The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-13
Judge g. W. HeiskeIIs speech.

In response to the toast of EAST
Tennessee" Judge Heiskell said:
count it a great honor to respond
to the toast: EAST Tennessee" AS l
pronounce that name there come
teeming out Of the past happy mem
cries Of childhood and all the claims
and sweet associations of home. There
arise before ne great aud historic
names that will live as long as Honor
lives or Valor has votary-of men
who in the field, at the bar and the
press, in the pulpit and in medicine,
and all the honorable avocations OF
life, filed the full measure of great
ness and added lustre to their coun-
try's renown and glory. From the
day when Sewer and Shelby, with
their devoted followers, turned the
tide of British aggression aud conquest
at Kings Mountain, and made Amer
lean independence possible, to the
firing of the last gun in the war be-
tween the States, on every battlefield
and always, the citizen soldiery Of
East Tennessee has acquitted itself
with conspicuous gallantry; and the
names of Jackson and Farragut, lip
ton and Houston, Stewart aud hosts
of others will nerve the soldiers arm
and energize the patriots hesrt till
time shall be with Us no longer.
Among statesmen, for purity Of life,
great ability and lofty patriotism, the
name Of Hugh lawson White will
forever stand illusrious, and Andrew
johnson will for all time occupy a
distinguished place in the history OF
our State and couutty. R5ese and
Mckinney and Mcfarland greatly en-
riched our jurisprudence by their
thorough knowledge Of law and pro
found learning, and enrolled their
names among the great judges OF the
past. Among orators snd great jury
IawyeSs the lame of Jarnigin and
NetherIand and Maynard and Nelson,
will endure as long as eloqueDce COM
mar ds the applause OF listening SEN
ates. From 1916, when the Knoxville
Register was established. to the present
time, the press OF East Tennessee has
borne an important and honorable
part in the newspaper literature OF
the country, and two Of her sons here
tonight are worthy representatives OF
the cart preservative of all arts" and
while we all congratulate the guest OF
the evening on his good fortune, we
profoundly regret the loss OF his accom-
plished pen in that profession which
displays its great power more and
more as the years go by. The preach
ers OF East Tennessee are fruitful oil
great names. Her Collins, her Doaks-
proRenitors of our honored guest-her
Nelson's and Andersons aud Roses
aud Minnises have signalized the pull
pit as the most important and effect
usl guard, support and ornament OF
virtues cause. Their great example
teaches us and all men how en-
nobIing and beneficial are the lives OF
good men their works and their fame
are imperishable. East Tennessee
How often from thy lofty mountain
tops with eager wonder have | gazso
upon the grand panorama OF bill and
vale, pasture green and grazing herd,
winding sire ans aud cabins scattered
In the far of valleys, listened to the
song Of birds and roar Of distant water
fall, and watched the wslm blue
breathings OF hidden hearth break
from bower Ct vine and honeysuckle.
How often, in maze OF wonder
dering admiration, beheld the
mountains opposite rise terrace
above terrace, till upon their ever
lasting shoulders rested the blue dome
of heaven, while above the heecy
cloudlets, by gentle zephyrs stirred,
waved their banners in seeming ador-
alton OF the Father above and silent
benisou upon all beneath. Wrapt in
the delicious iruition of the scene
surprising fable, l have attempted to
forecast thy future. What destiny
awaits the children OF these everlast'
ing hills and mountains, whose past is
80 luminous with great names and
Whole present prosperity is an earnest
aud demonstration OF greater future
GRANDEUR And as l hear the neigh
OF The iron horse echoing and resound-
ing in the far Off distance and ponder
on the inexhaushble stores of coal
and marble and iron sin thu deep
bosom of the mountain buried" and
tee thy sons OF toll with pick and
shovel and engine, delviug deep into
its rock ribbed sides, it is scarce a
figure Of speech 10 say that from be-
meath my feet TIE swift stsed of COM
meice will, like Minerva from the front
of Jove, leap full panoplied for the
convenience OF man and the needs Of