Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-06

pleasure, ana feel assured that he willsecure !
a very liberal patronage.
GreenIaW OPerahouse-
This afternoon the Meyers opera |
troupe will give a matinee at the Greenlaw |
Operahous-, for the especial entertainment OF |
the ladies and children. who will have an OPP |
portunity OF seeing Lne chId WONDER !
MDouald and also Mr.. MDoDald in his re- !
markable skate dance. These feature, ire
spective OF others, will be interesting an |
amusing 20 the audience. The best Of order
will be maintained and hrst-cIsss enter /
tainment given.
The Peoples Night at the Memphis
Theater.
The Theater viii be open again to-
night at which Haverly's Ministries VIII give
one OF their most entertaining performances,
the last a Memphis audience will enjoy TINS
season. Manager Brooks has inaugurated
these Saturday night performances for the
entertainment of the masses ana mas put me
rate of admission down to afty cents Tor the
paTquette and dress circle, and twenty nVe
and fifteen cents tor the galleries. Inc pro-
grRmme tonight Will be made up OF the
choicest selections from the repertoire or thls
famous minstrel troupe, which assures rare
entertainments.
The Scattered Nation Lecture Last
Night by Governor Vance.
List night large and appreciative
audience, composed of many of the most in
telligent ladies and gentlemen, assembled at
the Greenlaw Operahcuse TO near Ex-GoV-
ernor Zeb Vance's lecture, entitled The Scat
tered Nation" SHch an audience, while fully
merited by the distinguished lecturer, was of
the character which gentleman OF EX-Goy-
ernor Vance's distinction and recognized abil-
ity as a statesman and scholar should receive
from the citizens of Memphis. ARE pleased
TO know that Ex-Governor Vance has been
received in such a BETTING manner, for such
has not only done honor to this gentleman,
but also TO Memphis. Ex-Governor Vance
sY,tr nv Chancellor Stockton.
said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN now crafty
long and cherished wish, namely, that OF in
Producing TO a Memphis audience the pride
and the boast of North Carolina, Hon. ZeDu-
lon Vance.
This Introduction was greeted VIII Applause
by the audience.
SYNOPSIS OF THE LECTURE.
Ex-Governor Vance exercised his thanks to
| the audience for their kind reception, and
proceeded with his lecture. He alluded to the
Statement of Commodore Maury relative to
the great roll in the ocean, and said this ''re-
| markable physical phenomena mad lts moral
counterpart in humanity, its fountain being
| in the origin of the world and Its sha1OW IN
the dawn of eternity-it is the Jewish race.
The Jew, beyond any aopotf Is tne mos 10, re re-
world, there is none in any respect equal 10
| the history and character OF the Jew In MS IN
fuence over the human race. After enlarg-
| ing upon the important and singular attitude
| of the Jews, their influence upon the destinies
| OF the world, he said their national peeullarl-
| ties and char8 cteristics as a scattered unity
| still were felt, and made tn m q remark8ble
wonder-though dead as a united race, their
ideas still live. A comparison was then made
| between the Jew, the Greek and the Roman,
for our readers will perceive that the spiritual,
the intellectual and the moral are represented
| respectively by these nations. he then spoke
or the orr gin progress and development of the
| Jews quoting from the american EncgcJop0s-
| did, which says the Jews belong to the Shem-
| tic race of families. Their nomadlc lives,
| and, consequently, their agricultural habits,
their conquer and oppression, their attempted
| determination and their prosecutions in the
| name or their God, their future progress and
| consecutive career among the different ma
lions of Europe and Asia were given IN
style at once historic and elegant. The papacy,
| the republ lie of Venice, the respect accorded
the Catholic church, ETC., as given by NJ eau
! ley, were quoted by the lecturer. Inc "Iwl-
| light" of which M'Cauley speaks, was but the
| monday of Jewish glory. All churches,
| Roman or Protestant, are but offsprings of the
Jewish history. Strike out the latter, and all
others are but super titions, for the religion Of
Christ, as well as that of Moses, IS
| of Jewish origin. The Father of the great
Aryans, from whom we descended ,had VIVID
| idea of the unity OF God. He referred 10 the
origin of the worship of stars and IRE, and the
worship of the true principle, which latter
| idea was developed to Abraham in Chaidea.
Whether the true, intelligent idea or Goa was
original or traditional among the Jews, we
| cerTa My owe to them our idea of God, and
| probably OF salvation. In this respect the in
fluence the Jews have exercised over the deS-
TIMES Of the races places them In the most I'M
| portant place. He quoted the we l-knoWn
passage of Tacitus in his definition OF the Del
| w. and his assertion that they shave but one
God, whom they see in the minds eye and
| definition, however, had no influence upon
| the philosophy of antiquity. Ihe lecturer
| next spoke OF Palestine, the remarkable fea-
| ture OF which Is its small area OF territory He
| gave a graceful picture of its geography as
| well as its topography, the Mediterranean, the
Jordan, the towering limestone walls eighteen
hundred feet in hight, Arabia and Assyrla,
| etc. He endeavored to show that 1t is the peo-
pie, and not the territory, which makes peO-
| MI wonderful
| remarkable activity and industry of the in
| habitantS, under their system of regulation,
| being sufficient compensation for the small
| area of territory the people had. The lecturer
| gave pleasing description of the agr1cultur-
| al features and productions OF the country,
| which gave support to seven or nine million
| inhabitants. II the whole space of Palestine
| were devoted to the cultivation OF the ohye
| It's value at present would thribble that OF the
| entire cotton crop of America. The whole
| polity of the Jews was to agriculture, though
| they had a tendency TO commerce. After his
| remarks upon the physical condition OF the
| Jews, he spoke of their laws for the upnClding
| and protection of property, enlarging upon
their agrarlan law, which secured me me polltl-
| cal equality of the people. Every nifty years
God, the Lord of the soil, assumed the entire
| control of the soil and gave it back in the
| proper ratio TO the descendants of the people.
| Except the idea of placing the bottom rail on
| top, which never entered into the idea OF the
| Jews, we have not single idea in politics but
| were known to the Jews. He next discussed
| the civil and the ecclesiastical polity of the
| Jews whose government was both theOretic
|
| spiritual ruler. Their fundamental ard or
| ganic law came from God, was fixed and I'M
| alteTable, but they were even called upon to
| ratify this. They held the first constitutional
| convention ever held. He then referred to
| the assembling of the tribe by Joshua. The
| people of Israel testified their free and will
| ing acceptance of the constitution, word for
| word, line for line, which had been delivered
| BY their God. The denunciations heaped
| upon the Israeli eS as warning Tor
| their violation of the law thus accepted, is
| the most sublime found in poetry or nature.
| The growth and development of the Jewish
| nation, the system of government in its eX-
| ecutive, legislative and judicial departments,
| explained, their bond OF union being their
| divine obIigation-Ihe great prin piles of pop
| ular education, peace and national industry,
| the protection of property and the security of
life, the speedy execution OF Justice and the
| equality of all citizens before the law, were
| aSsiduOuSly inculcated-in fact, such De-
| mocracy the world never knew. They had no
| standing armies, but relied on patriots for the
| defense of the country. The soldiers were
| footmen, cavalry being prohibited lest 1t
might induce predatory excursions ia o
| neighbOring countries, termed nowadays
| "peTipatetic carpetbaggery." Let truth and
| justice be done, for we must attribute all
| these ideas TO the genius of the Jews and to
| the benefcence of the God of the Jews, whose
| civilization beng moral in its character, diff
| fered from that of the surrounding nations,
| which were physical. In some of the tastes
| and refined arts they were doubtless eXcelled
| by the Greeks and some of the AsiRtic Medit-
| erraneans, but IN the arts of peace and indus
| try, in the science OF government and protec-
| ton of human life and property, they far SUI
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