Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-01


b. the sentiment T. VI ave the honor
TO respond. ne subject is 100 vest for a brief
address, and VIII contsut my elf with saying
s. word OF 20 touching the lard Of which old
Sc tla foims q part and OF the royal lady
whom Scotlands sons tonight are proud TO
remember a. Ibis their banquet 10 SPEAK Of
England Is 10 speak almost OF our own cOun-
Try. To The people of the United states the
name Gi England must ever be neld IN affec-
lunate regard. Her language Is ours, her IRA
dttiOns are CurS-foc is she not our mother
country? Well has she been called the
classic ground Of lIberty and PHILOSOPHY, the
school Of al knoT ledge, the mart Oi All
trade" In every department of civi ized life
She has lett the lmpres, OF her genius, and the
aim Of her people, If not OF her government,
has ever been the elevation and advance
meut Of the race 20 which we all belong
that race OF freemen whom Norman,
Her growth gs a nation mas been wonderful.
Looking back along the line Of centuries,
from the England OF to-day 10 the England OF
tie CO. querOr, "tEc England OF ihe doOinsday
bHOE, the BglaEd OF the Curfew ana the
forest laws we discover n development OF
material progress astonishing even % Ameri
can habit OF thought. Her history has been
indeed " the history of progress Her march
has been a series OF trInmpbs in the field OF
though aud action, aud after every battle,
eve IN Dternal struggle and turmoil Oh faction
CaUal or party, there was something gained
for human progress, some new light ana
strength given 10 human liberty, until at last
she stands forth glorious in her power
and in he victory over Ignorance and
oppression, the ireeSt and best-goVerned ma
no m an who has heard OF Magma ChaTtd OF
1915 of the petition of right, the bill of rights,
ana her hdbeds corpus acls, eau doubt Eng
lads 1--we of personal liberty, her respect
for the rights OF personal property, her jealous
reg ard for The protection and safety of her cit
izsns. These great enactments are part and
parcel OF our own constitution and laws.
America has right TO be proud of England,
OF Ireland and scotland. From that group of
islands in the far Atlantic came the essential
principles OF her government; from those
Islands came the brave ana hardy pioneers
who fashioned her forests into teeming cities
and built up 8 mighty republic on her soil,
through whose constitution and laws brealhes
the spirit OF English love of liberty, and of
that English doctrine that all power is
trust for the public good" The prime pies of
our Declaration of Independence 2, and much
that is great in the constitution OF the United
States, though the growth OF American soil
were IRON imported seed. They were but the
richer blossOming forth of those seeds OF civil
and religious freedom which the hands OF lib
erty-lOying men had sown broadcast in the
mother country centuries before the days OF
I776. This confession is due to the memory of
the b5TonS who, at RuUnymede, wrested the
great charter from King John: due 10 the land
OF Hampden, Cromwell, Bacon, Newton,
Locke, Ailton, Shakespeare and Chatham
whose lives and whose writings
prepared he way which the Pilgrim
Fathers made SO illustrious, and which led to
the final and perfect deveiopment of civil and
Teig g'Ous liberty in these United states. All
pra sc, q en-, to the country to which the land
OF Washington owes so much, whose gracious
queen 10 night Scouend's sons honor in this
tIast. Mr.. President and gentlemen of the
ST. Andrew society, ] hazard nothing before
SO gsllsnJ an assembly as this in giving eX-
preston TO the sentiment that every woman
is a queen n right of her sex. This being al
lowed, in what language OF euiCgy, then, sir,
may 1 be permitted 10 speak of her majesty,
Queen Victoria? Not since the days of Sem
iIamis, the celebrated queen OF AssyTia, not
even excepting Elizabeth, whose reign was
justly called the Augustan age of Eng and,
has q monarch sat upon any throne more
worthy Of the cordisu esteem and respect Of
and WOmEn everywhere. tlan the
present releniDg sovereign Of England,
whose highest claim to the homage OF all
men throughout the world Is that she has fur
ni-hed her iex an illustrious example of life
Of usefulness, OF duties well performed, and
days well spent, not only as the monarch oil u
eat empire, but as faithful and loving
wife, 4 tender, Eentle ana christian mother.
"Duts )" says General Robert Il. Lee, "lS the
sJblimest word in our language" and Eng
land 5 queen, from all that we can learn, has
made DUTY TO her husband and her children,
20 her country ana her people, The guiding
slar of her Life. asa queen she has been for
tunate IN the love ard loyalty OF her subjects,
IL the prosperity OF her empire, II the SiS-
dom OF the legislation of her parliament, the
az panSon OF English trade and commerce,
the advancements Of English arts and the
undimmed lusteT of English arms; but II is in
her Woman'S sphere Jf wife aud mother,
rather than that of queen, in which she has
been most fortunate, in which history shall
know and honor ner most, and in reference TO
which she shall be most revered OF men. In
the circle of her home she Is queen, indeed.
"aBd her children rise up ana call her blessed"
During her reign the iron hand of power has
been Hfted from the people, and England is
to-day only less democratic than the United
States. The history of England during her
eign is a Vindication of the poetic truth that
"Peace hath her victories
As much renowned rs wars"
Sir, | esteem IL privilege to speak TO the
toast IN honor OF such a woman as Englands
queen. Not that we have not scores Ofqueen~ |
" women in our own land, every whit as good |
as her majesty of Englsnd-womeD, who |
thnuuh in the nOlttip2l II M no |
word, are beautiful with the virtues which |
make Victoria greater than queen but that |
such 4 woman is an honor 10 Ihe sex all over |
the world, and Ia particular TO her beautiful |
and queenly sisters of America In their |
name, sir, thank yOC and the st. Andrews |
society for an ops pOFtunity of expressing th us |
briefly my admiration of her majesty the |
queen, whose life is conclusive pToof-lf proof |
were want ng-that woman has accomplish |
ed what few men have yet achieved namely,
occupy, with dignity and efficiency q high
and responsible ofice-an Office against which |
the fierce light OF public criticism constantly |
beats-and yet keep her royal name and fame |
! ure and unspoted from the world.
JUDGE TRIGG'S SPEECH.
Judge COnnaIly F. Trigg, in response 10 the |
toast the United StaIes aud the Presi
dent" said:
Nh. President AND GENTLEsfEN-Your
sentiment, the "United States and the Presi- |
dent" to which you ask a response from me, |
Is SO suggestive of national greatness and |
glory, and so full OF historic and personal IN |
ciNent, that II is 6moarI 6SsiDg to select that |
which would be appropriate on an occasion |
like this. The name LIMITED States" is sig |
nificaut of the peculiar form OF our govern |
United, TO give |
strength and power abroad and protection /
aud defense at home. 1t was not even in The |
conception of those devoted patriots who |
baptized this then provincial country as |
"United States" that the government they |
were thus christening would rise in so short |
time, IL ever, TO that grandeur and greatness |
which to-day is the pride and glory of every |
American patriot. From a few provincial |
ntFaf In I1EE n NfVTVNW
grown into a great circle OF tates, each |
State in its territorial expanSs in its material
resources and In population, almost nation. |
Their combined power constitutes !
strength rarely, ifeveT, equaied ty any ma |
tiun. lis frOZen north and genial south con- |
tain between their eXtrt mss the greatest va !
riety and adsptability of soil and climate |
known 10 the habiJable glObe-while its va |
ried prod uctions mako IL not only the gram |
ary from which is fed the hungry CT other
lands but give employment to the bone and
muscle, and garments TO the inhabitauts OF a |
! 2rge portion OF the globe The great artery |
wht tch courses through the throbDing heart of |
this country-on the banks of which we now
st ind-nOt only sends its mighty throbs |
through the sms Her arteries and veins OF our
own mountains and valleys, but pulSaieS
through The flow Of It's commerce over the
bTO9dest seas and to the most distant lands. lt
is the mOnaI ch of all streams; a Mt emblem
o the giant strength, the restless energy, and,
may / not say, HncedsfnQ life of this wonderful
republic. The staple of the white blossoms
which grow in such luxuriance and perfection
Of the unb. ched rags of Poverty and the pol
ished sa' meHtS Of we al by royalty-while the
"raW material is an acknowledged regulator
of values from the plantation where grown to
the great centeTs of trade-and makes the
pocket nerve tremble as well on the docks of
Liverpool on the bourse OF Paris. With
this breath of territory, this sdaptability OF
soil and climate, and such physical resources,
will not these United States Jntinue to adj
vance TO a still graDder destiny? II the gov
ernmeut shall continue 10 make itself re-
spected at home and abroad, looking to its
moral a. well as It's physical deve OpIneQIs,
when and where will IT'S progress be stayed?
This form OF government was said TO be an ex-
psriment-let US hope IL Is an expert meut no
longer, but an achieved success Let us look
upon II as historic fact that man is capable of
sef-gOvernment, ana republics can be made
perpetual. We have no disSensionS now
within our borders, and that we NAV never
trlot. In this connection let me allude to a
beautiful and henignant feature Of our Tepub-
lioan SYSTEM. With Is the highest office with
IN the git OF the people is open 10 the 6Spira-
tiOus OF the humblest citZen-a TACT well IL
lustrated In the career OF our present illustTi
Gus hief Magistrate, who commenced life in
its humber walks, and, step, by STEP has at.
ta!Ued 10 the loftiest posi'iOn within the gift
OF his country man. No pOtentate, though his
brow be adorned with the most glilteriLg
Jewels, occupies prOudeT or more enViH Bile
IOsitiou than our cit zen President, Uly sSas :.
Grant, whose name will doubtless suggest 10
the members Of 81 Andrews society a com
mon descent from the hardy clansmen OF auld
SEQ ia. Now let me suggest that in cheTishing
ana protecting the free Institute rs OF our
country we shall best honor ourselves, our
President, ana secure peace and prosperity 10
the republic.
MR. DAVIS'S SPEECH.