Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-03-18

as would sound like fiction If here repented.
Situated as they were, In n seeded State,
WIN the rebels OF Middle and West TenHes-
see on The west of them, Kentucky on the
north, virginia on the east, and North Car
oilna on the south; with n rebel army sur.
rounding lhem, and cOnscripting officers
terrorlllng, or attempting to terrOriZe them.
by hanging those whom they could catch and
could not force into rebellion, these men,
win n devotion TO their n which has
seldom been equaled, and never exceeded.
IraEeled on loot by night, swimming rivers
ana cllmDlng mountains; carrying no pro-
misunderstanding, and hiding by day in the
caves and thickets of the mountains, crossed
over To- Camp Dick Robinson and other
points IN Kentucky, where the Union was
recruiting an army, and ranged themselves
under the flag of our country, many of them
To die in It's defense, and most of the surviy-
ors to return to their homes afterthe strug-
gle, wrecks OF their former selves.
From many of these counties there went in
TINS manner, and served Loyalty throughout
the war, more men than there were at the
tlrie voters of all political parties in the
county, thus showing hat no man, whether
below eighteen or above forty five, felt him
self exempt from the duty he owed TO the
Government which his ancestors had won
for him on the bloody fields of the Reyolu-
ton, and especially in the battle of Kings
Mountain-the final cast of the die in that
struggle when the fathers of these hardy
men whipped Ferguson and his British drn-
goons, and thereby brought the dawn of our
independence ms a Nation. These men of ;8l
were proud OF their ancestry of 70 ana were
worthy of them.
1t was in this District Mt GreenevilIe that
when Tennessee seeded, a Union conyen-
tlon was held in the face of rebel threats and
dangers, and Il resolution passed withdraw
ing East Tennessee from the State, so that
these people might remain loyal to the Ma
tlonal Government: but the subsequent in
undatlon OF rebel troops sent to harass, ter
rorlze, conscript and hang al! whom they
could not enlist, drove them across the
mountains, as | have stated, and thus their
secession from secession was never consum-
mated.
Most of the men who then laid their all
upon the alter of their country, who we're at
the time over the military age, have since
answered to the roll call on High, but the
younger and harder ones-the bows then.
the gray and deCrepit men now-haye sur
Vived to see the country they rescued and
gave so much for, the greatest and most gen.
the globe. But in going TO its defense at the
age they did, they deprived themselves of the
dement's OF school, and thus lost what can
never be repaid to them by any Government,
however munlhcent; and returning with
broken health and shattered constitutions To
fields which had been overrun and devasted
by the rebel army and its maraudinp bands
during four years of destruction, they found
themselves at the bottom round of the lad
der, impoverished in health and impoyer-
ished in property. They are, or many of
them are, still poor, all because of the great
GIT they gave to their country, and some
can not reach the boards as at present con-
STUFFED without subJecting themselves to
hardshlps OF walking long distances over
mountains and bridgeless streams, or of be-
coming Il burden upon their friends and
nelghbors by borrowing the small, but to
them considerable, sums necessary TO hire
conveyance. i think they have earned more
consideration at the hands of the United
states; think they should have boards cree
ated so conveniently that none of them NAV
be forced TO undergo these hardships to get
thelr rights. l think 1t Is theirs as a due for
the patriotic and valiant service they rem
dered when such service was OF vital neces-
slty TO the Government they now petition
for relief.
Society organized itself into government
lor lhe purpose not only of mutual prOtec-
ton and security but for the convenience
ana welfare or all Its contributing members,
ana ! mink those constituent parts of il
VINO pay be poor, or otherwise unfortunate
nave, or should have, the same rights under
III mat those enjoy whose lives have fallen
IN more pleasant places, and that these pa
triOIlc mOuntaineers should not be.left like
Bellsarlus, to beg upOn their shields for that
assistance which is their due from those
Wnom tney naNe so materially helped to
make what they are; especially as ID will
cost the United states nothing to grant this
request, except what stationery the addi-
tlonal boards of surgeons may use in report
ms pun Nntl HOIlOTdDleu lsADllltlpS, and as
each OF these counties contains competent
physicians, meeting all the requirements OF
surgeons.
In view of these considerations, l respect
luIly request that you will personally exam
Inc this subject, and grant the petition |
make in the name of these men. | have the
hohor TO be, Very respectfully,
w. p. BRowNLow.
II order establishing a medical board
in each county was Immediately made,
and the following were the appoint
ments for the several counties:
J~ohnson-James D.. Donnelly, James G.
Butler. j. NJ. Roberts-Mountain City,
Carter--J. IL. Alexander, Carrick n, Will
cox, Caleb Emmert-Elizabethton.
Washlngton-C. Wheeler, j. w. Cox, Us.
Stuart-JOnesboro. ~
Socke-D. Nease, r. C. Smith, L.. W. Hooper
Greene-J. r. Boyd, James A. Leming, j.
W. Cloyd-Greeneville.
Ha~kins-John NJ. Pierce, S. H. Gault, ].
III. L. Dykes-Rogersville,
Hamblen-E. b. Hale, J., b.. F.. Dice. lanes
w. Brown-MorristOwn.
SuillXan-A. j Roller, David NJ. Miller,
Mack Pearson-Blountville.
Claiborne-JOhn W. Divine, Charles II.
Bateinan, John Francisco-TazeW ell.
unicol-L. $. Tilson, II. c.. Banner, j. II,
Jones-ErWin.
Now, here is a fair illustration of
Brownlow's kindly feeling solicitude for
the soldiers. He interested himself in
pushing TO a successful conclusion a
that solely concerned them, and
did not put a single cent into his pocket.
had ever thought of this "
lence before, or if they had never made
effort to accomplish it, or if they did
make the effort they failed.
This is a very short chapter in the his
tory of Brownlow's services in the cause
those whom we are pleased to honor
and glorify as the defenders and s%aviours
of our country. And he rendered these
services freely, willingly, voluntarily,
assiduously, and at the cost of his own
time and money.
And we now say without fear of sue.
cessful contradiction that Brownlow has
lone infinitely more to protect the rights
ana promote the interests of the Federal
soldiery than all the men who are COM
bined against him. And he has done il
all, not for the purpose of gain or to
an ignoble end, but that he
help those who were not able to
help themselves. Will not this class OF
Republican voters help him on the 18th
Of next April?
AN VERAGE SPECIMEN,
'lt has been going the rounds of the