Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-01

tinnIe when ones name is banded aoou
e. S. Grants auditory apparatus mui
have felt like Goals Of fire on Thursda
last. In obedience to the pTociamatio
Of the godly and heaveuly-minde
President Of the United States, Thur.
day last was generally observed as
day OF thanksgiving. Sad havoc VS.
made with doomed turkeys. These uI
fortunate birds were indiscriminRtel
slaughtered. The work Of deeapitstiOl
commenced at sunrise, and by nOol
there were turkey-hesds enough In tn
United States to erect a pyramid As higi
as that which 81 ancient and CORY her
reared out OF the skulls Of his slain vic
Tins. Innocent sheep did not escape
The ferocious knife Of The uemorseless
butcher tickled the throsts OF these IN
Offending quadrupeds, made sacrifice
by the Presidents proclamation and the
voraeity Of hungry people. Fat bull
locks were Murdered in cold blood with
out moments warning, and unetious
rounds Of tenderlOin were deveured
with pslatable satisfaction and religious
fervor. The soul required food a.
well as the stomach, and on Thursday
there were as many Thanksgiving ser
mons preached rs there used to be
Fourth Of July orahons on the return Of
the anniversary OF the Declaration Of
American Independence. Many Of
these sermons were published on Friday
morning. The types Of the secular
press, unused to such holiness, felt as If
they had religion, and rejoiced that their
feet had been taken out OF the miry
clay and that they had for once been
employed for righteous purposes. The
papers containing these dissertations
reached Us on Sunday morning last,
and the pious editor Of the APPEAL
observed the Sabbath as usual by rest
ing ana reading this sort Of piOus litera-
ture. By night we were stuffed IS fun
Of Thanksgiving preaching SIS q Thanks
giving turkey. But we must confess
our reading lessened our faith in the
generosity, charity, humanity and SYM
pathy Of the clergy, for they castigated
Z. S. Grant the President Of the United
States, with a cruelty calculated to ex-
cite the envy Of q savage. From Maine
10 Texas the pulpit Numbered against
the coTuptions Of Grants administra.
tons. The President, like the engineer, |
was hoisted upon his sown petsrd. He
issued his high-sounding proclamation |
appointing day for Thanksgiving, but |
the occasion was devoted to an exposure |
OF his wickedness and e0TTuptions. To !
read these sermons, one would |
suppose thst 10y pTeeOncert the
American pulpit on Thursday last |
had been converted into a national park |
Of artillery FOR the purpose Of batterlng
down the administration. The cannon 1
i'vOlleyed and thGndsred' IN every 1
quarter Of the Union. For three or four
hours the shot and shell from the pulpit
batteries rained upon the White House.
And what is most surprising-t1e best
indication OF return OF patriotism,
the daw1 Of peace and fraternity, and
the end OF sectional hate-is to he found
in the fact that the Radical clergy
were the seyerest and most vocaerous
in execraing the President They spoke
el0quently Of the mighty revolution in
the government, and attributed it to the
wrath Of the Almighty rebuking Grant
and the Radical party FOR their injustice
toward the south and their political dis
honesty and couupdons generally.
While insisting that the Republican
party was originally honest and had &C
compLshed patriotic purposes, these
Radical preachers were compelled to ad-
NIT that il had sunz into the ElOWest
depths Of shame and Unrighteousness. {
They dsscsuted in glowing terms {
of the n0djIng plumes Of corn,
the 5iliOwy oceans OF wav- ,
ing grain, the abundance Of
hIit sud the wreathed flowers that
and perfumed the gardens Of
the American people during the past
year, aud thanked God foT these bless
ings; but they denounced in bitterest
terms the party in power. Some chart
table and c0uddiug minister even pro-
posed 10 pray thst the President might
be induced to see his errors and turn .
from his wickeduess. This would be q :
hopeless task. Many years ago, during ]
3 long drought, the deacOns Of a religious
community met together, and agreed to
visit each brothers. farm and pray that
the rain might come and bring out their
crops. When they arrived at the home
o. an iud0lent brother, and discovered 81.
nothing but weeds and grass, they de- g
1ilej that 10 was beyond the reach Of
prayer. So it is with Grant. lie is he e
yond the reach Of the concentrated P
prayers Of all the christians in the .
Union. But the late elections and the v
sermons on Thursday a
sst proclaim in tones Of thunder that p
patriotic politicians and the honest eler- a
yymen Of the country are determined to
ash from power the present dynasty -
hat disgrsces the nation, as the Savior
sshed the thieves from the temple. In n
.ividually and personally Grant is im- /
ieTviOus 10 the assaults made upon him
y the clergy on Thanksgiving day. He
ares no more for the food OF odium.
ensure aud rebuke cast upon him than
be duck cares for the eapricious show
rs Of April. There he sits 10 the Presl-
entisl chair, with a cigar in his mouth. .
scliuiug in his grUff, surly vanity, still Z
elieviug in the immuts5ility Of the ma
0nai admiration Of himself With
bis idea constantly fitting through ms do
Ddden brain heis deaf 70 the thunders Of
he bslot-box or the clidings Of the =
ulpit lie considers himself the child ks
destiny, and is battered with the be. ~
st that be wall ,riumphantly ride the
flows OF every surgiue sea, and is
'orried at no rebuff. This sort OF vani.
brought General Scott to grief, aud
~o years nom now General Grant will -
ave more respect for Grant, the ex-tan-
er st Galens, than for Grant. the ex-
resident Of the United States. Ia
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suts the names Of General VT. sher. ~
IAN Sad General John B. Gordon a.
lldidates for President and Vice-Pres-
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