Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-25
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tended by rellglOu6 ueNOlluns ahO uoOVi
Gus snd becoming Observances; by
the fewest only with anything like the
Tusilsde that made last night hideous in
Memphis. Why the natal day Of the
peaceful Christ should thus be observed,
passes comprehension, but SO 1t is.
Instead of the Prince OF Peace, one
would suppose it to be the birth oil the ,
Genius Of War that was being thus com :
memorated with all the sound and fur y
OF "vilIainous saltpetre." The dem' n
strative companies who trooped Wb,
streets, possessed Of but the one shss-
.tthat Christmas had come - =,
time for thoughts such as ,,ust fore,
themselves upon al who rssoot ,,,,o,
the results of the nilsson - .t,a -,
Of all the prophets. 1t ga NOT occur :,
them that the liberty, .nd froodo,, :
this great country is a direct result O.
Christ's lssboIs; cha' norm in ,,ovsrt,
and nugsed in war ba was bv b;rtb.
right the poo mans friend
the companion q tho MAX and lovIv
the opPof1ea'e 8 kings and potentates,
the aVo"el = .emy Of priestcrsft, a re.
puolcsn Az the simplest form, ex.
pressing IT. his life the highest reacn OF
personal II dependence, devotion to duty
and sei'--s acriicing obedience to suthori-
" an' Is W. Like those who builded better
iha. .uIey knew, they expressed 8 joy that
REF ehed farther than they had a mind
loE. I nike the devOut few who ushered
"a the day with solemn services, more
appropriate, they thundered their ap-
plause at the return Of what to them
was more like a com memorative pOlit-
icsl triumph than the birth Of him who
preached peace on earth snd good
viii 10 men. Had the certain vic
tory Of the commissioners recently sent
TO New York 10 procure reduction Of
The TOO large city debt been announced
che young ard the old Of our city could
hardly have been more boisterOus and
noisy in their joy. There was q perfect
fusilade of FIRE, as il the taxpayers as
s0ciatiOn had swept city and county
clean Of all their oflice-holders and hid
effected all the great reforms it has .Seen
incIbsting so long. 1t was rs if the
theme Of joy was Of Present origin
and embraced q fitting of all
tue burdens und sr which our
people lave walked so long In weari-
ne Of spirit and welI-nigh bereft Of
hope. There wF.s nothing of religion or
religious tervlr in the terrific noise that
ma ie life lntolerable to all within the
corpora don. Ii was more after the style
Of the wild ward politician than the cir
cUmsIject Teligionist whose heart is ele-
watts i by the recurrence OF Christmas day
10 .hs contemplation of the life TO come
and the travail through which
she privileges Of heaven were
secured 70 all mankind. From the
going down OF the sun to the
rising Of the same the JeI de .jOie was
kept up with little inIermission, as II
the whole population had run mad over
the payment by the city of one months
wages out OF eight to the men to whom.
We owe security fJr life aud property.
1t was IS if the cfJttOn-buyers were cele-
brsting the decline in cotton, or the
school children the signal triumph of the
APPEAL in b'.half Of the public schools.
ANY Of these might have been the inspir-
lug cause fox so pTofUse an expenditure
oi guhp0wder-oertainly not the birth
o. Him whose kingdom He declared
" wls not OF this earth. The friends of
tri1mphant senatorial candidate would
not have acted thus, nor those Of the
present county officials, had the legisla-
ture just adjourned upon the defeat Of
their eoemies. The spirit of the people |
seemed to be aroused beyond even the
pitch to which no doubt that Of the |
school visitors will be elevated, when |
Ehe investigating committee shall have
reported that 10 the main they have
done well, and the public schools are the
greatest Of all possible blessings, worthy /
OF the religion Of which they are an off I,
shoot, and TO the sustenRnce and Cer-
peluation Of which they are an ABSOLUTE
necessity. All Front row combined on
"A tare over lhe future, could not lave SO
long maintained a noise that spoke
louder for pandemOnium ttan the SIM |
pie philosophy by which we ought to
live and by which We ought to die. |
Inere was so much Of the fourth OF |
July in the fury AMI storm Of those who
possessed the sire cts through the night |
a. 10 banish for the time all thoughts of
quiet from thT. hearts Of those who de-
sired, above all things, to be left to the
e-J 'ymen5 Of the peace Of mind so ne
cessaTy IT, an effJrt 10 be equal to the SOL
emn dfIues Of the occasion. Had the
iacud'Is who glory in registration, and
who eagerly anticipate an easy triumph
over one another, accomplished their
Wishes aud stuffed the general council for
nr against League, they could not have
given themselves over 10 a more irfer-
nally conceived method Of making
Known their gladness. Nay, had all
these, together with the Sunday-school /
CHILDREN who have been the recipients Of
geuue aud well timed attentions, and |
those Of the Bethel, and the Leath and
Catholic orphans, to be made glad to-
day, combined Tor unanimous express
slon Of their JOY, they could not together
have compsssed the mad revel OF which
We must complain as out of place, uu-
seemly, savage, uncivilized, intolerable,
and, in view Of the festival it is pur-
posed thus 10 celebrate, discreditable. |
Custom We know it is, but it is
both stale, fat and unprOfi table; |
more. honored in the breach than the OBJ
ser ssnce. COntTasted by the solemn |
pfOcessions and fervent observances
which in other countries usher in the |
day, il is like the orgies which the es-
tsblishment Of Christianity, it was
hoped, had swept away forever. The
very antipOdes Of the results which We
desire 10 reach through contemplation Of
the birth Of Christ, such demonstrations |
are destructive alike of the sympathies |
the great fact arOuses, and Of the |
spirit so essential TO its dev0ut and |
appropriate commemOratiOn. Therefore, |
in the name OF the thousands who in |
Memphis We know desire and will to-day |
endeayor to observe Christmas, we sp-
peal to the authorities, asking that there |
shall be a suspension Of noise, at least /
during the hours devoted to religious /
worship, that those who shall go up to
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