Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-18
qEMPIIN APPEAL
SUNDAY, $50: JULY IS, 1875
AnUIHrRN Youth.


which has agitated the minds ana laSs1
to their uttermost the energies Of Tue
southern people for the last decade has
49,, the restoration Of our beloved ianc
10 1,zs dear I'd. Us because she has been
in s,rrov and humiliatiOn-to her prs
tine position Of wealth, influence ana
over In this stupendous undertaking
al classes were alike interested. we
saw stupendous, for no other word VIII
exuress the difficulty Of q task requiring
more courage, more zeal, more soldleiiy
s.esdrsstngss for its accomplishment
than thst which animated our armies al
Charlottesville or stormed the hignts
OF fatal Gettysburg. There have been
men-We gIieye 90 say men both noTJh
and south-who have, under the lniiu-
euce Of the decentralization and bitter
ness which were the legitimate product
OF the war, been led to forget, in the
insane desire foT personal aggrandize-
ment, that higher, holier and more To-
UIeduty which esch citizen owes to his
country. We, who came forth from the
strife in 1865, prepared for any punish
ment our Conque-s might mete out 10 US
have drank deep Of the cup, and have
been the prey in life, limb and property
to inetiiciency, crime and Ignorance.
Yet, thanks to that deep sense OF right
and Justice, which, however partisan in
terests and demagoguery may have OBJ
secured and sufied for a time, il il still
impossible to eradicate from the bosom
Of every freeman, we have lived to see
those bold, bad and designing men who
sought our ruin disposed from their high
position and consigned to merited
obscurity. We have lived to see
Boston stretching forth q vel
coming hand TO the State
which originated, we might almost say,
notification and secession. We have
lived to see the colored man, who has
hitherto been s dUpe and byewoTd
among men, rising and shaking of the
carbuncles which have for ten years de-
priyed him Of his substance. We have
seen the kuklux-klan sink away for
ever into the Congenial midnight dark
ness from which it was wont to come
forth, to arouse the hOuor.of northern
politicians, to whom its reported dark
deeds and darker murders were as
sweet uorseI. We have seen the loyal
League. which once held the negro IN
bondage far worse than slavery, dlsap-
pear, ard leave him to set for himself
to rise, as We hope, by virtue OF inde-
pendence and courage, or to sink by IN
action and dependence. We have lived
to see a political earthquake shake the
American continent from center to cir
cumference, and a Democratic majority,
committed 10 an honest, frugal and
constitutional administration Of govern
meUt. chosen in the room Of the dis
honest and interruptions body which
ureceded them. All these things have
we lived TO see in the comparatively
short space Of ten years. But the end
il not vet. nor will ii come until we shall
see Gall the ills that lowered on our house
in the deep bosom Of the ocean buried"
How may this contamination be
reached? Who is to finish this incOm-
plete work? We answer, the youth Of
the south. In go answering we mean
not to disparage the influence and Wis
dom OF tue old. 1t has grown to be
Droyerb: "The old for counsel, the
Young for action" This is time for
action, q species Of action OF
which youth alone is capable. In
thus speaking, also, we do not
refer to political action alone.
That, Of course, is important, but the
great and paramount consideration is
that every young man in the south shall
20 TO work with 3 will-shalI lay aside
the vain hope Of riches without labor,
and bend every energy to the task OF
making the south what her resources
and her past entitle her to be-the
grandest and most magnificent terri
tory ever chosen as q habitation by CIV
iIized man. The old live in the past,
the young in the future. To the former
the greatest happiness consists in re-
calling the events, associations and trl'
umphs Of earlier years. To the latter,
the highest inspiration is in the lofty
hope OF triumphs and victories yet 10
come. The youth of no country, per-
haps, have been, according to general
rules, so wholly untitled IS those Of the
south for the great duties which fate has
required Of them, and none in the his-
tory OF the world have more nobly &C. |
Quilted themselves. Witness the an |
nual cotton crop, twO-thirds OF which is
the product Of their manual labor. Wit |
ness the fields Of Virginia, Tennessee
and Georgia, whose waving crops Of
grain testify yearly their ability to per
form the duty required at their hands.
Witness the ruined places rebuilt, beau
titled and adorned by their labor.
1t is, then, the youth of the south to
whom we are to look for the reCupera-
ton OF her wasted strength, and for the
building up all over cur land of new
sources Of wealth and power. To the
old will they look for encouragement in
the pursuit Of those objects. Encourage
them with your personal influence,
with your assured position in So
ciety and politics, and, if necessa-
~, back their energy, their honor and
their business talents, with your means
and your money, and our word for it,
by the time another decade shall have |
rolled over our heads, our country will |
be as contented, happy and prosperous
as in days Of yore. The age OF Pericles
is to this day considered The proudest in
Grecisn history. 1t was during the |
reign OF this man that Athens, already |
the center Of Literature, was adorned |
with grand temples and magnificent
public structures, whose beauty and /
grace modern art has never even ap- |
preached. It is related that one Occa- |
sion Pericles demanded Of the peoples /
assembly large sum Of money for the
completion Of some public work. His
demand was considered extravagant, |
and the required sum was refused. at
is WELL said he. 4" l will not, there |
fore, inscribe your namss upon these
great structures, but my own. POsteri |
ty will bestow upon Pericles the glory |
which should belong to Athens" The |
Athenisn pride WIS touched, and sum |
larger than be had asked was at once
granted. The young men Of the south |