Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-05
ss Scotland, and the SCOTTISH
PaODIeS

PRESIDENT Davis, delivered on Tuesday ]
light Al the St. Andrews banquet, ID
' snonge TO the toast, Scotland and the
scottish People," and specially reported
oy Mr.. Wash for the APPEAL:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of st. Andrews
Society:
Fit could upon any occasion give me
pleasure 10 speak, it would be lu hh,
swer 10 this toss: Scotland anu
ne Scottish People" at the very
name Of Bonnie Scotland rises De
lore me ner sweet-scented Vslieys' hei
f.seuiihil crass and zee again Benlecrs
side with it's purple carpet OF blooming
y. ather. and hear the cordial tones o.
candid. naguanimous people welcoming
!. bssrt-sick wAndereT to their hospltaole
homo. know not how can sstlsiactori-
Iv re,nond to those who are So fAmlliAt
gith alI that belongs to your history anu
vour country: and yet / feel honoIe.I ~
having been selected to 30 go.
visit IL Scotland sss wnen lne cIou
- sdversIty had gathered over me
tee darkes! hue, and when my neAiI
corsfantJy aud soTrowfully turneg Da
=, NV own distressed country. L SaIiei
nom London for the prrt OF EuihgSule'
and whea Gitbin slSht OF gu
and, traditions, one after ahotneIi 49,
ciAted themselves with the Vlslole oo
iecn. Here / saw the towers VI
Tantsllnn. the bRttlements OF Wnlch
an Iookes5 down upon the deep, as IL
- Iln,';D+ watch and ward as when Doug
iss tbsr,. held semi-rOysi state, aud
thasa enduripg monuments and laho-
,.-sTLa swoke Memories OF history, ira
d,sio- and romance, until arriving 81
s,,a aid town Of Dun Edin, met there
80 q LEONE which made me feel II
80 NOT an American / would Wish 10
"a Ecotuhmsn. [Applause. Anu
trap rallied The Language oi your
plow-boy poet
Thy sons. Edna social, kind,
Win omen arms the stranger halls
And from that day TO this | have ever
gratefully turned back to that ume,
and to the men whom II Was ny go
fortune to meet in AUD heeAle-tn Hs
ancient capital Of Scotland biesSeu IA
sI that belongs 10 her scenery, Dieose1
in that belongs 10 her hlsUOiy, Snu
YET stiIl more blessed in the oeVelop.
Sant that made the men Of the present
49, ThnnIause.1 But hoy shall l
Snssk of Scotland of the present and
savar IL from the past? Is there true
sor Of st. Andrew here Who would asR
me N sever the present from the pAstT
scotland lives in the past, though sne
lives for the future. Every rock, every
ysIIev every stres m, is repletes win as
socisiIons that tell Of the glorles OF
toTmer times, and point her sons up
xaTd and onward, to achievements ike
| tho.a which their fathers had Done
TAnnlause wilt try to speak OF the
trIseDt hut the Wizard OF the Norm
/ has thrown tuUh charm arounu tne
nsst. that Characters Of history anu
ppbsrscters of fiction are 80 blended 10
%othsT in the minds OF the present gen.
sratton fhst when one travels In SCOT
Iand II is very difficult TO separate tne
roaI from the romantic. Applause
TShns for instance, l CHANGED at one
anna IN sneud some days in The ntue
1-;IIsoe of Calender, and from one WIN
49, looked out on Glenartpy's Hha-
/ @e, shade - and from the other WINDOW
IN RanIedl,s purple ridge. Sir waters
oan,ns hsd peopied every hill and glaoe
9TH knighiIy figures, and made eaen
s,Iorious nv their deeds. What matters
e thpv had never lived and loved and
h.t,IaJ for the right? From every
brsck bush and fern they start up IN
ali their panoply Of triumphant lmmor'
ssiitv The creations Of his genius
bays bacome the fireside friends OF the
nscn,e of your country. For instance,
Thsn Won 20 to the Brig OF TURK they
tell Won this is the brig across which the
forenOst hoTseman rode alone, referring
10 Fjtz James in the stag-cnsse, ana
ouotjng from the Lady Of the LAKE
1bich L may here say is tile most per
feet guide book ever have ioiio wed
, infinitely accurate in topography as wei
"a i'm regard to the shrubs anu pan u
, and cold gray stones through NhiGh Ihe
tourist follows the track OF fllL 1ahe'
and Rhoderick Dhu. TO mehtion sii
other instance OF the realzstoh VI ina .
oo,tio fiction. when reached Loci
q Kstrins. the blue mirror OF which Is 81
: +oja,art SEQ. boatnlsn IL he would pull
me aerCss the lake, he ssBed me
HWbere do YOU want 10 go-to Eilen''
+ I.ie9U The rugged garb OF the mai
; IycnId in apy other country have NOR
, strorgIv contrested with bis poetic dlc
+ lion On reaching Ellen's Isle the eoa
q tonched the shore under the oak DC
1 besth which Duncraggan's widow STOOD
a thence a winding path, oDscuieu d.
= tangled bTushwood, led up the nlll, az
q on Teaching the summit there was I'll
? rock ON which Elien's tower stood, Wnefe
strange 10 tell under bramble ana brush
a ard when or BY whose hands planted IL
: Cne knows. grew the E.antine and otne
T | tender flowers with which Sir waite
1 decked the bower of the exiled malo
4 | Then while history, romance sno Io
: -,,-..sss laistofy bS~1ad together and hoI
( YOUR country with equal naight, an
). beth wocd the mind on TO the past, boI
q can Scotia's sons, or the sons OF Scotla'
Y l~sons, eminently practical though lhe
I be, however proud OF thelr great Pre-
!; emit, how can they sever II from the pas
" aud how can /, with memories Oh D9u
y nja scotland, and its dreams indli
j. solubly linked with the glorlee OF tll
II country, speak OF me present. az
j not of the past. IApplause 1t hs
d often occurred to me as matter OF tui
e prise. that AmeriGans who cross To
.e Atlantic hurry over Eogland and rus
8 on to Paris that they may Walk U
n and down the bOnlsyards, 100
I II the wares displayed In To
2. windows, and ace gsDy dlessed PED
j. pie. instead of turning their sieE
! | toward Scotland, where every seen
II | would suggest familiar tradluons
J. heroic events. Where the noble lessor
"a 20 be learned of the dignity OF laool
" ard the success OF persistent endeav;
y would encourage the American near
# Now, travel there is easy, aud as WsI
>: a. red over those scenes in the highland
l. which are 30 allied With histories OF u
"a oaat. it was to me 8 constant source
" regret that travel had not been as cas-
- A. IL ia now, in the time OF Sir Wait'
r Scott and Lord Byron. II they ha
Il ssen the highlands proper, of which TIE
,r onIy saw the gate, and bad enriched
- with their genius, as Sir Walter ola u
10 Iowjands and the gate Of the highland
~ and az Lord Byron did the Rhine, tue
m we should have had there many cr'
m os much sought as the Ehreneteltstell
ie Every tradition unfolded by their poet
ID genius Eo1,c have been seed for u
a Growth Of patriots and heroes, and Il
j. world would have a property In tho
at things which now are only gathered [
10 tibet jurist from some antiquarian, who
re res suTes are his cOuntry's history
al wl.s my good fortune to 90 through tn
y. region, with thai senoiaf snd poe
o, Charles M'Ksy, Scotchman, WI
nt comes from the north Of Scotland, al
at belongs to one of those clans that 40
.e, not shrink fIom the charge OF beir
10, vet untsmtd. MKay had Dill
"a. his mind with the trad tons
w his country, and he taught me mai
be which otherwise 1 should not ms
At. known. In the good old town OF Ed
a .urg, net your poet and gentema
BIIentlne, the modern Burns, ss
J hat to the poetic grace and pat
otie fervor OF Burns, is united
thoroughly utilitaIisn character. I
mot noted achievement rs q WORKER
, believed to be the discovery, at itait
ne mart. of the lost srt Of painting IN gls
81 a characteristic apecdOte Will pet
N nresant TO you this Burma OF the prese
~ one dsy when walking through
lc- streets OF Eiinburg be pointed OUT
5 me the close Of Monteith, and ssld, "
PIE won see that? That is the close OF M
lus yeiIn When q child never w
.ns through that. said, "Why?p "Secai
ID it ia famed after The scoundrel who
ce; trsved the liant Wallace" IL
.ol plsuge.1 Al that name Of Wallace WI
'ne memories of Scotland's glorious ia
Its arise. A country gentleman, who, vi
uIe ont raDk, without fortune, and wit
ule the aecas ,ories Of powerful connect
i. by birth to aid him in any enterpl
% wnieh he might attempt, bat I'd
al he art, wrupg beyond endurance by
So countTy's wrongs, counted not
lLs 81. He gathered around
~ few adventurous spirits, and fou
t ffom step TO step, a guerrilla was, y
wy he raised An army with which he b
" the kings troops at Stirli
ste Ant soon after this R1spici
went misfortune overlook IA
ltV ne " as DEF atsd at ERikiik, and his
" oeOulsr forces dispersed. Neither