Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-13
HOW We rREAr orR seEpTEKs.

| From The Philadelphia Age.l
| One may well doubt, 10 the light Of
! what Just now is going on around US,
whether it is not positive disadvantage
/ to be born in Pennsylvania, and espe-
/ cially, in Philadelphia. This is emphati-
| cally the case with soldiers. If a man is
( bora in Ohio, or New York, or New Eng
/ land, he is sure of honor here. IF in
| Pennsylvania, he is by no means so GER
! tain. Here are the facts: When early in
1 the war Patterson and Cadwallader
came home they were pOOh-poohed and
! laughed at, and one of them had formally
to defend himself; which he did thor
oughly, and show the baseless character
OF the charges a~ainst him. When
Meade came back, wounded from the
Peninsula, poor comfort were there for
! him. No leagUers crowded his doorway
then. When Mccall and Reynolds
came hack from captivity, they
were neglected, and it was not until
Reynolds died on the field of battle that
honor-and, by the bye, pretty tardy
hOnOr-Was done TO him. When Nc
| Clel,an. aljer Anuietam, came back to
his native city, he was scorned and
scoffed at; and even, as late as last week,
the North american, which once 90
grossly fiattered him, had an ungracious
fling at him. Nay more, when Meade
came home, after Gettysburg, his well
come wes relatively cool. Probably, II
he had come just before an election, 1t
would have been warmer; but as il was,
! it wes anything but cordial. The league
or such members Of il rs can wslk so
far-went down to his brother-in-law's,
and played few tunes for him; but this
was ali. The very men VINO rushed
| .,tI
pom bonds when Lee was a hundred
miles oil had no words Of gratitude for
him who saved them. A few personal
friends, ashamed of this, got together,
and loyalty, spHrred to the work of re-
luctant gratitude, presented him with
house. But then, inthe true Philadelphia
spirit, they gave Gen. Grant larger one,
which he now rents, we hope, to adyan-
tage. This has been, with few excep-
tiOns, the unvaryiDg course of loyal
Philadelphia. What has been done for
Heiutzleman, and Franklin, and Han
cock, and Parke, and Heron, aud Andrew
Porter, and Hatch, and Sturgess, AMI
Naglee, and Baird, and Gibbon, and
Suliy, and SlemmeT, and Gregg, aud
Isaac Wistar? Literally nothing. The
sense of duty, and the consciousness Of
having been born in Pennsylvania, must
be their reward. We know of but three
exceptions, and they are men in COM
parison with whom such soldiers as
Franklin, and Parke, and Heintzleman,
are nobOdies. They are Geary, of Snick-
ersville, who is governor; Brigsdier
Owens, who is r. eorder Of deeds; and
HartTauft, who hanged Mrs. Surratt, and
who is auditor general. This is our short
roll of honor. These are the heroes who
a Wfofnrfa oroeu
But to whom does loyal Philadel-
phia pay earnest, enthusiastic respect,
especially about election time? Sheri-
dan, Of Ohio, end Sickles, of New York
aud Gen, w. S. Hancock pssses through
Philadelphia almost unnoticed. The
league goes to visit Sickles; the mayor
spOuts at Sheridan, and makes fun Ofhim
behind his back, as a stupid fellow who
can't talk and don't drink champagne;
and when a resolution of moderate honor
to our Hancock is offered in councils, it
cannot be passed unless Sickles is put
upon it as a rider. To Meade, who, we
hope, is out Of town, and Hancock, this
association must be particularly annoy
ing. The battle OF Gettysburg was fought
in July, 1858. In the following winter a
conspiracy to destroy Gen. Meade WAS
formed at Washington, of which the
pIOmlpenl ActOrS were Daulel r SlckIeS
and Abper Doubleday, of New York.
in your Judgment asked Ben Wade /
of Sickles, "wes it good genera lship to |
retreat before the enemy in order to find
an eligible place TO fight battle as Meade
did ?'i
The answer wss-and this after Lee
was defeated on the spot which Meade
selected hl sa
Z" think the army felt Inundated by
that retreat. think il was an unfortun-
ate retreat"
And who was Mesde's witness to con-
trsdict SiGkles, and to show that Siekles'
blunder O1the day of hattle nearly caused |
defeat? 1t was no other than Winfield
e Hancock and now here in Philadel- !
phia, Sickles is glorified and Hancock |
almost insulted. Who wonders at the
fate Of a wounded Philadelphia colonel !
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