Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-11-30
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Andrews Day, one thllt has ever been
memorable among the heroic Scots, II
whatever cline their lots may have been
cast. No nation, no people. have more
rigidiy preserved their distinctive and nc
Die traits in an individual and q NATIONAL
sense than have the Scotch Whnever
found, without being ct all eiannish, they
are the same brave courageous, generous
and manly people, with hearts that ever
beat Warmly for their kind, and arms ready
to strike for the oppressed. Hardy, geuer-
ous, Industrious, frugal and temperate.
their principles are lasting as their native
| Highlands, and their friendships pure and
genial as tbs breezes that fan their en-
blematic thistle or sweep along the silFery
| Clyde. In all civilized lands that have a
language and religion, the Scot may be
found, the bold type Of his native country,
! and the good citizen of that of his adop-
ton To-day, then being one Of the
! proudsst in their annual calendar, they ws1
| meet in social gatherings and reunions
| everywhere, and celebrate it with festivi-
| lies and enjOyments. This being the case,
re refer briefly 10 the origin of
| ne day, the observance Of which dates
| tar back IN Scott b annals.
st. Andrew, according to tbs best author-
| lies and traditions, was the son Of Jonas,
z fisherman Of Bethesda, Ia Galilee, and
vas the brother of Simon Peter, bnt
whether older or younger, We are not IN
formed IN Scripture. He was one Of the
sFo disciples Of John the Baptist TO whom
the latter exclaimed as hs saw Jesus pass
By: Behold the Son Cf God On hearing
those words we are informed that the two
Individuals in question followed Jesus, and
having accosted him, were inTited by the
Savior to remain With HIM that da5-
Thereafter, Andrew went il qness Of his
brother Simon Peter, and brought him 10
Christ, circumstances which has invested
the former apostle with special pre-emin-
ence.
After the Ascension, the name Of St
Andrew is not mentioned in the New Tes-
lament, but he is believed to have travelled
as a missionary through Asiatic and En-
ropean Scythis; to have after wards passed
through Thraoe, Macedonia, and Epirus,
into Achsia; and at the city Of Patra, in
the last named region, to have suffered
naartyrdom about the year 20 A. d. The
Roman Pro-Colsul, it Is said, caused him
to be first seouIged and then crueiied.
Ehe latter punishment he underwent In q
peculiar manner; being fastened by cords,
Instead of nails, TO the cross, to produce .
lingering death by hunger ard thirst
whilst the instrument Of punishment itself,
instead Of being T-shaped, was in the form
OF an Y, or what is termed a cross decus-
safe Hence the cross of st. Andrew.
We are further informed that Christian
lady Of rank, named Maximela caused
the body OF ST. Andrew to be embalmed
and honorabiy iateIEed; and that In the
.a-l.- r
removed by the Emperor Constantine to
Byzantium, or Constantinople, where it
was deposited in a church erected in honor
Of the twelve apostles.
The history Of the relics does not end
here, for We are informed that about thirty
years after the death Of Constantine, IN
36S.A. D., pioUs Greek Monk, named
Regulus or Bale, conveyed the remains Of
st. Andrew to Scotland, and there deposit
ted them on the coast Of Fife, where he
built church, aud where afterwards arose
the renowned city and Cathedral Of St.
Andrew. Whatever credit may be given
to this legend, it is certain that St Andrew
has been regarded from their early history
as the patron Saint of Scotland; and his
day, the Both OF November, is a favolite
occasion of social and national reunion
among ScOtchmen residing IN all the
nations.
The commencement of the ecclesiastical
year is regulated by the feast of st. An
drew, the nearest Sunday to which, wheth-
er before or after, constitutes the first
Sunday in Advent, or the period Of four
weeks which herald5 the approach Of
Christmas. St. Andrews Day is thus
sometimes the first and sometimes the last
-, u,
for the origin Of the day AID the patron,
81. Andrew. On its annual recurrence
to-day, the gallant sons of Scotia in Amer
lea, in Merry England, and in other
lands, will assemble In its BETTING com
memoratiOn.
In tho assemblies and gathering held in
''bonnie Scotland" to-day what memories
will be recalled, and what deeds of prowess
referred to. And with what natural pride
they can point to their country's record.
In war, N story, in poesy, IN song, in the
| arts and IN the forum, they can claim q
fame and q record bright and fadeless as
i the glittering stars themselves. Her Muir
/ rays and her Grahams, her Wallaces and
her Bruces, her Dougls5es and her Nc
| Donalds, with all of her gallant and crested
knights, and bonnstted chieftains, along
with Burns and Walter Scott, and host
/ of other dimless names, will live as long as
human memory, and will cease to be spo-
ken with admiration only with the last
syllable of recorded time.
The sons of Scotia in our city, Of which
there is a goOdly number, will celebrate
this st Andrews Day IN an appropriate
manner. Besides other sOcialities and re-
unions, there will be grand ball Of the
Caledonian Society at the Masonic Hall
tonight, commencing at 8 o'clock.
These reunions are among the most ele-
CANT and enjoyable In the city, and We
may safely predict that the day viii pass
with events long to be remembered.
st. Andrews Day has come again, the pibrOch
b.aw wi MIGHT and ma n,
The clans that gather still retain their love for
Bonnie Scotland!
Her hills are high, her glens ars low, she well
comes aye bath friend and foe;
Invaders aye get blow for blow, ffae sons o. Bon
ME Scotlandi
Aud Bannockburn, eaoh glen and brae. and
meadow green, and mountain gray,
Still bless thee for that liberty that's bresthed In
Bonnie Scotland
Her bonnets blue, and guild claymore were bull
warks in the dsys o. yOre,
And liberty they did secure, TO sons o. Bonnie
Scotland
In summer when the gOWans spring. and iayrock
/ hover on the wing,
How sweA her words and echoes ring, to IONS O.
Bonnie Scotland!
Down memorys vale, this day We see, ths tryst-
ing place, the birken tres,
Well mind them, till the day we dee, US sons o.
Bonnie ScOtlandi
To bro theirs gone, whom we revere, We drop the
sympathetic tea
Their canty sangs did Of ten cheer the o. Bon
ME Scotland!
Then let us spend this nieht wi glee, wen taste
| auld ScOtlaud's barley bree,
And with a TOusing three times three, toast Bon
ME, Bonnie Scotland!