Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-24
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VI '1' RrvOLUTTONrsM.


turned by memory, Oh TO hold th'
mind perfectly distracted for moment
and then send it whirling back, far baci
through the dark, dim vistas Of the past
along the reckless path Of Reyoluuonlsm
passing in rapid review the modern up
heavings and cOnvulsiions Of this tireles
spirit; speeding through Memphis, ant
Baalbec. and Palmyra, and Troy, ant
Jerusalem. and Athens, and NineYah
and Thebes, and Babylon, over the plain
Of Shina- and Mt. Arrarat, and cropping
its way darkly through the antodiluviaI
generations. paused in the garden o
Eden, and by the exercise Of strong
will. restrain the mind from striVin!
10 pierce the dark arcana Of the Pre-
Adamic ages: but with the Tree O
knowledge Of good and evil as a stan,
point, force II 10 review its mighty jour
new through SIX thousand wears. y,
soul can find language in which to ute
it's overwhelming emotions. The mind
staggering beneath its imposed burden
and refusing TO entertain the conception
eEclsims in impOtent ignorance, ''Oh
earth thy name Is mysJery.n
RevOlutiOnism, or HOrds res, as Csesa'
expresses il, Is written on the world
Change is It's motto, and no man know
eth what q day may bring forth. Tkt
King may sit in his royal palace, and
drawing his velvet robe around him
place one hand upon his scepter, and the
other upon his crown. and say - have
founded q stable government, il viii last
forever" and everything may prove
smooth and fair; but creeping certainly,
and surely nearer his throne is the Spirit
Of RevOlutiOnism. His government viii
not last forever, his sCepter viii be riven
from his grasp, his crCwn will faI, and
with the fallen Gelimer, be may mur-
rnur a. he dies and Is forgotten Van
Itvi Vanity! All Is Nsnityu' The
Ruler Of a Republic may boast Of his
firm government; may cry "rcg8dlt
D0Ullii,' and we are ssfe. The people
themselves believing thai they have
reached The ultima thule of human de-
-ire-Liberty, and its attendant blessings
may hug 20 their hearts the delUslOn
that this will last forever. that the bless
ings which they enjoy viii always be
secured TO their posterity; and they
dream not that this wild spirit OF Revoiu-
rionism j. stalking abroad. That a '-turu-
fn- over - will come. That the tumultu-
oils storm of passions raging in mans
breast will in time be lOOsed, and that
the spirit Of Change must sweep over
their government in its pride and power.
Rome herself, born Of a Revolution,
has sat in the pride Of her pOwer-lonely
and desOlate though she be, but mighty
sfiIl-and counted six times the visitings
Of this restless spirit. Prophets say that
il Will visit her the seventh and last
time. But far hack in her infancy and
maturity, she sent it forth 10 the utter
most part. of tie earth. Il hurled the
Druid Queen, the famous BOadicea,
from her oaken throne, enUwined with
the mystic misletOe and Britain was
Romau province. Again il was borne 10
them on the bosom Of the Elbe, and IL
was ruled by SaxOns; and again IL
crossed the channel as William OF Nor
mandy. and dplayed its partin the Norman
COuuuest. il has visited Britain and
British colonies often since then and II
requires no prophetic eye TO discern that
X is moving that way sgain. The gov
ernment Of Great Britain Is considered
the strongest and firmest upon the globe,
but If subjected 10 an analytical exam
inaii0n, the antagonistic principle VIII De
found 70 prevail, and the comparison
which Sir Walter Scott made IN referring
70 the Empire Of Napoleon, when in It's
zenith, may b. found II IS 20 be
feared. equally applicable 10 his
own country at the present time.
Ireland has not forgotten her Boirhune
and his descendants; the memory Of
her Emnet and her O'Connen still
rsnkies in her breast and II
NAV be called a prepared train
up6n which s lighted brand fall
ing viii produce an awful c0nIiagration.
II s. doubtful. then, upon which side
Scotland viii take her stand. Was there
ever any country with such glorious
watchw0rds a. William Wallace and
Stirling. Robert Bruce and BannOckburn,
and imbued with a strong spirit OF Se2-
tarianism; willing that her nationality
should be merged iutOthat o. another ma
ton, and that one her life long adversary
andreligious opponent? Australia has al
most grown TO years Of maturity, and is not
ant to prove a dutiful child, when she re-
members that he- first settlers were sent
nom the mother country, homeless
convicts, without mercy or money. And
India, the brightest gem in England :
brilliant circle, viii IL gates always be
open 10 pour its flood 0f wealth into
proud Britain's grasping Golfers The
spirit Of William Hastings stiu lives, and
lis next Impeachment may be on india's
own bright shore, and the verdict may
Gsa guilty. pronounced by it own Jury.
Immortality i not q nations boon, and
Great Britain cannot claim exemption
from the common law. Other nations
have stood as firm, and eXulted in the
priSe Of their power, but they fell; and
the deuizens Of St. James may yet hear
6he approaching tramp Of this hayoiu-
tionary spirit, and the sight Of crashing
thrones and OYerthrOws Of aristocratle
palaces may yet oe presented TO their
view.
Stepping across the straits OF Dover,
we ind the fayorite haunt Of that way
Ii nal "a al affHf q
pIaca. Il has dedicated % itself almOst :
every hill and valley, river and plain, Of
France. II gave its masterpieces, Charlie
mBgne and Napoleon BOnaparte 70 the
world here. II engenders & feeling Of
awe, Of amazement 70 glance over the
history Of this country and view the
mighty. wondrOus workings OF this agent
ia the economy Of the world. on +.
France why are your ulne-clad hllls,
your sunny wales, your brIltani cities
doomed 20 feel forever the impulses Of
tins spirit2 What mystery connected
with vou2 What dark crime committed
aces since, is now visited upon you?
Verify, when this King c0meth 20 work
destruction, 10 deluge a country with the
1lood-red waves Of civil war, man may
'Iel1ble az its power, for il j. strong and
tE1uge b discOrd and desolation.
In It's march through the eastern con-
JiEeut i has not forgotten Spain, the
land Of beauty and OF song. II roamed
here in the days Of the Sarscenic Om-
eliyades and Mahomelan Almoravides;
and When B0ubiil sadly gave up the
fair CITY pf Grenada ard retraced his
footsteps, Ferdinand, Of ArragaE, and
Isabella, Of CASTLE, marched trium-
phantly through their glorigUs land. a
more lovely than which Tie sun shone
cot oa, aHd ne!iher they. nor their
zrandson, Charles toe Eilth. dreamed
Tast tFls bTillisncy Of their times would
bs dimmed IN the shadows Of ncrag
yes. that the revolving wheel Of Fate
wo,;la nlace that Yhieh was highest and
most SPLENDID. lowest and in the dust.
~ ,tbesl does not stand stiu, and
EevoIutioylisrn has noE bada the pleasant
siiorss of Spsin e fnaI aaieu.
But is mas not coa6nded itself 70 the
IA world 1t has not been content with
Ieavi1-, r. ;s,j,;5,..nrints upon the Alps and
the. Pvreeness: the shores OF tue 4s..il.C
and the Mediterranean. 10 crossed the
seesn, and mas abided Gs fimeS on the
fresh green fields Of the western land.
Whist its work was prior 10 fourteen
hundred ard ninety-twO we know not.
OF the origin and history Of tie pre-
Columbian generations We are ignorant.
We may exhuIne the bones Of this mighty
race; view their labor In the tuBlult,
caves ruined temples and sculptured
rocks scattered from Russian America
70 Patagonia, but they tell nothing. We
have no clew but unintelligible hero
dyphios. History Is silent concerning
them; even the echo Of their story Is
lost. Tho lonely Indians, the denizens
uf these wilds, and matches, ard grand
old forests knew not that RevolutiOni ism
set foot on their shores, when the Geno-
ese navigator and his companions knelt
and kissing the ground, bedewed 1t with
their tears, and christened IL in their
new. -trange language. The Incas, The
traditionary descendants Of the heavenly
Manea Capae, and his angel vile, Oello,
who sat in their sun gilded palaces Of
glitte-ing gold, heard not its approaeh
until the cruel Pizarro had laid them,
their songs, their story, and their glory
in ashes. Twice since have its footsteps