Teddy Roosevelt: “This was the more inexcusable in view of the fact that, thanks to the example of Blount, Sevier, and Robertson, the…”

“This was the more inexcusable in view of the fact that, thanks to the example of Blount, Sevier, and Robertson, the Tennesseeans, alone among the frontiersmen, showed an intelligent appreciation of the benefits of the Union and a readiness to render it loyal support.”