Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-05


which TIE whole argument aud much OF
The history Of the revolutionary war Is
illustrated aud condensed, and 1t was
soecialIy gratifying to notice the effect
upou his own countrymen as be carrleu
ma through the varied scenes of the play.
l am not quite sure that his Wdsh".gt07s
could be successfully pIoduced I'D
America, although the Engllsh present
insisted that il would Oe fsvoraDlY greet
ed in London. After some necessary al
terstions have no doubt that, II repre-
sented in America during the Centen-
nial year, it would be handsomely 1e'
warded. He introduces Washington,
Franklin, Patrick Henry, John Adams,
Benedict Arnold, Marquis de Lafayette,
Major Andre, Bishop (Washington's
negro body servant), Martha Washing
ton and Mary Arnold, the sister OF the
traitor. A few passages will give you n
tsuch OF the quality OF the play he
opens with ArnOld's violent PATRIOTISM
as if to show that extreme men are al
| ways to be distrusted, and he follows
with several excellent pictures OF Frank
lin and Washington. The former has
lust returned from England and reports
his reception by the British consul IL
London. quote-what franklin said:
| l said we hated priestcraft, and would none
| OF State religion and Its hierarchy;
| We would have none of foreign laws or judges
| Or task master officials grinding us
| By tyrannous taxation everywhere;
I told them we denounced renounceo all
And claimed, though loyal still, self-govern-
Yet all fell through; an utter chaos Of failure
| Seemed to crash round me like shattered
And then felt much as that self strong man,
| IL INaT- xrynn DATED
| AS you, with me, DEFY, the thunderboIt
Even of tyrannic JoVe himself. Alone,
| In the calm majesty OF self respect, ,o,,,
| l then threw down your gage OF independ-
| And, fuil free conduct granted, came away
Pledged, like yourselves, rebel for the right
And Washington's answer:
Thus, England, we must break away from
| thee:
Ny fathers home for full four hundred years,
Or ever we came here, a century back
Must be renounced forever.
| Be 1t so,
Tin this struggle win the glorious prize,
Our peoples freedom to the end OF tlmei
A nation that shall overflow the giooei
| Making mis- hemisphere the fountaln-heauI
LO! what a Plsgah view to one who STANDS
The Father OF his Country TO an ages,
| Living in them revered-but If lose,
How swift and terrible the penalties!
The vast estates my hOnoTed father LETT me
Forfeited, my rich revenues by marriage
Confiscated, and that best-loYed wife oeggar
While for myself the traitors hideous doom,
Hanged, drawn and quartered. What fear
| full price
l. there no middle track?-too late, too late;
The sword is drawn. the die of fate is cast;
Liberty shall be conquered II live,
| And if die, for others let me die
In their Just cause oil freedom; be the past
w ped out as dead-the present bloody enort
The future dark as night but, what 81 d9ty,
, Are these all sure and safe on freedoms side
Can l abjure my country and my King
Nor feel a parrictde against mothelY ~.
Mother! Yet are there seen some so'calleC
Urmotheriy, manufactured, heavy-handed
The callous and hard hearted sort, n whom
Maternal instinct is all dead, while those
Counted her children, driven from heaFth AM
home, ,,,,
| If She neglects to teach and train her sons,
| Crnshes their energies for selfish gain;
, Makes them her serfs and drudges, keeps then
Though they are grown fun-fedged for Lib
, When freedom is their rights this mothe
To taunt me with ingTatitude, or claim
/ Parental honor? No! King Georges EDglsn'
+ Has shown small mercy to her far-of sons,
| Exiled for conscience sake Ia eyll Gays;
And we are still fallen on days as EVIL;
D Tyrannically taxed, strained, Kept down,
' Treated like chiIdren-worse, like slaves!
Pray hard for better times. May some gran
change
: Hapiy long hence-perhaps a hundred year
For NATIONS move DuJ slOWlSJ yOG AAAAN Ling
! Leaning upon America, her son, .,-,-,.-
] Returned to love and bless her, thankln
Whose everything wisdom ordereth all thing
= Making mans wrath work the good Will
= That these twin giant peoples linked tOgethe
: Shall hold p0th hsmiSpheres in fee bst0Re
e Making their world their one imperial realm
i A street in Baltimore, scene three, &C
e two, is curious ss revealing what MI
# Tupper insists is the true history OF tn
e origin of the American flag.
s Rachel-But we're not English now.
r Ifmothy-Who told you that?
q We're Greater Britain, England magnlned,
c In origin and laws and soul the same.
u What language do you speak, WHO wei
= y What's Your religion, if not Protestant?
u Your books, your liberties, your staIWaLt tor'
III OF Independent character ?-all Engnshj
r They fill an island, we continentj
=, We are republicans, they monarchists;
, But our Head Man looks very IKE king,
I. And their great Ruler Is the sovereign peopI
q The name seems well enough, our HanK'
ls Rqchez-You saw it, Timothyg
% Tfnlo,hy-Yes, girl, at Boston.
=. There first was shown that glorious nag u
= furled.
,s The Union Jack of England, and flung out
~ Those stars and stripes. Tell me, why sta
D, 7ynotSy~It's fair enough; they make a pre-
a Shining and wrggling in the sun like snake n, k
n NdthdT-Thats poor answer. why cHoO
r stripes and stars?
e Enter BraknIin.l
10 oh, here comes one can tell us everything;
a. Good morrow, Brother Franklin. Dost inc
'e And wilt thou say, why they chose stars al
Or stripes? ,
e. Franklfn-Yes, Nathan. proposed IL
- II was their leaders old crusading blazon,
he Washington's coat. his own heraldic shield.
re NdthGn-Can this be known, and was 1t n
T. ambition
To ACromwen come again?
IL FTGnkliTl-Listen good friends,
d 1t is not known, and 1t was not amDlLloni
lie For on the spur, when we must choose has
8; Symbolling Independent unity,
n. We, and not he-all was unknown to him
- Took up his coat of arms and multi Piled
OF And magnified 1t every way to this,
OF Our glorious national banner.
Nv | Rdchet-Coat of arms?
~ | What was this coat of arms2
lS FTdnkliR-I1l tell you fair miss
ne I've searched 1t out and know 1t for myself
to When late in England there, at HeraIds'
nd And found the Washingtons of Wessy ngtc
lis In county Durham and Sulgrave manor,
no County Northampton, bore upon their snle
10 Three stars atop, three stars below the TESS,
ne Guies-that is red-on white, and for the or
he An eagles head upspringing to the light
of The archllraVes at SulgraVe testify,
AS sundry painted windows in the hall
lc- Az Wessypgton, this was their fancy coat.
ed They took It to their new Virginia home;
i'm And at Mount Vernon myself have noted
'An An old cast. iron scutcheOned chimney-bac
OF Charged with that heraldry.
ne TfnothII-Well, this is strange,
nd And no one knows it; surely such relic
- Must soon be cared for, If not Worshipped.
NJ Ffdnktin-Sir,
he Causes are soon forgotten; consequents
fer Quickly close-sDaooW IheIn, as PlanCS IL
- seeds.
for This root and reason for our stars and stril
nm must be gone,
on NdtEaneFarewell; we thank thee, brotl
'cn TiHlothy-Well, Nathan, this is grand ab
of those stars;
Nv The stars are now thirteen-each star St
ny And may soon be thrice that; say thirty-n
10 With "forty stripes save one" to whip
nat world.
ain How say you, Quaker friendP ,
OF Friend Franklin must have known, an
o ~ That eagles head hath pulled body out,
VI Full fiedged, as mounting up to the h1g
ort Trailing a mantlet-cloud of stars end stri
ors am man of peace; L love not wars;
Yet were it well that none should strive
'or Or touch, unless in love- those stars and strI
vor ITnothy-Well said, old Nathan; nut we
ed, Come to headquarters; there is all the new
lis After which the treason of Arnold
'ns. gins to dawn, followed by its diseOvC
the bis flight, and the trial and execution
rye Andre. Mr.. Upper will visit US dur
da, the Centennial year, and will doubt
ign personally superintend the introduce
yea Of his play.
en. A Son of the Old Sea Kin.