Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-18
EEHERIRGE ADVISES PA CE
AND FORGETFELNESS.

After the GuberRatGFial candidates
had spoken their pieces at Dresden on
Wednesday, the Hon. EMERSON
ETHERIDGE was called for and in re-
spouse made one of the most felicitous
speeches of his life. After remarking
upon the Joy and happiness he saw
expressed in the faces Of the crowd be-
fore him, he said:
We were now about to reap the fruits Of
the ~forbearance we had sown in years;
that during the long night OF oppres-
sic2 we had borne our wrongs with a 81
lent but sESlime heroism, trusting with
unfaltering faith that the dav of our de-
liverance would surely come. The morn
Of that day has already daWned. The gu
rora Of that morn has come forth, even
10Y She stands on the mountain tops Of
old Granger. Her face is all aglow with
the light of liberty. From her rosy
fingers she drops the dews of peace over
the parched and saddened earth, and the
fields are ready to smile again. 1t is ma
tural that you should rejoice, that APP
plause Should burst from your lips as you
stand in full view of old Canaan, but let
your rejoicings be mingled with the ut
most moderation. Remember ourfperse-
cutiohs weEG R3Rpa among our kindred,
our neighbors, among those WIG were
once our friends. The ark Of public liS-
erty, so 500 to be launched, is large
enough for all. We invite them to the
banquet of forgetfulness of the past, to
the best of forgiveness for all real or fam
cied wrongs. The SUI of liberty which is
now dispelling the clouds which so long
hung over us will shine for all and upon
all. Did, say for all? No, not for all.
There are still a few who prefer the foul
atmosphere of oppression, bnt they viii
wither and die in the full orbed sun ofGb-
erty. But we will offer them no indignity
or wrong. They are harmless now; their
venom has been extracted; we may touch
the toothless reptiles, but We cannot lower
our manhood by consuming to hate those
whose race has ended in inglorious efforts
to make us slaves.
He said he had no special advice to give
any one. Joy, like grief, admitted no re-
straints. Some feelings of the human
heart were rarely stirred. May those
which now fill Il souls with gladness
never to be felt again, for surely once in a
life time is too often for a free born man
to feel happy, that the chains Of slavery
have been stricken nom his limbs. He
urged the people TO refrain as far as pos
sible from all Incorporate manifestation
of Joy. Their hearts we're already too
full for anything save gratitude to heaven,
for the NEAR and agents which were
working our speedy ~deliverance, But,
said Mr.. Etheridge, you cannot hasten the
day of your release from bondage;
you must await the ides of An
gust next. Already we land in full
view of the promised land. Senter
has been the Moses who has led ms
up to Mount Pisgah's top. Let him be-
| the Joshua who will, in a few DAYS, lead
our increasing hosts to a final conflict and
glorious victory. Then, hope viii have
ended in fruition, and then we viii pour
forth the loudest praises of our full hearts.
We may have no David or David's harp,
but we can all sing as Miriam sang,
+" sound the loud timbrel, oyer Egypt's