Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-04-03
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Further Meetings Provided For.

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Agricultural Convention Et jackson
Mississippi, FROM Memphis and the coun
. ties on the lire Of the Mississippi aUC
Tennessee railroad, improvised a meet
Ing on board the cars, on their return
rip from Jackson, on the % inst, Col
r, Topp being Chairman and A. w
Stokes, Of fernando, Secretary.
The Chairman explained the object Of
the meeting, and, after the expression Of
views by various members of the dele
cation, the following resolution, offered
by Col. J. 7. T~rezevant, was unsni-
mously adopted
Resolved, That the citizens along the
line Of said railroad are hereby earnestly
requested TO hold public meetings for the
purpose of cOrsidering the most efficient
and speedy means Of settling their sur
plus lands with.g population whose labor,
intelligence and virtue will aid US IN re-
storing our former prosperity; and that
these meetings be- held at the following
times and places:
Attn rDaudo, Monday, APRIL 18th.
1t enatoh.a, Tuesday, April Ifh,
AtSardis, Wednesday, April 18th.
A. BaieSyile- Thursday, April 10th.
Al Oakland, Friday, April 17th.
AT Grenada, Saturday, April 18th.
Each Of these meetings will be held at
10 o'clock am.
After the adoption of the resolution 1t
was resolved that Col. Topp, J. T. Trez-
evant, Gen. Wallace, Pitser Miller, G..
P. Foute, and any others friendly to the
enterprise, be requested to attend these
meetings and address the citizens.
Before the meeting adjourned, the
presence OF q very modest gentleman
was made known by one OF the delegates,
VINO introduced him to the meeting as
Brigadier General II. =. Banning. At
the urgent request Of the meeting the
General expressed his great pleasure as
well as his surprise at the remarks OF
those whose deliberations he had Just
heard, being accidentally on the same
car. He had been in the Federal army
during the whole war, fighting for what
lie thought right, as be believed we're
doing the same thing. After the Wal
was over he had gone to work, selling
machinery in the South, and was just
on his return from Holmes county, Mis-
sissippi,swhere he had been selling ma
chinsTy for saw mills, and thus doing 8
little towards reconstruction" in q
practical way. When be left home, some
OF lis friends expressed the opinion
that he would never return ; and
50 much hsd been lately said about
the unssfety of a Northern MAJ ;
life in the South, he himself had appre-
tensions that be might be daily iusulted,
If nothing worse should befall him. On
the cars, unknown 10 asOul, he has heard
and listened atteatively to all the
speeches uade-snL they were made
without the speGkersJbeing aware that
an ex Federal soldier Uns anywhere near
them. He could not refrain from quietly
expressing 10 one Of the delegates what
he coo said to al, that, could that meet
in- se transferred - Mt. Vernon, Ohio,
where mis- home was, and could bis peo-
PIE have heard The generous, liberal,
kind saptiments which he had Just heard
from the lips Of Southern gentlemen, he
vas confident that his little township
would f3ruish at least one hundred i'm
migrants for this land Of yours-just
=uch msu "a you need, men of
industry and integrity not Adventures
or Office seeker; not men who would
deny you tue privileges claimed for them
selves; tut men who, While doing their
whole duty in developing She resources
o. Jhis fertile and charming country. |
would insist that its white population
born ana raised here, should have all the
privileges Of q free American citizen.
Gen. Banning said this trip was vastly
interesting to him, FOR while he knew
how gallant our men were 10 war, he
nov knew how generous, liberal and lust
they axe in peace. He said his people
knew Cu. little OF the South and that it
would be his great pleasure to tell them,
ou his return home, that there we're at
fractions d0an here Of which they had no
conception, while life and property would
be protected Is with them at home. He
spoke Of fac hard times at the North.
and mentioned the fact that the food re-
quirsd for horses, cows and mules during
the winter ia that country, would
keep thess animals in good condition
81 the year rOaBd in this. He
closed By expressing his conviction that
Il some OF the gentlemen whom he had
heard would % TO Ohio and explain their
plans for inviting immigration here, the
effort would succeed beyond the expec-
tatiOEs Of the most sanguiue. There are
thousands Of families there now looking
westward for settlements vino would turn
their faces south ward 10 this fertile land
and genial climate, if our plans were ex-
20 them, Is he heard them ex
to day. After concluding his re-
MARKS, delivered with the courteous ele-
gance Of q gentleman and the frankness
Of a soldier, the meeting rendered the
General 3 hearty vote OF thanks for what
he had so we'll and so timely said. The
meeting then adjourned, requesting the
city papers Of Memphis, and all other
interested in the subject, to pub
lish tlese proceedings.
r.. TOPP, Chairman.
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