Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-01-11
The omcial journal Of the Oity.
THF 8uIIFrrN AND mR. EWING'S
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Our wide-awske and severely critical neigh
bors Of The Bulein seem disposed to find fault
viththe GRAFTON delivered on the occasion Of me
inaururationo Of the Jackson Bust, by Hon. Az
pErw Ewing. Of Nashville. After declining
to pabnsht the Grafton on the ground Of lis length,
tbe BuHaia says;
We aboud be mcandid if we were 10 laud
IL highly. either as TO the appropriateness Of its
scope. or as 20 its general style Of composition
anfdeHverv. tinCt as twas with a too neaI
approach to the ~symPathies Of the political
partisan"
Whatever faults Of style Of composition
and delivery the learned critics Of the BHi-
ldin nav have detected IN Mr. EwEe's aa-
dress. we do not believe, with an dus rsspeetto
the good taste and oandor Of our ~neighborsI
that there was any tinge Of an approach e
the srmpathies Of a partisan more than VA
necessary 10 present an accurate and Just
view Of the subject, nor than was required b.
a proper regard for the truth Of history No
can we conceive how the speaker could hsV'
avoided a references to the political view
and sentiments Of Gen. JAoKsoS, without
ignoring byfsrthe greater period Of his life
which was spent in the service Of his country
The impress made upon the politics Of tn
country BY Gen. Jackson and those who op
posed him. has not yet, and win not soon, b
oblterated. There are thousands yet living il
the prime Of life and Intellectual Vig0r, WIKI
were active participants in The struggle, tn
leaders Of which have now passed away. An'
however much they may have differed with n,
policy Of his administration, few, we believe
can be found now who would not accord u
him an THAT Mr.. EwIEs claimed-frmness far
sighted sagacity and inhexible determination
Of purpose.
Can cur neighbors conceive bow u would be
possible for an grafton to be delivered upon the
life and character Of HENEY CLAY, for whom
We beIve the BuII1fiu still processes a high re-
gard. without some ~ailusion to his political
yiews2 Would not the great American sys-
tem, about which our neighbons, in by-goDe
DAYS, and before they formed their new and
unexpected party afiston, have 50 often
grown eloquent, necessarily occupy a oonspic-
uous position in the history Of Mr.. GAYS
public caresrg Yet eulogies have been deliv-
cred upon Mr.. CLAY, at which Democrats lis
tened. statues have been inaugurated, in the
ceremonies Of which Democrats assisted, allu-
sions have been made to The political views and
teuets Of the mustrious statesman, and we
have never heard It complained that these oere-
monies or addresses were tnged with a too
near approach 70 partisanship-
We DO not conceive any Improperly in Mr.
EwIso's approval Of Gen ~JAcKsoN's admin
isrradye policy nor that he did any violence to
good taste in making public his appreciation
even in the august presence Of such notable
enemies Of Democracy as our ~neighbors Of the
BuUefn. Gen. JaCEsoE was a Democrat, and
so were J~ErFEEsox. and MoSEoE, and Polk,
and most Of the great men who have filed The
highest official stations in the land And We
object 10 cur ~neighbors letting their newborn
zeal for the i-uis-fatHus Of Opposition" in
duce themt to take every man to task who dares
express has admiration for the great men who
have illustrated the country's renown, BY de-
voting thsi lives 10 its servics-even though
they b. Democrats. We trust our ~ueiEhbors
wIl Try to Be a little more mdulgent towards
the weakness Of those who happen to think diff
fereutly from themselves.