Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-15

and sleeps beside his fallen friends whom
he loved so wen. AdeVOted, piOus Chris
tian. and an enthusiastic, fearless soldier,
the youthful patriot wiz long be en-
baimed in the memory Of TINS eomnu-
nitv, and Of this fraternity Of which Ire
was a member.
/ TO his memory dedicate these lines :
He rests meath no cypress. and over him no
Nor siitI seaiptare. attracts the lone passengers
Yet spin falrsF trfbJte Of flowers shall bloom,
I where lis bones, thougn uuconined, yet GO
! ri0usly De.
Of 8thers, 50 numerous, brothers 50
loved in their lives and now so lamented,
/ I can only give a passing word. Here
the names Of the Masonic dead Of DeSot0
county, who fell I'm the war We're read by
the orator.
Had these men lived, they would have
felt and would have acted ss we feel and
act having been overwhelmed in the
struggle, they would submit honestly aud
honorably. And to the thinking and
highminded man, the courage and con-
stancy Of the pas, are the proofs that the
pledge Of loyalty viii be kept. The re-
port OF the Patent Office on agriculture,
recently issued, in describing the charac-
teristics Of the n0blest animals, states
that the horse in his native freedom,
who IS the leader Of the herd, who is
most daring In danger, and most desper-
ate in repelling the attacks Of the foe,
when once brought into submission, l.
the most gentle and dOcileOf all his kind.
II is true in its analogy, the opossum, who
feigns death at your feet, can never be
domestieated or loved. The war horse,
whose neck is g clothed with thunder,r
who paws the earth aud "snuils the bat
ue from afar,N Is the traetable, gentle
and afiecti0D2te companion Of his ruler.
The principle and courage which mark
the past, i the guarantee Of oliF fidelity
In the future. Let 10 be remembered that
we, too, are Americans. Let il be felt
that taUnts and insults can do no good
they prick US 70 the quick. The cudgel
may Be the at weapon TO discipline the
mule but the lightest touch Of the sillzen
lash starts every nerve of the blOOded
steed Kindness and fraternity we ask 4;
humiliation we have learned how 20 bear,
but personal or social degredations is
death
And now as from the graves of cur .
cherished brethereu, as from the desc I
lated homes Of their widows aud orphans, /
as from the midst of ruined fortunes /.
and blasted hopes, would that I cOgld, I
In the name Of the Masonic Fraternity
Of the South, articulate some word T.
which would reach the fraternity Of the 4
North, thatit might be passed by themr 4
through the ranks Of the order, and .
down through the masses who seem to .
desire our farther and deeper hunIilia-
ton, some word, which, when uttered .
bv our venerab ble brotherhood, would
still the tempest OF passion, that over the
subsiding food, and over the resting ark,
and over Ararat's emerging SUBMITS,
might open the rainbow Of promise
that beautiful thing, woven Of sunshine
and rain drOps-Of smiles and of tears,
the sign Of security, the pledge Of
peace.
We appeal to the fraternity Of the
North: not with confessions Of self-cOn-
victed criminals, not with the wailings
1f pr0strate suppliauts-but IS men and
as MasOus, if mistaken, yet true. We
appeal TO the chivalTOus Knights, the
venerable Priesthood - Companions -
fellows of our order. We
ask them 70 use their potent and con-
seryative influence, that the ruins Of our
once beautiful temple may be repaired,
and that the cap-StOne may once again
be brought forth with shOutings OF
b. grace, grace unto it.h
As we have beheld the electric Aurora
rising in beauty, column Of soft light,
through which the northern cOnstella-
ions could be seen, like some tall spirit
rom whose mantle sf brilliant glory is I ,
retted with stars, so rises before Us the /
tpirit Of ancient Masonry in its God-li6e
lraDerv, towering 10 the heavens. Her Z
mile can radiate the gloom; her hand !
an link again in harmony the c0nstel-
ation which the battle clouds have sev- 6
red or ohzcured. Shall that smile beam !
rom her facee Shall that hand Join in
owe, fraternity, peace? Shall her cestus ,
.gain be q complete starry zone, the bril- :
iant symbol of a united brotherhood and J
united country? BY the memory Of
lur own Washington-by the eternal q
principles Of our orderly the mystic :
les that bind us-we invoke our breth- :
en- to lift their united voice against the
pirit Of sectional strife that is still un8p- ,
,eased, that at once and forever frateT- I
lity, and unity, and peace may mantle 7
,{r native land