Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-14

all its silent blessings, and what part oil
the value Of the Planters crop belonged
to that peace and safe intercourse with
foreign countries, and the protection
afforded to commerce by the national
flag? II, during the war, you had asked
the planter whose cotton rotted on his
hands, or consumed in the flames kim
died by the folly Of those unbappily en-
trusted with power, what was the value
Of Peace If he could not have
measured it by figures, and estimated
it at 30 much per pound, he could at least
have enabled you In some degree to ap-
preeiate it. When the State demands oil
the Planter q small portion OF the pro-
ceeds Of his crop, In the way Of taxes, 10
return for the peace and safety it ensures
to him, and when God demands another
portion for the poor, who are His wards,
in return for the sunshine and the rain,
Is either demand unreasonable? Wbai
IL the Deity were to demand the half
Could any one deny the justice Of the
claim
Who can estimate the value of the
rains that feed the springs and feed the
rivers on which the keels Of CONNIE rec
float, and that wash down the alluvian
to form the great fertile deltas Who,
the value OF the wind that fills the sails
Of the laded ships, and bears away on its
wings the pestiientisl exhalations, tenn
pers the summers heaf, and cOoIs the
feverish forehead of the sick Z? Who, OF
the sunshine, that clothes the forest with
leaves, and the meadows with grass, and
persuaaes the buds to form, and the
I a)wers 10 bloom 10 the Spring?
There Is no fixed limit to the value OF
any work we do; none to that Of wise,
true thought, cOnsOling or encouraging
word, q kind Office, loving look, a
emile, kiss, deserved praise or merited
censure, OF advice or warning, preeept or
example, the memory of friends, the les
sons OF experience or the discipline o.
adversely.
was once In the shopof 3 jeweller and
goldsmith. One workman was EMPLOYED
upon the mOuntings of sabre intended
as present to q successful General an
other upon a magnificent ring, the cen
/ trail diamond surrounded by sapphires /;
another upon watehguard Of black and
brown hair, mingled and intertwined
with threads Of gold and fourth upon a
little plain gold ring. The money-value
OF the jewelled ring and sabre we're far,
very far above those OF the guard and the
plain circlet OF gold. What was the real
value Of each? The sabre, as an &C
knowiegdment Of heroism and testimo-
NAL OF regard and esteem, had a
value, to him who received and wore
il, not to be calculated in dOIlars.
Fe deserve 1t, he had shed his blood,
and lost limb in the attempt to win
honour for himself and independence for
his country. Afterwards it saved his
life, in the fierce collision OF hostile
squadrons, when the fiery Paladins
+ fought hand to hand. What was its
value to himself, and to the country
which he was saved to serve?
/ The jewelled ring was more than paid
/ for in dollars by the proud beauty who
/ wore it afterwards. It's value, as minis
/ tering to pride and vanity, was not quite
+ equal to the sum it cost.
/ The guard WIS q maiden's gift to her
/ lover, Of his aud her hair mingled, to-
/ ken OF love, a symbol of her faith and
I truth, to be worn by him on the march,
/ and in battle, and nerve him with re-
doubled courage, and strengthen him
/ with patience 10 endure hardship and
/ contenn danger, that he might prove
himself worthy Of the fair young girl
/ who prayed meanwhile that he might
return to her ia safety.
The little ring was for the finger Of a
/ lovely girl, bestOwing her hand where
/ her heart had gone before, and on one
worthy OF her love. She will wear it As
/ long rs she lives, and when she dies ii
( will be buried with her. 1t is the pledge
/ OF his love, truth, loyalty, the symbol OF
the union, for time and eternity, of two
loving hearts. What was its real value,
compared to that OF the jaWe!led baubIe
on Sne hand of unloved beauty?
l see man of repulsive aspect, with
matted hair and haggard face, anu hun
cry, cruel eyes, iEdustriOusly fling, at
midnight, in an ill-furnished, squalid
room, upon 3 rude key,-its money
value, when finished, to be only few
shilliDgs. In the next house, another,
with pale but cheerful face, is also fling
= thin strip Of steel and in q dark eel,
with little barred aperture to admit
the air, and walls of naked stone, still
another is with like instrument filing
the maiE-5pring Of q watch into a saw.
With iJ be will saw RsUlder the bars of
his CRATE; and its value to him is liberty
and that liberty to him is LIFE, { death
awaits him, by the stern sentence of
the law, if his cell holds him
until the morning. The little strip
Of steel on which the artfzsn
works, is to become the spring Of q ehrO-
nometer, by means of which determin-
ship, sailing from the Indian Ocean, and
doubling the stormy Antarctic Cape,
will reach into quiet ATTITUDES, bring the
good vessel safely into port, clasp his
loved wife to his bosom, and feel his
childreR's arms around his neck. The
value Of that little slip OF steel is like
that of the needle ever true to the North.
1t ia ixcaleulabIe. With the rude key,
fashioned after an impression stealthily
taken In wax, the burglar who is filing
it will enter the house of an old man,
and with soft steps glide to his chamber,
to rob him of the gold that is dearer to
him than his life. The miser awakes,
and elings to the rObber, struggling, and
crying for help; and the burglary be
comes q murder; and by and by human
being will swing strangled, from that
instrument OF eiviliZ alton which every
where stretches its arm out over the pull
pit, while its black shadow falls upon the
palace. What was the value Of the bur-
glars midnight work, as he piled the
file
Burns, riding through a thunder storm,
fashions into measured lines the fiery
words that he imagiues the Bruce may
have said to his soldieFy before the fight
of BAnnockburn. ROuget de pIsle, by 3
sudden inspiration, gives France the
words and music of the Aarseillsise.
s jme gifted Teuton weds the words OF
FaderIand to noble and stately musie.
What are these worth, to Scotland,
France, Germany? What, God save
the King and Ye mariners of Eng
land to the Queen Of the Sea, sitting
crowned on her three Isles What is
the value Of Symbol, of the Eagle of q
French Legion, the flag OF an English
Regiment, of the Shamrock and the
Thistle? What, even, Of q war-cry,
'Montjoie Saint Dsnis,' or 'Faugh =
ballagh - of phrase like Liberty and
Union, one and insepsrable
fro BE coNTISUED.l
Noble Sentiments.