The colored Tennessean., 1866-03-24
NASHVILLE, TENN. SATURDAY, MARCH a, 1866.

BILE language and stupid logic the ex-
pediency of giving a supper, ten cents,
or q glass of beer to purchase piano
for the Lyceum with, this outsider is
disgusted. The debates, at times, are
both interesting and instructive but
the Lyceum is generally attended by
such noisy and ill-mannered crowd,
that you are led to believe that you
are in circus or menagerie enjoying
the contortions and circumgyrations
of troupe of short tailed baboons,
chattering like magpies. After the
debate, which is the Lyceum' winter,
spring, with its pleasurable emotions
and sensations, its choristers, etc,
bursts upon us in all its Intoxicating
loveliness, in the shape of female
beauty, adorned, of course, q trife
more modest than the Venus of Milo
Miss A. E. Tinsley and Miss Marga-
ret Shelton, the accomplished and fas-
cinating daughter Of the celebrated
elder, are the bright particular. stars
of the instltutiod Music is their
forte. A few evenings ago they
warbled so sweetly the mystic and
pathetic language of the soul, that il
seemed as if Thespius graced the oc-
casion with his presence, and old
Father Time ceased his evolutions
pro tenn to pay grateful tribute at
muses. shrine.
When Mr. Hagerman sings the
dying Warrior" the enfranchised
soul freed from the dross of common
place accompanies the sentiment, and
in fancy scars to realms of eternal
bliss. Methinks it would be glorious
to be the identical warrior who has
fought his last battle, and on earth
will awake to glory no more.
And we are also delighted with re,
citations and scenes from the drama.
No longer than last week, Macbeth,
the bloody Thane, announced his de
termination there and then to murder
the good old King Duncan and Lady
Macbeth, in the terse phraseology of
Gen. Grant, said "go in The major
part of the members of the Lyceum
are also members of the various
churches, and are opposed to theatres.
Why not oppose theatricals as well?
The theatre, they say, is the house of
the devil; then the drama is the prop
erty of the devil, and surely the devils
property is no better abroad than at
home 1t surely must make the devil
wriggle his tail-if he has tail-with
delight, to hear persons Of more zeal
than knowledge denounce theatres,
and, at the same time, swallow in small
quantities what is personated there
Our martyred President, Abraham
Lincoln, who was in theatre when
assassinated, has been preached into
heaven, while poor sinner like your
humble servant, were he to die in such
place, would be ticketed through to
hell on the lightning train.
CoLoRED CHURCHES
There is paragraph going the
rounds of the daily press that the
N. Y. Independent advocates the abo-
lition of churches for people of color.
Until Tread that paragraph, I thought
| was sound on the church question.
What, sit beside whisky drinking,
onion eating Fenian, and be compelled
to commune with some unwashed
member Of the democratic party; our
georges rises at it," We ask equal
rights before the law, but respectfully
decline to keep company with the
devils crew Mr. Editor, | am pre-
judiced on this subject. go in for
colored churches and ministers for
colored people. Why, sir, if eolored
churches are abolished, there will be
a swar of races" that will throw
Johnson's plan in the shade, and make
his eternal truths Internal lies
f t .,f@ LESLIE