Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-12
ADDRESS,
Delivered by T. w. Brown, Esq,
before Young Mems INDIE
pendent Democratic Club"
Al New Memphis Theater, Au-
gust 3, 1868.
[coNr1SUED FROM YEsrEEDAY.l

On its banners, full high advanced" Il
embls zoned, In living light, that Word
Democracy-a name once dear 10 In'
popular heart of America. To its cnsiO
dy the country once committed the con
stitutional cempacts of the UNION. How
iealously it guarded them-how earn
estly it insisted on their observance IL
spirit and letter, as the only guarantee o
union, internal peace and OrdeT-we cAT
all learn if we take a candid RETROSPECT
of the past; and in the light of the sac
occurrences of the last eight years, W.
can only lament that its wise counseli
were neglected. ALI must concede tina
if its constitutional doctrines had beer
adhered TO by the people, there coulC
have been no occasion for sc secession, anC
civil war would never have desolated Oul
land and epgulfed our liberties. Thl:
much must be allowed it by all who are
candid, however they may md matter
for censure in its practical administration
OF puhiie affairs, or its measures OF tran
sient policy. AS one Ct its former op'
ponents, your speaker unhesitatipgly
sccords TO it this measure Of praise. The
greatest misfortune of the country was
undoubtedly, its overthrow, at the time
and under the circumstances when it oc-
us
dancy by a raging fanaticism, and re-
pressed -by the bsyonet during the long,
dreAry wears of intestine war, II again
springs into the arena with the elastic
bound of undecayed youth, like the Ia
bIed Anteus with vIgOr renewed by lts
iall, still as of yore the resOlute defender
of the rights OF States, of the rights OF
the people, and the vindicator OF the
Constitution. 1t calls to its standard
all that is good and noble in the land
appeals to its ancient foes, and soiIclts
reconciliation with all who approve its
present beneicent purpose. with
Catholic heart it seeks TO embrace every
friend of freedom, and resents, to those
who are now in accord with 1t, no dlfter-
ences in the past. 1t wanders over the
b9ttle-tields of a gigantic civil war;
mourning the mutual slaughter OF BROTH
els, the sons of common mother not
as a rowing plundeTeT 10 rob the dead, or
murderousy fiIcn from the wounded the
little life that was spared by the shOek OF
battle; not to perpetuate between the
survivors of stricken fields the hates en-
gendered by the fray not 10 cypress the
captive or insult the defeated but TO
bury the dead, to minister 10 the
wounded, to appeRse the fury OF the sur
viving com batants RRd restore amity be-
tween them, to lift up the fallen, release
the captive. smooth the adverse fortunes
of the beaten, and drag from under the
wrecks and ruins of war the muLllated
body of Liberty, that she may not per-
ism.
WILL RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
YOUNG MEN NORTH AND sOUTH-ON
THEM DEvOLVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
TIES OF THE HOUB.
Such is It's high and holy mission
Who will refuse service under its ban
ners? Not the generous youth either
North or South This is exemplfied
in the mem bership of this Club
The Federal soldier may here
be seen side by side with the late Con-
boy, IRbOrlng in the common
cause OF Reconciliation and RestOra ton,
as sctiye and enthusiastic as ever
they were under their respective aud
hostile standards few years sincs. No
Reconstruction, the OdIOus word of a
tyrannical sOphistry, is needed to cement
heir brotherhood. For each loves free
dom too well not to perceive, and resist
by a united effort, the danger that
threatens them alike in the hateful and
lsurping policies Of the now dominant
faction.
Ii is in truth on the young men of both
sections, that now devolves the work Of
re-esta blishing The ancient liberties of
the Republic. The old live in the past.
Their attachments and antipa-
.hies survive their occasion and
cause, leaving behind insuper-
able prejudices to divide or produce
cold ana reluctant cooperation, when
The emergency demands most generous
oblivion of past antagonisms. More
over, the aged are not largely gifted with
Hope. The disappOintments of long
ife have chilled in their bosOms its
impulses. Without it no diff.
cult enterprises ought to be undertaken.
Ii is an essential element of success. Its
can adapt himself to all the
varying vicssitudes OF life. Accidents
will not surprise nor failure PROSTATE
and each adversely is met with renewed
Effort. Youth, therefore, has that pro-
,ean fiexibiIity by which it can cOmpre
leud changing situations in sffAirs, and
,hape its action accordingly, without
1batiDg the tenacity Of its purpose.
Therefore the present crisis, ia a most
eminent degree, imposes its responsible
les on the young men Of the country.
md the difficult problems of the time
est with them for solution.
,HEIR ENTHUSIASM MUST BE SUSTAINED
BY THEIR INTELLIGENCE.
They must not, however, enter on
beir high duties, nor grspple with these |
,reat responsibilities without due prepa-
alton, nor must they enter upon the |
Onflict half-armed. The naked myriads |
f Montezuma, though dsuntless in |
ourage. went down before the small, |
,ut IA ail-clad and we'll disciplined battsI- |
Ons of COrtez. Enthusiasm may csrry /
N uBdisciplined column up the slope, |
nd hurl It with such i'm petuosity on the |
dyersary line as to gain the crest, but |
t requires the resOurceful skill of vete-
ans to maintain the position when thus |
Therefore clear and inteili-
ent apprehension Of the questions
avolVed in the present canvass is
necessary to well sus-
aimed and effective assault on
ur vindictive enemies. The arsenal
( reason must be well supplied with ar
uments, for We must achieve this VIC
Dry by moral force in order to realizs all
IS advantages. The instructive cOnVic-
ions of right are not alone sufficient.
'hese will give fervGr, earnestness and
nergy. But large populations at the
Sorth are to be aroused from indiffer-
nee. They are 70 be reindOctTiHdted
lto the lessons of Republican Govern
lent. Their sensibIlity to sncrOsoh-
lents on freedom has been blunted by
he unrebuked oppre ssions prscticed on
hem in part, and on the South in their
resence, and with ST leas: their Rcqui-
scence, for many years. They have
lost that quick and jealous
Of liberty, that is requisite
} freemen, if they would not lose it
nd which the misiOItunes OF the South
ave preseFved in the hearts OF her peo-
le with a shsrpened edge.
he GREATEST DANGER THE WANT OF
sENsIBILITY IN THE NORTH To THE
VITAL QUESTIONS INVOLVED.
after all probably the greatest ca
unity inflicted by the administrations
nd legislation Of the last eight years on
10 country, is not the ruin and desola-
on of our own beautiful section, but the
Of the political sentiment of
he Northern people, by habituating
lem 10 witness and bssf without pro-
.st the aggressions of tyranny. In this
es, in my humble judgment, the great
It danger OF the Republic. II in truth
le sense Of freedom has bscOme extinct
I'D beyond awakening in the States
Orth of the Ohio and Susquehanna, then
unuttersbie woe come upon the whole |
nd.
Yet the signs Of the times do not au-
1OTiEe us TO adopt any such hopeless