The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-21

of these mountains, clad in their hunt
ing shirts and moccasins, rallied to the
rescue of the frontiers and gave us VIC
tory at Point Pleasant When the British
and tories in 1880 attempted to enslave
our country, these same mountaineers,
without pay, without uniforms, with
their own guns, and on their own
horses, fell upon the enemy at Kings
mountain, as band of lions upon q
pack OF wolves, and slaughtered and
scattered them afar. When England,
with mighty army and mighty feet,
undertook in 1915 to capture New Or
leans and the Mississippi river, these
same mountain heroes, on foot, on
horseback and on flatboats, fastened to
the rescue land under Jackson and Coffee
hurled back the pompous invaders, as
giant would hurl back braggart and
robber. When rebellion arose in
the land in 1861, when millions of men
rushed to arms, when the heavens
were black with the smoke of battle,
and the earth was red with the blood
VI ucIOcct WhCl OiiO eCdlCc VI uCnthty
were trembling on an even balance,
now favoring the north and now favor
ing the south, then it was that the
sons of the men who had been baptized
in the blood OF battle at Alamance, who
had heroicly fought at Point Pleasant,
who had conquered nightly at Kings
mountain, who had triumphed glori-
ously at New Orlears-then it was that
the men of these mountains, the men
who breathed this hero. haunted air,
sons OF the sires who thrice before
had saved their country, then it was
that our patriotic mountaineers, by
thousands and tens of thousands, raj.
lied around the flag Of the union, and
once again turned the scales of des.
tiny in favor Of the nations life
SEEKING THE sTAKs AND STRIPES.
The union men of East Tennessee had
no temptations offered to them as had
the northern soldiers. No recruiting
offices were opened, with decoy soldiers
| in bright new uniforms; no flag was
run up at their doors; no bugle blowed,
nor drum beat; no bounties Of 500, or
$500, or $500 were offered; no, none OF
these temptations were held out to the
patriot heroes Of this mountain land.
How then did they enlistf Out from
their cabins they crept by night,
through the thickets they crawled by
day. The rains beat on their unpro
tected heads, the flint rocks cut their
half-protected feet, the winds blew
upon them by night and by
day. They fed upon what
they could gather by the
way, in the woods and in the fields
The confederate cavalry was in theil
rear; the bushwhackers on their TANKS
Q hundred miles Of footsore travel anG
days of hunger in their front. But
their faces were set towards the flag o.
their country, as the surveyors needle
is set towards the north star. The Jew
turns his face towards Jerusalem wher
he says his prayers; the Mahometar
turns his face towards Mecca when b,
worships his god; and the men Of thes'
mountains turned their faces to tn,
flag of the union wherever it floated
and regarded the place where the flag
staff was planted as holy ground.
How their hearts thrilled with pa
triotic ecstacy when they saw tina
banner floating proudly in the air, lik
glorious blossom of the sky, droppe,
out of Heaven by angel hands.
1.-THE Star spangled Bannerl oh, long may
wave
; o. er the lani OF the free and the home OF tn
brave!"
. And there they rallied; there the
!, marshalled themselves as soldiers
, there they formed into companies an
! into regiments; there they faced about
! and thence they marched southwark
!, Many were the miles they marched
, many the battles they fought; man
the victories they won. On their battl
flags are the names of man
q field of blood: Mill Sprinj
Cumberland Gap, Stone rive
: Perry vile, Chicamauga, Chattanoog,
Q Knoxville, Resaca, Atlanta, Jonesbort
}. Franklin and Nashville. And should
ever be necessary to determine wins
Q portion OF our people contributed moi
}. to the overthrow Of the rebellion an
0 the preservation of the union, then wi
it.be found that the loyal men of Eas
9 Tennessee, in this valley of Decision,
won us the victory, and all its might
Q benefits.
-FOUR TIMES OUR C0vNTRY's sAviORs.
I'll And thus does it appear that the me
Il OF East Tennessee have not less tina
J. four times rescued their country, an
r saved its life; and to do 90, they hav
J. always been called on to leave the
!. mountain home. In 1774, they wer
g to Point Pleasant, in Virginia; in l7S
g they went to Kings mountain, |
n South Carolina; in 1916. they went I
q New Orleans, in Louisiana; and in 1856
d they went to Kentucky to join OF
army, and fought from the Ohio riv'
Il to the Atlantic ocean.
" And If our country calls again, an
:. no doubt some day che will call agai
q the sons of these mountains, brave an
|. patriotic and loyal like their heroic d
"a cestors, will face the foes of our unio
n wherever they may appear, and marcel
y ing forth will, with mighty arms, stril
e them down whoever they may be, ar
wherever they may be found.
q. The First Cabiegram.
le The first message over the Atlant
l. cable was a dist,atch from Queen vi