The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-29

4 Jllal was never equalled before, ant i
doubt will ever be again-about,t
)ne fifth of the Confederate army.
AT the bar and on the bench she
had her Ruffin, Badger, CASTOR,
Graham, Pearson and the pure and
noble Battle, and last, but no,s
least, her warm hearted, generous,
full souled all-round man, Zebulon
B. Vance, the idol of the masses,
and other i1lustrious names that,
were pot born to die-names writ
ten high up on the temple Of fame
i'll the clear blue azure sky.
Nor has North Carolina any rea-
son not to be proud Of her lovely
daughter, Tennessee-a land OF
coal, iron, copper, zinc, lead, cot
ton, wheat, oats, corn, tobacco,
potatoes, peanuts, maize; the land
Of magnificent mountains, the]
lovely valleys and the beautiful
wales, whore the thriving and
beautiful cities of Nashville, Mem
phis and Chattanooga are situated
| the land of brave men, stately and
pure matrons and bewitching mai
dens, with complexions taken from
the Alpine snow, tinged with the
first blush of morning; with black
eyes as bright and twinkling as
the stars at nigth in clear Octo-
| Der sky, OF SO blue and soft that
one would say that they were taken:
from the very vaults of heaven IT.
self, and with mouths that con-
vince you beyond doubt that the
coral and the pearl are sisters and
live near together; the land where
the dust of Andrew jackson sleeps,
for surely in that land
/ THE FIRES OF LIBERTY
will never die! Would to God that
| he was here today and could declare
that "by the Eternal this govern
ment shall be purified and saved !.
And we have no cause to be
ashamed of the fact that we were
born in the Southland of this re-
public, as I shall show you by re-
freshing your memories. At the
) time of the Revolution, and for
y some time after, we were but thir-
: teen States, a mere border along
? the Atlantic coast. Beyond even
| the Blue Ridge and the Allegha-
5 MES was almost an unknown land
e The'es there was on the fold of our
beautiful flag but thirteen stars,
D and now on the azure blue field
:, there are blazoned forty-fve States
!. and we have five territories
s Where did they all come from?
j, For at the birth of the nation, the
/, United States did not have land
), sufficient to have buried her in il
T she had died. In 1892 there sprane
til from the soil of glorious old Vir
s ginia that magnificent State O
It Kentucky. In 1876 there came
e into the Union from the land O.
n North Carolina your own, your be
e loved Tennessee. In about 17S'
t. Virginia, a Southern State, gave t.
is the United States the most mag
le nifcent gift ever given to any gov
g eminent, and known afterwards a
2 the Northwestern Territory, from
y which has since been born the grea
l. States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
d Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
1t sofa. And when told that she ha
Id better insert a proviso in the gif
in that slavery should never be exclu
Us ded from the Territory or State
es made therefrom, she exclaimed
m ''No, I can trust the general go1
1t eminent" And since that tim
ic remember that West Virginia hs
O. been born out of Old Virgini;
er By what means, and in what wa,
as will not state at this time. Hem
al A. Wise, of Virginia, correctly d
fined it, but I will not state it nov
ry About 1890 the very land {
nd which the national capitol stan'
OF was ceded to the general COVER
ment by the Southern States
sss Maryland and Virginia. In abo
re- 1903 the great territory known
ed Louisiana was purchased fro
lor France under the administrative
sht of Jefferson, a Southerner.
lot this purchase we acquired t
nd mouth of the Mississippi and all
lot that great river, and from the 81
tea then obtained there sprung il
les life, in whole or a part, the gre
ed. States of Louisiana, Nilsson
of Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebr
few ka, (the. home of the hero of
ng- day, William Jennings Bryan
The Colorado, North and South Dako
irst Montana, Wyoming and the Tel
led, tory of Oklahoma and Indian I
)ec- ritory; by which purchase we
Nay came one of the greatest rnati'