious struggle. He alluded
to the old pioneers of that revolution, after
having achieved the Independence of their
country coming to the far vet to reclaim
Tennessee and Kentucky from the hordes OF
savages who possessed those delightful re-
gions. he described them as blazing their
way over the Alleghanies with tomahawk
in one hand and the rife in the other, and
by their courage and endurance, had re-
claimed Tennessee and Kentucky from the
dominion of the savage foe, and had made
this wilderness blossom as the rose. BE
pointed out the battle field upon this creek
upon which his father and uncle fought,
both badly wounded and by their
courage and endurance covered the
retreat and saved our gallant
pioneers rom the tomahawk Of the savage.
He referred to the great battle of Nick-o-
Jack in 1894, when they swan the Tennes-
see river, and at daylight fought the great
battle that gave peace to the settlements
and opened the door to civilized man. He
stood here as representative Of one OF
those old pioneers, asking the people to
honor him with a seat in Congress. The
reply of Col. Overton, though able, had no
effect in allaying the storm that Peyton had
put in motion and which carried him into
Congress. Guild having heard of this
meeting few weeks afterwards met Col,
OVerton and said, "Well, Col. OVerton,
understand that YOU and Peyton have
met at Defeated creek; what was
The result ? what do you think oil
the young man?" "Why," said Col
Oyerton, 81 went to the appointment
for the purpose of discussing the great ma
tional questions of the day as Statesman
should have done, but let me inform you
sir, that Peyton touched not one Of those
great questions. He had not been speaking
five minutes when discovered that all o
our Indian wars were being fought ovel
again. l saw the bloody battle of Defeated
| Greek. l saw his father shot through, hi:
uncle badly wounded !; yet they with theil
trave followers still stood up and fought
| bravely and covered the retreat, saving
| themselves from the tomahawk Of the saw
age. Why, sir, l imagined thai l saw al
Indian warrior behind every tree with hi
| tomahawk raise !. l shuddered l felt tina
the entire assembly would be massscred
In fact, Col Guild, Defeated Creek RAJ
blood all the time he spoke" Guild replied
that this was only an introduction. You
will find, Col. Overton, that you will Sc
sights before you get through witt
this voung man. The truth is tina
Peyton painted the bloody BATH
of Defeated Creek, assimilating it to tn
battle between Mortimer and Glendower.
| :'On the gentle Severn's sagey bank,
| Who then affrighted with their bloody looks
| Ran fearfUlly among the trembling reeds
| And hid his crisp head IN the hollow BANK,
/ BlOod-stained with these valiant combatants',
Col. Oyerton was never able to resis
this tide which triumphantly bore Peytor
to Congress. Guild and Peyton have since
filed many public trusts, interspersed with
a vigorous practice fthe Law, which more o
less interfered with their social inter curse
but never with their friendly relations
1t is said that the ruling passion is strong
in death, seldom extinguished during life
| This has been Illustrated in Guild and Pey
ton in their love and appreciation Of the
blooded horse. On each OF their farms IL
Sumner county, they have raised and pEHce'
upon the turf, many distinguished runoers'
The Hon. Bale Peyton can point to Fanny
McAllister, Muggins, Satterlite, who ra'
successfully in England, Chickamsuga
Rosseau and Richelieu. Judge Guild ma,
refer to brilliant galaxy OF names, Caro-
line Malone, Little Red, BeesWing, OilveI
Flight, Gloriana, Patrician, Lucille, Nanni
Douglas, Duke of Orleans, Capitola, Jacl
Malone, and Hiawatha. He snd his sol
Walter, now have some fine offshoots VIII
are expected to sustain the reputation o
their illustrious ancestors.
LONG TIME AGO.