Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-19


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whOzo property : the expression r0s
II Industrial eae-gy, hut Of PlaOSisv, But
al this hSs lOsg $50 PSsssI IntO history,
The fret ami frenzy Of the days q the sb-
clifton agitation died SNSy with the close
os the recOaSsrcetioa period. and the
S,uth has settled its account With
Sts enemies Il leSveS them 10 the
iuStSse and sy,Sl decision Of impartial his
tory, quite sure tSsst what the Southern
people we've 70 themselves IS part Of the
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appear, and that their work in tSs elvilS-
ration Of this new World Will neastsSr
I>erit contempt nor WholeSSle or inSiS-
crIminSts condemnation. BeRe3IetionS
snd blessings from altsrS and 6CcSSdss did
not lOse their fOVce II beae6cence becScSe
the HeSro bon6mSn S:oo1 near by when
they were delivered. the s&ere1 ties a.
home were no Lex holy bseauSs the ser
Vs,.t Was not free, nor wsrS the contribu-
lions Gt StstsSnSnSbip by the long line Of
statesmen trained and equipped by the
south for the service 81 the Union les
worthy or exalted beoSuSe they emerged
srom the seeiUSSOn q the plantation or
the farm. ROwn from all the battle fields
Of the cortiRent, irOSs that Ss'd 80 tar
away, where RraddccS fell, to that nearer
and more fatal ield OF ApRSISttoN, there
comes the story OF southern consistency,
devotion, steadineSs and courage, Ss froSa
the first foundations OF the CarolioSs
through all the years Of civil growth until
independents was assured in lsSS, there
comes the recor,i OF love Of liberty and 5
sturdy stSteSmsnShip, informed by a
spirit OF freedom, that leaves the South
nothing more 10 desire in that respect.
Nor since thSt time, when a Virgins
plsnter stood ''tirSi in pesoe, first in wST
and first in tte hearts Of his countrymen,
hiss the South bsen wanting in statesmen
and craftsmanship, or in the spirit snd
purpose that Is diStinctively American,
that a ravernuaent Of and fOr the people
shall live forever. Mistakes were made,
many and Ssa mistakes, by Northern -
veil As SOuthern statesmen, but IL ne look
10 E,,rOpe and count the mistakes oi its
statesmen, trained in the craft which
there is subtle and often miSlead-
Snc force. e We review the con,
ditions OF the peoples Of that CON
tineat. their warS, revolutions and tumultS
and their sacrifices Of life and Of property
since l1-6. We shall tiRd reason SOT thank
fulness that we hHSe had SO mnes ol
peace. aud thSt instead OF standing armies
we can point 10 the millions who l'y peace
ful industries have supplemented she
natural products OF a cOSatry reh N
native wealth and teeming with sll bless
ings; that alter civil war OF Osssx.
ampled wssteiulness of lie and property,
prosecuted often with vindicsivenaSs, the
Union stands more securely lodged in the
hearts OF all She people than ever, and Is
first among the nations OF the s&rth
in staailitv sad power. Nr. Curtis
said OF the people OF Boston that wears
ago they listened with respectful symPS
thy 10 the words Of eulogy pronounced by
Daniel Webster upon Thomas jefferson
whom the mothers OF Massachusetts, re
xarded as the iiend with whose name they
best could terrorize their children, so the
South can hear with patience and without
a murraur OF disapprobStion his own
words Of eulogy Of Wendell Phillips who
like Jefferson, was lover OF his kind, 4
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