Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-17

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given yesterday by the Sons OF Tenn
perance, at the grounds OF Mrs. Jesse
Tate, was well attended. The order Of
exercises were most pleasant through
out, the music excellent, and the tables
bountifully supplied with all that was
needed. DR.. Ford was the orator Of the
day.
Col. White, marshal, on Introducing
the speaker, said that owing to indispO.
sition and q alight accident which Oc-
Cured to the orator of the day, il had
been agreed that the address prepared
for the occasion would b. postponed, and
would be delivered Oh some suitable
night at the large Greenlsw opera hall
that DIR. Ford would, however, not dis
appoint them entirely, but had con.
scented to make some remarks. The doc
tor then rose and said:
This is a beautiful scene. Nature--sC
caim-so beautiful is shedding her in,
spring influence. These shadOwiBg
trees, this velvet grass, and the music Of
those mild birds, are all in such delightful
contrast to the hum, din and dust OF the
city yonder. All this delightful garn.
iture of nature, on which the sun smiles
through the eleft-elouds, are the pro-
ducts of those simple laws of ma.
ture which God has impressed
upon them. How full of life and Joy
everything is. Look, said the speaker,
at this tree under which he stood. Now
all is still. Now that little leaf begins &c
trem5ie in Il breeze-Or rather, to litter.
See the others, as though from sympathy,
take it up. From leaf TO leaf, from bough
to bong runs the merry laugh, till the
whole company burst out into q ehoru,
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in The merriment Of the Leaves. Now
this, said the speaker, with all the
strength and beauty, freshness and
glee is the unaTti6cial food and
drink nature supplies and pro.
duces. And here beside US this ivy
clinCs lovingly to the oak, beautifyfne
while it is supported. In default of !
regular address / must talk Of the tree.
How graceful and how grand it is. Nc
temple or cathedral of mans building
can compare with this magnificent tree,
But o suppose some artificial stimu.
liant were infused into the veins of this
tree destructive OF its natural stimulanl
and heating, poisoning, and deadly in it:
effects, what would result ? These green,
laughing LEASES would fade and fall
these bOughs would become swollen, sap.
less and bareI the bark would swell and
peal off. Soon, amid theperfume of the
summer months aud the voluptou.
autumn, the tree would stand forth,
reaching its barred and blighted arms e
heaven, as though imploring the light.
ming to blast it out from such miserable
existence.
Now, man is Gods greatest work. He
rises in branching manhood, strong and
noble, supplied by nature with the ele.
ments, to adorn him with
strength and beauty. The simple pro.
ducsSCf the earth, the healthful cattle OF
the nefds, the gurgling brooks and the
rain of heaven-these are natures sup
plies and stimulants. Let the deadly
poison of artificial and unnatural slim
uIants be resorted to, destroying those
of his nature and what is the effect
The heartless, responding, blighted be-
ing loses all that gave beauty and Joy
and glory TO his manhood, and he is
like that withered tree, invoking the
thunders and the blast to blot him from
the living. How shameful, We saw, to
poison so fair a tree as this, beneath
which We gather? How bar
barous to bark it, and destroy
its beauty and shade. But how
much more shameful, more barba-
rOus, to strip an immortal being OF all
his glorious manhood, and leave him
a blighted and useless thing on the earth
he might have graeed.
The speaker then compared society to
a tree. las he said, having started on g
tree he could not get the figure from his
mind Trees grow by rings as the
upper ring rises, a new ring around the
trunk is seen gradually to rise from the
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the development of the lower; each ring
aspiring to that above it. 1t is just 90
with society. There are different circles,
classes-vigor in the great tree-eaeh one
initiating and aspiring to that one above
it. Elevate the upper, and you elevate
the lower. Now how, said the speaker,
do trees grow? Why, the sun strikes
the OutermOst and uppermost most.
That influence is sent thrilling down
under the earth there 70 the deepest
roots, and makes up the sap with all its
earthly matter. This begins to ascend.
BY the wonderful arrangement OF ma
ture it becomes hard wood and bud
and leaf and fruit. To make up the
harvest the sunlight must strike the
highest. 1t is just so with society. De-
velOp the higher rings, the public men,
lawyers, physicians, preachers, mer-
chants and those who are what is called
fashionable, and from those that infiu-
ence will go down, and will be felt in the
lower strata of society. How are
we to reach these dens of vice,
where darkness and death reign !
Will Temperance organizations and
Church org. uizations, reach these
/ down there N ruin and darkness, like
the roots of this tree ? Let US strike, as the
sun does the tree, the topmOst branch OF
society he fashionable, the gay. Let
us work them up to a high standard Of
temperance and lofty principle, and the
lower rings will feel the influence.
The speaker referred to the ivy cling
ing to the tree beside him, and compared
| it to woman clinging to a true man for
/ support, but finding none in the drunk
ard, and therefore trailing piteous-
", helplessly in poverty. He closed
by referring to alittle flower resting on a
rock drinking in the sunlight as the
dews OF heaven were flashing and thun.
dering I'D the stream, ard compared il
to these Divisions o fSOns of Temperance
! resting on the rock amid the wild sweep
Of the current around them.
Rev. Mr.. Caskey made a short but
fercible address, which was well re-
ceived. All present seemed to enjoy
the mselves to the fullest extent
The aurora O&-The introduction
of this oil is destined to work a great
revolution in the lighting world. II
possesses many advantages Ove all Other
means of light, from the fact that it is
much cheaper than gas or coal oil, is free
| from any offensive smell, and best Of all,
nou-explosive. We have examined il
thoroughly, and without hesitation pro-
nounee it superior to anything extani
for the purposes for which it is recon-
mended. 1t is also superior to turpen-