The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-01-21

Of the state they built is the handiwork
of none but enlightened men.
"As a matter of fact, the founders Of
Tennessee belonged to the best educat-
ed and most intelligent class of that
day. Among them were Princetonian
scholars, Scotch-Irish Covenanters and
Oavilier gentlemen. From the walls
of old Princeton came the immortal
Samuel Doak to found Washington
College, the first school, and Salem,
the first church, west Of the Allegheny
range. John Sewer, the father Of
Tennessee, came from the aristocracy
of Virginia. A descendant of the
French Huguenots, he was cultured
and polished and as gallant as a knight
of old. The Robertsons, the Shelbys,
the Carriers and the Campbells we're
men of education and splendid ability.
In fact, the wilderness became state
most largely by the labors of the
Scotch.Irish PresbyterianS, a people
celebrated for their strong character
and love Of learning. And the glory
and fame Of the pulpit and the school
room in the early days were the preach
ers educated at Princeton. Historic
Tennessee does not claim to be the
superior of any other state in her
achievements and her citizsnry, but
she does claim to be the peer.
THE SAME BLOOD.
''The blood that makes the people of
New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania,
the Virginias, the Carolinas, Georgia
and Florida great is the same blood
that flowed in the veins Of the pioneers
of Tennessee, the same blood that
makes the people of Missouri great.
When the work of clearing the wilder
ness was done Tennessee sent her sons
southwark and westward to conquer
new regions and to found new states.
From Monett's history of the valley Of
the Mississippi quote this passage:
Tennessee not inaptly has been called
the mother of states. From the bosom
of this state have issued more colonies
for the peopling Of the valley of the
Mississippi than from any other state
in the American Union.
'And to particularize, may men
tion the fact that to Alabama this moth
er OF states gave her Coffees and Nor
gans; to Arkansas her SEWERS, Jones,
COnways, Yells and Garlands; to Mis-
sissippi her Georges, Claibornes and
Poindexters; to Texas she gave Houston
to father her, Crockett to die for hel
and John Reagan to add lustre to her
single star; she gave to Indiana hel
Tiptons; to California, Peter Burnett,
her first governor, and David McKin.
zie Gwin, one of her first United States
senators; to Missouri she gave her Ben
tons and her Bartons, and to the Unit
ed States three presidents, a great gen
eral and great admiral-Andrew Jack
son and David G. Farragut.
"The richest, best legacy possible t.
an individual or a state is the legacy o
honor. If we search the annals of th,
old Volunteer State from her birth tt
the present hour we shall find no dis
honorable chapter, no page sulliet
with shame. Hers is a golden histor,
of honest toll, of valor and of triumph
upon whose every shining leaf no on
Of her heirs may ever look but wit
gladder eyes and prouder heart. 1t
immaculate pages have been wrough
in the lives of her people, in the home
in the council, in the fields Of labo
and enterprise, in the learned profef
a sions, and wherever Old Glory ha
Aoated in battle, and wherever her son
0 have gone to work and to achieve i
t the avocations of peace. / need not,
can not name them all, nor can ] RI
!. count all their battles and victories
I but from Kings Mountain to Yorktown
:. from New Orleans to the City of Mex
t co, from the Pearl Of the Antilles TO th
8 isles Of the Orient, the honored dust {
8 the sons OF Tennessee mingles with th
J, dust of that glorious company Of name
y and nameless heroes who died for th
stars and stripes.
BEST TYPES OF HUMAN RACE.
Geographical position, climat
conditions, soil and the general col
tour Of region seem to exert quite (
much Influence in the making Of me
and women as in the productions of ii
y vegetable kingdom. AS the rares
y tree or the most exquisite flower
y grown only in certain soils and und'
l. certain climatic influences suitable
d their natures, so the best types of Il
& human race, physical and intellectua
it are produced in the most favored r
to gions of the North Temperate Zon
lie Along the classic shores of the Medite
as ranean poetry, music and art and 9
N the children of the nobler passion
1t and higher faculties have fourish'
sr since civilization began. Warmed in
'h perennial life and beauty by the gu
stream, the British Isles became Il
Sc birth place and home of Shakespear
" and Milton, and Burns, and Burk
in and Cromwell, and Robert Emmett
ke From the Scottish Highlands, fro
ne the isles OF the Shamrock and the Ros
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