Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-17
OycrIOu County.

TO the Editors Of the Chronicle
Although she is unknown to fame,
her sons have honored six States of
the Union; unseen by the world, yet
she could have~put a light in each of
the hundred gates of Thebes. In an
obscure part of the State, with no nat
ural advantages, like UTi or Appenzell,
where " liberty is only less eternal
than the rocks that guard it, she can
only boast of the spirit of her people.
If any by charging that she has no
colleges, should imply the ignorance
of her people. they must yet acknOwl-
edge that she has contributed To the
education of others, when they remem-
Der that she has furnished such teach
ers as Rev. b. w. Mcdonald, ID.
D., LII. D., late President of Cum
berland University. If any should
ask for her distinguished physicians,
l would point them, rs one among
many who are not unworthy of so re-
sponsible a profession, to DR.. Sims,
late Mayor OF Chattanooga.
If she be chargable with a want Of
churches and ministers among her
own people, it will not be denied that
she has sent most valuable men into
many pulpits, not only of her own,
but of adjoining States. Can the NJ.
+. Church forget to whom it is in
debted for Elders Phillip, of Texas;
Holsman, OF Mississipp; Harris, of
Missouri, Hicks and Dennis; or the
Cumberland Preen terrain Church
cease to be thankful for such men
as Revereuds Mcdonald and
Hayter, of Texas; Goodpasture,
of Illinois Pendergrass, of Missouri ;
and Mcdonald, Chadick and Bates, of
Tennessee. But this is only part of
number of eminent ministers, among
whom | must not fail to mention Rev.
Chiffon of the Episcopal Church.
But she has been still more honored
in the legal profession. There is no
county in the State, perhaps, whose
sons have been more eminent in the
law, either on the bench or at the bar.
With eleven Judges, one of the Su-
preme Court and two Chancellers,
some of whom presided for no less a
time than twenty-four years, she could
have kept two upon the bench, with
out iutermission, from the time she
was formed into a county. Missouri
is indebted to her for Judge Leon
ard and Gen. Jas. b. Gardenhire, late
Attorney General and Reporter
for the State, Arkansas for Judge
Il
Judge A. o. w. Totten, Judge Benia-
min G. Totten, Juge -. Totten,
Judge Marchbanks, Judge w. w,
Goodpasture, Judge A. Cullom, Judge
E, l.. Gardenhire, Judge j, w. Nc
Henry and James Turney.
In politics she has been no less hon
ored. The walls of our National
Council have echoed to the voice Of
eleven of her sons, nine in the House
of Representatives, and two in the
Senate. And though she may not
claim the present Governor of Illinois
by birth, yet, when she remembers
him, many years ago, teaching hel
youth, in her Alpine Institute, she
feels proud to call JnO. l.. BeveridgC
her sOp by adoption. OF the above
members of Congress, butiew have gone
from their native county. Hon. Al
van CullOm, now lettering upon the
verge of the grave, alone remain,
among her people. Hon. Ed. Cross
was for six years a representative ia
Congress aud afterwards member o
the United States Senate from the
State of Arkansas, and Senator Littl,
represented the State Of Illinois in the
Senate. Hon. VIM. CullOm, late Clerl
of the House of Representatives Hon
Adam Huntsman, Hon. A. Il. Garrett
Hon. T.. l.. Gardenhire, eX-member o
the Confederate Congress and Hon
John l.. Beverage are among the dis
tinguished politicians.
May her future be not less gloriou
than her past. A. V. @.