Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-25

AT At ANITA. Decor .ber 2i-A shocking
nlc.de occurred b ere this morning. Mr.
Samuel !. A nderson Shot himself
;,sta5t S. Sne cad with pistol, causing
10 ,'s.,'' r.at ..i ue" n. The cause was failure
bs5S , GU ployment, and a dishOnored
GnIin anA uD 1T. He was chief secretary of
soo''1 Ior Crawford while the latter was
,Rry OF war Of the United States.
dersOn bequeathed the fatal pistol to
.eneral TOOmbs, with the advice to fol-
low the example.
HIS VIEWS On THE CENTENNIAL AND
RELIGION.
The following letter, addressed to a
gentleman in the city, was among the
papers he left. 1t is quite interesting,
| and was written in firm and precise
hand the day before his death:
| In regard 10 great public affairs, i shall
notice only one. ] regret that / shall
| not be permitted to participate in the
! National centennial celebration at Phil
! adelphia, in 1876. ] had hoped to par
ticipate in it. ] regard it as a sound poll
/ icy for all the southern States TO partioi-
pate in it zealously and pstriOtically.
Instead of listening to particular indi-
viduals, who are painting and putting
| over the failure, or the "LOst CAuse,n
would it not be wiser and more manly
TO understand and aequiesce in its phi
| lOsophy? Daniel Webster, in one Of his
Orations, speaking of the States and the
Union, said: "They are distinct as the
waves, but one as the sea.u During the
present century, at any rate, it is not
probable that any important change can
be or ought to be affected in the exist
ence ofthe relations of the States. Early,
perhaps, In the twentieth century, with
an hundred millions OF population, and
htty States, some important political and
economical changes may b4oonne i'm ner-
ative. 1 had hoped TO participate in
the grand centennial, to express. In
some way or other, the deep interest
feel, and always felt, in the
progress and emancipation Of mankind.
Progress and order should march hand
IN hsnGi although they do net always
appear, to our United view, to Keep pace
Win each o.neT. When the sanguine
put mighty mind Ot Tom Paine, after
ne hau lpIpsrted to the American rev0-
iIIlo1 it rs vital impulse, sent forth his
is OF Man." in reply to Edmund
bur ke, he evidently anticipated a more
F>pld and clearly defined progress than
hss been realized. Peace to bis ashes.
Eternity to his memory. The first crop
Of the seed which his hand so vigorously
planted has brought forth good fruit, aud
the next crop will be in due proportion
TO the first. And at the grand centen-
NAL, when orators are dilsting on the
glorious historical group; when they are
drawing their WOrd-piclures to be photo
graphed all over the world; when they
are crOwding the SUMS rays upon
the portraits Of Washington, and
Franklin, and Jefferson, and their
IlustriOus compeers, Tom Paine, the
mechanic, the poet, the financier, the
soldier, the statesman, and the philoso- |
pher, will rise up and stand in the fore
ground, whether they welcome him or |
not. The author of Common Sense,u |
the ''Crisis," the ''Rights of Man" and |
the best slsndered man in the history OF |
the world, will be sure to be there. The /
man whose blood motto was-apd be |
lived by it-"The world is my country,
and TO do good my religion" will be
sure to be there. s.J.A.