Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-20

| thought. That thought Is democracy,
unappalled aud defiant. II it were not
SO, YOU would have declined with the
/ decadence Of the red-man. Your tradi-
1 tions, wrapped in aboriginal metaphor,
! have more meaning than meets the ear
I Lord Bacon found more wisdom in
the ancient mythology than the ancients
| ever Intended 80 beneath your myths,
| there is q magic wisdom which makes
] you political power. 1t is the ring,
more potent than that upon which the
/ Genii warred, or than the faery ring Of
4 Gpenser, which staunched all wouDds-or
! than any other " ring" known TO poll-
/ tics. which opens the enchanted cham
/ bers of patronage and power! Your
/ radiations represent your chief Tam
many, as 10 constant conflict with
evil spirits. He was no radical.
! When victorious he surprised by chiv-
/ alric eIemency. Indeed, every lesson
/ which state requires is taught in your
; legends. / have read in the history OF
/ Tanlmany, how that after he returned
from his interview with the Incas Of
/ Peru. and had subdued the diseases and
troubles-alegorical Of civil wars-which
had grown in his absence and after ar
| irving at an unusual age, he died amidst
1 the lamentation of his tribe. Over his
! remains there was raised q mound, rival
I ing the Pyramid at tomhs Your history
saws that 'curiOus antiquariabs have de-
/ tected the spot, for he lies within the
great Indian fort, near Muskmgum =
/ When I heard this, brothers of Tamma-
ny, my heart leaped up! Was not Mus
| Eipgum nav native valley? Were not
its waters familiar to me, nom the juno
tiop of the WalhOnding and Tuscarawas
/ where the good Moravan Indians lived
tuthe marauding whites, an edating the
| conduct of their descendants OF to-day,
murdered them-to its mouth at Msriet-
ts. where it Joins the stately Ohio, famii-
lar astbe majestic Hudson is to you2 But
! Icon fess though had studied its early his
tory, this significant fact of the tomb OF
| Tammany had escaped me. Uncon-
scious was l that its rushing waters,
| likened for its cleaTness by the Indians
To the elk's eve, chaunted in liquid lyric
the requiem of your chieftain Since
such is the fact, ask of the grand sa-
chem, to be hailed as the immediate
representative of his sainted chief. Al
/ low me to imagine that his spirit yet
fingers on the shore of the beautiful
/ Muskingum, counting the waning and
waxing moons as they distil their dew
upon the ripening maize. Over It's
! sbeen-pellucid as crystal before it was
! riled and damned by civilization-the
children of his tribe in the glamour OF
/ evening, with invisible canoes freighted
{ with unseen squaws and imperceptlble
naDOoses. ply their impalpable paddles
! ON its green banks, under its swaying
| svcanores the shadowy braves, indiffer-
/ ent alike to greenbacks, reconstruction
or legislative commissions, smoke
/ the sweet Indian summer away,
with a calumet aglOw with that
/ q most yirtuous weed Whose eXhala-
| tion. perfumed with the Kinickinick, lies
{ in an azure scarf over the bosom OF the
hills: or tricked out in war paint and
! feathers move around the ancient fort
| shod in their spiritual moccasins, to keep
guard Over the msusOleuna of their chief |!
These are but fancies. This fact re-
mains. Long before the Penteli0an
ouarries gave their marble to the Par
| tbenon-far back in the Pearward and
twilight of time-the wonderful mounds
of the Muskingum, made Of the rich
mould Of the valley, rose at the bidding
of a mysterious race. Who were they,
unless they were the tribes Of Tammany =?
These monuments have been attributed
TO the Aztec, the Celt, the Tartar, or the
Lost Tribes. / reject the Aztec theory,
since JuaT6Z has shot MaXimlllan, as un-
worthy of association with Tsmmany.
Nor do you ever eaten a 1aftarl
except on a nCmadic expedition, with
horse and herd, and little reverence
for locality. / reject the Hebraie
theory. The tribes of Israel have not
been addicted TO digging in the earth,
but rather to trade. The most reasOna-
bIe theory is that the Celts-the Irish
men. in fact-who are found all over the
world of whom it is automatically re-
Dorted that they carried the hod at the
building Of Solomon's temple, were the
mysterious people who erected these
memorable mounds This theory is
strengthened by the fact that we know
they are handy with the spade; and
from the number of Irish connections at
the present day with TammsDy, it is 8
fair inference that the O. BFadys, O'Swee-
nevs. O'Counollys, O'GoImans, O'HOH-
mans. ION the mothers side,) ct dtSOS,
were the boys who built the tomb OF St.
| Tammany! Certainly no antiquarian
has had the hardihOod to deny that there
exists one grand and particular tumulus
reared with great labor and geometrical
proportion, for the immortalizstlon OF
I Tsmmany. 1t was amid the early iniiu-
/ ences of such scenes that | drank IN the
! democratic spirit. Long before l 0ecsme
a citizen of New York. or a memoer OF
your order / had instructive lnellnatlons
toward you. Though such Influences are
I vague and mystical, yO4 must remember
/ mat the "sunset Of life hstb its mystical
/ lore y ouite as dreamy as that Of the
! transcendeutalist of Boston, or his brother
1 Brabmin of Hindoostan. BY your ORR
pin. traditions, history, and patriotism,
| recounted to-day by our venerable bro
1 tbar. your society has an influence by no
means limited to state or city. With the
/ glance of the eagle you rise above the
| cIou5. and with superior and unbleneh-
/ ing vision survey the interests of contl-
nent. The democracy of a nau0p lOok
[ tO Tammany to blaze out through tie
! political wilderness Its future war
path. With your removal TO this new
/ site into q more imposing temple; win
I a fresh infusion of the better elements OF
I democratic liberty, you begin to-day
! new career. Your scope OF
/ view has enlarged not only
| eVitb tie growth Of this emporium,
! brt with the increase of the country, and
] the wonderful events and novel ideas
which the civil war has engendered.
! New YORK is the focus of American civ
| iIizstiou. Her destiny is in your keep,
/ ing. AS OF old, so now New YORK should
I stand between the sections IS arOiter
I and moderator. Her strength OF posi-
! tion in commerce and IN politics gave
/ her the right to say in the past 10 the
J soTtb sin0 disupiOn 80 to the north, "no
proyocstion." 1t gives her the right 10
sav now TO the north, "nO disunion,'
| I'd fo the south, mo provOcation for its
/ continuance ~ Equally removed from
/ tba ideaIocies Of New England and the
sbstraotions of the south. she should
10 the mistress of American pol
| itics But why ls the giant but
a ni0my-her municipality dwarfed-
her majestic majorities overruled
and her own government q
shell? Isit because democraeyis Is wrong
or because the sagaeity Of its leaders v al
fauIt9 Is it because democracy OF lste
/ mas been too timidly conservative and
a. little aggressive? Is it because you
ore corrupted by personality ? Is 1t be-
cause for local and monetary success
T-,I, sserificed matters OF gTester mo
,osnf9 Why, to-day, has your demoo'
racv Int a feeble representation Ia yoUl
oIyD citv government, and in the federal
| Administration, which you alone sustain
here scarcely an officer, from collector
down > Why do you allow men unsc.
| duAinted with your interests 10 TAX you
! Why do YOU pay without getting youl
| equivalent in the satisfaction OF spend'
] ing your own money why 90 you
allow the dyspeptic rsdieslism Of Boston
~ fell YOU what TO drink. and when
and how you must behave on Sun
dav9 The solution of these questions
lies in the fact that Boston rules
Nv her ideas, which are crys
tslized into laws. Combining the mys
tirogue with the demagogue, Bostor
ekes out with the fox's cunning VIVA
sbe laeks in numerical and Commercial
strength and humane and christian char
itv Are not the notions of Wendell
PRillips the laws to congress Is no
Garrison feted in England as the ex
nounder Of our institutions? Do not be
satraps swing their batons over th'
south? Are not her senators the law
divers 10 New York and 10 Georgia
Why2 Because she assumes much
/ she believes, dares, and does. Ever
Roston radical believes himself annointe'
of the Lord. He derogates from you
when ne arroGates to himself. Tn
1,eekness Of New York was illustrated
,11hsn one Of the anDOinted, Butler, cam
N regulate your elections froHl the Hoti
man house, though he did not sGeceel
40 we'll as Rn apostle from the City hall
I Dos,c,, honoFs the president, IL seems