Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-29
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An aIlsROry suggested by the aPpoinfment 70
the Supreme Court Of Judges % attain mere
political and ~pecuniary ends-A reversal
Of q decision founded on true principles.

the Supreme court o. Judges % attain mere
political and pecuniary eRds-A reversal
Of q decision founded o. true principles.
Dark storms portend, and, "shIvering In the
gale"
Should now a tempest aercely rage and blow,
Must the bark yield and suffer overthrow
Not If the captain to his post be true.
skiIful, cool, manly and right faithful too,
Ana his sn~bordinates Of that precious staff
That, bold, confronts the storm, however
rough
Sailors obeying quick the stern command,
and acting promptly without 'if" or "and, "
The while the helmsnan at the guiding
Whsel
Directs, as bid, the vessels way and keel,
And stands, the danger knowing true Is steel.
Vs0 the captain and the crew perform,
The stout ships Likely TO outride the storm.
But change the adjuncts. Let the captain be
a bold, yet ignorant, charIatanie he,
UnskilIed In eli that's fitting for the place,
AjCckey maybe-would It much amaze2
Suppose he chose his officers and crew
With an aim perhaps no greater Ia his view
Thar that they might honor him as master
Ito the ship there happened great disasters
And so It is with the great ship Of Estate,
WITH oar great ship, which. lately 50 eIate, q
Clearing from port, thea gifts kind,
Sailed, wei rugged and manned, right before
the wind"
When changed. We got another good one, pat.
The ship AtsntO, and the crew at quarters,
We cared not then how rude the storms and
waters;
We knew the good ship sound, the crew all
true,
AMI a no fears in the worst winds that
blew.
But nowl alas, the nowi what fssrl what
dread!
The waters rage, dark is the storm o'erhead.
Fen nov, Uhb tgsre Grora, brave hearts stIl
would dare,
And do, and conquer, faus unmanly fear.
But, 10! our captain, careless Of the ship,
Thinks only how himself he viii equip
To 1T the regal state, or true imperial
Gains late acquired his only true material
But, somehow, w blundered here quite
sadly
In not mentioning how very badly
Some OF the crew have acted fl almOst madly
Stretching out more canvas, when In falling
Was the only safe course to meet the
'whirHng
OF furious tempest and of r ging storms,
Which, Ike ~tornadoes, cyclones-au mild
forms
OF wind-vtolence physical nature puts on
Pervades cen nov our political horizon.
Say Ku.Kuz bin is cyclone ranging south
ward;
It's force increasing, IT wiz reach nOrthWard.
Say Tariff bills a dire tornado westward;
FwII yet react, as hurricane, to eastward.
But, more than these, a very tends let roar,
Justice itself corrupted at the core;
And this, too, by OuI captain, Mister Grant,
Our "let-us-hsve-peaee"-elected President,
Have peace! Yes, such as was in Warsaw,
When. satiate with blood. h Russian Bears
NAV
Griuned and growIed. true, devIlish and sar-
dOnie;
peace reIgnsi Poles are now, in death, har-
monte"
We are perhaps repeating once again
The oit-told tale, the gloomy, sad refrain,
That history gives OF nations born and slain
First freedom, progress, riches, empire; then
War, corruption, base leaders, servile men.
Such, alas, too oft, has been the fate
OF nations, tree, has'snieg to be great.
And yet there hare besH nations that, periorce,
Have resisted and o'ercome this downward
course;
Have risen again rom lower depths than
ours,
And, nobIy, grand, rssune4 once more their
powers.
And h It be tbs we in this fair land,
In freedom nurtured, as slaves viii bear the
brand,
When, If we VIII, we surely can commands
Our Saxon blood 1orbids US thus to yield,
North, West and South, let JreeDen raise the
shield
Which, Liberty demands her patriot sons to
bear,
Would they her smiles receive, her favors
wearl
The shield of truth, Of honesty and right.
High raise the banner, onward to the tight;
True TO ourselves, ~invlnetble II might,
Our ship ofSJate ven put In better trim,
Rep ace the crew with men Of rue vim,
and, as for Captain Grant. wen gladly part
with him. J. 4. F.
Memphis, May 2, ISL.