The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-07

.A H. Grosvenor Of Ohio, and
y myself INDUCED in the luxury
J. Of a joint political lecture in Nashville,
Tenn. the Athens Of the south. We
were certainly treated to genuine old
time hospitality and made to feel that
we were at home in the hands of Our
friends. Democrats and Republicans
We'd with each other to render our stay
In that delectable and historic cit!
truly delightful and a pleasant recolle"-
ton through all the years that lie be-
fore us. There are many ways to kill
people. One is by kindness. l am sat
isfed that had the Buckeye statesman
and myself fingered much longer in the
Tennessee capital that is the way we
would have departed for kingdom
Eome. We, were taken to see all places
of Interest," and they are many. We
were dined and banqueted to OUT
hearts content We were invited after
the joint lecture to address the legisla-
ture, which we did, and were thanked
for so doing by a resolution Of that
body. am not stating all this to exalt
SELL 1uil 1cHltSStc 4clhotl dt1N
legislators should take kindly to a Mis-
souri, Democratic congressman is only
natural, for every fourth Missourian is
Tennesseean by birth or by descent.
Tennessee gave Missouri one Of her
first two senators, Colonel Thomas II.
Benton. and her present governor, 10
seph W. Folk Besides these upon the
roster of Missouri statesmen are divers
otlTser Tennesseeans. But / am citing
theiforegoing facts to give the doubt
ing Thomases one more pointer to con-
vince them that the war between the
states is not only over. but that while
thousands who participated in it ar"
still in active life it Is as much a mo-
ter Of ancient history as the War Of tho
Roses. am not gushing about "a re-
united country" 1t has been REUNITED.
thank God, ever since Appomattoy
closed 1.-The bloodiest chapter in the.
book Of time General Grosvenor him
Pap Thomas. the Rock of Chickamau-
ga" at the battle of Nashville, which
is taught at West Point to have been
the model battle of the war so far as
the plan was concerned. 1t must have
warmed the cookies of the good, gray
generals heart to be thanked by the
Tennessee legislature for his very
pleasant remarks before that body.
There is no fairer land beneath the
sun than the country about Nashville.
1t greatly resembles and is equal to
the far famed blue grass region abcnt
Lexington. Ky. which has been d.
nominated the garden spot Of the
world" and of which Tom Marshall de-
clared Woodford county to be the as
:aAragus bed and every foot of the
land about Nashville for miles around
is historic, for there was the stamping
ground of Andrew Jackson and tho
most remarkable set Of pioneers the
world ever saw Besides St. Andrew
himself were John Sewer, General Cof-
fee, General Overton, General Carroll.
the Bentons, Thomas H. and Jesse;
Felix Grundy, John Bell, Hugh L.
White, old Sam Houston and divers
others who became national figures.
No wonder the Indians fought with so
much courage and SO much fortitude
for their homes in the valley of the
Cumberland.
While in Tennessee I made the pill
grimage, which every American citi-
zen should make once in lifetime, to
The Hermitage, where sleeps that pa
triotic statesman and leonine soldier,
the conqueror of Pakenham, the hero
of New Orleans To think of him is an
inspiration. His was one Of the most
lovely plantations in America. Til"
3 truth is that all the fathers appear to
: have had most excellent eye for real
estate. Mount Vernon. Monticello.
Montpelier and The Hermitage are ali.
like Zion of old, beautiful for situation
and fertile as one could desire. At
The Hermitage hundreds Of relics of
Jackson are preserved in the house
which he built. 1t is spot of exceed
ing great interest.
Among the places which l visited
was the scene Of the Jackson-Benton
shooting scrape one Of the bloodest
and most remarkable street brawls il
our history-a brawl which came near
depriving the country Of the splendid
services of Andrew Jackson at the
Horseshoe Bend, at New Orleans and
in the White House, for the pistols of
the Benton brothers brought him near
unto death. That Colonel Thomas
Hart Benton. who participated in that
fracas, ultimately became Jackson's
stanchest defender in the senate and
in history is only another illustration
Of the saying that politics makes
strange bedfellows.
A Gravediager.
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