Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-15

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rangements for the funeral obsequies,
and also a Committee of Escort to
meet the remains of Mr.. Bell at Guth-
rie, which motion prevailed.
In accordance with the motion, the
Chair announced the following COM
mittee:
COMMITTEE or ARRANGEMENTS.
John NJ. Bass, r. B. Cheatham, r.
tC. McNairy, G.. NJ. FOgg, John C.
Burch, Gen. w. 3. Bates, Jackson b.
White, John Kirkman and W. ID.
Gentry.
! COMMITTEE OF ESCORT.
Gov. Senter, Ex-Gov. Brown, ex-
Gov. FOote, Hon. John. NJ. Lea, Hon.
FH. II. Harrison, S. r. COckrill, Gen.
Il. G. Foster, Hon. +. Cary, Hon. w.
f. Cooper, Il. F. Woods, Esq, Hon.
f. II. East. Hon. John Hugh Smith,
Gen. b. +. Cheatham, Hon, James
WhitwOrth, Hon. Henry Cooper, Gen.
5. r.. Anderson, DIR. John IL. Callen-
der, Albert Roberts, Esq, Hen
ry +. Frazier, Esq, Hon. Ma
thaniel Baxter, DR.. J. Z. ManlOve,
Col. Ed. GelIady, Col. G. G. TOrbett,
Gen. p. It. Smiley, n. HObson, Esq,
James II. Foster, Esq, W. G. NJ.
Campbell, and 10 NaulX.
On motion of Mr.. COlyar, the
Chairman, ). ID. Morgan, was added
to the Committee, and on motion of
Judge WhitWOrth President John
son and Col. John Williams were also
added.
The Committee on Resolutions then
entered the room and presented their
report, as follows:
Intelligence having within the past
few hours reached this Vicinage of the |
decease of the Hon. John Bell, at an |
early hour yesterday morning, at his |
residence in Stewart county, in this |
State, il has been deemed proper and |
becoming, in consideration of the eX-
traordinary merits ami qualifications |
which he displayed whilst he was liv
ing; our respect and VeneratiOn for his |
public character; our gratitude for his |
many and distinguished public ser
vices, rendered alike TO this, his ma
tive State, and to the whole republic; |
and our friendship and affection for |
him in his private relatiOns-thats such |
an assemblage rs the present should |
be cOnvOked for the purpose of taking |
some suitable notice of an occurrence |
so much to be deplOred; wherefore,
be il
Res0ired, That we have heard of the |
demise of this great and good man, |
our neighbOr, our friend and our fel- |
lOw-citizen, with feelings of profound
regret; having long recognized him as J
a parsonage of the rareSt and most re-
spIendent virtues, both in public and |
in private lite; as a patriot, pure, dis |
interested and intieXibly. devoted to /
his country's welfare and true honor; |
as statesman, honest, enlightened, |
sagacious, of the brOadest and most /
comprehensive views, and exempt be-
yOnd Il majority of our public men |
from the mischieVOus prCjudices and |
partialities so often engendered by |
party conflict; as a speaker, whether !
in deliberative bodies, in the judicial |
forum, or before large popular assem- !
blageS, clear, oOpiOUs, ihrcihle, me- |
thOdical, polished and effective, as
husband, father, a relative and a
friend, sincere, attectionate, Obliging, |
patient, fOrbearing and urbane.
ReSoiced, That this meeting of citi- /
Zens, without distinction of party, do |
hereby tender to the bereaVed family |
Of the iliustriOus deceased our heart !
felt coincidence in this their trying /
hour of deprivation and sorrow.
Res0Ired, That the Chairman of this |
meeting lie hereby requested to pre- /
pare, or cause to be prepared, a full |
and elaborate obituary notice Of Mr.. /
Bell, for publication in the uewspa- /
pers of this city.
After the reading of the resolutions, /
eX-GOV. F0Ote addressed the meeting, |
and feelingly, as appropriately, char
acterised the deceased statesman. He |
said: In Justice TO my own feelings |
on this occasion, ] will take the liberty |
of subiOining, that, fof many years /
past / have well known him whose /
recent demise we do so much deplOre, /
and the resolutions reported to this |
meeting embOdy convictions touching /
the public services and private vir- |
tues of Mr.. Bell which | have long |
entertained, and upon a familiar and /
intimate acq9ainIagce with the de- |
ceased, both rs q citizen nf Tennessee |
and distinguished member of the |
National Senate. There ! had the /
honor of serving with him tor several |
years, and though never belonging To
the political party of which he was
an influential and efficient member, | /
am proud to bear testimony on this |
occasion to his uniformly courteous, |
digniied and truly Senatorial de-
meanor; his industry, his ability, his 1
impartiality, his freedom from every
thing like chicane and party trickery; |
his kind and nbliglng temper, and
his ROman-like integrity and honor. !
| do not think that he made /
q single personal enemy during |
his long occupancy of a seat |
in that august body; and
am sure that no man ever heard his |
motives called i'm question, or his wis-.
dom and ability as statesman de /
MED. | have no time now to dwell |
upon the merits Of the many speeches |
which he delivered as a public man; |
but / may he permitted here to say !
in presence of many who no doubt |
bear in vivid and admiring reminis- |
Cence the incident to which am about |
to reieF-that several years before /
formed a personal acquaintance with !
Col. Bell, read in the newspapers of
the period that most statesman-like, |
scholarly and eloquent speech deliv- |
cred By him hi this city at NauEhali |
Garden; and / thought, as T yet do, |
that it was one of the most profound |
and masteFiy diSeOurses upon . P0lit- |
ical Parties that the world has yet !
known. 1t is full OfinstructiOn; and,
both in substance and manner, is, in |
my Judgment, equal to the ablest and |
Iilist cslelrated spesche9 Of Burke,
of Mcintosh, or Webster. Had he |
done nothing during his public life but |
deliver this one speech, and pOsterity |
shall prove capable of estimating true
el0qpence, sound philosophy and pro- |
Tennessae TTs,n~ aee' whose demise We now |