Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-03

lions in rare contrast to- the bsrbarous
obstinacy Of 0smAn, and the savage CHI
canery of Suleimau. II was forbidden
him to achieve brilliant military sue
cesses. he was a great man thrown
away on a country and cause which
were unworthy OF him. His tragic end.
ing brings to him something not unlike
the dignity Of martyrdom.
The Pentilenee As - PeRcemRker.
Philadelphia Times.l .all3'e hrd ar
The mysterious ways of Providence,
about which poets have sung and preach
ers have preached, are exempli6ed in
their more bens6cent operation by some
Of the incidents Of the pestilence, now
happily on the wane. 1t would be exag' /
Geration to say that pestilence has
healed the. wounds war has made, but it
is the simple truth that it has done more
than snything else toward the restora-
ton Of peace to a land that in the ful'
fillment Of Daniel Websters prophecy
has been rent with civil ieads aud
drenched with fraternsl blood" The
woundd inflicted by sword did not heal
by first intention, Twelve long years
passed before, under the benign admins
tration of President Hayes, at the de.
mand Of the people, who we're weary Of
lsectional pickering, the conditions Of
the recovery Of the patient we're pre-
sented. And now, in the fourteenth
year after the hopes Of the Contederates
were buried 10 the trenches at Appomat.
4 tox, there comes the cause and token Of
complste reconciliation. The yellow
fever, which has brought sorrow to SO
many homes aud made whole cities des.
olate, had also touched the secret springs
Of affection and there pour forth stream
Of bene6cence that soothes il itdoes not
heal, that eladdens the heart Of the ma
tion if it does not extinguish all its scr
row. Truly this is the consum ration,
the browning victory Of peace.
4 The South is PROSTATE, the North in
tears as for suffering sister. New York
with the bounty Of city Of princes
raises over $3OO,oOO for the Southern re
! lief fund, aud is still untiring in th
! good work. Philadelphis, Boston an,
!. the other large cities follow scit in gens
rous contributions. Nor are The lsrg
cities the only slmoners Of the bounty {
= the nation. Every city, town and han
ie let; every lodge, society and clnb; ever
! church and theater; every shop, Htor
: aud factory esteems it a privilege to col
e tribute for the furtherance Of the goo
a work, until for telling the vast total th
=, unit Of millions is required. The stu
$ diest in war have been most active in th
ID kind Offices Of peace. .g
n Il is true the North has done more f
ID tAs South in her extremity than II
or South would do for the North il afl
es tion we're at her doors. The pIeesr
60 thing about il all is that the South r
u' ceives aid in the spirit of fraternity
nG which il is given. There is noabjact a
o. kno~ledgmeut Of charity. no effssive e
! preston of gratitude, but on every hal
Die manifestation Of thorough appreci
MS ton of good will Adds accepted as
ia new profer Of esteem, as an earnest
'ed tho complete restoration Of amity. \
or reader Of Southern newspapers at th
% time, whether they be dingy half shee
ed crowded with funeral notices that con
GO from Memphis, the New Orleans DALI
de which have not suffered so severely,
The the journals from communities still 0
ad' touched BY The plague, can fail to be !
ly. pressed with the spirit Of affection
'ile ward the North which now permeat
cav editorials, paragraphs and commuoi,
vas tions, aud is more impressive than I
eep aet Language OF resolutions or the CT
var but kindly acknowledgement by te
me graph Affection has brought this p
on pie nearer together, They realize
nu never before that they ar. one peop
irse Welded anew ia the furnace of tri
III The Uuioh is verify that none "
All hencefsrth question. What God be
idst Joined together let no man put auund
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