Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-10

WITH many grams or allowance ee a careifes
equivocal expression, referring Onlv 10 the pc
litieal and civil rights Of the pliis ~subjeets o
the British Constitution, a portion OF whom Of
this C0ntinent-our bonored forefathsTs-ha
o been wantouly oppressed aud taxed withou
Z representation by the home government.
q Secondly Although, IN the list Of the sign.
E ers Of the Declaration, representatives OF oul
, own loved state Of Tennessee are not found
: tails Commonwealth not being then in existence
I yet in that list We see the nance # thoss
E who represented North Carolina and Tennes-
. see, We al know Is the only begotten daughter
Of the I" Old North S.ste," and heir to all heT
NO hers elery. May she conth ne to do credit
TO the noble old mother that bore herl-s
D mother who has the imperishabie honor OF
having put forth the celebrated . MsokleHbaTg
Declaration Of EhdepsRdenes" several m1ntbs
L beiIeve) sooner Than the one | have llsi
/ read 10 you was proclaimed. And it ia a fact
|, highly creditsbie to North Carolina as well ss
70 the author Of the MecklenbsTg Declaration
who is said to have been-a Polk) that many
Of The ideas, and even some Of the language Of
that document, were found worthy Of ihcorpo-
ration into The Philadelphia Declaration alter
wards drawn up principally by Thomas J, # r.
son. Call her " Rip Van Wrinkle, "if you will,
but ss a Tennesseesn ] an proud Of old Nori
CaTolins ;. and / am sure Carolina must be
proud OF 20 fair, 50 promising. 90 Well-tO do q
daughter as Tennessee. Occupying the central
position that Tennessee does-beirg entirely
surrounded By, and having boundaries co-ter-
minous with, nine Sou bern S stes-she must
sver remain true 10 the South and the destiny
Of the South.
Look at the map and you will see that Ten
nessee lie The KEYSTONE Of the South. Her soil
holds the reVered ashes Of shelby, Sewer.
Williams and White Of Jackson, Carroll,
Coffee and Polk she stands like a sentinel
guarding The mountain passes II our native
land and. come veal or woe, her lot is cast
forever with the South and her fortunes. That
those fortunes nay always be as fair aud as
promising 20 hey sre this day-that We NAV
20 on prospering and to prosper, from year to
year and from age to age, must be the prayer
Of every true and noble nature that halls the
South ss its F~ATHERLAED
The President then Introduced the orator of
the day, Msj JAMES 7. WYNSE, Of Memphis,
Oats of hatcher, Mississippi.) from whose
address we are permitted to make the follow
ing extracts;
EXTRACTS FROM MAJOR EYNNE's GRAFTON.
FaloT- Citizens, and you my fair Country
UoHH: Ine way-wOrn pilgrim, toiling up
the rocky bills Of Palestine, halls not with ioy
mere rapt1rOus the eenotaph Of his adored
saviour than does the freeman and patriot the
usbering IN OF the birthday Of American Inde-
pendence. E~ighty-two years have elapsed
since the great deed was done which rendered
that day immortal. Eighty-two years have
goae so join the years beyond the aoodD since
that noble band Of patriots assembled at od
Independence Hall, 10 the city Of Penn-the
city Of BROTHERLY LoVE-Proclaimed to the
world that glorious ProBUBeiamsnfo of fresnen
that almost ciFlnely- inspired Declaration
which has Just been read in your hearing.
They have been years a Vieissitude, of sun
shine and storm, IN our Hetory ss a nation, az
is insepsrable from huasn affairs but our
prog sss In all the eiemes g OF wealth, bappi-
ness, power. and renowf has, on the whole,
ever been rapidly onward and upward and we
this day stand before Ne world, and even
Muse OF History, a wonlfr and a miracle Of
growth aud greatness. .'Tom three millions
We have become twenty five millions 10 1883
From thirteen states we have become thirty
two! From q tenth or twelfth rate power we
have stretched our arms from the centre to the
circamfsTshce Of the earth, until we oWr bur
few equals and no superior on The rourd globe
What, feliOw-cltizens, Is the secret Of this
wOndrOus grOSth aud development? What
was the prime cause which has led TO such
magnificent results-result neve< II parallel
ed IN the history OF mankind? III Sgmbie
judgment the great secret OF our suceesesN a
nation is mainly due 10 the f~aerthink othat
Declaration was made AT THE ABRT TIME
AND By THE RIGHT MEN. God's@wn good
time for inaEgurating free principles on a solid
basis, preparatory to the gradual ushering in
Of the political and religious millennium had
arrived, and He selected as he Instruments of
dis Will men whose wisdom and beroism have
never been equalled- The principal author of
he DecisTsuIon-Thomas Jeferson-was but
one Of many like hIn-a type Of the American
demi gods who resolved that tie Anglo Saxon
people of this hemisphere were aEd Of right
ought 10 Be tree aud independent WASHING
TON-at the mention Of whose name the brsv-
the wisest, the most powerful, Of all lands,
are wont tn uncover with a reverence never be-
fore paid 10 mortal min-WAsHIKeToN-ths
warrIor-statesman, the herO-Imm0rtal, too
purely great to be an usurpsr, too God ike to
be a ktng-Who can doubt that WAsRIsGroN
was raised up By ths all-wiss aud benth .ent
Ruler OF the universe for the mighty mission be !
30 graudly f led?
But, my fellow-citizens It were needless,
and would sound tri5s Ia your ears, for me to
iiscant upon the great characters aud heroic
achievements Of the men Of the r Foluuon
We're l to do so, it would be bur q repetition OF
ne language yOu have 90 often before heard on
similar occasions. 40 tLere are other and BY no
means unimporJaut actors 10 that great drama,
whose deeds have been generally too LITTLE
iwelt upon 10 the Fourth OF July orations.
aliude 10 the WoAEE OF the Req lution-Jhos-
f~Oremothers of ours, Whose heroism
on msny occasions, from The sentiment If tn
LDWA 70 AlI Eluct o. Tue Struggle 10
Independence, ecl'psed that Of the women OF
he epic age Of Greece, AID showed them to b,
ne true mothers OF q right 70, al race, such az
not even the DJTic mothers b0ret
We hnd, by re. erencs TO history, that on the
landing OF the MGgfOpsT al Pts mouth rock, the
person, smsuE that NOBLE band Of pill
that Get foot on American coil, was
WOMAN. They were, when the first blow was
stricken for liberty az the commencement Of
the TegOlution, ready for duty They ran bull
when were 10 assist our fathers IN achiev-
ing nd pendeuce ; aud many Of them since
hat /" cOusuHmatIon 90 devoutly wished" has
been achieved, have been and still are, | an
10 say, heroicslly and msgnsnimously
to The nswfangied crusade in the cause
what Is Falsely knO~n as wODen's rights
And lastly, it is an honor to the fair
daughters-the descendants OF the matrons OF
the reVolutIOn-that they have recently GONE
forward, and, by a united effort, secured to the
people he grounds on which Wash
ingtoa trOd after hs retirement from the
scores Of public life. They have, and God
bless them tor il, ObtaiHet for the benefit Of
our children, and for their descendants, a Mecca 1
OF freedom on the hiil0f Mount VernOn-Where
repose the ashes Of the father Of our country.
They can noW eXclaIm with Horace, g we have
erected a monument more lasting than brass"
The cause Of The revolution, as YOU all know,
Ladies and Gentlemen, was the passage Of the
Act; he throwing overheard the Tea BY
our tOrefatners m Boston harbor; aid the
burning Of the forbidden leaves in Annapolis
10 the summer Of I774. When the
tOesin Of war bad once been sounled, il was
from every mountain top ard re-
echoed through every dale from Massachusetts
Bay TO Georgia. Yes, the war CRY was heard
from afaT. Our indomitable ancestors few to
arms, and adopting the motto thuDdered forth
- DmewH-H - l. - 4.L - I'll
that the stars and stripes should
wave in glory or gloon until the invaders were
from our shores ; and most calamity
did they achieve their wishes, notwithstanding
We had a party yclept the Tories; and a Bene-
dict Arnold IN our midst, against whom we had
to battle. IL we had traitors among Us, how
ever, we also had assistance from abroad. /
ailude particularly to the gallant Lafayette and
the heroic Baron Dekalb, two as bright stars
as ever shone in the frmaHent Of France aud
Germany. All homer to their memories!
The revolution over, and peace restored to
our happy LIANT, we advanced rapidly ia growth,
prosperity and happiness. But II seems that
he revolution was not destined to be the lsst
with old England, for, in 1912, she
for the right Of imDressment of sea-
men and the right Of search. The right of
in time Of peace, was by Congress,
denied to her. War ensued. Victory by land
aBd on the seas, BY American arms, was the
On the 8 b of January, 1915, on the
enssDguinsd Geld Of Chslmette, near New Or
the fnsl blow was struck, and victory
upon our banner. During the three
years conflict We proved to England that her
poet, Campbell, was in error when be penned
The lines
"Brittsnia rfeds no bulWark-
kotoUeiG along ths sleep
Her msreh 4. on the mSGntsiz waves,
Her home is on ne deep"
Had be been permitted to read the history
OF the naval engagement, in the early part OF
the Revolution, bis mind would, evidently,
have undergone a change. sllude TO the en-
gagement between Paul jones' vessel and q
British ship, of the coast Of Britain, during
which Jones, when asked by the commanding
ofheer Of The British vessel. through a speak
Ilg trumpat-his ReHs-l leaking and about he