Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-01
ESTABLISH ED 1910.

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them would set all tbirgI right" How
well that faith vas placed, how thor
oUgaly that confidence was recipro-
Gated, and how fully time viudIcated
him with the people Of Tennessee, his
election 10 the senate early this year
sufficiently attests. Here was vind!ca-
ton most complete. As with the
people Of his own state, now that he
has been removed from the stage where
he plsyed so noble part, 20 it will be
with the people Of ali the States. Taey
will yet vindicate him, and time, as il
mellows the sspsriJes % tie days in
which lie lived, viii make il plain that
the policy. OF President Andrew Johnson
was wiser and justor, as it was purer and
better than that which held back the
south Tor lea years and
cost her already burdsEed people
three hundred miliioEs = dollars. That
he had personal ambitions we admit,
but they were Tie honorable ambitions
Of which any msn might De proud, the
satisfaction OF which never egst the peo-
pie either in money or possessions. He
had his friends, too--roOps Of them
aud he loved, as occasion offered, to
serve them; but 10 one Of them ever
gained anything at the expense Of the
general welfare. Such SIS be had to give
legitimateIy he gave with a good heart
and free hand. He would not soil his
soul or smiTch his great reputation.
He would maintain himself IN the full
Integrity Of his honesty a. of his pur-
pose in life, and he preserved the one
while attaining the other From alder
man Of quiet mouutaia town to PIesi-
dent at the great city Of Washington is
great hight TO climb. he accom-
plished it, fighting every inch Of the
way, and by his noble example lighted
the road and made the path easier for
those who would follow. He was not
without his weak points, indeed they
stood out in such marked contrast rs to
be at times a sore puzzle and trouble to
his friends. But putting them all
ia the scales they weigh
as nothing against his at
tainmenIs and successes, his honesty,
integrity, stesdiness OF purF ose, consist
ency, and great ability sE a statesman.
AS public speaker he was without a
rival in Tennessee. He had the mack Of
getting down to the people, Of taking
each one into his confidence, as it we're,
aud making them feel that he was their
tTuest friend. Out Of his reach they
would sometimes incline to other follow
ing, but were always sure to join the
army Of voters he lesd whenever brought
within the sound OF his voice. Great
as a statesman, he was greater as a pop
ulsr leader, but still greater in his de-
votion to his wife and TO his children,
and.to the true and tried friends upon
whom he knew he could rely. A gentle.
man in his intercourse with the world,
plain and unpretenlious, genial and
gentle, ,lhe has passed. to his rest followed
by profound regret, leaving void and
gap IN the public love and esteem that
will not soon be filed. His last mo-
ments were ofhis country and the banner
he loved so well, and which he lived to
see restored TO the affections Of the peO-
pie of the south, and bis last request was
that his Windiug-sheet might be the
"sts;ry flsg' he had lsbcred SO earnestly
to uphold. Let it be So, and as it hides
away forever eli that was mortal Of one
OF Tennessee's greatest Sons, so let it |
cover Up all the blemishes OF a noble ma
ture, iesviDg US nothing but the good he
did as one who loved his kind. Let US
forget our differences, cur opp0sitions
and our contentious, and as Tennessee
ans proud Of his record, put him away
with every mark Of respect and every |
show and sign Of the regret that to- |
day wells up in the popular |
heart to which he so often !
appealed. Let US remember what he |
did TO leave the Eorld better than he
found it, and pay fullest tribute to our
fellOW-citizen, the first in the State by |
official station, by attainments, and by
the consent Of the people. Let US ley
him to rest among the everlasting hills, /
in the valley where he achieved his
first triumph and whence he essayed to
become leader OF men.
Here turks no treason, here no envy swells;
Here grow no damned grudgss; here are no |
E.Orms,
No noise, bat silence and eternal sleep.