The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-12-13


aud their respective governments
were administered accordingly.
But their territorial and other i'm.
portant relations were altogether |
different from those of East Ten
nessee. W
Maryland lay contiguous to the !
district and capitol, which the fed
eral government was compelled
and did especially defend, and sep
crate from Virginia, not only by
the distrsct OF Columbia but by the
Potomac river and Chesapeak bay,
while Pennsylvania stretched all
along its northern border, and the
loyal states of New Jersey and
New York, and Ohio were not far
distant.
Kentucky, bounded by the states
Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. and
Missouri, almost surroun led by
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Kan
sas A. majority of the people of
West Virginia were steadfast in
their devotion to the Unioh, not
withstanding the state of which
they were citizens ceceeded.
But West Virginia bounded
chiefly by Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Kentucky, it was easy to influence
favorable to the Union and at the
same time the armies of the United
States could without great difficulty
enter and occupy its territory, and
this fact helps to confirm the loyal
ty of its people.
But the loyal East Tennessee rs
were entirely removed from thor
oughly legal states. The only con.
tiguous one that did not Join in the
work of accession was Kentucky,
which was held to its place in the
Union against the will of a consie-
cradle majority of its citizens, 9TH
erwise East Tennessee, bounded on
the north and east by Virginia and
North Carolana and on the south
by North Carolina and Georgia !;
| high mountains surround it on ev-
Iery side and on the west separate
| II from the other grand lewiston
or Tennessee, where previled u
spirit of dissension that found
sympathy and support in the nd
Joining gulf states of Alabama and
Mississippi.
The wonder is that The people Of
East Tennessee, situated AS they
were, far removed from states and
4 population where slavery i'd not
Exist, having railway connection
and water connection only with
those states that were hostile to
the Uuised States, should yet have
Eset their faces as a flint against Sc
n Ssion?
The wonder il not only that they
|sprung quickly with uplifted hands
IL he defense Of the Union at the
very beginning of the assault upon
Its life nut were also its active
suffering friends to the very close
Of the strife.
The soldiers encountered difficu' :
ties and dangers without flinching,
reproach and persecution they en-
dured with fortitnde.
The many people aided to oul
country since the close of the ciyi
war know nothing in realty OF
what the soldiers were forced &c
endure, and yet the whole Amer.
lean people hold the vetrans in an
esteem which no, other men
receive. II 2s - n
/ 1t was the spirit of the same
broad patriotism that sent a, thou
sand rifle-men from Sycamore
Sholes on the Watauga river to VIII
Tor the American Colonists a vic
tory on Kings Mountain; which
sent the many heroes to help pre-
serve this Union of which Ten
Inessee contributed in ne small
degree to the final result.
| OF all the patriots who helped
save this nation, who fought, blet
4 and died for their country's wei
| fare, none made greater sacrifice
than the loyal East Tennesseeans
| In Punishment they chose t
i share her Universities rather thai
see the Union dissolved.
| Such patriotism, such heroism
! will be Landed and praised down
the ages. Duties well performed
faithful valiant soldiers, your deeds
shall ever live in memory.
"Mothers shall teach their babes
| thy ma me
And prattling children lisp thy
- fame
| Thus these useful lives are moi
terminated with time but endless