Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-28

time. He becomes a public enemy, who
aids IN, or even consents to, the eleVa-
ton of the shallow, the snowy, the friv-
oIous, the ill-infOrmed, the sprightly
without depth, the triekster or the liar.
TO vote for the creature who electioneers
for himself, writes praises Ofhimself, and
brides the public journals to pull him, Is
to help ruin the Commonwealth. To be
the syeophant of the great is one Of the
saddest sights in the werld: to be the
n the other. n.
hon the subject thus discussed. we, II
bne Mason. have few very PLAIN Sc
AZ tn saw. When we were made a oe
al and passed, and raised, we did w
b;nd ourselves by the solemn VOWS Il
"a Order to acknowledge negroes as la
the great public heart TO heroic strength
aud endurance; that give faith and the
light of Hope in the darkest hour OF
trial, and stir even the mesnest OF man
kind to uuselfsh sacrifice
A free people should take care not to
cheaper its rewards. 1t is more fatal
and more foolish than to depreciate its
currency by breaking its faith. Wages
to the workman! Honor to the worthy !!
A man were better to hang himself with
the garter of nobility, than wear 1t when
he has not earned it. He only who has
borne the cross is worthy to wear it.
Let men be bribed aud bought with
1 money, if you will, bat not with place
and honor. Appoint the fittest and pro-
mote the best. HonOrs established by
any other rule are dishonOrs. Whose
has vote, has voice, Indirectly, in the
comforting of all honOrs; and how much
or how little sOever his vote may weigh,
if he does not give it for the best, he to
I that extent undermines the foundations
of the State.
4 It is not now, when the hand Of
I God weighs so heavily upon our
] unfortunate land of the South,
I when to the desOlations Of war
/ and the consequent mpOverishment,
! distress and hunger, and an intoleTable
/ weight of debt, and the terror Of cODfis-
cation threatened, are added the wrath
} ful foundations, and prosecutions more
merciless than the slow and sullen anger
! of the silent waters,-it is not now that
< we can be iDsensible TO the value or for
/ getful of the uses Of adversely. Calami-
! ties are the discipline of nations, to test
/ their manliness and heroism; to bless
/ them if BObiy borne, and to temper and
/ inyigOrate the souls which they cannot
overcome. II is the noblest destiny Of
nations, as it is of men, TO suffer and en-
dure; and martyrdom Is the crown OF
glory of a people, also, as it is of q man.
a PEOPLE, Ike an individual, may spOs-
tatize. II it be strong Of heart and of
true courage, it prefers the altar Of sac
riflce or the stake.
1t is prosperity, and not adversely, that
is hurtful to q Commonwealth. A noble
and generous people, conquered, owes
thanks to an ungenerous oppressor, who
gives its people occasion to display those
best and most heroic qualities, Of
which in its days of better for
tunes it was perhaps unconscious.
Ous Of the sgonies of Suffering spring
phslix like, for the people that has
bravery to be true to itself and to endure,
the new glOries of regeneration.
That Civil War, whose memories, like
its consequences, possess Immortality,
and the hollow, heartless, cruel calm
that has succeeded it, have taught US
many lessons that we shall be wise to
heed. II only condensed into bloody
facts and bal5ful consequences, the er-
rors in Craftsmanship and the knaveries
of politics Of thirty years of wrangliDg
and the Controversies of faction. That
our ealsmities continue, is proof that
the discipline i not yet sufficient, and
that we have not yet sufficiently prOtited
by the sharp lessons OF adversely and
that the red horrors of war ald carnage,
the blaze Of burning homes, the loss of
those oyer whose graves we strew
Spring flowers snG speek the broken
words of sorrow, the agonies OF broken
hearts crying in vain to God for pity,
have not yet taught us wisdom.
If we prove incapable OF learning any
thing, end are still in love with all the
old abuses, oar lust fate and shameful
fall will at least Furnish fruitful lessons
for the coming ages.
The humblest man or the feeblest wo-
man, in whatever direction either may
work to serve society or the State, need
no. De appEehens;ge that the labor so
extended will be lost. No POrce in this
universe is valueless. No Force nor any
action of any Force, is lost. There are
no blows struck in the void. Paul the
Apostle, even after h!s conversion, was
not person Of much consideration, and
the sphere of his lsb0rs was the preach
Ing Of new and unpopular faith to those
low in the soeial scale, anti idolatry in
an idOlatroGs gorld. He wrote few
letters, no one Of theEs a. long IS mod
ern political speech, letters to i,andfnls
Of very obscure individuals In the great
Empire City, ROME, and the great pro-
vincisl cities or Corinth and Ephesus,
and in some Roman provinces, and to
the obscure persons, Timotheus, Titus
aud Philemon and what i wonderful
work ia the world these letters have
Wroughtl-What, by the side Of Them,
are Moscow expeditions end Wsterloos
The great works of the world are done
Unexpectedly, as printing was invented,
by Unknown men.
To appreciate all the forces that act
upon and within people, and to know
the value OF these, and be able to use
and combine them wisely, is to be a
Statesman. 1t is from the mutual sc
ton and reaction of antsgonistic forces,
that harmony, every where In the Uni
verse, results. We support ourselves
only on what resists. To yield to the
opposing Force, whatever it may be, is
to be undone. To yield to and follow
the popular caprice, to consult expedi
eDcy, to violate law and justice 10 order
30 achieve a temporary success or secure
pre.eut.beuefit, to be disloyal to ones
convictions, tl use the faTsehOod that
seems prof able, is ua. craftsmanship
but faulty.
True wisdom teaches by suggestions,
AMI not by essays. Those sting and spur
the intellect, and make it wakeful, in
curing and eager these relieve it Ofthe
necessity for exertioD, and it dOzes.
/ Therefore have not meant this reading
Z for an essay, but a. hints, not always
I closely linked together. Let each, for
himself, apply what he has heard and
/ IL he finds in all one valuable thought,
I one suggestion that leads him towards a
truth, it is enough.
1 BBFLER'q pnsolved problem is: If
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,
how much will some Radical Senators
cost?
The experience Butler has had ought
/ to enable him TO solve that mystery
without asking impertinent questions.
II any large sum were paid for Senators
to go against impeachment, it was
money thrown away, because with
batch of new scAlswsg Senators, con-
viction can easily DC carried. Radical.
ism can accomplish anything-that is