Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-08
A CARD.
From Ghe Citizens of COViAgt0n,
Upton County.

We invite the attention Of our readers
% ,he following card, which we publish
y r. quest Of many gems OF Coving
ton, Upton county. \ a0ng the signers
we recognise the vr-s-rable Rev James
Holmes, D. D., JU zee Bgars, of the Tip-
ton High School, Il y. . H. Cummins.
Hon. H. r Bate, Dr.. HslI Of Hail &
Co., ard the principal gentlemen Of the
town and vicinity. Such an endorse
mept should satisfy the most ekRptical
Of the fitness Of Mr.. Mitchell for the pc.
sition be occupies:
Editors Memphis Appeal:
Whereas, having witnessed with pain
an effort To irjure eur friend, afr. A. S.
Mitchell, President Of the Mississippi
River Railroad, with the public By un
lust implications upon his social and po-
litical conduct, particularly during the
late war, we, q portion OF the c~itizeUs OF
Upton county, where Mr.. Mitchell was
born and raised, having known him from
bOyhood, deem it just and due 10 him to
make this E Expression OF our knowledge
OF his character, and his conduct in al
relations, especially during the late war,
and ia connection with bis office as Pres
ideHt OF the Mississippi River Railroad,
which he now fills with unsurpassed skill
and ability
Isl. That he is distinguished for his de-
votiOn to his parents, fidelity to his
friends, aud faithful and unselfish efforts
to be useful to the people among whom
he was raised.
I'd. We bear willing testimony to the
fact, which the whole county OF Upton
knows, that during the later years Of the
war, Mr.. Mitchell, through his Influence
with the Uaion military comm 4ndauts
at Memphis, procured a general order
PROHIBITING the entrance OF fOraging or
raiding parties into Upton county, and
thereafter nom came; q the clt'Z9ns
OF Upton were thereby saved tens OF
thousands, perhaps hundreds of thous
ands OF dollsrs' worth OF property, aud
delivered from many Of the worst nor
rors of a state of war. And that Mr..
Mitchell was actuated in this c8use by q
sincere sympathy for his distressed cum
trymen of the South is sufficiently at
tested by the fact that he neve asked or
received any compensation Whatever for
his services in this behalf, though tbs
people of the county could well have
paid thousands of dollars for the protee-
tiou thew obtained through him.
Sd. We further bear testimony that
Nj. Mitchell, during the war, made re-
peated trips TO Washington City to OBJ
tain the ralesse OF sick and wounded
Confederate soldiers Of Upton c0ucty
from Northern prisons, always with sue
eess, and that he never charged a dollar
for his servicesN on such occasions, and
only in a few cases bad his personal ex.
penses In making these trips partially
paid.
4th. Mr.. Mitchell, 10 the management
OF the affairs of the Mississippi River
Railroad, has always had and still enj Dys
the entire confidence and appreciation OF
the friends OF the enterprise IL Upton
They know of his patience,
labor and faith In the ultimate success,
has keat the work alive under the
most discouraging circumstances of the
past. They believe he has done more to
the road and build il up to its
p,esentatrength, than any other man in
rsnnessse could have done, and that he
Is, above all others, the one entitled to
the support OF all true friends OF Mem
phis and Of the counties seeking by their