Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

short months which have interviewed since
your departure from us have been fraught
with intense sorrow and suffering to the
sectien Of our country represented by you
sc intense, indeed, as to awaken a most
tender and sympathetic response, not only
from our own people, but from those who
dwell in other lands.
"In the midst of the terrible pestilence,
which desolated firesides and paralyzed
business, stood certain noble men and wo-
men who, regardless Of danger and death,
remained unfiinchingly at their posts,
mindful only Of the duty they owed hui
manity.
with pride we greet you, gentlemen,
as worthy representatives of those heroes
and h%eroines, and with feeling hearts
thank you for the grand exhibition of
courage and fidelity displayed by you and
your companions in ~humanity's sacred
cause. So long as good deeds are remem-
bSred, so long as heroism is cherished, will
you and your %co-laborers live in the
hearts of all true men. We thank God
for your preservation, and give you a
hearty, cordial welcome to the nations
center
HON. CASEY YOUNG
spoke at length, and closed as follows:
1t has been written hat the "pen is
mightier than the sword" but it may as
truthfully be said that charity, kindness
and affection are mightier than either, and
wins more victories than both combined.
Amid the ruin and desolation wrought by
the plague over the sorrows and gloom 1t
left in its pathway, rises in sublimity and
grandeur the beautiful spirit of Christian
charity and fraternal love, and smiling
even upon the graves of our friends, bids
us forget the bitterness of the past, and
look to the hopes of the future.
The lessons of political policy, as well
as the theory Of our government, teach US
that we are one people, with common in
! terests and duties, and now through q
great affection, we know from a sponta-
neous expression Of common sympathy
that we can also have a common sorrow
Now that all these ties bind us together,
NAV our destiny bethe same and our union
be perpetual May the golden chain
wrought by charity and kindness, prove
stronger than the links of iron forged BY
all the machinery of war, and hold us for
ever in subsection TO the kindly spirit Of
sectional fraternity and national pratriot'
ism, which can alone make us a great ma
tion-a united and happy people.
The gentleman sat down amid loud ap'
plause.
COLONEL ~KEATIEG's SPEECH.
Colonel Heating was then introduced
and said; 81 am glad of the opportunity
which is thus afforded me of thanking YOU
. for the money and good nurses you sent
down to Memphis during the fever. ]
can best illustrate my feelings tonight by
an aphorism. The people of the Soutf
were conquered by the people OF the
; North, but the noise of the cannon anc
the wounds Of the bullets never reached
! or touched the hearts OF the Southern
: people. But the conCrests OF peace have
done more than the oonquests OF war
four months Of the sympathy OF the
North have done more than o years o
war could do; they have cemented anc
united the Southern people IN q gratitude
/ and friendship toward the North which
shall be for all time"
As he concluded, Mrs. General Marcus
j. Wright advanced and an elegant baske'
3 of flowers was presented TO Mr.. Young
Later a touching address was made by Tn,
Rev. O. X. Marshall, OF Nlcksburg, Miss
: THE BANQUET
was announced next, and TO the strains 0
5 "Nancy Lee three hundred ladies anC
gentlemen we're so0n seated at a table tina
was laden with a most royal outlay Of rar
f and choice viands served in the most ele
0 CANT style that the hotel could afford
5 Colonel Keating when the wine began t.
l flow, proposed the following toast 9TH
nurses az Washington who went to Mem
: phis; God bless themP' This was feel
, ingly responded to by
! SPEAKER SAMUEL ]. RANDALL,
/, who paid those noble creatures a higl
I tribute. He said that their conduct ha,
sunk deop in the hearts of the American
people, and should be written all over IA
pages Of history, TO be handed down 4
1 posterity that those who inhorit II sheul,
follow and act in a like manner. He ha
: nought to say Of tbem except in kindness
He was loudly applauded
o qovernot Shepherds health was pro
v posed and drank, and that gentleman II