Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-10
DAILY APPEAL.
SATURDAY NoRSTNG, JULY 10. Is5s.
CELEBRATION OF IHE FOURTH AT TIL
WHITE SULPHUR sPRIEes,
wHlrr surrHUn s@frrso, Juls sA, Isss.

- HARDIE COUETY, TREEEssEE.
WHITE SULPHUR sFETS0s july 6ih, 1855.
: TO ihe EdaOrs oJfhe MsaPhis appeal:
The ever-glOriOus "FoURTHS falling on
9 Sunday, the ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
. was es' sbrstsd here to-day By The visitors and
citizens Of ths vicinity, in a manner at once
, patriotic and appropriate, and with a taste and
elegance peculiar to the present management
Of this delightful watering place Il were
o needless for Us to say anything to The public Of
o Memphis complimentary 70 the " Hardin White
Sulphur,o or to the liberal and gsntlemsnlJ
host Mr.. GEoEGE SHALL, who now has Il In
charge ;-fhcv all know and appreciate The at
fractions Of TIE place and the superior quail
6ealions Of its proprietor. But we cannot
: resist the opportunity Of saying to your more
1 distant readers 10 every part Of the South, that
0 this is one Of the most delightful sumner re-
. sorts in all our sunny Southern lsDd. The
: water is DELIGHTFULLY."- cool aud wonderfully
: curative in dysPeptie and all other cases Of a
- general debility0 character. Il is, too, as
tonishingiy invigOrsting, and the deeper you
J drink Of it the more you want to drink and
the more good it seems to do you. Mr.. Shall
keeps a most excellenttsble, and, one day with
another, feeds his guests better than they do al
some Of the finest and most celebrated hstels
in the Union. Add to this that The rooms
are comfortable; that the servants are NJ
merons and admirably trsined the situation
lie high and exceedingly vel shades; that
there lie most excellent fishing and hunting
in the immediate vicinity thst a fine band
Of music has been engaged for the season
and will be here tomorrow and that dane
ing, billiards, tsn-pins, and Other amusing
and beautiful nudes Of recreation, are con-
stautly on hand and you have some idea Of
the advantages Of a place which has never
failed, since Mr.. SHALL has had it, to draw,
each season, a large and distinguished CON-
psuy Of visitors. His extraordinary s~xsrtions
this year to provide every comfort and eOnVen-
fence, and every Obtsinsbls luxury for his
guests, should attract 4 still larger number,
even in these dull times Of Bank suspension
and "mOney pressure"
But to return to. our celebration. At half
past IL O'Clock this morning, a large audience
Of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the great
ball room Of the establishment, when GEORGE
SHALL, Esq, Of Upton rounty, Tennessee,
rose and announced that the following gentle
men had been appointed to act as officers Of
the occasion:
P~resiieat-CoL. ". L. HUSrEH. Of Texas.
Voc Prssideats-R. sEAroN, Esq, OF Pas
Christian, Mississippi, and J. G. HUDSON, Of
Alabsms.
Sa1sfarss-T. H. LANE, Esq, Of Holly
Springs, Mississippi, and Col. R. J. CocHRANE,
Of Georgia.
On taking the Chair, the President referred
briefly but graphically to the OH ct Of the
meeting, and requested the Rev. Nj. PAeKE, Of
Tennessee, to n the exercises Of the
day with prayer. This the reverend gentle
man did in a most eloquent and feryenily patri ,
ouc manner ; after which the President intro
duesd Col J. P. PRYoR, Of Memphis, who sd-
dressed the sssenbIsgs substantially as fol .
lows: G
COL PRYnR's REMARK INTRODUCTORY To 7HE :
READING or B DECLARATION OF INDEPEN }
DENCs. O
Ladies and Gsatemeu, Frifnds and FeIop |
C.ftzens Of the COuHfy Of Hardin 1 hold in 4
my hands, and shall presently read 10 you, a Z
document that has produced, and is destined to b
produce, greater, more striking, more bene6- 0
cent effects on the welfare Of The human race 4
than any other uniRspired production ever be- /
fore given to the world. OF course, on such a n
day as this, no one can fsIl 10 perceive Il at / d
refer TO the American DE~cLARATIoN OF lNDE- o
F~ENDENcE, promulged Just sighty-tRo years d
ago, by a people, who, though weak and down. .
trOdten, vet " knew their rights and knowing o
dared maintain them a people, who, though 7
in the subsequent seven years struggle, often e
overborne BY rumbsrs and discipline, yet a
"TRUsTED IN GoD, and kept their powder 4
DRY - ff1 fhaw EuaHu a., ut wHrHrwF.wz r--r I Is
all the minions Of tyranny" P
"Frsd5n's Be ia ones bssun. o
BequeEthei from bleeding sire to SOD, x
Ta0Bgh ben don, Is ever Voni' K
Fellow-citizsns, this Declaration OF Indepen- q
dsncs was a bngie-call, loud az the trump Of
an srehaugel, to ali the votsries Of freedom a
throughout the civilized world. 1t was the d
torch that set fire 10 the ~fr0wninE stroHghOlds a
OF despOusm IN every part Of Europe. Il was y
spark that lighted the train Of free principles q
which soon after hlsLsd cut in both hemis- 81
Dheres. From the electric home Of the Amerl- q
can mind this Declaration went forth like the "
voice of a political Messiah to the millions d.
swelling in toe shadow Of old tyrannies, and a
the answering spirits Of Freedom everywhere 81
sang together, snd all the sons Of Oppressio o.
shouted for jOy : France. through ali her Dor c
ders, felt the magnetic thrill across the seas Ia
and strightway the Oldest and most splendid 4
thTODe in Europe was overturned and uoddeu 4
under foot OF those who " dared to Be free - o.
Italy, Greece, Germany. MeXioo, Central and
SOuih America, evel Britain herself, were u
aroused from the seTvile sleep Of ages, and saw &
that a new era in the social and POliticslrights q
OF man bad begun. 10 a word, The whole world "
began, at last, 70 feel that "the great masses 81
81 Of mankind we're born with saddles on their Il
% backs. and a privileged few, booted and Il
4" spurTed, ready to ride them legitimately b. II
q the grace Of GOdf" q
Ever since this Declaration was put forth. b
fellow cit zsns, by u at glorious old Continsn- b
tai Congress at Philadelphia, lie influences o.
have been constantly developing themselves IN o
DO b heDispheres. /. has given birth to, no. .
one Republic only, but to 3 score Of them. Il
has been the Incentive to more deeds Of hero 9
ism and noble dzring-it has led to more lofty I
achievements, in every department Of human f.
Effort and human prOgress-thaB / have time a
now or here to enunerate- 1t proclaimed au- il
thoTitatively and with a voice Of mighty pOwer q
the gospel Of self-govsrnmsnt to every erea- o
ture, in al the ends Of the world o
"wbere'er b nrsth ii skv Of Haven, o
TIE birds II Fame have 4 wa" r
Beyond al question it set forward the clock /
Of the world a whole ags.o e
Having been Of such inestimsbls value to the
human race, and particularly to the Heaven L
favored nation constituting this, the greatest )
Republic the world ever saw, it is entirely o
meet and proper-it should be regarded as a b
glorious priviiege-to celebrate each recurring b
anniversary Of It's prom1lgstion, everywhere, Il
IN city, town and cOuutry-snd especially al ?
this pleasant fountain Of health and recreation E
with every demonstration Of Joy and exulta- :
ZION, ard with every symbol OF gratitude and fl
to the memory Of the wise and good a
men who 20 boldly and in 50 p~eTilous an hour o
proclaimed it, and to the noble and gallant d
spirits who, In the Cabinet and in the Camp, Y
made it good before the world. Especially ia d
II appropriate for rs ts commemorate this hal d
birthday Of the nation a. a time when y
the value Of the Union. that heritage of glory, Z
has been reduced to a simple sun IN arithmetic, q
and when toe fell spirit OF Anti-Slavsry, rang e
ing through the Republic, a
LIKE Az, hot from Hsn," u
has soEu the seeds Of Disunion broadcast over =
the land. lts observance may tend, in some =
to mitigate the fever Of discord, and
tighten the bonds Of smity between the two :
sections Of the Confederscy, recently 80 much \
relaxed BY the stupid, unTstriOtic, disorgani- !
Eng not TO cay treasonEbie, course OF many .
leading men, both 10 and out OF Congress, but :
especially IN Congress ;-men, wno, instead :
OF promoting the Interests Of their c~onstitu- =
eats, and Of the country generally, seem to =
have constituted themselves a corps Of ssppers a
aac miners Tor the express purpose Of under J
mining and blowing up the very Union and E
Constitution which they are sworn to support, u
protect and defenaf p
There are many consultations, however. Eel y
low-eitizsns Of the south, that viii fan to our ?
lot, g should the worst cone To the worst ,, "a 4
the Union be dissolved. Among these. Wecsn
never forget that this grand ~DEcLARkTtog Of
the right Of SELF-GovERKMEKT was the bro
duct of a Southern mind that tie principles.
eternal as truth itself, were fought through 10 .
final triumph by a Southern GENERAL-the !.
greatest, best, wissst, most god-like Of man :
kinds that we, OF the South, have all the els- .
ments OF a great nation and a first class power e
within our own borders that we can move out :
our boundaries az far south as we choose to .
20 ; that our own exclusive, ElaVe-produced, :