Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-04-20
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l'ytiY enthusiastic The spir-
J. oi Tie fathers Ass full up
them. The echoes OF the wsrnipg g1ns
o. 'he ysoman who fist confronted the
hiiu.n greuadiers at Lexington and
~'ncord were caught up again and an
s"ered by the sons OF gallant sire.,
were. prolonged by fres0 pesls, tellipg
lhe world that the men Of to-dsy nate.
'uily appreciate tho freedom Won by the
continental Amy, by the soldiers Of
Washington, From Boston and from
AL The cities Of the east the
people who have an inteIligc.,
appreciation Of the value Of libe.cv IN
> won and cemented ~ the hest
''ood ot the original thirteen states
1o'-re', IN one stss2y, continuous stream,
NO tse little town made famous IN
le7e later Gays by its poets and philosc-
h'en the railrHad-which hourly
1e4ks upon the repos4 OF the once home
hrA"thorne-type of the restless age
~ progress VIII eh has succeeded that
I,o..1,I 1'oLiAi I'D les, even the railroad
u - 20 us Utmost Of accommodation
- 'io' I'D ret the wants Of those whose
o.'-' -. SN elled with pride and whose
- Eere quiokened to unwonted
by patriotic memories. Were
Sord twenty times the size II is it /
'uI1 not meet the wants and /,
soifs-' Of the men, women and children,
no invaded its quiet precincts to walk, !
,srchance they could do no more. up |
pa the soil and sod cOnsecrsted by the /
blood OF freemeR. Scarce one ia q thou |
and OF all who were there were able to /
4njoy tie exercises which were, as be- /
lifted the occasion, grsced by the Pres
inee Of the highest dignitAries in the
Union, and conducted with . ds,corum
md solemLity such as Tailed Veil with
he memories II was desired to recall.
5ut II they did not hear, tn sy recalled |
he story for themselves, and as they 1
wandered by the bridge where the
rave yeomsnry confront and
Rove back the red cats, they mayhsr,
cit the blood course quicker than T.. It's
Won't, and found their lips cepest-
ng the stirring slrains Of che songs
T catches Of the rsvolutic, a uuickeped
Ut Of silence b. : the Very food of Con-
ord'sistory, tr .ey gave way and sang or
louted to : estify their love Of the lib.
i'y Pu'ch Ased st 50 dear q price. 1t
'as a 81 Eht that at Concord yester-
Ay' Thich, like the event
ne fest gathering commemo-
A'eu, will have its effect all lover
ne Union. AS the guns fired on the
me 0eenth OF April, I775, signsled TO
ne people even Of distant Georgia the |
.dfngs that freedom's battle had begun,
80 The shoV.ts and glad songs of the peo- !
pie of Concord yesterday have carried !
% diss8'It homes on the Pacific, by the |
axes and the gull, the reassuring prom |
sc U AT ths men OF New England, of |
'Ir' gfnia, OF the Carolinas, Georgia, Ma.
= isnd, New York, New Jersey, Della
Fare aud Pennsylvania did not die in |
vain; that the republic they founded,
af-er all the stOruIs, the trials and tests /
OF one hundred years, stands to-day the |
wonder of the world, glorious witness |
Of mans capacity for self-government.
The echo Of the cheers OF Concord yes.
terdsy, like that of the guns Of the Con-
e 'rd Of 'one hundred years ago." have
been caught up by all the States, and q 1
deep, prolonged "thank Cod" answer
ed and swelled the chorus OF patriotic
'ervOr. 1t was a glorious dsy-a day fer
eXtravagances OF speech, OF fervor and
II prophecy. It was an bccssiop
when, If ever, that styS. Of eulo.
" that, on the glorious Fourth, was
III the vogue yeaV, ago, might
)e revived. It was a time when the
lumblest citizen m' .ght indulge his over
lowing patriOtisr Il, and in all kinds Of
harmless VsD' .ty, in action and in
peeeh' dWS' 4 upon Concord then and
JohcoIo D. Jw, recalling the wild wilder
less Of U lose days threaded now by sew
'nty-sI' thousand miles OF railroad and
me d Lndred and seventy Thousand miles
d Jegrsph, aud dotted with cities that
D all the arts Of peaceful industry rival
the most famous Of Europe. Here, in
the south, refreshed and reinvigorated
by the more recent political promises of
the men OF New England, and among
them OF Concord, We feel our hearts
beating responsive to the cheers and
emotions ofConcord yesterday. "Blood is
thicker than water, f" and the tendrils and
ties Of nationality cannot be severed
even by revolution. In tne later war,
which tested the manhood aud endur-
anee Of the chilGren of the fathers OF
the republic as God grant they may
never be tried and tested again, the men
OF the south were sctuatei by the same
love Of communal independence and in
diVidusl liberty that was the incentive
Ia resistance Of British tyranny in rs
We desired, as did the men OF Concord,
to be left to that liberty and freedom in
choice OF government which best ac-
corded with our own sense of right, and
from the day when war was declared
until Lee shesthed his glorious sword,
the Independence and integrity Of each
and sll OF the Confederate States was
preserved as an essential in the main-
teuance Of our cause before the people.
With the memory Of that war full upon
us, proud of the record our fallen citi-
zens made in field and forum, aud with
heartfelt gratitude for Lee, Johnston,
Polk and Jackson, we can stretch our
bands away across the continent to the
men OF Concord, assuring them tnst
with a clear appreciation Of their work
Of yesterday, we grasp them as those of
brethTeD Of the same fold, citizens OF the
same Union, with q common history
aud "a common hope that
Tue union OF lands,
The union OF hands,
The union Of hearts,
None may sever.
And that
The union o. States
May continue a thrice
Glorious Union forever.
We can pledge to these men Of Con-
cord over the hallowed turf, beneath
which rests the dust Of unnumbered hon.
ored dead and by the memory Oftheir pa
triotism; that we feel our mission is one