Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
All Hail, the Sun,

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Reader do you ever think that were it
not for the existence Of the san this
world would be black ball-a dark
swinging pendulum its inhabitants crop
ing in darkness and knowing nothing of
what was beyond the reach of her ex-
| tremities ?
Earth, moon, and stars derive their
| light from the sun Were il not for that
| orb, we should see no blue sky, no dia-
mond studded dome glittering for all-no
| changing moon-no varied landscape
| no blush of beauty-no blooming flowers
mo carpet of luxuriant grass and moss
mo vigorous plants Instead, there
woufd be darkness, CROPPING, and uncer-
tainty We should be lost whenever we
ventured beyond the sound of home
voices. We should i've in fear and ig-
norance all our lives.
And what the sun is TO the earth, moon
and stars, DEMOCRACY is to the people,
the country and posterity. 1t is the
light which alone illuminates our ma
tional path and surrounds us with bless
ings innumerable When the sun sets,
all is dark.
When DEMocRACY-the great sun of
the populi--went down there came a
bloody darkness terrible night upon
the earth Men CROPPED their way from
rapine to plunder cut each other s
throats, they robbed the defenseless-
they imprisoned the true patriots--they
mobbed the inpocent-they murdered
those who cried for light--they ravished
the goddess of liberty and made harlots
of those who remained at home watching
for the return Of the braves
May God grant that the sun may soon
rise, and forever lift the miasmatic ma
laria of New England puritanism, aboli-
tionism and sectional hate from the
earth.
We see over the Western hills the sun
arising in its glory 1t will not be long
till the morning From where we stand
we can see the sun rising in glorious
majesty up the slope.
Thousands upon thousands Of our
brother watchers on the plains and prai-
ries--on the mountains and in the val
leys, are watching and girding their
loins for the morning march.
There is a tint of red in the sky
There is a backward scudding Of ia
natical clouds
There is stampede of devils and ty-
rants, and demons, and of false prophets,
as the tint deepens and the long red
bank Of clouds rolls away toward the
east, leaving clear blue sky behind
God sent quails, and mama, and wa
ter, and a guide to those who wandered
in the wilderness
God sent the waves to drown those
who for FIVE years had prosecuted the
innocent, and who reveled in rich raj
ment and who Jared sumptuously every
day
God made the braZen serpent - the
original copperhead "a signal and a
healthy sign for the oppressed and those
bitten and poisoned
God kept the eleren brethren alive
and in health through the years of fam
incl
God preached peace on earth and good
will to all men
God said blessed are the peace
makers
God said those who trespass against
my laws will l suite into the earth
God sent a little David to pierce the
brain of a wicked Goliath who long had
gone rough shod up and down, to and
fro, ignoring the rights of the people :
and blessed be the name Of God
STAND FIRM
Brothers in the battle for the right.
Sires
Sons
Brothers
Patriots-victims Of hate - victims of
taxation-vietims of tyranny - victims
Of usurpstionl
Stand IKE meni
Go We neither TO the right nor TO the
left, for Democracy is no will-o' -the-wisp,
rising here and there to lure to destruc-
ton, but a glorious light from God,
rising always steadily and truly.
Nerve for the morning
Gird up3bur weakened loinsl
Train your eyes to follow certain
line II.
And If needs be, follow the tint till it
is lost on Plymouth Rock, and then in
patriotic unison shout aloud to hail the
blue sky which will follow the red line
and the dead line ever and forever
And you who have not eyes to look at
the rising sun who are too sleepy, or
too hungry to watch its certain rise, get
We to the bowers, the grottoes, the tenn
ples of the money changers and the hos
pitals, there to remain till the tint rolls
away
ALL HAIL TIE SuSl
Fearful Tornado and Hail-Storm in Con-