The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-22

larly on the Former--IWo hhppy AiVS'
Memories OF the Peabody banquet in
honor of the visiting newspaper men Fri
day night will lingor long and sacrcdly
with oil who participated. Owing TO the
lateness OF the hour ut which some of the
speeches were delivered, The APPEAL was
denied the pleasure Of publishing them
yesterday, and reproduces them in full
this morning.
"ussIssIPrI."
Response 10 this toast was assigned to
Mr.. John IL. Martin, Of the Jackson Acr
Mississippidn, who spoke as follows;
Ladies' and Gentlemen and Brother
Truth-destroyors OF Tennessee am glad
. 20 be able TO be with You and speak toy
tonight. / simply say this SO that you
may know, while YOU are suffering, that
am enjoying myself.
So many and 40 pleasant have been the
rourtesies extended 10 me here that ] be-
lioyo Just at this moment ] would have
moro inspiration TO speak upon Tennessee
than oven on my native state. When ]
have been brought here and filed perfect.
~ full OF the glorics Of Tennessee and other
good victualB and things when my eyes
are reoing and heavy with the beauty
they here have drunk; when my soul is
fairly bullying out at the sides with the
pleasures YOU have pressed upon me, 1t IL
nbout all / can DO 10 make my thoughts go
back 10 Mississippi.
Yet ] mn very fond OF Mississippi
That Is why, after a calm and unbiased
dcliberation, | chose Mississippi M my
birthplace. With no prejudice or in feel.
ING toward any other state, yet OF all the
fair spots upon the earth selected Mis-.
sissippi as the place of my nativity. And
never regretted this Kindness OF mino
20 Mississippi until saw Memphis. Ten.
nessce's fair sister, Mississippi, does not
stand before the world in lust light.
They hear OF her too often with regard ~
elections and not enough with regard "a
the woundrous wealth in the dark bosom
Of her soil, the sweet glory Of hor climate,
the limitcss grandeur OF her forests and
the noblcncss in the hearts oi her people
Now. rs matter of fact, there Is mo
State in the Union that is 80 careful "a
have fair and free elections as Mississippi
Tho whole people Of the State are ALWAYS
ready to rise up aud see that even the
humhlcsl citizen, white or black, is pro.
tccicd In casting his vote and having II
counted Aud all in the world they u,k
In return Is that they be allowed to selcc
his ticket for him and see that he vote
right And yet there arc men who ur
willing 10 impugn our motives and per
vert the facts.
Now the Associated prs. could be th,
electric herald OF FAR more truthful an,
important Information IT, instead al tell
Ing 80 much about our elections, they
would lash abroad the fact that Missig,ip
pts pteat della Is the climax Of soil, uu.
cQuallcd and unriyalcd auyWhcrr upon all
the sweet green ucc oi the carih-thnt no
forrest in any discovered country equals IN
the variety. the utility or the plcuitudc ui
H. wood, The iar. vide forests that cover
Mississippi "as with the shadow OF Cod D.
that ON her sweet scaahorc there IL q eli
mate that ou,-lloridus Florida; q climate
when, neither burning summer day not
n shals OF snow was ever known, and
where the orange blossoms tell oi th'
eternal bridal between warmth and cold
Mississippi has every natural advantage
and all she needs Is Few unnatural nd
vaniagcs. She docs need few very I'm
natural advantages very bad ! have liz
covered in travelling through the great H.
literate north that Mississippis advantages
except those with regard 10 elections, wcr,
less known than of any other State. AZ
the world has always been ~ slow 10 dis
cover her men OF greatest genius, ~ has
she been slow Ia discovering that country
most like paradise, and now that the dis
coyery IN dawning upon her, | hope sh,
realizes her stupidity in not learning IL be
fore.
The only great aud glaring objection
have 10 Mississippi one terrible dcicc
that amounts almost 30 crime is the fac
that she does not include Memphis. Bu
Mississippi has only one town Of owe
10000 Inhabitants, and that Is jackson
lCHcs Of ooh, that won't do."l Aud thc
over $1,000 OF those inhabitants are pro,
pcctiye-nOt doubtful NJ oil, or even Ill,
iantly prospcciiyc-but simply not exact
realized NJ yet
Ever since the scarlet DAYS 81 tho gre.
unpleaantncss the people OF MISSISSIPPI
have had moro poverty than they real
nccdcd-as much, Ia fact. m they knc
what to do with. They have lived on u
toll OF their limbs, aud wondered why IN,
were 20 poor. There were two rras0l
for this, ono was they were financial
asleep, and thc other was that unto
tunatcly thcy were honest. But ] %
proud 20 say that they ar now gcttiI
over both these defects IN n measure.
The people Of Mississippi have disco
cred that 4 takes enterprise a. well a. lab
10 get hold Of largo slices Of prospcrit
They have learned the Wondrous scope
that great and poetic verb TO hustle,
And poor though they arc yet, they ha'
made marvellous proglcss IN the past f.
years. They have steadily and rapidly i
creased ,ho number Ul their factories AZ
multiplied again those great rivers
smoke that flow into the blue deep ab0y
And believe that these are bot Il
herald sunuys Of the iull DAYS 90 come
that our people will not stop IN the path
progrcss until they have lifted Mississlp
nom the petition Of a subject Ia that ri
sovereign among commonwealth, nj
that, ~ tho mighty river which bears 4
name and WASHES her harvest tccmi
shors with IT, broad and tawny wayo.
the monarch Of rivers, ~ will MiW,ssI
b. the queen Of her sister southern stat
Now, may be- mistaken about al th
but there j. one thing OF which am G
tain. and that h that Ike the run
things hero IN Memphis. And / dol
propose 60 make a secret any longer oi I
fact that / consider Memphis the great
doube-aciiol. long range early rosc, pl
pie top, thoroughbred, long staple g
that can be found anywhere IN the Unit
States, from the frozen waters Of the MOI
where the aurora bOtcalis like q conquer
waves H. crimson banners In Dakoi
skies 10 the orangc-mantled land wilt
the pillows beat upon the iowrrifina