Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-12-14
WHOLE NO. 2,248.

: nvered at Memphis Thursday
25sh nlt.
LADIES AND GENTLEAfEN--Th
! sentiments Of gratitude and admira
; tiOn which have called togetherthl
: crowded assemblage of the peopli
Of Memphis, and which beam frOn
+ the faces of this audience are a
sincere as profound and enduring a
the devotion and generosity which
called IL forth were heroic, noble
bounteous and beneficent In theil
blessings. The highest powers o
eloquence would fail adequately tC
express these sentiments, ns they
animate with glowing warmth
your hearts toward the people Oi
the north and of the south for their
ample charity TO our stricken city
and country. SOmetinles-but rare
~ in the history of the world-the
conduct Of people Is SO noble as To
arouse i'm the heart an enthusiasm of
admiration which language cannot
compass. The recent liberality of
the nOrth-showing one OF the
brightest Illustrations of this rare
nobility of conduct to be found in
history-was SO free, so prompt, so
beneficent, and the appreciation by
the people Of Memphis of this con-
duct on the part of their northera
and southern friends, so keen, so
fervid that language cannot
add single tint TO the beauty of
the former; nora ray to the warmth
Of the latter. Eloquent words can
not reach the reality of that charity,
and must fall short of the warm
gratitude with which IL Is cherished.
BY the dire pestilence of yellow
fever all business was suspended
the merchants closed their doors,
the manufacturers diminished their
laborers, the people of means or
wealth fled from the city, those
who, with their wives and children,
we're dependent on the fruits Of
their labor for the means of support,
were left with no demand for their
services, and with the gaunt wolf
of want at their doors. thousands Of
men, women and children walled
and cried as the starving alone can
cry for bread. The pestilence
struck down men, women and chill
dren. Food, medicines, attention
were all needed and wanting the
living were to be fed, clothed and
cared for, and the dead TO be buried.
To meet these wants engendered by
the pestilence. to mitigate its dire
evils, the people of the United
States, north and south, with gen
uine and active sympathy furnish
ed the means in ample abundance.
No State i'm the Union failed or
omitted to contribute her portion
to this grand act of charity. From
Maine to California, from the lakes
to the gulf-all aided the kind
work. Seven hundred thousand
dollars in money were sent To
Memphis TO its various societies,
and of this over five hundred thous-
and dollars came from the urthern
cities and States, and near two
thousand dollars from the
southern cities, towns and States.
Besides this enormous sum of mon
ey, hundreds and hundreds of car
loads of provisions, of clothing and
medicines were contributed by the
people Of the various States, towns
and cities, and brought by the rail.
roads free of charge. Contributions
also came from Canada, from Eng.
land, from Germany and from
France, and several Of the cities
Df those countries. Without this
aid, what must have been the hor-
rors and sufferings of Our pestilence
stricken city? Starvation and un-
Oridled crime would have added
.basr daouarata a,,d ,,,,;ernarf fart..,,s,
10 those of the pestilence, and our
people must have been left a help
ess prey to disease, famine and
rhine. With the abundant aid, tho
heroic band of men, physicians,
Citizens relief, MasOns,
odd Fellows, knights of Honor,
knights of Pythias, United Order
If Workingmen and volunteers
rom a distance and abroad, were
'nabled to care for the sick, TO bury
he dead, to feed the starving, to
lothe the naked and to mitigate
md control the pestilence. What
loes such samaritan sympathy and
harity demonstrate II demon
trates the unity and mutual love
4 all the peopleo of the Union, north
,ilu HOutus ~ utAiOlHANuAN1 Ailhi
he people of the north have buried
he animosities and prejudices en-
rendered by the hate war towards
he south, and are our friends
qually with our friends of the
ther southern States. They have
Orgiven their brothers their sup
'osed tresspasses. 1t demonstrates
hat the people of the south and
orth are friends whose adoption
las been tried, and whom we should
rapple to our souls with hooks Of
teel. IL demonstrates that the
'eople of the north, no less than
hose of the south, are Of quick,
1arm and deep sympathy; that
heir actions keep pace with their
and that as we found
hem brave, determined and skillful
n war, we have likewise found
hem magnanimous, noble and gen.
rous in peace. In return, the peO-
lie of Memphis and Of the entire
Outh will cherish In lasting MEN,
ry their deed of kindneas and lib
rality. We. too, have abandoned
he prejudices and aniInosities of
he war; and we will cultivate that
regard for the people Of
ne north, as well as of the south,
nat their noble acts merit, and that
common country, common tradi-
Ons and n common destiny de-
land.