Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-06-23

I've public meeting we're held IN C1elten-
han on Thursday, June 2, Tor the purpose Of
forming avcluuteer rife corps, one taking place
In the Afternoon and TIE ether in thu evening.
ne later wa called n favor o. those trades
men. sh.p assistants and others who could not
Be present In the middle Of he day. The Earl
Of EnenborouEh presided, snd, the meeting be-
inc large. the proceedings were Of al enthusi-
astc and satisfactory character
TIE Earl Of Ellenbor0nEht who was loudly
chee-ed EXPRESSED his Eratihcztioa at being able
70 comply with the request made 10 him % pre-
side that evening. and az the sane time be was
pleased to observe 80 large an attendance. II
there were trsdesmen present. and be supposed
there were, they, in bis opinion, were especi-
ally interested in preventing an enemy landing
on these shores, ss being likely to suffer from
such an occurrence. All monetary transac-
tions Of the country would Be altogether In
paired and injured from the very instant il was
known an enemy had landed. What would
be the sfsct Of that panic Occssioned By The
spproach Of an suemv 70 London, and what
coul1 be The mode Of conducting monetary
trausacions with the means Of communication
intsrfered WITH And what must we doe L
was not enough to feel satisfied thstI the enc
~ landed we should be enabled to repcl him
us mastbs 80 ft7oag asia dstr him from atienpi-
izg inUasioz- CCheers9 They might depend
upon 1t that the mers act Of invasion, If ths
enemy were but a week IN the country, and 4
It terminated by his expulsion, or the destruc.
ton Of his forces, that single week Of inrasioI
would produce an injury 70 the material inter.
eEts Of this country which a hundred year.
would hardly recover. Clear, hear.) he
dared say there were a good many among
them who thought It possible to avoid al thess
misfortunss By preserving a strict neutrality
There could Be no one more DESTROYS than him
self that we should not be involved in war
tHssr, hesr.) be would tell them this, TIA
neutrality, although Il put Of war, il did no
prevent IL (Hesr, hsar.)
On the contrary, It might Ultimately brius
upon us a wsr Infinitely more dangerous thai
shat in which we refused to engage before
While two great nations were contendinl
against each other, II we engaged in a war, q
least We should ave one Of these nations witl
us If We waited tn one o. these nations wa
uampled upon and beaten by the other, an
had deprived It Of strength to contend in tn
field. and then We were disposed 10 conteni
against the conoueror, we should contend slon
against a Power whichha matured lie forces
against force disciplined in the field, an.
therefore to our disadvantage. He knew no
that il was necessary for him, If he were &
speak at an, 70 say anything Of the nature an
character OF the present. bat there was on
point connected with it about which be hope
thsy were under 10 deluEion. He trusted The
did not sappoSf q uas really q trar for the inie
pca3enos Of Hsly. (Chssrs-) he could thin
Il were 90 no one would rejoice in its succes
more than be should. (Renswed Chsers-) n
bad been earnestly DESTROYS Of seeing a gres
AID really Independent state in Italy from ID
earliest period Of bis life (Hear, hsar.) n
event would more strongly conduce TO the se
curity Of Austria herseH than the creation Of
great ard independent power in Italy. (HsaT
hear-) be bad pot the smallest hope Of an
such result from any Interference on the par
Of France The objected France was to trans
fer 70 herself that supremacy inItsly whiel
bad been possessed bv Austria since 1914
CHsar. hsar.) Austria had held It for defsu
sivs purposes France would bold If FOR thI
purpose Of ofense, and in her hands It Houli
be an important step towards making the Med.
iterrsnssn a French lake. (Hesr, hesr.) I
.hev looke3 back to past times, and the wan
q The French revolution, they would see viii
what gsliantTy Austria came forward, an,
what advantage we derived from Der actions
In 1905 Austria, At Der own great rsk, mshe.
forward and prevented the invasion Of thu
country. CCheerA)
II 1909 she again moved forward. she again
suffered great defeats, but she facilitated hE
her movements the advance Of the Duke Of
Wellington on Madrid, and laid he Foundation
Of the liberation Of Spain Notwithstandin
al these defeats Of 1903 and 1909, and be.
weakness, Austria again in 1918 Joined tn
allies, gave into their hands her territory o
Bohemia for the purpose Of enabling ihen q
act against The French, and mainly contrib
ted in Germany, and sfterwsrd IN France, o
The Liberation Of Europe. IChesrs.l We mus
not. therefore, allow ourselves to Be- diVerte
from the recollection Of past times In aealin
with the present. He Would not 20 into an
other point Of great Importance, end well wor
thy the attention Of the public ne meant n
understanding which evidently existed bstwee
Russia and France-Thear. hear.1-an under
standing existing between two great despoii
military powers with reference 70 what the
conduct shah Be in supporting the indepent
ence and freedom Of Italy. There was rea
son, be believed, 70 suspect the purity Of d
motives Of both parties7Ihesr, bear, l-hu
this they might observe, while Russia B
bringing 10000 men on the frontie-s Of Pc
land, practically parslvzsd Germany, we like
wise, IN the movements OF our feet, were al
ready If not p~srslyzed yet greatly checked 81
controlled BY the presence Of q Russian fee
Of thirty sail Of the line, which had bee
largely decreased sines the comneneensut G
this war, for We could not venture 10 send II
whole Of or force to the Mediterranean
knowing, 81 we did, that that feet might an
chor az spithes5. Yet we were told that RI,
sia had assured the English Government tia
there was nothing Whstersr existing betsEee
France and herself CONTRARY 10 cur interests
and that thee accepted that explanation.
the gCvernneat was not afraid Of an undei
standing between Russia and France. II %
more behooved the people Of this country {
be afraid. and 70 take their own course Il
their delirersnce LLoud oheeringl
II. lordship resumed bis seat amid leu
cheering, and ? vote q thanks was given ;
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