Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-01


me, they, this night. cap the climax of
their favors by presenting me. in conjunction
with a large number of the citizens of New
York. this beautiful piece of Workmanship as
superb testimonial of their regard and sym-
pathy. How thankfully receired-how dear
ly prized-mere words cannot portray. /
shall proudly take it to my Southern home
and preserve 1t as precious memento of my
friends in New York. / fear, ladies and gen.
tlemeu, that lengthy comments upon the
game of chess might prove uniateresting to
large portion of the highly intellectual
audience before me. OF my European tour
will only say that it has been pleasant in al
most every respect OF the adversaries en-
conntered in the peaceful jousts of the check
cred field, retain lively and agreeable re-
collection. | found them gallant. chvalrons
and gentlemsnly as we'll became true votaries
of the kingly pasiime.
A word now on the game ITSELF Chess
never has been and never can be aught but
a recreation. 1t should not he INDUCED in
to the detriment of other and more serious
avocations-should not absorb the mind or
engross the thoughts of those who worship at
its shrine; but should be kept in the back
ground, and restrained within it's proper
province. As a mere game, a relaxation
from the severer pursuits of life, it is deserv-
ing of high commentator. 1t is not only
| the most delightful and scientific, but the
most moral OF amusements. Unlike other
games in which lucre is the end and aim of
the contestants, it recommends itself to the
wise. by the fact that its mimic battles are
fought for no prize but honor. 1t is eminent
ly and emphaticafly the phlo> opher,s game
Let the chess-board supersede the card-table
and great improvement will be visible in
the morals of the community. lGreat APP
plause.1 But, ladies and gentlemen need
not expatiate on the field so ably traversed
! by the eloquent gentleman who has Just ad-
dressed you. / thank you from my heart for
| the very hattering manner in which you have
been pleased to receive his too complimentary
| remarks, and for the numerous attentions re-
ceived at your hands. l shall leave New
York with melancholy sorrow, for part from
| friends than whom none truer can be found.
Let them rest assured that along with the
memory of the chess-board, l possess the
| memory of the heart. And now, with re-
| newal of my sincere thanks for the splendid
token of your regard with which you have
presented me tonight. and the assurance that
1 shall cherish in unfading memory the re-
membrance of my sojOurn here, l bid you,
ladies and gentlemen, a farewell, which fond
iy hope will not prove the last
A watch was also presented Mr.. Morphy
and with it came the inevitable speech. He
replied as follows:
SIR:-It has been my good fortune, on a
previous visit to your city, to form acquant-
ances which have ripened into Friendships
You are the organ, sir, of some gentlemen
with whom my intercourse has more particu-
larly assumed the character of intimacy. The
presentation of the very elegant watch you
have handed me must necessarily be less form
al than that which has just taken place.
Words of learned length or laundering sound
would ill-become the nature of the occasion.
| will simply say that value this testimonial
not less highly than the other 1t is friend
ships gitt-the Uade mccain that must accom-
pany me wherever | go. to remind me that.
in whatever section of this broad Republic
my abode may be planted, there will be in
the far North friends whose anxious gaze will
be turned to my home, whose hearts will
watch with deep emotion the part sustain i'll
life's great drama, eager to see me touch the
goal OF success. Interpreting it in such
manner as a token of the interest felt in my
future career by those you represent, re
ceive this beautiful piece Of workmanship
with unaffected pleasure. Long may the
hands of its dial mark golden hours for my
friends. and may no untOward fate ever ar
rest their course of success on the great chess
board of the world.