The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-11-15
Confederate Monument.

A meeting of ex-Confederate
soldiers was held at the court house
last Saturday evening for the pur-
pose of taking initial steps for the
erection of a suitable monument to
the memory Of Giles county's illus
trious dead.
Gen. Jno. G. Brown was called to
the chair, inaugurating the move
ment with a speech referring to the
troublous times when hundreds of
our best and bravest men yielded
their lives in their country's
defense. He gave graphic history
of the events that led up to the war
and his own attitude and actions in
those exciting times. He was OPP
posed to secession, and while he
felt the weight of the expressions
that were being heaped upon the
south, he did not believe that seces-
sion was the remedy. He made
nearly a hundred speeches during
the year immediately preceding
the declaration of war, opposing
secession and the resort to arms.
In the midst of these efforts, Presi-
dent Lincoln issued his cali for
Is, 900 men to invade the south, call
ing for 1000 men from Tennessee.
The question was now reduced to
choice between his people and his
country's invaders. He and Col. !
Clack were on the train coming
from Athens when they received |
and read the proclamation and their
minds were made up on the instant. |
They arrived home, and Immediately |
signed a call for mass meeting to |
be held in Pulaski to consider the
The meeting was at
tended by nearly every voter in
Giles county and the same people
who but a few weeks before had
voted almost to man against the
call for convention to frame an
ordinance of secession now voted
to man to take up arms against
the invaders. That was the key
note of war as far as Giles was con
cerned. Gen. Brown in reciting
these events showed how consistent
be had been in his views and acts,
and he did it with a view of contra
dieting the statement sometimes
heard that ''if it had not been Tor
John Brown land others named)
Giles county would never have been
ed into rebellion" The men who
make this statement now did not
nave the courage to oppose the
on the eventfcl day when /
Giles, unanimously agreeing, decid- I
I'd to draw the sword. Neither did
hey raise their voices to aid Gen.
Brown when he was making his ,
canvass against secession. ,
Gen. Browns speech was elo- ,
Iuent an dearnest and was frequent
y applauded. When he declared
he meeting ready for business, Jno. ]
V. Dyer and Laps. d. McCord S
we're made secretaries. 7
On motion of Capt. j. R. Grove, t
was decided to appoint com L
nittee of one soldier from each civ i
district in Giles to formulate a G
Ian for the monument, decide up b
n its construction, etc, and to L
Olicit subscriptions,an and report to Y
meeting. a
Mr.. S. G. Mitchell moved that a n
ommittee of three be appointed to j.
id the chair in selecting said com a
littee, which being carried, the "
hair appointed: a
Maj. W. w. j. BrownIow, 32d; T
oil. Wheeler, 1st Cav; M. M. Nc a
in, SD; Jno H. Woodbridge, LIST; b
G. Mitchell, Sd; j. r. Grove, 9TH;
has. P. Jones, 25th; J.J. Fox. Doth.
The committee, after retiring, re- t
orted the following permanent t
n
1st district, j. D. McCallum; 2, s
[. M. Stanley; 3, Capt. Thos Han e
a; 4, VIM. Malone; 5, Col, j. T. t
Wheeler; 6, j. B. Short; Z, Jno. H. q
Voldridge; s, NJ. NJ. McLin; 8, t
lieut.. Henry Jones; 10, VIM. Ham {
IN; IL, Capt. I. E. Mccoy; II. t. s
}. Alternately; 13, R. L. Evans; IA, f
. P. English; Is, Capt. R. A. a
Iitchell; 16, DR.. MP. HARDWOOD; II, /
(. j. Jackson; Is. j. j. Lindsy; 10, i
ohm Paisley; 20, Esq. Miller Bass. J
S. G. Mitchell, j. r. Grove and t
V. W. j. Brownlow were added. /
Col. Jas. I. Wheeler was made
hartman. i
The meeting adjourned sine die. v
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