Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-12

THE ceremonies" as ahey are
called, incident TO the death of Gen.
Thomas are still continued at various
places. A grand demonstration came
off in Washington on the 9th, and
Sehenck, Logan, Belknap, Colfax,
Fairchild, Cox, Thayer and Maynard
made speeches. The Baltimore Ga
zeae correspondent sees.in them, what
is rather common in such cases, more
selfish self-laudation than indications
of depression and grief resulting from
this national bereavement. Thus he
says:
There are wothings remarkable i nthese
"o-bservances." The first is that those
who are the subject of them have not al
ways been rewarded, before their deaths.
in a way commensurate with their deserts,
as portrayed in the eulOgies post morton
Standardization was made Lieutenant
General in preference to his superior
oficer}-and the second is that the orators
on such occasions always contriVe to
''ring in" two words for themselves,
where they utter one for the object of
their eulogy. Thus General Sherman's
"eulogy'' consists chiefly in praising the
dIderitg with which his lightning
orders" were executed by his subordinate,
although admitting their positions" in
the mighty contest might have been
different if the mere etiquette of rank
had been observed by the commanding
General. What particularly strikes Gem
eral Logan as showing the cdtMnesS of the
deceased is the GOODNESS" with which
he received his report of the scaling with
a few mem the heights of a mountain,
almost perpendicular ON all sides. Bel
KNAPP, Cox and divers other distinguished,
as well as other undistingaished I" GEN
erals' remember very distinctly his
commanding look" his calm brow"
his '~'unabashed front" when sternly tell
ing them "to go" and take" or "occu-
Ply" such and such positions, with one
half, or at sometimes with One-fouTth of
the opposing forces, which were almost
impregnably fortified ~
Such, leaving out verbiage, is the sub
stance OF the recent eulogies upon the
late General Thomas by his "comrades
in arms" 1t was uphill work to those
ctUitidns who have no chance at all to lie
about their own desperate military sx-
plOits. An amusing Instance is afforded
in the eloquent /" remarks of Vice-Pres-
ident Colfax at the Ceremonies " at the
hall'Of the q. A. II. last night. Mr.. Col
fax is no soldier-neVer smelt gunpowder
a l0dy 0hateUer; but IL he can't
fight, he can "smile," ''remember," "eon-
verse, - "shake hands," and bring out a
broad smile from the demurest subject.
II ne had not led armies to desperate con-
iicts, he commended he had read of con-
ficts when Speaker of the Housei and
after the war iPdS opsr had actually shaken
hands with the deceased on a very men,
orable occasion. But the very words of
the heir expeotant had better be given
verbatim;
81 know but very little of General
Thomas personally, but 1 remember the
scenes alluded to by the speaker who has
preceded me. I remember when General
Thomas came to the Hall Of the House Of
Representatives. and 70dS so enthusiastically
greeted, and as presiding officer, on motion
Of General ScheRck, / i0dS called on TO in
him 10 that body. / did so, and
when General Thomas advanced he was
greeted with tumultuOus applause, and
when that brave General gave me his
hand it shook like an aspen leaf"
What follows, taken from the same
speech, is more practical, as it smacks of
business" The Vice President, having
an eve to the sale of ehis book doves
tailed a puff, in his "remlniscences'i OF the
deceased, highly credita4le to his dexteri-
ty, at the same time not / Hng sight of the