Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-05
LORD cHATHAM AND ANDREW JOHN.
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/ William Pitt, subsequently Lord Chat
! ham, suceeeied q century ago 10 the
| premiership Of England, after the ex-
/ tinguishment Of a fierce rebellion in
I Scotland; and Andrew Johnson became
I President at the close Of terrific civil
war. The perils that encompass our
President are similar to those perils which
confronted Lord Chatham when he en-
tered the halls Of state. Hence the pre-
ceedings of that brilliant statesman
furnish s historical lamp TO our feet and
q guide to our understanding.
On his accession TO power he found
Scotland hating England, and England
hating Scotland the Scotch were writh-
ing under the bloody and brutal penalties
they had incurred by reasonable acts
for several years. The English, led by
the Duke Of Cumberland, had siulIgh-
tered a pathway through venerable cities
and dourishing villages. The devasta-
ton committed by the British army on
the sister Kingdom may be judged Of by
the fact that the country, for many miles
around the victorious sOldiery, was plum
dered and ravaged, not a man or a house
remaining. The English had made
~ Is -
they had created a solitude, and
called it happiness. Scotland had
been conquered in body, but not in
spirit; for murmurs Of discomfort swept
on the wings OF every breeze, and the
Highland clans, whose romantic reeOl-
lections were blended with Scotch history
for many centuries, being dissolved by
act of Parliament, and the power Of the
chief over his tribe broken, were still
nurseries OF treason in thought, If not in
action. To wipe away all record Of Scot /
land nationality, Parliament prohibited [
the use Of the tartan plaid in Scotch 4
mans dress. Still, even this warfare /
upon the many c0l0red stuff, which en- /
tered into the garb Of both men and wO-
men, did not restore their affection for /
which prescribed them, and I
did not induce them 70 pay greater
homage TO those laws which offered mercy
to all but themselves.
At this era, Lord Chatham became
Prime Minister. A large party Of Eng
lish nOblemen demanded a continuance
Of the old penal measures against Scot
land, but they mist0ok Lord Chatham;
he soon showed to them that he was a
man full of the purest humanity, as well
as a statesman whose lofty genius rose,
under a sense Of duty to the whole Brit
ish Empire, above the sOrdid bias Of fac
ton. The plan he proposed for healing
these national grievances was simple,
and the measures Of true genius are al
ways simple. Knowing that races Of
proud men, whose hearts pulsate with
historic blood. and whose memories are
reservoirs of deeds whose worst features
are Fashness and a mistaken pride,
are 10 be governed more through
their feelings than thought, through (
their time-hOnOred preiudiees than
ly their fears, he decided at once TO APP
peal to the self respect and good humOr
IF the Scotch He repealed all enact
nents against their tartan garments, he
Scotch regiments that had been
he invited the young High
anders to enter the ranks Of the army,
lnd gave commissions to the most de-
serving. He granted their cities some
commercial privileges, and offered the
land Of friendship 10 a whole iITitated
people. The effect was magical. Scot
and became regenerate. The land Of
raitors spread out at once as the land of ,,
patriots. Reioicings took the place Of :
grOans, and smiles lighted up faces that
or years had been Wrinkled with frOwns, }
n wet with tears. The battle fields Of )
Germany, Canada, and HindOston, for
lord Chatham was circling the globe
With the fires Of the British yalOr, and
he pealing music of British victories, n
yer1 glorious Witnesses to the military Q
Drowess and mistaken fidelity Of the
scotch. The pen Of impartial history
vii ever deligh to record 50 precious an
.pisode in the epic Of national grandeur :
N bat Englishman would dare tear the
,age from the annals Of his country
which records the conquest of Chathsmls :
yenius over every obstacle, o.. his gentle
less in subduing a nations hatred, of
lis sagacity which preferred TO rule al
larts of a widespread Empire in love,
nd which sileuced discont5nt, act by
making dissatisfaction crime, but ov
emoving the grievance2 ?
Andrew johnson has succeeded To a =
imilar Inheritance of national trouble.
here are leaders in the United States
,enate 70 whom wise iberalitv offers
10 pleasure, and even magnanimity is
ositive pain. who, like the bigoted no.
ility of England at the ear Of Chatham.
re crying for enn1isoaJiOn Of property,
lr the banishment of prominent chief
aims, for the prescription of a whole race
I intelligent persons, and FOR the eleva-
ion Of mllli0ns0f blacks, who can neither
sad nor write, 10 such civil privileges as e,
leN cduutL tAtItt1t WIN -stltlN 20 Lne 4
nOrwith q good effect upon
be nations welfare.
The President is in a situation sur
lunded with solemn relations. II he
stems 20 the advice of the demagogues ! {
tho besiege the Capitol, he viii force q
rivate vengeance to pilot the ship Of
ate, instead Of public virtue. He then
'ill become the spoller Of the hopes Of
lillions VINO are looking to him for re-
Irniug peace, justice and prosperity. .
.ut if, unmindful of faction and party
svenge, he continue, as he has COM
lenced, % manifest ability com
lensurate with the high duties that
ertain to his position, his fame viii rival
nat Of Chatham, and both win travel
own The highway Of ages with the no.
lest Of al regulations, firm IN the might
+ a generous hardih0od Of soul, merci-
d evon when they had the legal power
, be severe, ever gazing serenely on the !
angers that frightened feebler hearts,
ID vindicating the rights Of patriotism
'ith that intrepid earnestness which
lnscience can inspire, with that strong 4
eviction to the solemn oaths Of Office
LAT caioles not, nor is cajoled by the i'm
srious leaders Of Senates, or the dema-