Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-09-15
FATHER AND SON.
Mr.. GIeaVes' Eloquent Tribute to Colonel
Slemp and Our Present Congressman.

Oeh Sienp ana MS distinguished son,
our present Congressman: He said:
There was another, whose presence
we miss, one whom the people of Lee
loved to honor, and who never proved
recreant to the trust they reposed in
him.
81 refer to your late friend and neigh
Dor, Col. Campbell Slemp. Born and
reared in this great county; sprung from
long line of hardy, pioneer ancestry,
men who blazed their way through what
was then a trackless wilderness; men
who, when they heard the clarion call
of Campbell and Sewer, summoning the
men of the mountains to resist British
tyrrany and strike blow for American
liberty and independence, left their
homes, marched across the country and
at Kings Mountain vanquished the train
ed soldiers of England, and won a great
victory for American liberty.
From such people was he sprung;
and reared here in the pure air of his
native mountains, he was to the man.
or born a mountaineer. Liberty-lov-
ing, hating deception, scorning little
ness, open, bold and aggressive, he pos
sessed those qualities which, whether in
the quietude of life upon the farm, as a
gallant colonel of a regiment of Con-
federate soldiers, or in the senate of
Virginia, or in the congress of the
United States, made him a leader of
men.
HE was spared to see a great ma
jority of the people of this district dis
card passion and prejudice, and vote for
the principles and policies he had so
long advocated. He now sleeps beneath
the sod of his native county, while the
breezes from the mountains which tow
er around him, sing his last requiem. 1
mourn him as a friend whom loved.
and cannot help but think that
Somewhere, where sweet flowers are
springing,
Somewhere, where brighter rivers flow.
Somewhere, where brighter stars are
shining,
Somewhere, our lives shall meet once
more.
81 feel that no apology is necessary
for my pausing in the presence of his
old friends and neighbors to pay my
humble tribute to my departed friend.
cat the feet of this distinguished
man, his son, your present congress-
man, Bascom Slemp, learned his lessons
of the principles and policies of govern
ment.
'This is the 9th day of September;
upon the 4th day of September, just
forty years ago, upon this same farm in
Lee county, he first saw the light. 1
congratulate the people of Lee upon the
kind of men you raise. To my mind it
is happy coincidence, and an omen of
good for the future, that upon practical
ly the anniversary of your birth, you
stand in the presence of such multi
tude of friends, who have honored you
in the past, to render an account of your
stewardship, and receive from them the
plaudit of well done, thou good and
faithful servant
1--WE take pride in honoring our men
who make good in the great battle of
life. We honor the man who by a clean.
upright, decent life, by the cultivation
of his God-given intellect, and the exer-
else of his energies, carves out high
and noble career. know by your votes
in the past that the people of Lee are
proud of having given to this great con-
pressional district the man who has
proven himself we'll worthy of ourcon-
fidence and trust. / know Kim, and
have seen him in the discharge of his
arduous duties as our representative,
and after seeing, and hearing him con-
tend for what he conceived to be the
best interests of our district, l was
prouder than ever to call myself citiz-
en- of the Ninth district, and that
Bascom Slemp was our representative.
He possessed the confidence of Presi-
dent theodore Roosevelt, who will make
q speech in his behalf at Bristol next
month. When Roosevelt was succeeded
by that big, broad-minded Statesman
William Howard Taft, the first man to
greet MIN DeIOTS a virginia audience
was Bsscom Slemp. He has stood by
both presidents upholding their hands,
and aiding them in the great battles
they have fought. and are yet fighting,
in the interests of the people. But par
ticularly among his colleagues, the
members of the house, he has won a
most enviable position. Without their
aid and goodwill a representative can
hope to accomplish but little, if any
thing. In conversation last winter
with three of the most distinguished
members of congress, each from diff
ferent state, they were loud in their
praises of our congressman and one of
them, a man of international reputation
and who has served for many years in
congress, said: 'T have watched your
representative closely. He is one of
the coming men in congress. He does
not undertake to represent the United
States, put looks out for his district,
and you people will show your good
sense by keeping him where he is.
'"The value and efficiency of repre-
sentative depends in large measure