The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01


 Cumberland, and then ascended the Cum berland to Nashville. It was the first navigation of these waters. The Indians fired upon the boats from ambush many times, and the record of the voyage is one of narrow Acapes from great dangers When it was d 10, Nashville was founded, the settlers formed a government for themselves and adopted a consultation called the Cumberland Compact, which was the second independent state paper in Tennessee. Indian attacks were fre- quent and once a large party decided to abandon the settlement. Sturdy James Robertson declared he would stay If had to stay alone, and the colony was saved.
 Then followed the storm times which came between the end of the war of the revolution and the adoption of the consti- tuition. The East Tennessee settlers dis puted the authority of North Carolina to rule over them, and in 17S4 set up the state of Frankland afterwards called Franklin, which existed for four years, with John Sevier, hero of Kings noun tain, as governor. This state lapsed and North Carolinas authority was again recognized. The Middle Tennesseans and nothing to do with the Franklin move ment, but so friendly did they become with the Spanish that the whole section was given the name Miro Dstrict,n in honor of the Spanish governor, Miro, of New Orleans.
 When the state was admitted to the Union John Sevler was its first gov ernor. Andrew Jackson was already prominent in affairs, although a young man, and he led the opposition to Sevier in politics. Time went on and Jackson ro-e to eminence in the Senate Virginia, which had been the dominant state in '.ional politics, gave way to her west ern sister, and Tennessee took the helm. Fro,n 1S2f until 1S49 Tennessee was the leading state in the union in political power. Jackson was twice president, and tn 1 times received the great popular majority for that high office. Van Buren wa5 made President by Jackson. Jack sons dying diplomacy forced the nation to accept Polk, the second Tennesseean to preside In the White House. In that time Tennessee had advanced rapidly in material prosperity and it seemed as if it would soon catch up with it's older sister states of the ecst Then came the great dissensions which ended in civil war, and Tennessee's growth was stunted
 Tennessee is the one state in the union which is divided by It's constitution into ,l;, et ar | west Tennessee. By climate she is divided into even more radical parts, for her eastern mountains have the same mean annual temperature as Montreal, and her western savannahs have the mean temperature of the highlands of Louisiana. In politics she has been all ways divided sharply. She was the last state to secede from the union in 1861, and in that action the eastern part of the state did not concur. Democrats ani whigs alike, in the east, stood for the union Whigs and democrats alike in the middle and west, went for the Confederacy. Andrew Johnson, an East Tennessee Democrat, was elected Vice President with Lincoln in 1864 and sue cee1e1 Lincoln when he was assassi- mated.
 In war Tennessee has always taken the lead. She sent her troops from their pio- neer shacks to fight the battle of Kings Mountain, which was the turning point of the Revolution. Her sharp shooters under her own Jackson helped to win the glorious victory at New Orleans in 1915. When the var with Mexico came up, Tennessee was called on to furnish 2S00 troops. She sent 5000 and thereby gained the, sobriquet of ''The Volunteer State" In the civil war she gave 115,000 men to the southern army and over 50,000 to the northern army, although some of these were in negro regiments credited to other states.
 Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the greatest commanders produced by the civil war, entering as a private soldier and reaching the rank of lieutenant gen. eral. is acknow, edged to be a cavalry leader without peer. His chief of