Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-05

| indepena asFce Of tie Confederate Slases Hold
| up ais tauda; szstsin hia IN Whatsver b IN
dsrtaksB TO- the promotion Of oar cause, aud ss
sure as yea live We viii be triumphant Cheers.
Col g. Bassett French, aid TO Governor
Lstchsr was lexg ca led for. BE said they
could rot expect = speech from's descending
star" afis. hss7ing 0ns frou the "5sttinZ san"
He then pEocseded to make some Humorous re-
marks In relation to his ssrYice as aid 10 tie
Governor
Altar Col French lad concluded bis witty
speech, AajOr Henry ". Thomas, The second
anditer Of Virginia, vas called foT, and addressed
ne crowd. He dEsit at some length upon ths
enofil made ey tho conservative party Of Tr-
glnia 9 avert the war, and stated thst be had
himself called upoE Lincoln, oas week bsiors
the secessioR Of Virginia, 20 TsmenstTate against
tss sdSption Of eoeTcivs measures sRsinSs rha
seeding states. HIS speech was st.entivsly
hstsred % By be Esssmblsgs, s1d at the close.
Gegefn0r SEith, bsiEg called for. came far.
ward cad expressed his qualification AZ nesting
50 large q num5sr Of bis fsilsw-citzsns. Hs
was especially pleased 81 tho presancs Of ladies.
Gov, Snailh, referring il : kindly raarsr 20
Gov Lsteher, said he bad known him fsr many
years, and had rendered him eminent servies By
helping him 70 his wife Ths governor Rsrrztsd,
in bis kumorous and playful style, the incident
on which be based this CLAIM. Wait Of spaes
e2ltpet8 Is % e1llt II
Hs said he had learned from his oWn vile
who was pretty in spite Of herself "-the coup
let esEnsncing,
'LsoE forward VITA Aops."
We wOEId never BE- discouraged, however
heavy the dutY bsfsTa u. Theso who woaId
ssa the souHiTy aslTVsTsd and taks is plses
among the family Of uatiens must do thsir part
-spsrinS neither lie naT foFtuns. We have
al got 20 Dc eur duty. Fhs man who Il dragged /
80 is viii always be singis3 Gus as an ebisaE sf /
sc0rn, but he sks lssks hopefully forward |
steps Prsadly into shs gTaza arena, aud risks /
his life aRd al that he has in asfonsa Of she 1
cause, viii be entitled to ths rsssgnilisn sf his
felloH- -eitiEnns, and the plEQdit, T" We'll dons, i
thos gssd and faithful snrTant"
Gov s closed bis remarks By wishing pros-
PeEity to bis hearers.
GeV. Lstehar cane iorEard, and remarked /
that 6OY. 3, had ssid that ho had rendered ser
vice TO hin. He q hae also SERVED &oVsrnor /
s. Suppose had not appointed hiu colonel 4
IN the army, where would he have been t0-day7''
General laughter The Governor continued 4
ID humorous vein for some minutes.
The next speaker vas NJ Davidson, Of 1
Rsckbridgs, whose bri8f remarks We did not /
hear. The HaR. Thenas Msnsss, Of Taunsssee,
was next called for. FTs said that hailing as be
does from the "Y6lantssr State" Of Tennessee
from tho land Of Jackson aud C8noII-of II i
and II, and 'l5-Hi.h al her historic glory
ihaugh new proatTate-WisR her sons ueblY
bleeding uBsn her bns0m-zksle her eye Of pat
.iotisR yet asshes defaacs a She face Of thssn-
sny--he, a. her representative sen, say 70 Fir-
ziaia: Thou cradfs Of liberty, who in the
original revolution, gave to tho eause her Wash
ngtoa and Lee, in '76, now, n 81 and '63, the
srsdle eff liberty still bas given her jackson,
had now tenders her Lsss, her Ls-chsT, and
Der Smith Nay hsr glory and success in TIE
Iscszd revelutioH-sti-i struggling for tbs rights
II man--5s equal . the frst." Loud
applause.
At the close Of this speech the aSsenblags dis-
1srsed, ard ths fessivIty ended.