Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-10-30
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introducing Hon. RobestL. Taylor, on
the 2lst insi., in GAINESVILLE. We do
thisdn order that the public may know
precisely what he sad.
Gen. w. A.Quarles, after the applause
had subsidized introduced the Dem
-ocratic leader in the following terms:
BELOW Citizens: In the days OF
chiwllry when knighthood was in its
full and perfect flower, it was the GUS
tom OF the braye men and beauteous
women TO hold and attend tournaments.
AT these, ietes of strength and arms,
testing the high mettle and manhood Of
the participants, were performed. II
was rule OF universal usage that any
true knight attend, either masked or
unmasked, Or with ibis visor, up or
down; but he must disclose to the King
alarms, who ruled the day with full
and arbitrary sway, his true his
true name, rank and history, 20 that
the King-at-Arms might know and de-
eide on his worthIness TO enter the list
OF courtesy and knighthood, and thus
become responsible for his condnct, or,
as II WAS called, become his sponsor
Anyone thus vouched for could attend
md contest for the royal prizes, and
ESP ecially what each brave knight deem
ed most to be coveted--the smiles OF the
''Iadye Of his love" And then with
sword and lance With brave breast and
strong arm fought till one was van
quished and the other the victor. Those
were indeed the days Of chiyslry, when
the strong used their strength to pro-
teet the weak. When woman espec-
tally was the object OF protection for
every hnightay arm and every manly
heart, when the battle cry oftenesl
hes ID In the midst OF the "gaudia cest-
amines" of the widest melee was for
God and fair lady. That was in truth
the chiyalric age, when strength as
serted itself in protecting the weak, the
gentle, the helpless, when wealth was
used to succor the poor and the iron OF
the mailed hand bore flowers as often
AS the sword.
But, iellow citizens, those days have
passed away, and ia their stead more
practical one has come. 'Tis true, we
have valor and manhood still existing,
and there are those who use. their
strength to protect the weak and their
wealth to succor the poor, and still re-
talns some ofthe tlsages Of the former,
and among the rest the usage OF having
some one to know and stand sponsor
for the contestants in our modern TOUR
~ oh
about to witness. When mind meets
mind and words, not weapons OF war,
are used in giving and receiving battle,
ideas take the place OF the sword and
lance, and logical analysis, instead or
the warehouse, bear the contestants to
safe conclusions. One OF these contests,
/ have said, we are now about to wit
ness; one, too, as unique as unprecedeH-
ted, in which the children of the same
noble mother meet, not in strife, but
in manly efforts to uphold the :princl-
Piles eacn deem best for the govern
ment of a common coln 'ry--the one
asserting the faith of the Democratic,
the other of the Republican party; and
while my sympathies and. my convic-
tons place me on the side OF the former
] reconiz4 them both as gentlemen ito
the manner born" Tennesseans they
have been from birth, andtwill be till
their deaEh.. Both of them are my
guests, and though outside the house
we are bob Taylor men, my wife
and myself are All Taylor men inside,
ffor them both. bespeak a common
attention and courtesy, and in SO speak
ing use mere form, for l know you
wifi give them what ask. All the adj
vantage we claim for ours and all
the advantage he has is in the questions
for in my humble judgement the prin-
ciples of the, Democraticaparty stand
out in the Geh Of party politics like
some adamantine pillow, whose base is
truth, whose shaft'is truth. and whose
more than cloud piercing summit is
arrayed in all the Srillancy of divinest
truth. Sir, your followers wear the
white rose, not typical OF defeat or sur
render, but OF that purity of action and
of principle we so proudly claim for our
grand OIL party. Ehe banner WAS
placed in your hands, md,you unfurled
tit in the mountains otgour home. TIReir
high tops kiss the heavens, and in the
mist OF the morning the suns rays
dorm sthe radiant raiabows, whicr,
without much stretch Of fancy, SEEM
bridges built to-. tempt the angeie
down" SO Gar you have borne it gal
lantly, nobly, bravely. Let the white
rose, typical al beauty and purity, be
still YOUR flower. Gather them ali
along your pathway till yov have woven
for yoHrself IA wreath to hyGt the feet
of our .commOa mother tennessee.
Approaching the gallant deeds of
her sons, whethes achieved ia the field
OF el0gHence or of war, liz her own
good time and way, she will eatwine it
around year young brow and salute
SOU Governor, and as time rolls on in
her .ceaS6lees and endless course--"I am
not q prophet or the son OF one"-but
who can say she may not -crowN you
again with @reath mare indicatis'e Of
your inereasiRg years. And, sir, when
at last you come TO give up the race for
honor and of lie, may it-~as l doubt OF
it will--be said of you both, "He ever
bore the white flower Of blameless
life."
The Tobacco Leaf makes tae follow
fling at the address of. Gen. QRarles, the