Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-25

GEN. PIXIES ADDRESS
At CumbrrIHnd Presbs ferlsn ChuFcll on
ThurEday EVENING Last.
ElurNoHy Evening Last.
As we have seen no satisfactory report
Of this speech, we subioin below a fuller

] A=aN NNNNNNAHHA OK 20 NHAaNNE HIAHN MNENalNNE u
e could say, would repay those who listened, io
Their time. and e was especially disiastenl {
him 20 seem 70 be wiser OF more patriotic tina
other.
il Aud yet mother reason was, that IN theses
and evil tines 80 one eau express himself eve
socarefuuS IN public, without having what b
IL SAYS misrenresented and 1t Is quite 100 nEel
that &c viii be- represented that even IN thl
l. faeefing there is MADDEN @ political purpose.
But III. he said, I could be persuaded else
where and IN another presence, 10 wnncerlnt
" ths forbltden 1ald, tots place consectated l
advance 20 tho hollest purposes ana the caus
IS which brpgs Us here, would Hown the though
into silence
Of 20 many poor manned iouoW cIrstufes, WI
whom we had no especial syIupathles, q FEY
words would suffice. want suffering and soI
row neea no advocate 70 nppeai ,uI tnsin 70 M l
svmpgthi-s OF the generous OF their race. w
' have all suffered enough an ine Jour years Una
|. have laid our country waste, 70 Ieel icr thos
Is do those justice. he said, on whose behaI
your charity is nuw invoked, ! must speak 9
OF those who held aloft, on many a bloody neld
ana bor- g5umphantiy through many astron
b OF Ere, the tattered hsg OF a hoped-for county
land hopeless cause.
: h shall never be SAID IN my hearing. 4ir. PIX
satd. without receiving a reply, that thes
manned ana SCARED heroes fought, or our dea'
O. fell IN "a fSt0n1 ratie cause, Wrong, unjust, un
U provoked, Jet inc victor p~roHounce me NlieHp
D OF the 5outa have been 10 win independence
but the common people. who maintained lh'
cause so many mouths With 90 Inuch constGncj
under 30 mBn- Disadvantages aud oppressed D5
50 heavy a weight OF hardship5, won and de
Ser-e fuiraortaI honor.
What II We UeTs wrong, and M causeo fquar
rel uDiustg Are none martyrs save ll0se Wht
die Tor Tie frl13s &" he Is q hero, 10 has beer
3 we'll sfid, who Is willing 10 die for his iaith
! vlorffed, are no heroic names immortal. RrV
2 no memories sacred. except OF those who have
foughti n a ms cause ana on me ri-hl sde
And YET how MANY who believed ] unjust up
held there The COUNTRY nag, ana aled, or LNei
disabled, 20 maintain us honor Hght or wrong
Generous enemies respect brave enemies
Even Iu apa wars ali IS not personal nate
I Those once brothers salute before iiey strike
and the vlct9rs pegmltthe yanquished 10 retain
rhpiF-r'E respect. and to OsLeYe That ioftun0M was
Tr4u.t Whom England uutusuy SrdeEFi the
destruction OF he Danish he and the bonn
bardInenIOf Copenhagen was the day any less
glorious 10 NELSON for The injustice OF dld he
aud Ais bravo sailors upGeTrate ING gs1lantrN OF
the Danes, OF permit anger 20 ouL2>t the can
. u0uadeg Were the wars OF FREDERICK OF rus
STA, Of Napoleon, Of The Romans, y.sLf VINO
ever measured the glory % Ihe soldier DE me
know now the late contest is row regarded
by the couquarors- Yet how shoItslghled are
men. and how little they understand the great
purposes Of God. The current opinion nov -,
THAI % was q cause-e=s- unpfoToEe1 repellUh,
u.ugurated by ambition and owing 70 tie
bHEest OF human mUtiVe--tle greatest crime OF
an Tie ages. r h~earties~, wicked, WantOn,
bloody war. What folly SO 10 10 image an I'M
muu-e. desperate, pu1tragtUi struggle OF the
feeble against the strong, OF courage, herolsia'
ana M last despair, against ov-erpOwering num-
Jas. gue would suppose tlat moA AHu ceased
4 70 1e the instI umenIs by which the infinite Wis
D dom eLnaNr Us 44aal L-AH-- NaA EtHErH AAA AroA
sod, without W-pSe WIZ uci "a HpLiio" LahA 20
he ground, lad ceased % lntervenei in the ar
! fairs of nations. What has OccHrlGd has not
ehauce1- BAT has been aoAe IN E~Sc9IGaAce Win
HiE viii; the successful need not eXult or hate,
and these overcome should not fep4ne. We
fought, we wero conquered, we must submit to
the viii Of the v1ctors-
What profit or pleasure ccu IL be 10 these who
hRve'overcome q, 20 1lsckeu tle character Of
a whole peop a. BY r~eputiuE tolt unworthy and
sordiG mofiFesY WHY should .C teel Illuminated
at the result? II I'm the war Of l77d, Mr.. Chief
I Justice Spencer, Of New York. said, in a Judicial
/ opinion, we had been unsuccessful. the world
would have pronounced il a rebellion. Man eau
{ moi always command success pGl even ne Ee-
feated can preserve ~uLllnpSired Inelf self
SO men ever fought more CALAMITY, or uuder
Disadvantages half 50 great, as those whO struz-
I gled 90 win independence for the South. No
true soldier, Of all the northern mult:tudesde-
mics them that. u IS tnuugn-that, ana their
| shall We not honor and cherish The memories OF
! our dead, ana love snd care for those dlseUled
and feeble ones, whom Providence mas gwen
Isee the skeletons Of cities burned, the desc
lated fields. The b.acEenear ruins Of home-teads.
/ "a PEOPLE Impoverished, al the norriu fruits ana
Ieaacias OF war aud amid all, there remains
{ something for which 10 bethanEful, something
/ over which both the victor and the vanqui>hvd
I can rejoice. The war was not one for CONQUEST.
fOr acknowledgement, for the acquisition OF terri
/ tory. nor were the rr1unds 0flt frivolous. nor
the motives that led 70 it soTdid, or selfish. or
base. Il vast war of IDEaE. Ue fought for the
sovereignty Ofthe STATES; the North fought Tor
laN R4a HAaA #aAA NeI AA44AANs q -A4 afNEpIA AA4t
rauJers duty. fought Tor their idea: ana surely
all JtLlen. who are not without souls, can re-
spest rs because We fought Tor ours.
We had no dag. We iuuEht for . principle
that 70 tn mas5=Sseelned almost an anstruc-
ton .Lney LhougnL lhey "eEen tbe night. l
tlOugLLsO think 20 yet Defeat has not Ia
the loa6t weakened my convictions. The mat
ter has besu szLanitted 70 the aro!tramsut Of
arms, and decided We DO nCJ EEE that We shall
he allowed 20 ssy that we lere right: but on.y
that We Gsyisued ss were and thatI poor couso-
faHHEn mn ranHHHrHe -nEnrU will InnU uH
u was Time thsJ war shoulo come 10 teach us
The u1iE5 OF Ideas, Once I wrote @ paper
on vEtuss-tne value Of the rain, % the sun
SHINE. OF a song g syInpol, OF ms cross, and OF
lhs Crescent, OF g noble thought, a heroic Senti-
ca:Eo We had lusl OIL sp~prtclbuono everything
except IuatStal values, OF everything except
money oul moneys worth, profits, comfort,
euse, ln4olenca. political reputation. place,
pJwcr-aH hat The wls- sCcrl ANA the multi
uudes struggle for. This Ear has TAUGHT Us les
SONS that will nos soon be forgotten, and by
which We shall pTCnt u We are w-s-.
Il he's tau-lL IS. alncng others. these two les
sons. lr-t. ~ immense fuuu.na and u9Fer
Of ideas, and the terrible consequences 0 ferrors .
IN theory, and the necessity OF seeing to- Il here
after that the leaders OF the people shall not .
csjolo them and mlslead them snu second.
INST ldel7 3 -0DetuLns worth more than either
wealtu.cr aaSa,Or power-thegiory audthev value
OF those VINO lose -to OF lint in even an uusuc-
o1az4lt cause 44e ueHO4G or is heroes are,
% every people, q great writer Elic, uEo the
mountain peaks above the waters OF the deiuge.
Without these memories no people. row pros-
porous a1eTlE, is uchi with them none, how
overwhelmed soever with ce!gnttigs is poor.
Whatever mar hereafter urial the 3epnUllc,
wLalcyer m.v betne fate Of our government,
the southern States Wall continue TO DE q p6C-
pc, With a distinct Individuality, % history.
common recoIcctiDns OF gioIles and disasters.
AsA an -Act.,H-4Lie wealth or glorious memo
Ie-. The names Of the dead and living heroes
ami marty ar that people viii aeyerGiitter on
the roll gr -..aH WITH a diminished s!asg. We
have learned the valgs OF these memories, ana
o. msny @ common and nomely thing be-
Three wears ago. the rpsazsr slid. might have
Deen seen in many aruao cabin IN Texas ard
Arkansas, poor .egs.e1 lonely old woman,
bloody le-L OF Virginia or Tennessee. lighting
lol the -n-epelirAe- OF aercpuutTy, while she
cry and her SORROWS, 10 spin iuIo yarn the
wool and weave into CLOTH Tue yarn, for that
o-lr worn, home-spun cOaIfLotuOW hangs WIKI
-As coarse s.shs khit 1} lac! Fingers, IN her
cabin. Tar or and rarely ueaud from, the son
sc loEet s'o31 IN The trenches OF lay IN the
lueD.7 OF tracked Win blood from his bare
feet the linty rDzd. or rushed with o. desperate
bravery against the EeTrled array Of hostile
% euot7, 5~--c4lnE, starving. suffering heroic
der hIsOug thlu CiauEet, and ueryt-9 oDIvbr MS +.
pndylug faith in tie righteousness o hiS csus,.
An. what was the value or shat hOme-spuu
eo2ti when Il came 10 min from his mothers
The isla wer vas discrimination Of o contro-
10y -lat began IN AS. Two parties were
bora with the GoveInment-0ue believed con-
s2li4auCn and a mere u~CL2.nGI sovereignty Of
" a--.e ss'eAtial o me Pefpetuliy OF our free
government another believed that its preser-
WALTON was impossible without preserving the
sovereignty and rights Of the states. This was
aud vets nay Holiei. without the preservation +
Of these believe "a monarchy OF aa empire fu-
~eyitaDle. Tie dispute. involving as3 81 ana fGa
very nature % Tie Government, could not be
settled by argument. War came TO end il. We
are defeated We cannot labor ON our own
AeoiE TO effect the common purpose. The 0h-
5ect Of the North and south was the same.
90 ne attained by different means. Az
IN good fam, unite them, yttsa anil occeBt . ,
gil, and eudeaVor 20 secure 10 hy theirs.
4es III, r.riEe Wt.l Jg.lA 70 t4e one great end.
t-t l- suoinl ,tleerIu4 a. anu yet NOT ~~crViItGt
20 the fate Of the conquered, 10 the sad ana
stern uHsGs~l.i=- ufuefeat.
ltlSugt necessary 90 our wel-being or self
respect that ua should own slaves IN f,r.s'l
wealth. I0lose both Is a less misfortune Than 1
JD De wanting in courage and ronst4ncv and
zs-frgsPect. Not 20 l1sc the last, let u neither (
De uugrlteful 20 those who Jed us, uoT 10 Those
who fought In the ranks. Let as not be ,
nance L-e ilt. verdict u- Ep- I
lorE. There .s no room Lo- -eitrepraaer. {
hunAf-4 ordinary sermons, irresponsible lur
-le uprgAtur-s OF IS tlitu. bur 1a. r.r Inc
Chimes oilti ana 70 Fay ih-i our people Gldlot I
-isari is both uurelsrOus and tal-C.
! ssia 3eiosr ne war t4et iu lay opinion, Sc
,3luucut one great honeymoon pebpr, glf I'D
.he disc0rasU lrTaterIal existing IN Iu-se-fates ,
"a which great chemical process rlaca tu-rsce,. (
-5a4 and 4f ...T.r re,,g g-f- ~
A"aaa. az INV n.'. A+HNa#Aa 4 NNaNAAaNa $50 Vel. ana 10
hat, a8 always, harmony here VIII 100 tire uIr. z
nate Jesuit Of line app1.aut Iuta-guisu. For Z
be most paTt, men are iuslugueu OF Deity .
y eject purposes quite OIltI than JuoEs which {
themselves aim a., We may divide into I
AMY aDallrr republics and then become an :
tupTC or fhe empire auc rSzp- Dry be near q.
70 maud. Whether empire or republic We are q
- Dc one naLloui Wise We snail De, dDleudE \
inon t1e EJJI sense c. sur Ieup4e. Y
Whatever happens / rep-ut, VIC Snail be a /,
cope, IN tItaa Southern Ffalo-fgiLh our T.
lCr-ciy5 OF LL84 o1lils OF thought. our Y
AID nome aueclou-, our uudyluE y
aemotlea gt Lcry aud sacrifice, our destiny, 4
cur duisca. Ne axe now being disciplined. '
20 Ilnls1g, only 10 reform. Nnen tbs dis I
lnlL0 e. q Grlrut, Il VIII cease We hail bavs 8
20 mouumeugs q the gTeat t~trueEla, except i
nose that tel OF disaster and devastation no =
Ecdee Of triumph 40 gatss c 5rCnze, not even
or clg-uF-4 ulga and cannon. But We gEall
ave the SOY OF hnrdships greater than those
d Tie men OllT8 at Valley Forge. the cousci-
usness That we deserved, If We could not Gin. ?
-cces4 =
Let DE-. then, hsv9 no memories OF inerat- Il
20 those who bieQ Tor rs. 70 be ashamed Il
- Let ir uor be said 90 our children hereafter
lat their fathers. AMER melting each other b e.,
up aTls5 aud endeavur 10 win inderen- q
euoc, were Sd lost 10 an ccnziderat0us OF q
.olur and duly nuC manltness. A. BOT 60 pro- "a
i-e OK tbe cOnf0t Of Cue SICK, The maimed and -
pc heipless, VINO. having no Country TO PEN
on ihelni 10 sovereign TO build tESm Eospit- p
Is ior iuEa-ids, have only their own lmpov- n
T.aEeu E.uErrEIlHn IN HrDN for sUENnrannnr and J -