The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-12-24
commonwealth.


wherein slaves and slavery gained
small foCthold, and where. living Il
free and open life. the spirit OF true
freedom grew mGstcrful and strong:
and here II was when alayory's sullcu
pretcnsions brought the gloom and ter
ror of civil war upon the peaceful
land that kindling patriotism first
burst forth into the mighty fame that
at last illum,ned nation: Il was mere
mon formed the first loyal regiment
I'm Virginia: IL was here that heroic
sons proved their descent from no less
glorious sircs, and made famous for
all time this great county known as
Urshur.
Faye Tribute TO w. Va. Ancestry.
This bringing together OF some Of
the sturdiest stock OF the two greatest
communities Of English blood and
speech, Virginia and New England, CAI
particularly this bringing together c.
many of the finest types of the men
and women of White and WniS Viz
ginia. that region OF lofty mountains
and deep valleys, OF wide bottom land
and fertile Uplands. lying upon the Al
loghcniau and trans Alleghelian a!Cp1a
of the eastern portion of our CONT
mont and inhabited by Nirgiuia's mos.
larng and liberty-lOviug population;
his blending OF these Nirginians wi.h
hoao settlers from the western froc-
!er5 If Mas-2chucC cts. representative
VI trc flower Of her young mon a-l
"oneu, sprung from tho lcins OF fore
ears vho for we'll nigh two hundred
Ic.Is had defended and developed h-r
western border has always uCes esscl
'-r nae peculiar ana dramatic inter
EST and aroused within me -n especial
s. apathy Ni-h The people ci the c-c2.
.,IEty az Ul1Lur and aaT irs--. 'o--
'-r I, too am come straight dc~'C I.,.i
men WGo likewise lived and N-J-s,.
d. the igui,fU feoln1 valley 90 a..
HoorctoGic, ftutfD in its smiling
farms. its numbcr'ess busy irdl -"' e5.
tocund In the abouudiTg crop oi grca.
men and women IL has given 90 Mas.
saChuSetts and tho na-i1n-lhe III.
wards. the Dud,eys, the Fields, the
Sedgcwicks the Buffers. the South.
mayds, the HaWthCrues. tho l,atOla
and many moTe-NhUe ! am likewise
sprung Of that ipGCNeGd-nj Wing am.
ccstry which also l2,0lei and made
GOOD Within this same ancient free
mems land OF tr2ns-AllCg4cE'a0 tir
g'nia; and / stand for and represent
NJ do you 50 many OF you, my auditors.
this commiugling and nurture or those
common historic traditions and inGu.
olces which have modc not only Mas
sachugetts and Virginia great bat
which have likewise mold ana DO
now mold upon Sceat and historic lines
the lives and characters Of 30 s av
OF the men and women tod@y i-.a-..-
ing that portion OF Appalachian Al--r-
lrFe
glDia and who have already vi.t1 SO
much, and will yet give SO M.'a. 90
the upbuilding and SUSTAINING o.. t.r
mighty Republic, Of which .c u
form an iEdissolulic part
While we may pay cspecisl homage
% tho illustrous history that Hlg#'p
the County Of Upslur, none tho tess
may We West NirE.n!aus l~- 3
Upshur as typical OF the cut.re r.
OF trans-Allcghcnia Virginia DO. ID.
closed within the boundaries al c-r
state and OF the people by whom f. g.
possessed.
West VirqinianS Distinguished People.
In many ways We West Vireia.sus
are a chosen people, separate and
apart-set apart as It We're from a. p
populations now making up the sr.tt
bulk OF the inhabitants OF not ogi. our
newer. but likewise our older Sta. 49,.
And, If l may be pardoned for speaking
Of virtues which I'm some in.tluu
may mark the characters OF many o.
you my audience and for touching
lightly upon what of dement's YOU
may be conscious you pos,css. | shall
briefly review the historic reasons
which give 10 our West Virginia pel.
pie uncommon distinction Gs pop.
lation, and, | might almost aer, as q
race.
We as people are descended 81.
most wholly from pure English a-l
Scotch-lrich stock. Our forcla.rs c.-
dured tho dangers and hrarc1 O..
perils Of angry and vet unlue 90. d
seas. They conquered from He
and relentless aavaPcs the co. f.. 90
they now possess; they camc not as
emigrants, luTed by promise Cf nigh
wages and sure pay; hey ala r,t
come in quest Of greater luvurv cuI
ease; they dared tine dangers of ths
lnchartod Atlantic for sheer iov OF
adventure and Of peril. They came I'm.
p!rcd BY mans highest sentiment, tho
desire 10 conquer and possess and to
be free; end the women, like the men,
were endowed with the same high
spirit.
Historians now generally agree that
the seventeenth century was one of
the pivotal eras of Che worlds his
tory. and, as has been well said, 1T
saw the end of the religious wars; il
saw the organization of the modern
state; it beheld the rise of new world
powers. No less than i'm the world "
politics, the century was the turning
point from the old TO the new world
OF affairs Tho former supremacy of
the city merchant tar0ns Of Italy and
Germany. the masteriul tyranny of the
Hanseatic League, had passed away.
with tho discoveries of Nasco dc Cana
and his intrepid Portuguese, of Colum.
bus and OF Cortcs. of Pizzarro and OF
Magellan, with the opening OF Amoi
ca and Asia and the islands Of the
southern seas, business had IcoCm,
nat!Onalizcd The Imagination Of The
world the European world-was al.
afre. and the most daring spirits of
the most daring races Wcro ready tc
go anywhere. brave any peril and dare
any enterprise.
No such immigration ever set fool
upon the shores OF this or any other
continent. reckoning for both ciglr oil
body and energy of soul as poured &c
self upon thc shores OF jla .c-icar
continent reckoning for both v..f OF
the seventeenth and early part of Gc
eighteenth centuries. 9n..o Non an.
women. entering Naw france and E.n