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

old hsbits. This may be assumed that
il was a case where well enough might
safely have been let alone. The home
training Of Scotland is the beginning OF
her prosperity. There, children are
taught, 10 their infancy, obedience TO
their parents, respect for sge, chsrlty Ior
lhe needy, and veneration Tor God.
There is the fountain from which old
Scotia's grandeur springs. Applause
1t Is that which makes the Scotch emil
grant, wherever he GOES, man who
works his way; who, il he makes bad
selection by, what in their own express
i've idiom is called, grip, holds on until
he brings good out OF evil. Applause.
And IL is that too which accounts for the
fact familiar to you all, that you have
never seen 3 Scotch beggaT. Applause
II NAV, perhaps, be answered that Is De-
cause Scotchmen will help their own
countryman whenever he is in want
Then it may well be Tejoined, they only
do it because their countryman Is
worthy, and II that countryman was
one who had squandered the ald mat
wss given him, made nothing from the
talent that was bestowed upon MN,
then Scotchmen would not help
him. Therefore it is that, while
it is a tribute TO you that you
do 30 help your countIyman,
it is also q tribute to them, as IL gives
proof they were deserving 1t. APP
plause. Equally marked IN the char-
acteristics Of ScOtchmsn is conserve,
tism, the preservation Of all that Is good
and the bold, direct inquiry as 10
whether it is good or no. They preserve
their old traditions; they preserve all
which responds to their pride. You
fiud, for Instance, in the town OF Edin,
borough that the crown jewels are still
there, and no Scotchmen would sur
render them. The stone oil Scone was
taken away, but you remember no"
many efforts were made 10 recover H.
Indeed, it was not until Scotishu gave
TO England the king that she was ever
content TO leave the stone OF Scohe III
England. The present queen, VINO mas
been so highly and justly compliment
ed tonight, holds her seat through
Scotch descent. Il was not only JAMES
of Scotland, but it was the HanoVefian
branch of the royal family Claiming
through Scotch blood, which again con-
nected Scotland to the throne we u
Wales were little cheated, puC- We
have the Prince OF Wales still. Laugh
ter. Things change upon tnef sur.
face; all things have varied since InS
time of union between England and
Scotland, and yet in the heart OF tne
ScOtchman there still lives the same
| sentiment that fired her ancestors. Ap,
plause,1 Speak to him OF any anclen'
event and at once you see in the gilt
torinT eve and flushed cheek he is 8
Scotchman to the core lapplausel; thai
he has never ceased to feel that Scotland
was his country, and he was Scotch.
man To the death. Applause ] And
vet where has the British banner been
horne on foreign land that Scotchme1
have not been in the front. At tnt
siege of Cawnpore, the relief of Luck
now, or any other you may mention IL
India: at the long march before IalaVe
"a in the peninsula, still it was Scooter
vipor. it was Scotch resolution, II wa
Scotch courage that commanded the al
miration of the world. Applause.
heard a gentleman remark this evening
that he was of the worst stock-he wa
Scoteh-Irish. Scotch-Irish! What wa
|, Monroe? What WAS Jackson?-bothA An
drew and Stonewsll. Applause. AM
who was the greatest genius that eve
grsced the American parliament, JONI
G. Calhoun?-Scotch-I to the bone
GGreat applause Scotch-lrish, then
have a right to be proud OF their caree
in this country, and we have rlgnt I
be thankful to them. [Applause. W.T.
their conservatism, however, Is min
, rled spirit OF free lnqu
Tv and bold assertion Of whst
ever is believed 10 be true, sometime
, assuming revolutionary proportions
Thus it was in l843, when number
ministers of the church OF Scotland 81
serted their independence against 10
q urerogative of the government ana e.
= tablished what now exists unoer th
a | name Of the free church. L do not prt
nose to discuss the propriety OF the move
a ment, But this will say, that lor III
o sobriety, the grandeur, and the etncac
= of the movement time cannot snow
- parallel. Lord Jeffrey, on that occaslo
! said; "Thank God for my eounlr,
> There is not another upon earth Whel
; such a deed could have been done;
q Applause. So much for the sEead
a conservatism, the patient, faithful al
a brave assertion of men who belleVe
: thew were right. Passing on to anotn.
y form of conservatism in Scotland, WI
\ 90 to the other side of the island ana
n the town of Inverness, where the DUE
!. hum of mechanics, where the close
:, vestipation of the scholar would seem
n have changed ali things from their al
/ cient NEUROLOGICAL condition, ana yet
- Won meet an old man of Inverness al
y ask him what hill is that, he Will te
=, Won ns cemetery is there now, o.
! that is the hill where the ii
q tie folks" (the fairies) meet al
II nuallv to have their dance" In Il
Il opposite direction there is another he
ii memorable in Scotland's history, Il
% fiald of Culioden. Though the mem
Ia ries connected with it aIe sad, they a
n carefully treasured, and bear evidence
n the affectionate pride with which Il
. men of the present preserve the recor
~ of the past. There is no shame 10 the
n sorrow. For whether they recall t
70 stern honesty of patriots who guard
,. every penny of money buried in a cair
~ known to them all, and kept 1t for the
kings uses, or the splendid devotion
az the Camerons and M'DOnaids, not 1C
70 getting the heroic Flora, or the knight
70 manhood which INDUCED highland
q. ficer to pin his white cookade upon
NJ English infant for her protection. 1t
a glorious record, and one not
- be forfeited even for a victor
d GLoud and prolonged applaus
T. When was in Inverness. Mr.. Chal
ii bers, the founder of the Miscellany, "
ar living, and it was under his guldan
nj that 1 saw the field OF Cuiiode
" and learned where the clans we
4 DO ted, where they fought and fell.
n shepherd sat by the we'll where Cumo
- LAMBS cavalry charged the famishi
is Scots. The peace of the grave y
a there, AID the living accept the inevl
ar BILE, but honor not the less the bra
m who died for their country. The mS
~ which then spread far behind the bait
n field is now q plantation OF thrifty MI
OF the useful present succeeding 10
h. heroic past. A few days pei'
nd l had passed over the est
/, of the famous Glengarry, the last sc
an fish chief, who asserted supreme Jul
n diction within the territory OF his Gil
Mt The es tate has passed into otner nam
nt it lapsed for want of heirs to the CROW
ne and was sold. Ii is now the property
off an Englishman. But IN the mluuie
av the road stands monument erecteu
mt GleDgarry in the time OF George,
IL Fourth, to show how he exercised
il absolute power Of chieiEalD, even
it infiicting the death penalty upon bs
q | OF WIN lldu
is clansman. The names OF the pers'
Id, executed by his ORDER the date OF
IN. offense, are inscribed on the sides OF
on base of the monument, and is proof t
he he then recognized no exterior Jurlst
he ton superior to his own. Prolont
NJ applause I Few, very few, now rem
ev who remember the old government
ac- the clans. The tide Of time has DO
'sv them from our sight; but yet that b
an of clanship remains as sent1m
We scarcely less strong than before. For
Yea purposes Of internal legislation, and
roe other relations OF a separate CONF
40 nifty, the change is complete; but
10 the deeds of kindness, for the affect
of family, for the protection OF e
Tue Tue other according, to the new ordel
ne, things, the bond of clanship is probs
no. unaItered. The appeal is no longe
80 the large and claymore; but in
y" land of Justice there is more cerI
" protection to be found in the court
lnu law and equity. This, then, is the
IL of conservation, and this is the Sol
, noI clspship which is to be found in
Ia. Scotland Of the present. This is the
,uo of fraternity which binds the mem
IN OF the society Of st. Andrew together
~. iue trust it will so bind them in unity
I .ere ever. Applause. And never, nj
'op' let Scotcnmen, however far reno
'o forget the glories of Scotiand's past
ON tory and the heroic deeds of her 8
tHni TApplause The deep waters OF
O 1o sound Of Null, beneath which lie a Ii
'1ny part Of the invading Spanish armi
ney now peacefully ebb and flow, as tho
~ It's bright waters had never fis
scenes Of carnage, or borne from sho
'nS shore, the echoing shouts Of warlike L
VI VI thn hnahIanha of the ialand-