Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-14

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b. 1 Was taatit was written down in th
contract that / should I've educated. Ol
De '-TlougUtT. hoW soon VIII rise above Oh
common children. The General contiT
n ua,f The "reminiscences OF his early lie Z
~ some length. rec0unting the many dltf
f.ulli,-s bt had 90 encounter, and Tie PEI
- sev-rauee with which he oyercam
thpm.7 j mention these things, he al
L ded ID show the superior advantage
Hsat are given You to-day owe
n4E advantages when boy n
2 show Won what has been dome 90
= y,u ly tse generous people Of the North
who have cast their gifts into lhla grea
treasury with hberallty. ChanccNo
Lmdsley gave yuua good thought Til
q War terminates n8t Ia slavery, but b
! liberty for an the land 1t struck th'
y slapkie- Off fr0m slaves and gave liberty
i % four million, Of people. And now
3 while vet la the smoke and flame q bat
tI.. before peace has come and br0odeC
I. DER the iarJi, We find these generous peo.
2 n'a.uf tile North coming down, With all
these advantages, and giving them O.
tiia freedmen freely.
But a few months ago a citizen OF ten
tr.d Tennessee was tied mp 60 q stake and
whipped with forty stripes; for what
d Because he had tauehJ class Of eight
,.sIared bows 10 read the spelling book.
To-day there ars no EucE scenes m Ten
ut---ee We meet under this beautiful
banner, Ia the presence Of the Governor
OF this great commonwealth, 20 dedicate
this Institution To virtuous intelligence
aud to make IL a free school where shall
be- taught whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are just, and lovely,
and OF good report. / thank God that
He has put il into the heart Gf the peO-
pl- % give their Hleney 90 establish this
srLoel; ami let me here sly, thar within
the districtoverW which have supervision,
we have to-day nearly twenty thousand
I col1red children enjoying ad-
I vaptages free.
I The times are not now as they used to
. he. Why, q little time ago, those boys
| un there in the other room the band
! who have been disc0ursiug such sweet
7 music, were listening to the notes Of the
( horn lf the oYer-eer. To-day, thank
/ God, they blow their own horn. Loud
/ aUpisuseI.
7 ''Fhe General made some further re-
marks, which want Of time and space
/ compels rs 70 omit, closing by giving the
I following advice 10 those connected with
.Avse schools, particularly the teachers,
n REGARD 70 their conduct toward the
white residents Of the state: Let as not
go away then fuii Of criticism and cen
sure buJ with the spirit Of Chr. {, re-
memberiBg the past only for the terrible
lesson II teaches. Let us 90 among them
with the hope that this land may Lec0me
q Christian land, where God is the Lord
At the conclusion of his remarks the
General Ws- ioUdly and vuclie -0usiy
eheerei. Gov. BrJwulow was tn'.n in
tfoducei and spoke as follows:
EEe speaks First OF ~ lzlseEC
III were inclined 10 make speech
ana happily relieved by the consideration
that nothing has been left me TO say
and Z rise at your call merely 10 testify
nav approval ia toto of all you have iEiid
and done, AMI UfaIl you propose % do. 1
Was pleased with the preliminary re-
marks made by Gen Fisk as cacu-
lated H. stimulate oar young CuiCTea
friends tn seek an education and % equality
themselves 70 read and ID write and
love ana study the word of God.
The Generals adyaEtage were very
100r in early life, bat They were a little
better lian mine. ] have this advantage
over hiG3, however, that / hail from
great city and from town in which
great men live.
DIseIazcs iEse fact iiiai he Was oneo n
Mecii=nic.
At the time one oi my neighbor boys
Gen. .kBsegh i. johnson, was started ID
West Point to get an education, another
neigllbor boy Of mine, IN the same town
john Z. rl9yd-about my own age,
was also started 10 Jefferson I University.
2 had neither father nor mother both
Z had died when I Vas a Little infant ana
they bound me out 70 d 0arpeilter and
joiHer trade, and i learned TO make
Bureaus. lAprl9u-e.i baye made
many = kitchtH cupbuaru. LZly foot Is
hlrtlg me a great deal
s1asoaaBEc t1viec.
can only say bY way oI adHoEItioD
and eneouraxement - the colorei
friends Attend your schools; learn %
rc.,a ti.s wurl oi God, and then learn t1
i1vg and practlreij aud bT the way %
caution and advice, ] admuHfh YOU be
liild and temperate N your habits aua
sgirlt. aHl your conduct toward tie
white peoBie. aisi-5 - friend
loving the Institution and desiring tlr
/ prosperity of what you hsve undertaken.
( ! advise the teachers, male and female,
/ 10 b. exceedingly prudeHt and cautious,
and DO nothing offensive % the predom-
iBaut party here.
You may thiHk i little strange that
( I give such counsel. J 80 Is because y
Gen. Thomas were 30 take away his sol
/ diers, and psgil 5p stakes and leave here
pou vulid not De- allowed 10 occupy tins
school room week. uot o Heai1; and e
/ gen. Thomas and his military fUrres
were 70 20 away and leave US, this Leg
Stature. q. tha head Of which ! am
placed. would be broken up by mob ~
/ forty-eight hours.
ne Pitches fut0 zen Grant
Cur high civil and military iGnctlona-
ries may traYei through thr south hur-
I riedlv aud otherwise, and may 90 back
tu Washington and report that all is well
4 aaa lessn.tructul, and those Of you who
are green enough 10 believe ii can bs-
I lieve il but pardon me when tell yOu,
that j don't believe word oi d.
tnerfsI.
sen. Fisk ami ear savior.
Had a man been placed here OF less
prudence, less goodness OF temper, less
sense. and less sense Of Justice than Gen.
/ FisB. this insItutioti Bnd this iiUraaJ
world have fsiled, and be may console
Z thim-rlr to-iay, that if our blessed Savior
gsre o. come 10 Davidson county, with
-h0aider-s.rafs 9u, aud three or four stars
on his shoulders. ana bring with him a
/ military staff of the old Apostles, he
I o0Gid pot give satisfaction to ihe rei7e!s oi
Z Davidson county.
tFfs voice Is sHIg for war.
ann in for tlte fight during the war.
propose 20 fghr on. ] have uo Etyor TO
< AK 0f the -el5els iH Davidson county, or
4 anywhere else and God being ny Judge
Z suI Wilgss=, 7 do not ask the votes Of
I That PARTY foI any ONCE either now OF
l hereafter. J shah fight them % the bit
Ter end. bot knowing the Pirit that ac-
/. uaies them, J conclude any remarks gy
! agsiu adln0nishing yIu as teachers, male
and female white and coioIed, 10 De prl-
dent. cautious and -t.H tougued, for
3 atbrice Is be armed Who has bus quarrel
ilstu Don't become tie a2gressur in
/ auv Instance. BE on the aggressive and
WOO wiil DE sustained by the country j
have nothing more 10 say.
Al the conclusion Of bis remarks The
] Governor was loudly ai}Biauded.
1 Ile lisv. kr. Allen, pastor OF the Sec
I ar1 presbrteIian Church, made some
bumorauf, remarks, in which ne said
I mad ii vas someJirnes asserted that ne-
.,rol-. ,fere not good traders, but he said
/ mat bis experience did not Justify thar
I CONCLUSION. ID WAS Hisa said That the
negro would not night On this subject
he remarked:
] was on The battle ileld . while ago,
and "a man said that he woald tel me
something about it. ] Jaw that pc had
"A scar 0n Uis IACF, ana ] t1ouEht liiat Ai'
was ONE OF the rebel soldiers We were
on the hill said he there's where the
( niggers charged on rs We threw down
, uuF arms as if we were going % run
I away from them; We killed one hundred
p aiid fifty ul them there" bat Strange 10
tell, he sald, that the rebeis left the top
Of the hiu, aI4d stih u was siaid that these
E negloes would noiligAt. / could not help
, ASKING him lf some good niger had not
3 given him that mark there, cheers
& by the cyior.d people. ] would rather
} preach To coi0red congregation With
? tle hope % bringing Jhe gospel 10 their
( seIrls Than 10 any people ia this whole
I land. You read 10 the eolored people the
! wori Of Goa and they will believe ID be-
! cause il is tie bible. Nou reld Il To a
, CONGREGATION Of white people ana thfV
! win doubt Y neither lJ.is la the l,ibie. a
L, lored l,sEssn Was once asked, 'sIDo Won
!, In. iieve that the Ssh swallowed Jonah 1f
: .tYes. 1 viii tell you Young laan what
: t,-liexe II the bible bad sad that Jonah
1 sWsii,,ved the whale I would believe IL. p
I mat 4 The reason why t3e eolored pee
: ne receive The gospel readily, becalus,
thev i,eiieve wnst lio0 says IN the 9ible
2 and they have clearer view oi sal
S walton s0meunes 1lan a great man,
/ white people. "A
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