Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-01

| Jue uSudi aIIeHudllce OF members anu guests
! to enjoy the ceremonies and participate III the
| festivities of the occasion. In addition to the
annual installation Of the officers elect there
was also the banquet, with its songs, toast7,
wit and mirth, affording irresistible Joy
and pleasure to all who were so fortunate
as to sit at the richly-laden tables Of the So
ciety. At the proper hour the retiring presi-
dent, Mr.. Edward l.. TOpp. who
was reelected, delivered an ad-
dress, which we give below. Mr. TOpp. as
president, has made a faithful officer, and re-
has discharged his duties efficiently and sat
isfactorilt, subscribing the best interests Of
the society, and promoting its ends to the
best of his ability.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
At eight O'Clock the members Of the society met IN
their hall Madison street to witness the installa
tiOn OF officers The Oficerselect were installed ac-
cOrdng to the custom and ceremonies of the st. An
drew's society, each making few remarks apprO-
night were as fOllOws G.. W. Miller, first yicepresl
dent; II. Lemon, second vce-preSident; J, b. Camp
bell secretary John T. TOmiInson, assistant secre-
tary; DR.. +. L. Sim, physician; L. d. Mkisck,
treasurer; Nm. W. Young, librarian; board of man
ayers: II. T. Tsmlinson. chairman; r. ". Lamb,
Alex. Mitchell, John C. Forbes W. ;. Bruce
AT THE TABLE.
After the Installation Of the officers. the society
and Its guests repaired to the dining hall In Madame
Vincents grand restaurant to parake of the ban
guet and grow merry over the good old Hot Scotch"
Mr.. J. c. Forbes supeTlntended the making of the
Hot Scotch, the liquor having been imported espe
cally for the occasion, a custom which the st. An
drew'S society always preserves. of course, the Hot
Scotch" was superb and delicious, for Captain
Forbes has an artistic hand and lifetime expert
ence in this most cOmmendable OF all epicureau
sciences
THE BANQUET
was real Scottish and therefore most excellent The
guests were I'm good spirits, and the yiands we're
most generously deyoured. Madame Vincent knows
how to provide table, and In the dishes last night
the excellence of her cuisine was manifested In the
most acceptable manner Suffice to say that the
banquet was equal to any former one by the St An
drew Society. After the first course had been TN
ished
PRESIDENT TOPP
arose and spoke as follows:
GENTLEyiEN, MEMBERS or ST.ASDREW's SOCIETY,"
am more than grathed by your Endorsement Of my
official career during the past year which you have
handsomely testified by your votes at your last meet
Ing for election OF officers and am happy have the
pleasure Of again welcoming our guests TO our ban
quet. During the past year we have dispensed our
charities as they we're called for and have aided
many in various methods. Our list Of members has
not Increased, but, on the contrary has diminished,
and We are lighter in purse. Yet, for all that We
are as ready and willing to aid and assist worthy
Scotchmen who are In distress, to the best OF our
ability. We have felt with great force the system Of
contraction which has been the financial policy OF
this country many years, that
exempliied In our festival this year. Since We met
at the banquet table one year ago we have sustained
severe loss I'm our late and amented brother David
VI. Philip, whom you all knew, and who, at various
times held nearly all the Offices of this society with
distinction to himself and honor TO the society. We
are now entering upon the twelfth year Of the exist
ence Of this society, and we hope prosperous
one than the last. Cheers.
A TOAST TO THE QUEEN
was then proposed by President TOpp aud when
glasses had been emptied the response was made by
Mr. Alex Mitchell. The beginning of Queen Vic
tOrias reign and her achievements for forty years,
we're referred to by Mr. Mitchell After recOuntng
the military glory of England under her rule he
also referred to the queen the patron OF arts and
sciences. In conclusion, Mr. Mitchell said: Queen
OF England, blessed In her husband, blessed I'm her
children, may she long be spared TO reign over Us.
IApplause.I
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
1.-THE President of the United States" was given
as the next toast by President TOpp, and responded
to by Mr. |. NJ HILL who in responding to this toast
said he thought of the President as one who con-
trOlS this government more thOTOugly than the
authority and more power Referring 10 the PreSl-
dents Mr. Hill said that every man who had Occu-
pied the Presidential chair had tried TO discharge
his duty. Not expecting to speak upon such sub
iect he begged to be excused from further remarks.
IN MEMORIAI
President Topp then said:
FEILOw-MEMBER5-We will now remember Our
departed brother, David NJ. Philip. MF. Keatng,
who knew him we'll will now address us.
REMARKS OF j. NJ HEATING.
Mr. J. NJ. Heating of the APPEAL, then rose and
paid the following tribute to the memory of the late
David N. Philip:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ST.
ANDREWS SOCIETY-lt has deyOlyed on me TO recall
tonight the memory OF David Philip, one of the
foremost members of your guild, a fervdly patriotic
Scotchman who on every recurrence OF Scotland's
anniversary, since your organization, made himself
the light and life OF the occasion. Only few brief
months ago and he was with us. Weak and worn
he HTeStled with the silent destroyer whose victim
he tenaclOusly insisted he never would be. What
painfully evident to his friends was kindly
ceaed from him, his treaoher6us enemy even hiding
the wound he inflicted By the luTlng deception of
hope resting upon the spirits will, and showing
nothing of the victims heShly weakness. The
natural quality OF tenaclty mas developed I'm him
without flaw. For him TO will was to do. He de
fed disease and dared death, succmbing only when
the fires that fed his energies gave out forever.
His death wasi literally dissolution. The spirit
left caSket already worn away. The faculties OF
the man were clear to the last They were not i'm
paired, norWas his ardor abated. His temper, SLOW
as that OF any Scot, was perhaps quiCkened by the
lnrOads of sickness, and made manifest TO us by
physical weakness Otherwise he was unchanged.
The buOyancy of soul which had upbOrne him
through many adVersities, remained with him to the
last. All who are here tonight will remember that
on last St Andrews night, memorable as perhaps
anniversary in Memphis, though then he walked in
the very shadow of DEATH he was as joyous as ever,
and gave free rein to the enthusiasm which the hour
evoked. He was the genius OF the occasion. Mem
orIes of dear Scotland held him in their gentle
thrall, and forced him willing, an ardent, lover
like witness of her historic ren0Wni the
beauties Of her lOchs and glens, Of her
mOunta!na bYaes ana heather bells You
will remember that he that night opened m0desty
with his subject, warmed Into an enkindilng and
generous ferYOr by which all his hearers we're quick
ened into an appreciation of your national feeling
and sentiment. AS your master Of ceremonies he
your guide, not merely in the observance Of the
c0urtesles and etiquette OF the festival or the ceTe
monies OF installation preceding 1t, but In all the
movements and methods incident to and necessary
to make It what 1t is and always, hope will remain
I'm public estimation I'm Memphis. II was his to say
yours to do II you will remember what ne has said
touching the order and spirit or your cOmmemOra-
tion of St Andrews day, and act upon It, yOucannot
fail 10 perpetuate your name for bQundlesS hOspl
tality, and patriotism or which, as Scotch
men, you can always feel proud. HaY-
ing for many years been honOEed. by you
your guest can bear testimony 10 our friends eX-
cellencies In all that necessary 10 maintain the
Scottish name on SeOtlands anniversary But. know
Ing him, as did, for many years in the Wide field
where he found food for his endeavOr can also tes-
tify to his character as 1t developed 10 the world
where nationality, nor ktnSE!p nor frisndehlp Of
much acclunt IN the struggle for existence and a
name. His book of life closed, his career rounded
Out his history ended we can see now wherein ne was
we're more than offset by the integrity Of faith OF
purpose of Intelligent and intellectual effort which
stand o0nslGuOusy his like the broad and generous
branches Of the tree shutting out the defects of the
parent stem. Every life is world to Itself. II has
liz days tad nights It's and its cycles II has
it, lesser a4d greater lights its graz ah ,'-.ning
5niauVn0' ,i' !! LIS ~ periods OF despOndency and
GloI" of expectancy and cheer; It's
seasons Of frutfulness and barrenness, when hope
gilds the horizon, OF deseTing leaves despair be
hind. The ambitions and motives of men differ In
degree AID Intensity but the results OF success or
failure are the same upon the human heart. The
king and the beeZaF are alike the creatures of deS
ny, they are alike merely human. subject to the
same passions and desires, quickened By impulses
alike personal, and urged by schemes of aggran-
disement whose accomplishment freshens the soul
for other cOnquests, defeated leave their traces in
sad and sometimes angry lines upon the heart The
cOuntsnanee OF our absent friend bore no traces of
such cOrroslOns. He held fast to the christians
| faith, and trustingly believed that In the end all
things would be set right His sphere of life useful
aud TO some extent conspicuous, yet humble,
and within II he found all that could satisfy his soul
His friends about him, his simple wants satisfied
/ and something 70 draw upon for the mother whom
/ he remembered lovingly TO his latest hour, It
| might be all clouds and darkness, all
storm without, within there were sunshine peace
and content. Prompt and efficient In the perform
ance OF his duties as a reporter he sometimes made
enemies; but this did not trouble him. His resent
ments were based on character and not on fancy or