Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19
4 SOUTHERN LADYsB PLEA FOR
PEACE,


After reading the speech of Mr.. James
q. Blaine N The hjor of The house Of
representatives,, in which Inc animOsi.
ties Of the late civil war were APPEALED
to with what seemed to US q misplaced
energy, and sitter another member Of
tie h use had answered in a tone equsl-
ly farce and implac ,tla, an accom-
pIished Tennessee ladF-Mrs. l.. Wiz
ginia French-YIo the poem which we
give below frouf the Nashville AmeTi.
can. II has been said that the women
Of the south retain more of the hostile
fet ling engendefed by the late unhappy
strife than the men. Mrs. Ffepch's
spirited lines might well make ore sus-
pect this to be q mistake. They are an
impassioned plea, for peace, and more
than peace, for aHectionste Brotherhood
and the rsyivsl CT friendly memories
older than the late civil strife. Here is
the poem:
THE PALMETTO AND THE PINE.
They planted them toyether-our gallant sires
of old
Though one was crowned with crystal snow,
ana one With solar gold
They planted them together-On the worlds
mat estic hight,
AT saratoga's destbless charge, at Eutaw's
stubborn fight;
At midnight on the dark redoubt, mid plung-
ing shot and shell
At noontide gssping in the crush Of battles
bloody swell
With 2ory hands and reeking broWs, amid
the mighty fray,
Which surged and swelled around them on
-. that memorable day To-
" hen they planted Independence, as SYM
Dol ard s'gn,
They struck deep soil and planted the Pal
metto and the Pine!
They planted them together-by the river Of
the years
watered with our fathers hearts blood, wa
tered with our N 1thers' tears;
In the strong, rich soil OF freedom, with q
bounteOus benson
From their prophet, priest aud pioneer-our
father Washington.
Above them fioated echoes of The ruin and the
wreck,
Like drums that beat at LouIsburg and thun-
dered at Quebec"
But the old light sank in darkness as the new
stars rose - shine
Ger those embiems OF tie se-tlons-the Pal
meito and the Pine.
yet the self same soil
Our fathers valor won for us by victory and
toll,
On FlOrida's fair everglades, by bold Ontario's
And tbro, them send electric life as leaps the
Kindred hood.
For thus i + hey taught us who for freedom
The Ftefnai's law Of Justice must and shall be
That God has Joined together by fiat all
The destinies of dwellers meath the Palm tree
and the Pine.
Aye! wen plant them yet tosether-tho' the
cloud Is on their brOws,
And winds antagnnistic writhe ard wrench
the 6talwaTt bOughS;
Driving winds that drift the nations into gap
ing CULTS OF gloom;
Sweeping ages, cycles, systems, into worthless
of doom;
Though the waves of faction, rolling In tri-
tmphsnt to the shore,
Are bfF aking down our bulwar6S with their
sullen rage and roar;
Serted ornaments of ocean filing in line
washing up tie deepest foundations OF Pal
tnett6 and OF Pine.
Shall this, the soil OF Freedom from their
roots be washed away
By the chafingof the pillows and the break
ing OF the spray?
No! the Hand which rules the vortex which
is surging noH before us
Above its & hell of waters " sets the bow of
promise DER US
And the time will come when Discord shall
be buried in the Past,
The oritiamme of Love shall wave above the
breach at last,
And beneath the starry banper-tyre Of unity
divine
Shall stand those stately signals-the Pal
metto and the Pine.
Shall the old Victorious Eagle from their
boughs be wrenehsd away
By the d0uble-headSd Nulture Of DlSuntOn
and Decay
Forbid it, Heaven! Columbia, guard thine
emOlefl1s gathered here
To grace the brilliant dawning of this grand
Centennial year,
And bear them as thou marchest on with
gonfalons unfurled,
With thy feet upon the fetter, for the freeing
of the world
mons sacred shrine
I or this is Freedoms Holy Land-her prom
ised Palestine.
Oh! thou voice OF Col outhowing from the
lips of holy Peace,
SOothe the turmoil and the tumult-bid this
strife and sorrow cease!
Der savannas stepped in sunshine, over noun
tains dark with rain,
Send the glad and thrilling tidings in thy
sweeJIy solemn stmin-
Let snowy north and sunny south send up the
shout, "All's weil!'
And the music of thy coming strike our
heartstripgs with It's swell,
AS to Jessie Brown al Lucknow struck the
air of "Auld Lang Syne"
From the highland pines of Havelock) save |
the Palm and save the Pine!
God plant them still together! let them -four
iSh side by side
In the halls of our Centennial-mailed in |
mole than marble pride;
With kindly deeds and noble names wen |
grave them DER and DER,
With brave historic legends Of the glorious
days OF yore.
While tbs clear, exultant chorus, rising from
united bands,
The echo OF our triumph peals to earth's re-
modest lands
While Faith, Fraternity and Love" shall joy
fully entEine
Around our chosen emblems-the Palmetto
and the Pine.
"Tcgether!" shouts Niagara his thunder-toned
decree
echo back the waves upon the
MexIc sea-
sing the sylvan hills where old
Atlantic roars-
Together! !" boom the breakers on the Wild
Pacific shores
cry the People-and "tog, therr
An everlasting chaIter-bond forever for the
free;
Of liberty the slgnet,seal-the one eternal
sign
Be those united emJyems-the Palmetto and the |
the Pine!