Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-30
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From the Mobile Tribune.

/ From the Mobile Tribune
| g. peoples voice we are people vet
Q ho all men else their nobler dreams forget,
We have voice with which 70 pay the de0t
or bOundless love, and reverence, and regret,
To those great men who fought and kept il ours,
And Feep it ours, o God from brute control"
A brazen Belgique lion on a vast pedestal OF
human bones, four hundred feet high, marks the
/ battlefield Of Waterloo; thiTty-two years ago
/ Louis of Bavaria laid, near Rstisbon, the corner
stone Of 50 Yalhalla, s temple raised to the
national glory, and intended to contain the busts
or statues Of al the illusUiOus characters OF
! Germany" a Doric guardian overlooking the
Danube; and upon the Pantheon at Paris, ap-
pTopristed to the reception of the ashes OF
Frances great men, are inscribed the words
" AuT GrQnds Hoaraes La Patrie RccOnHais-
sqHts" The grand army of the Confederacy,
whose tents whiten our hill sides and dot our
sunny valleys from the Atlantic to the Rio
Grande, forms q gigantic legion of honor sni
since, where heroism is universal, individual
/ instances cannol possibly be singled out for
badges Of distinction, let the people, in jealous
atteststion of their gratitude - the brave hearts
stilled in this our war of independence, unite
and rear en imperishable monument to the
memory of our gallant dead, no matter where
/ they sleep, or when they fell-whether at picket
! post, on hospital cot. at flaming battery, or on
! sory- Goids, PlUugned Dy cannon ball and sui
/ phurous with smoke.
Our marble-hearted land can furnish an mex
hsustible supply of material scarcely inferior to
] the renowned treasures of Pentelicus and ParOs;
and the Southern States can find among their
sons genius enough to mould it into " thing
Of beauty" that shall be a JOY forever" By
a decree of the Confederate government, raise a
gigantic circular marble "MEMORABHIA' on
the AcTOpOis of uneOnquersble Yicksburg
perfect in proportion as the Pantheon, but of q
l. L.
portray lB chiselled lines the principal events
and leading herOs in our great battles let
mOuldiDgs Of cotton leaves wresthe the capitals
let statues Of our noblsst statesmen and generals
fill numerous inches, and the sacred ashes of our
JOhnsOns, ZOllicotfers, BartOws, Bees and Glad
dens, ind a mausOleum beneath its cleaning
psvemsnts; better than the mosaics OF st. Peter
and st. Mark, let 1ie names ef fallen patriots
gem the marble walls in golden letters let the
mighty dome, springiDg hesvenwsrd, be painted
of fadeless encaustc blue, lighted with golden
Southern stars; and, above sll, let colossal
image of liberty be cast from the brass cannon
taken from the Federal army in various con-
ficts, and like Athone- -Promachos, crown the
whole, the guardian spirit of the ConfedeTacy
shTined in the proud dauntless city, that
knows not how to surrender" When white
robed Peace stretches her stainless hands in
benediction over our beloved country, govern
ment, doubtless, will be able to erect such a
temple Of glory" in honor of its martyr sons
otherwise, citizens Of all clssses-meu, women
and children-will jOyfully, eagerly, contribute
to this national labor Of love.
Where shah we lay the man whom we deploret
Let the sound Of those he wrought for
1 And the feet Of those be Fought 7,
Echo round his bones for eyeTmore."
Let every stricken Niobe-Mother gaze upor
that Memorabilia" and remember her boz
lives in deathless marble; let desolate, wailin(
wives dry their tears, and lifting their children
in their arms, show them their fathers name
written in golden characters by gratefu
country which they saved from despotism; ant
when ages shall Iell awsy, when eons shal
have crept over our mOuldering ashes, and on
busy marts have, perchance, become silen
ruins, deserted as Karnac or Baalbec, let SOM
curious antiquarian, some Ocesnican Belzoni
or LsyaTd, exploring the Mississippi pause be
fore the crumbiiHg arches and broken column
Of Vicksburg, rapt in contemplating its msrbl
and bronze-crOwned AcTopolis, and learn il
sketching cur national memorabilia that he haC
found the Mecca of q free people.
The women OF England raised monumen
to Wellington viii not this humble suggestion
of merited tribute to our patriot dead, Be par
doned in
DAUGHTER OF THE CONFFDFRACy