Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-17


WISE. ore of aim )st incompatible brill
/ liaucy-sky rockets, Roman candles,
! countless tOrcLlights and varied trans
! pareucies were come of the characteristic
/ features in the tout eaSeLl6ieOt this mag
/ nificeL demonstration. The great per-
I fiction which the Greeks possessed in
/ the physical exercises snd sports was
| displayed in their annual games, but the
| magnificent power Of imperial Rome
was exhibited in the triuIaphal entry,
! when the prJudest princes aud the most
! uotle Of subiugated counties lent eciIt
| 10 The grandeur and imposing cna7-
scter Of those processiOLs which have
become an associated featuJe in the his
! lric wreath OF her victories memories.
| Since then a greater, better ana more
humane power, the power Of free
| and liberal thought has been the
instrumental lever for the conquests Of
| national ideas and the achievement OF
! nsti0nal victories And it il, that free
! opinion ia unfettered pride, it displays
! il ia IS many types and modes as the
| pTDp1iety OF its aspirations, purposes aud
! attachments suggest and approve. But
! before l speak Of the pageant, which
! WAS selected as proper medium fOrthe |
expression Of a peoples opinions, let us
! speak Of the
| FORMATION OF THE PROCESSION.
| Shortly after dark, Chief Marshal J. NJ.
! Ellis began to form the procession. The |
! chief marshal, mounted upon white |
/ horse, quickly issued orders TO the as
( sistant marshals, and like 3 skiIlful gen. |
/ eral in arranging his forces, rode mere |
/ and there to has ten the formation CT the |
/ procession. Chief Marshal Ellis was 8s-
| sisted by Captain w. c. Eskridge, John |
! Griffis, Richard p. Lake, J. w. Berry, |
J Z. Hughes, DIR. J. l.. Milton, @, Y. |
freeman, NJ. K. Mister, jr., and S. 8.
| AngeVine, who discharged their duties |
! in most commemorate manner. The |
! headquarters of the chief marshal and |
staff were at the courthouse, i'll front OF
which the proceE sion formed.
THE ORDER OF THE PROCESSION
may be said 10 have been formed into
divisions, as follows
Grand Marshal ]. NJ. Ellis and aids, on horses.
Band wagon.
Crowder Democratic-ConServative club, with |
tTansparencies and tOrchlightS.
Citizens and members of clubs on foot with
tTansparencies and torches.
Fourteen mammoth tranSparencies on wag-
Ons, with forty foOtmen between each,
ana bearing torchlights.
Mounted clubs and citizens, with torchllghts
and transparencieS-
Mammoth chariot containing little girls rep
Carriages containing invited guests, orators
and ladies.
Torchlights, transpaCencies, etc.
THE GRAND PAGEANT,
10 the above order, commenced its
march at g given signal from the chief
marshal. The streets along which it
passed were jsmmed with people, old
and young, white and black. The in
terest vas indeed quite general, and
seemed TO be shared in by very large
number OF negroes, many of whom have
learned to know that they have been de-
ceived most dastardly by the white Rad
icsls and carpetbaggers of this county.
They, too, looked with wonder upon the
brilliant pageant, the magnitude of
which evidenced that the Demo-
cratic Conservative people fully real
ize the peril of the hour, and
are determined to redeem the county of
Grenada from the PROSTATE and shame
full condition in which she has been
placed by the av6rice of dishonest and
corrupt politicians. Among the clubs
that participated in the demonstration
were the following: GTaysport club, Dr..
l.. NJ. Mays, president; Hardy Station
club, Dr. w. T. Stalham, president; Pea
Ridge club, DR.. William M'SWine, pres
ident; Walthall end Barksdale club, |
DR.. g W. Trimble, president; Fork
club, G.. 4. Ingram, president. The fol-
loving was the
ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION:
Up Main street TO the female insti-
lutte, down Institute avenue to s. 2. La
cocks Tesidence, thence north to the de-
pot, thence west by Depot street and
| through the public square by j. J.
Weyneth's residence, thence to the old
Jackson place, thence south to George
Lakes residence, thence east to Green
street., thence to the speakers stand on
the public square.
THE CROWD
by this Time had increased very largely,
and thousands OF persons shouted with
Joy and enthusiasm in and around the
speakers stand. Grenada had never
witnessed such display. No previ.
Gus occasion had ever assembled
within her limits such q vast
multitude of people. A common duly
and united interest had called them to-
gether. The shouts could have been
hesrd for miles, for the people seemed
almost mad with gladstone enthusiasm
enthusiasm which is the effervescence
of the hearts best and truesC feelings,
and is to its principles as natural as
the foam upon the crested ocean bill
low. Believe NE when | say the
people are "shook up" but not by
sudden storm Of passion or the
whirlwind of political prejudice. 1t is
the strong force Of reason, an inward
sense of duty, q conviction of truth, and
a hope of liberty that have aroused
them. These have taught the people
vigilance-for "eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" Hence their utter
ances are open and manly as their con-
victions are honest and true; their
shouts are wild, yet natural, az their
faith and their hope are fixed and bril-
liant. And may these glad acclaims be
but the prelude to grand and glorious
victory. God grant it, for OH how
sadly do the people of Mississippi need
it. Shout after shout rent the air, and
volume of echoes whispered even into
the slumbering hauuts of the wild woods
along the rivers course, as if in search
of old NATURES heart itself in which to
seek repose.
THE TRANSPARENCIEs,
OF course, cannot be enumerated nor
csn one-tenth of their notices be given
in this connection. Only the more i'm
portant ones could be mentioned in such
manner as to interest the reader. SUI
flee TO say that the infamous measures
Of Radicalism were shown up and lit up
in an artistic style. The caticsture de-
fed criticism, while those of burle que
character proper had done credit to the
very geaius Of oddly it5elf. Bur the
hearts OF those who have
caused this caricature and bur-
| lesque are too vitiated in taste 70
appreciate their. sarcastic elegance, and
! too depraved to feel their scientific re.
buke. Such men, they who have brought
misery, penury and want upon the peO-
pie, aud like IagO, laugh at the con-
| sciCusness Of their infamous deeds, can
| feel no remOrse, and know no regret.
| Were it not 8 mCckery to the OmnipO-
| tent decree of the Almighty, and upon
the endless fury OF the Devil, I might
/ say that their hearts are 80 vile that the
/ very flames OF hell would be quenched |
| by the essence of their infamy. How
| vain as to these then has rebuke to of
| fetal odium and personal dishonor
! been? Yet to the honest |
man, the intelligent citizen and
| the patriotic state man what a testi-
mOnial to integrity, honor and virtue
were these features Of this demonstra-
/ ton. For INSTANCE,
THE THIRTEEN snUTHERN RTATES