The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-20

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der's home"
Whether in the walks of private
life, as governor of the state, or
minister to a foreign court, he was
ever the representative OF the higher
thought and nobler sentiment of the
American people.
John T.. Brown, eminent in the
legal profession, earnest and elo
quent in debate, distinguished as
the executive OF the state and As
pres dent of the constitutional con
vrntion; his name has become ma
tional Tor administrative abIiity and
for vigur OF action. He is alike
honored fer his social virtues, his
genia! nature, his nobility of soul
and his high wrought manhood.
True In friendship, faithful in coun-
sci and gallant In war, he stands
distinguished among the great men
of the Republic, ami Is worthy Of
! The country's highest honors.
He is now engaged in building a
railroad on southern soil that Is 10
De link IN a railway reaching from
| sea to sea.
l hope ere long to see the iron
horse commence, at morning, his
Journey of three thousand nil.s,
from the Atlantic shore, and keep
ing Company with the hours aud
measuring space with the sun in has
uiiurnaI course, ON through the ola
Dominion, passing the peaks o.
| Otter-LEOse grand senJInels that
| hold eternal watch over the graves
oi Lee and Stonswall jackson
sill moving on with his nerves
OF iron and his breath of fire,
he reaches The Alleghanies. Moun
| tains tall down at his approach,
aud valleys Iise up to meet hIIh III
his coming! On, still on, in seem
lug consciousness of his mighty
mission, he passes the great la.her
ui waters and across the cotton
plains of Arkansas and OF Texas,
and from the summit of the Nevada,
IKE sn eagle in its swoop, he passe-
To the land where sprlng eLetnal
smiles, whose tOoJlight Is the SET
LIng sun, and before tue sp. ay u
The Atlantic Is dry upon his head |
light he is IN the mist of the Pac liz |
seas.
Gov. Brown, with iron will and !
indomitable courage, Is forcing IT,
completion this, one oi The greatest |
enterprises OF mOucrn times.
| am constrained TO pay a pass
ing tribute to the noble wives oi
these honOred men. They shared
the joy, socrows and fortunes oi
their IliusIrIuus husbands. anu |
should be identified with their bou-
urs. ruey have flied well Lneir high |
missions as wives and mothers, anu |
endeared their homes with many |
virtues and social graces. HUnvred |
and beloved, they are OrnamehLs to
society, beauLiIu vi examples of mOth
erly devotion, and ever patient anu |
faithful in the trying duties OF do |
mestlc life. They gave lustre TO
their husbands prosperity aud sol.
ace to their declining years-;he
very Naiads to the river OF lite, |
spreading flowers along The borders |
and giving music to the flowing
waves.
These men are the descendants |
of the old pioneers of Giles county |
that skirmish line OF civilization |
that cleaved the way for the Alter
tide of the emigrant. They came |
Imbued with the elements that have |
ever characterized the coDqueroI
and the advenLurer into unknown |
regions. With stern love of liberty |
and iron will, with an endurance as |
unyielding as the forest that defies |
the storm, and yet with hearts as
genial as the untouched virgin soil. |
they brAved the dangers and hard>
ships of frontier life. There in that
new beautiful land they klndled
their camp ires, and claimed title
To the SOIL from the Gpd that sends |
the liShtnIngs ami rolls the earth |
into hIIls and valleys. The forest
vanished at their command and the
'mildcrness bIossoued as the rose
Ia the midst OF the solitude they |
erected their altars to the living |
God, and built their rude halls of |
learning There they taught the |
political creed "that man should be |
lree." To be humane, genei Gus,
brave and just was the ruhric oI
their social faith. Their sons
earned the VII tues OF industry,
courage, truth and honor. TheiI
daughters grew up in the duties IF
social and domestic life, with spirits
AS free as the winds that revelcd
over the primal eurth. with step as
vigorous as the bounding deer.
Upon their cheeks dwelt the EN-
niem of health, here We'd the
whiteness of the lily with the Grim
son of the rose, amt their soul
bloomed into flowers and blossomtd
INTO song with hearts as Iesh a.
the dew and pure as the morning.
l see around me now some OF the
bea-ti ul daughters of Giles, with
forms as lovely as a poets dream.
with motions as graceful as wreatl
ing vapors, with minds sto' ell with
he rich treasures of learning, anu
heLrts blooming with the freshness
of sprlng-Come To honor this occa-
sion. / see among them represent
atives from Martin Female Go lege,
that flourishl- g institution now uD
der the able maj agement of ils
principal and his CO ps of efficient
teachers. ThaJ institution, munIti-
Gently endowed by one Ut the no
blest benefacLors of the state, ha-
passed into worthy hands, that
promises future of prosperity ana
usefulness.
The descendants OF those pi"n
eers from Giles aided to shape the
destiny OF the state and to illus |
trate her annais. Many of the ma
tive and adopted SOUS Ui Tennessee,
who were prominent actors IN our
history, have passed away, but the
lustre of their names remains with |
us as the light fingers in the west |
ern sky long after the sun has
passed the horizon.
johnson, who lived in the trying |
hours OF the nation, sleeps beneath |
the soil of his old home, while ouI
eastern mountains look down il
somber grandeur upon his resting |