Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-03
HORACE,
Ne Makes HE Appearances Before q Mem
pills Aadisnos In ths eaFb
u HE Youth.
And DlsosHFssth Elsqusstly o. the Psca.
liar Beauties Of TalloW Chandler.
log and co0a Huntlng.
DaalsI Boone and ssH. FFankllH, with q
Sli0s Of WashlHgtSa ThreWH lE,

What he ThIaks Of Burns, the " Broad.
BfsWsd PIoughbsy"-Hs Says that
In Splits Of all His FsHIts, -
Man ls a Nan for a. That"
The Big Trees Of NaFIBssa Gems In for a
Little PhIlss0phlo Alteration.
Horace Greeley, the optimist, showed
himself on the stage OF the Memphis
Thester last evening TO e selsCt audience
of about four hundred persons. chiefly
white, who had gathered to hear what
might fall from his lips. At 81 o'clock
the curtain rose. Everything was in
order on the stage. The chairs were beau
tifully grouped, and half of them occupied
by respectable sitters. The scenery was
tair enough, two tables were In front, one
bearing Two bouquets nicely a~rrsngsdi
d other had a dry goods box upon 1t,
which was covered with acIoth. This ar
rangemsnt converted the table into an eX-
c5llent reading desk. At one Of the wings
a rickBty old table, surrounded by three
chairs and As many reporters, ehishy lazy
fellows, added q charm to tina part OF the
stage.
The Mayor came forward toward the
fOOtltghts as soon as the curtain was well
up, and announced that Horace, a self
made man, was present, and would favor
the audience with his lecture On "Self-
made Men"
Mr.. Greeley then moved forward, snd
commenced to speak at once. Mr. Greeley
looks as well as ever, perhaps better han
on some former occasions. A nice suit
Of respectable brOadclOth is rather becOm-
ing TO him. His hair Whitsns gradually
and r~everently, snd drops OF with q sort
OF gravity and slow decOrum suitable to
the p~hilOsOphic head to which it was at
tsched. The healthy, dOrid complexion
that characterized his early youth is
still there n It's primitive glory. He
looked altogether benevolent and
sweet as he stood, with the mixed dignity
and grace Of saluoriOus age, behind his
high reading desk.
HI commenced in the usual style
"Ls les and gentlemen" This sterso-
typed phrase fell well from the lips Of the
philosopher. 1t had a good effect. II
broke the charm Of the spell-bOund audi
ence, and convinced them at Once that q
fellow mortal stood before them.
Ladies and GsHHsHgsH-Very many years
ago, when L was a young man / was 8
very earnest and thorough refOrmer.
I thought that it was my mission and
privilege to work beue6Cent revolutions
Al 1gNAgelH 21 4 gov oAA9A a LIA4AAI A1a1
confident, because my ripper judgment dis
covered to me objects and difficulties 10 be
overcome that 1 did not consider at first.
l became convinced that reforms must be
worked by slow degrees; r-eformatiOns
mast be effected gradually and moderate
ly. 1 am now a hrm believer in the eff
cheney of practical education, in the widest
possible spread Of knowledge.
MIXED lev on EDUCATION.
49,
classes and different views, part Of the
people regarding education too much ia
the aspect Of its cost, They regard it g
good thing for the masses, put not so good
a thing for those who have to pay for it.
The South, It is said, is poor, and cannot 4
afford to educate as they DO up North. She
may be too poor in realized wealth; but
therefore she cannot do without education
80 well as the more a1huent populations
Of other sections. 1 am here to urge the
claims of education as the best means Of
qualifying all for the work they have to
Some Of you will say my statement Is
on one side, 1 admit it. No one can say
everything in an hour. The side I will
present is that which has not been fully
considered by the leaders Of thought.
About thlrty-hve years ago I was talking
to Henry Hurlburt, with whose books
many Of you perhaps sre acquainted. We
talked about education. He said 70 me:
Is you do not know how 70 state
your case; I am q classical scholar,
and all that sort Of thing.
year hundreds upOn hundreds Of
young, cOuege-educstsd men srs sent to
me for advice and some direction. In
up little primers, and running
things contained in them through the
dull heads of those college graduates, L
them quite ignorant of everything.
It would be perhaps beneficial TO some Of
shsas young men had they learned to play
the fiddle; for they might retain that, but
anything else"
DEFICIENT EDUCATION.
He then spoke about some Ofhis travels.
crossed the European Continent as far
as the AdriatiC twice; but, owing to his
deficiency in education he lost most Of
could be learned from the strsti6ed
in the Alps. He spoke this in difs-
-ent and more verbose style, but that is
what he WAS drying st. His want Ofinti-
mate knowledge with Hugh Miller and
he rest of them, was felt during those
ours in Europe. He might have read the
of the world in cipher, he said,
mid those cones Of grandeur. He
lid not know how TO do 10, because
he common school system in his youth
vas very deficient, never taught
really useful. In his day they
nothing. 1t Was true, he might
AHg A9lAA L04 Us y AUS 1Au ~ vie Z
OmmOn habit to dive into trashy lore,
which had no practical value. He said IL
vas a mOnstrOus misspplicatiOn Of time
D teach young ladies' algebra and neglect s
he study of chemistry and the like.
hey forget all that, but the requirement ?
Which finds an application in every day 4
-fe, and in every day experience, cannOt
Q forgotten; besides this, il Is practical c
COMING DOWN TO IT. c
He then commenced his lecture in good g
arnest by describing the big trees of Mar
)Osa, In California, and speaking Of
lings around there in a high practical =
elm. Those trees measured thirty feet
the base, and went up skyWard
70 hundred more. Splendid objects. 4,
nothing TO them; Mont Blanc I
to them. The silent rivers Of
.Ome, the deserted palaces Of Venice,
" beneath them in practical, sublime -
lggestiOn. Even the vast hall Of st. :
without its sea Of upturned
ices, was inferior to those sylvan Q
that stood towering there perhaps \
hen Moses made that notable sQuall in
le bulrushes Of the Nile. He threw out b
challenge to all the combined natural
ts-Leyeu, Owen, Agassiz, Darwin, Far "
day and the rest, to bring along their
aid blOwpipss, and make even
ne rival to the trees of Mariposa. He =
welt long and lovingly on those trees. :
A FEW REMARKS ON TIE sELF-MADE,
OF al the self-mads men Of the world, E
those who fought LIES battle without =
d, Benjamin Franklin stands pre-emi-
5nt. II is true he led an army; he
as not q genius, he was 3 plain, great
WI moved along with resis5less yet :
lisJ power to q position in which he
,hieved the most honorable distinctions.
here were no violent transitions in his u
fe; he slid from one position into
her gracefully and naturally, and in b
.Ch it seemed as if be was made for that
one. His progress from the tallow-shOp y
he ilded salons Of Versailles was
arked by no abrupt changes. He rsthsr
than rose up. Although an ambas-
dor is said to be one who is sent =
to lie for the good of
8 country, yet Franklin did more
? straightforward candOr than could be -
complished by the most polished ny
,crisy. He gained the alliance Of France ~
hen that was worth more to the colonies
an SaratOga. Then, inquired the lee
rer, had be been brought up at Harvard,
he have turned out the great man
indisputsbly VAST Horace thought
u. The chsndler's shop did the BUSH
50 for him. He compared him slightly Ls
th Washington, to the advantage Of the -
ter. We must place Franklin above -
"a as the perfect type Of a self-msde
ung man.
he cOmpimented him on the part be
in framing the Constitution. Then -
slipped on to Daniel Boone. He was 2
ite the opposite Of the scribbler of poor -
Both were equal in their dels-
al notions. He thought Boone was not
q patriot, because he never Joined
y OF the national forces; but, on the
ltrsry, contented himself with shoot
! eoOns and sleeping in the starlight ~
i the wild woods Of Kentucky. Horace II