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

a people TOO com monty u0OerVAIue
its great men living, to exaggerate thei
greatness after they sre dead. But thi
Is only the common effect of Time
which magnifies many things, and in
! creases their value. The worthless thing
OF to-day become priceless Tomorrow
while again, that which to day fashion
makes desirable and costly, Time to
morrow makes of nothing worth. Thu
ages eondense and transmute into th'
soil, on which the prosperity and power
Of 8 nation depend, the rank and worth
lees Vegetation Of the uninhabited pTi
nleval world. During the slow process
sion of centuries the worthless carbon
changes into the priceless diamond. To
the Etruscan vase, the rude bronze ol
copper coin of the reign of some old Sss.
sanian Ki1g, the curious fossil shell, the
bone Of some animal Of q race ages age
extinct,-tO these and everything like
these that the Present holds as universal
Iegatee of the Past, Time gives an ever
increasing value; while it makes con
quests and gi0ries, and the names and
regulations of rulers and statesmen in
their day esteemed great, as worthless as
the sea-weed flung by the waves upon
the barren sand.
Profound reverence for the LAW, gen.
uine LOYALTY, and TRUTH, are the in
dispeusable requisites for the prosperity
and continuance Of Free Common
wealth.
"A free people, it is said, "msy
speak its mind with fulness; but after
decision, it must obey, as well as the
serf. Respect for the law should be
greater in free States than in those that
have masters, and where public opinion
has not cut and deepened the great chan
nels.n For il is the law made by them
selves, for themselves. Whatsoever Is
imposed on them without their consent,
is not law, but the arrogant edict OF tyr
anuy, Reverence for that which is truly
law, is self-reverenee. For those Off
GERS civil or military, who violate it,
and usurp power, and crush cOnstitu-
tiousl guarantees, and substitute the
Russian JJkase for the Roman Pieoisei-
tun, the mandates of the law should be
concise and etSrn, like those of the
Twelve Tables,-'tLET THEM DIE
THE DEATH - Remembeg that
IA hstred to i'll government is
an antipstby wonderfully strong
in wise men, and wonderfully weak 10
foolish and when BsuTpatiOn Is once in
the saddle, II Is not easily uusestsd. The
title ripsns by prescription, aud it the
neDDIa become little used to il, only the
most iutolsrable outrages will rouse them
to annihiiste the newborn despotlsm.
LOYALTY was FOT ages chivSlric blind
devotion TO the Monarch OK the Leader.
Il has exacted life, not only in heca-
tombs, SIS In the days OF Ce 'ar and III
mour, but In fragments also, a. when one
serf of an oriental despot fastened to
stab himself, and another to throw him
self from the rock, that his Masters sb-
solute power and the devotion OF his sub
ieets might be manifested to the Envoy
of another Monarch. Surely there
is something noble in human ne-
ture, and the presence OF the
Divine in it explains its contradic-
tions, tvithst8nding the shrieking OF
the sophists and the groaning Of nissan
thrones, and all that is s0rdid and base
and tyranBieal in humanity. For man
has 10 oil ages offered his life freely on all
kinds of pretaxts,-fOr religions OF all
sorts, for moneys, for enterprise, for
whims and oddities, ana even for the
worthless tyrants. 1t is more dimedlt TO
live than 10 die.
There is a spiritual loyalty, from Their
mopylse, and CGrtips leaping into the
gull, to the latest n0bie aelf-saerihes OF
6eroism. The loyalty Of man 10 "a en- is
such. that he will not only kill himself
but his Idol, ss when Virginius slew his
daughter, ana the R9msn freedman
killed his master, 10 care from worse.
Loyalty to Kings has been GCQ A
!. Gusstlliz breasts have often been cared
% awe ths hero from the swords OF
foes. EspclsOn's dying vet
rams at VS. terI0o o. Ct Austerliiz, ID
jirefnI defeat. IS veil as ia glorious We
.orV. uttered with feeSle voices ttaeir OLD
ny OF devotion. The man persohihed
b principle.
\, en- die for Glory, Houor and Duty.
When they ceased to reverence Kings
ma DEFY EmperOrs, Loyalty became
Incidence TO the law, love OF cOnstitu-
ional liberty, the fidelity of the soldier
n his eolors aHd Captain, the love OF the
IsiIor for his shio and nag; and personsl
-,syalty was sublimated into Patriotism.
We have been taught In some degree
o sppreciate the immense force OF
Loyalty to a fsg, to q free government,
, Union, a State, an Idea. The lesson
las been written for US 10 blood and
ire.
LOYALTY to the state is Indispensable
% the State. Without it, the mass OF
oeople have not become State, but
7nlv an organized mob. II is the cohe-
lion that binds the free State together.
Remove 1t, and you have only heap o.
grains of sand. Censnted with 1t, the
State endures. When tbs true type OF
loyalty is lost, ii becomes superstition,
and men will DO homage 10 g prstender,
because he seems to be King and Priest
of Heroism or Thought.
From true Loyalty come the resoiu-
tions to maintain the ancient gloTies OF
the State, and the laying down OF lie
for an idea or q theory. 1t lives under
ali expressions. Crushed, trampled on,
buried, the roots still live pnder the
earth and loyalty to the idea OF State
aud Nationality continues
to live and is potent in Hungary and
Poland.
Every man and woman can help en-
large and strengthen this lOysltY to the
State. The self sacrifice Of the hum0iest,
as an example, has an incaleulable power
and galue. Who cSB estimate the eff
feet, present and future, not only upon
individuals, but upon a whole people, OF
the heroism of the sailor who nails the
colors 70 the mast and will not leave his
kuu5 llOuRu NilC III ~ zAhnoI VI eho 49,
Vlish Regiment drowning on deck, and
going down with the vessel, with drums
beating and eolors flying; OF the widow
who furnishes the infismmable arrows
to burn the house in which her children
were born, that it may not shelter the
enemies of her country The circles
produced by such actions not only widen
continually, but the ripPles grow into
immense waves of enthusiasm and patri-
otism, as they enlarge, and reeede from
the center.
TRUTH is the health of the soul. Ev-
cry true word is the word of God. He is
the great Fountain of Truth, from
which 1t all flows, like the Light from
the Sun. All true Thoughts are inspira-
lions. The trUs orator Is prophet: the
babblers are the prophets of Baal
Thoughts, spoken and printed, are the
great levers by which nations GTe moved,
the storm-wOrds that lash the great
heaving popular ocean into convulsions,
the word of Christ that stills the restless
waves. Unfortunately, all speech is not
the utteranee Of true thoughts, or even
of any thoughts whatever; and babble
is often more available with the people
thsn genuine speech.
Do not mistake the loguacious babbler
for the truly great man. The mistake is
fatal to republics. For speech, even If it