Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-05-05

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the tyrant's yoke. Little Beatrice
Schultze, about four years old, dressed
as a gentleman Of the continental days,
attracted considerable attention.
ATTHE PARE.
, Arrived ct the park the procession dis
banded, and with the vast assamblsgs
OF ladies and children already gathered
there, gave themselves up to the enjoy
ments Of the day, for which the arrange
ment5 wee Of the most complete char
acter. Refreshment bC 0ths of every de-
scription were on the ground; Arnold's
orchestra occupied the stand and dis
coursed sweetest strains, to which the
merry throng tripped flying fee,, and
every face was WIeathed with smiles
and happiness and sUuG numor ruled
the hour. At three O'Clock: the ir,imbet
sounded the grand flourish, which col.
lected 8 vast throDg around the grand
s-.-,,u, where the speech by the Nay
Queen was to be delivered.
THE QUEEN OF MAY,
miss Fannie Schultze) was escorted
upon the stand by the two George
Wsshingtons Masters Walker Holen-
berg and Clyde SteinkuhD, when Mas
ter Walker HOllenberg introduced the
queen to her subjects with the following
! neat little speech, delivered in a clear,
| firm voice:
"LADfEs AND GENTLEMEN-I have
the honor TO introduce to you the Queen
of the May, who will deliver her annual
| address,
| The queen was received with applause,
when she stepped forward, with true
royal dignity and majestic bearing, and
delivered her speech.
THE SPEECH OF TIE MAY QUEEN.
LADIES AND ENTLEMEN-Thankfu
for another glorious day ef sunshine and
sisdness,l : congratulate you that through
the storm and year of sadness and
grief once more sweet eyed May comes
to bless the earth with her green leaves,
her fragrant flowers and her cheering |
smiles. Another year is pscJed and |
gone-anOther year with its macy woes |
ana its many sOrOWs, has left much |
cause for bitter tcsrs and painful memo |
Ties, yet when the tale OF all our woes is !
told, and all our griefs are bulied in our |
tears, now comes gentle May with un-
erring time to bring back once more the |
day OF joy and renew the hope of life.
Life is full Of trials, and the past may
have been full OF painful disappoint-
ments, yet all OF lite is not sorrow, nor ali
our DAYS days OF grief. Look around
you. Here are happy hears, here smil-
ing faces, here happy woods, green
fields, and budding blossoms and flower;
here peace and plenty scatter their
stores around the throne Of beauty and
bid you again be frll Of happiness. Then
give to this bright May-day your whole
heart and be happy and gay. Let the
sweetest music bid you to the festive
dance, and joy uusloyed flow sweetly
through every heart. Long life and
hsppy days to all, and trust this bright
May day may be one Of tha brightest
which the memory will point to in all
coming time as one OF it's Brightest when
the sunset of life shall liDgsr in life's de-
clining shadow. We pledge to-day the
Tuty wine to the coed old days Of
Fatneriand, whence come pleasant
thoughts Of the dear old long ago. APP
plRuse.
The Queen Withdrew from the stand,
accompanied hy her attendants,
were resumed.
At five o'clock the trumpet again
sounded the attention" when Hon.
John Roush announced that speeches
would be delivered by General Gordon |
lish and the latteri in German. General
Gordon was then escorted to the stand
and introduced to the audience by
Chief MarshalF. G. Schaper, when
GENERAL GORDON SAID:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS
AND FELLOW -CITIZENS-I esteem it
my duty, as it certainly is my desire,
f'st, to acknO Wedge the honor of the
invitation that brings me before you. l
am d, apiy grateful for this unexpected -,
Of your courtesy and con-
sideration. Aud, coming before you as
[ DO, unknown to fame and unberalded ,
by distinction, such testimony of your :
regard - doubly valuable. And al
though am neither personally nor pub :
liciy acquainted with but few Of you, 1 :
am not stranger - your history, nor :
an alien to your interests. And am ;
pleased at this opportunity to say So
pierced - meet and to greet the repre-
men and women Of that na- :
tionality which has added, and Is still :
adding, so much to the glory and pros !
parity of this great country. Though We ;
10 not Sll claim common nationality; !
though many of you first saw the lig !
beneath the soft skies OF distant Ger !
many, and plucked your first flowers !
along the banks OF her beautiful streams,
yet we are henceforth identified by q =
common history Inspire by common Z
hopes, actuated by mutual interC its |:
and bound together in a common
iestiny. There is nothing, then, !;
hat appertsins to your prosperity =
and happiness to which l could be cor :
Indifferent; nothing in this Y
great land Of ours that is dear to your =
hearts that does not find a responsive y
chord in mine. Under such circum- :
tances, then, it is with unmingled sat ?
siaCtiOn that l meet you, and would x
lere renew my thanks for your unex- y
)ected invitation to be with you to-day, =
md at the same time would ask you not =
o measure the value which l attach to Z
ne distinction you have done me by the =
)rief, imperfect, unsystematic Grafton l q
Dffer you. l say brief, for it is not my y
purpose to detain you, and chiefly for c
wO reasons: First, it seems to me that q
t would be almost prOfanatiOn to in =
eTrupt for any considerable length OF =
ime the pleasures and festivities OF this q
,eautiful occasion with so dull Eer- y
as that Of speech. You ave y
lot assembled here to undergo in any .
yjss the sense Of labor, reflection or in I
tIuction, but TO give your heads and n
-STJ5 up 10 lSntne5sI anu merIltnenty | :,
nd music and song, and to rejoice in -
be return OF that day which has be- II
ONE 50 dear to the DeaIt OF the Ger. J
nan, no matter under whatever part of y
I0d's beautiful concave he may be y
laced. and, second, will not detain 81
-ou because l have personally q senti- -
mental horror of lorg speeches on all 81
ccssions, Tut more especially where - -
4Nor,tb or4 pIaaeura r,,aat =
To chase the hours with flying feet" -
1 pledge you, then, that il 1 DO not W
ntertsin with what shall say, l will "
t least not weary by the length Of time Il
shall detain you. l congratulate you Il
pom the return of this joyous OCCASION, p
nd hope that you will elj ~ the pleas "
res and amenities of this Centennial NJ
LATEST with more than ordinary suscep- II
bilities, and 10 your hearts complete 81
atisfsction. l confess, my friends, that st
do not know the origin Of tine Msiiest, bt
or have | been able to ascertain the 81
recise time at which it was first insti- Ia
Ited, nor the circumstances which first "
,d to its COHmem OratiOn. We are in a,