Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-19
in being so unreasonable as to com.
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thought that discretion was the better
part of valor, 80 hes staid in the uppe,
counties, he and John Upton, and held
council of ofiicers-"General" Mar
tin presiding and Upton present az
one of the leading members, while Sc
vier staid below and fought their bat
tie, When the war was ovHs, Sewer
came back home and rode inib town
here in Jonesboro while General Mar.
tin aud John Upton were holding one
OF their councils of officers,n That
night John Sewer went out 10 the
Widow Browns on Cherokee and spent
the night. Upton in the meantime
having gathered posse OF men, went
In pursuit of him, reachiag there early
next morning. Sewer seeing Col. Love,
friend of his, surreudred to him
General" Martin, 1t seeils, MAS NOT
along, but John Upton was there in
all his glory; and when he saw Sewer
there before him, unarmed and pris.
oner, his old penchapt for hanging
somebody again cropped out, and he
swore he would hang him. Upton held
a pistol in his hand sometimes, swear.
ing he would shoot Sewer. But Upton
was Deither allowed to hang nor shoot
Sewer; as soon, however, as they reach
ed Jonesboro he had the exquisite
pleasure of seeing handcuffs placed on
John Sewer. John Sewer, one of the
principal heroes of Kings Mountain
and afterwards the first Governor of
the State of Tenr essee.
Upton sent Sewer under q strong
guard to North Carolina for trial. One
Of the guards was hired assassin, 1t
seems, who had positive Instructions to
shoot Sewer should he make any at.
tempt to escape, and on the way he at.
tempted to shoot Sewer by swapping
his pistol in his face, but the ball had
fallen out of it, so that the only harm
done was to burn Sewers face with the
powder.
But over in North Carolina, Sewer
found more friends than enemies. The
people over there had not forgotten
Kings Mountain. His trial for "trea-
son" amounted to literally nothing,
and he was soon at home again, with
his family and friends In 1850 he was
Senator in the North Carolina Legis
lature from the County of Greene. This
section of the country, then part of
the State of North Carolina. was made
into Congressional district, and John
Sewer was elected to ~ Congress of
the United States frorl this district
without oppcsi:ior-tl@- * .ss member
OF Congress from the Missitsippi valley
and "Wednesday, June l6, 1890, John
Sewer another member from North
Carolina, appeared and took his seat. ~
On the 7th of August, 1890. Congress
passed an act remanding Mr.. Sewer 3
Congressional district from the con.
dition of part Of the State of North
Carolina back to that of territory.
Six years from that time this territory
became the State of Tennessee with
John Sewer as Governor, an office he
held for six terms. then went back to
Congress where he remained till his
death in 1915.
Thus it will be seen how John Sc.
vier's people loved him, honored him, =,
vindicated him.
Summing it all up then, the friends
of John Sewer feel that Mr.. Roosevelt
has not dealt fairly with him nor with
the people of East Tennessee. Neither
has he shown himself to be fair and
impartial historian inasmuch as he has
failed to find any fault with John Tip.
ton for attempting to hang two of Sc.
vier's sons-James and John, when
they were unarmed prisoners in his
power, after the fight at Tipton's place,
in February, 17SS Neither does Mr..
Roosevelt condemn John Upton for
threatening to both hang and shoot
Sewer after he had surrendered at che
Widow Browns in October, 1888; nor
does he write one line condemning Tip.
ton for placing handcuffs on Sewer,
after bringing him here to Jonesboro.
Sewer certainly had a right to fair and
impartial trial; and man of his char.
acter and standing, should not have
beer subjected to the humiliation of
being handcuffed before he was tried
and found guilty. Then again the fact
that one of the guards sent with Sewer
to North Carolina, was hired assas-
sin, calls forth no protest from Mr..
Roosevelt Finally Mr.. Roosevelt fails
to take any note tthe conduct of Cen
eral Joseph Martin, who although
holding Brigadier's commission from
North Carolina, shirked his duty as an
officer and soldier by coming away
from the lower counties In the early
summer of 1850 during an Indian out.
break, up into this section, nd leav.
ing John Sewer then q private citizen
and with no military commission what
ever to fight the Indians.
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