Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-29
How Memphians Feel Toward Those
who Assisted the Sick and Afflicted
During the Plague-FlOral Deco
ratiOns at the GreenIaW
Operahouse, Etc.

| Pursuant to a call large meeting of clti e
| zens was held at vest =rday, at the Greenlaw
OperahOuse, for the purpose OF expressing tne l
| men who stood and cared for toe sick aud dEing
and those people w, who c nd 6T b SO npeTmen Of
| the dead The meeting was largely attended by an
With their presence and added no little to the i'm
| preSsiveness Of the scene. Tbs OpeTahouse was
was filled with flowers and shrubbery of tropical ma
| ture. The following named gentlemen appeared
Judge Henry G. Smith, Rev. DR.. Ladrum, Colonel
| NJ. D. L. Stewart, Hon, ]. Harvey Mathes' Judge
Mr. b. NJ. Estes Colonel Hosen Townsend, Elk
| Chancellor Morgan, Colonel VIM. B0WleS, MT. Agel
Rev M eoOne ssm Mcsby
Colonel W. B. Waldran. Hon. Jacob Thompson, Mr.
SGhR Eese i N F. DefSS Davis 1 Js@e sCSf
son. Colonel RobeTt Looney, Colonel W. B.
| Galbreath General W. Y. C, Humes, Judge Thomas
| Holman, jr, etc.
CALLED TO ORDER
At quar.er-past twelve O'Clock Colonel W. B. Gal
breath called the meeting to order and cal ed upon
General w Y. c Humes to preside over the delIbera
amid applause and took a seat.
| OPENING PRAYER.
Rev. DR.. Landrum offered up eloquent prayer
asking the blessings of God upon the living and his
DR.. Landrum delivered pathetic and soul stirring
prayer. and during its delivery he was vlsably al
fscted while recalling the sad memories OF the past
epidemic. o,,nr,,,,,
| Colonel A. j. K3llar moved that a committee of
sixteen be appointed to draft resolutions expressive
Chairman Humes appuIited the following named
committee Colonel A j. kcllaF, c. p HUT, sen1 =
ToW M Robert WooIfenden. N NJ Jones' Louis
| Hauauer, NJ. C. Galloway. James Speed. A .Vaccaro
| Z LoRenstein, W. B. Galbreath, John Gum, w H.
-'-' GENERAL HUMEs'S ADDRESS.
| General Humess, as chairman of the meeting, de-
| llyered the following address:
| LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-The sentiments oil
gratitude and admiration which have called together
| this crowded assemblage OF the people OF Mempnls
| and which beam from the faces OF this audience
| are as sincere, as profound and enduring as the
devotion and generosity which called forth we're
| heroic, noble, b0untsOu5 and benehcent IN their
| blessings The highest powers of eloQuence would
fail adequately to express THESE sentiments as tney
animate with glowing warmth your heaIts TOWARD war,
the people of the north and OF The south Tor Their
ample charity to our stricken city ana county I
the conduct Of people is so noble as 10 arouse IN
the heart an enthusiasm OF aanauSn Mnic ~
the Notwithstanding of the brightest illustrations
of this rare nobility OF conduct 10 De Ouu IN MS
tory was so Tree SO prompt SO dMpIe.. So uenS
cent and the appreciation by the people OF Memphis
of this conduct on the part OF their n0Itherh ama
language cannot add single tint to the beauty Of
the former; nor ray TO the warmth OF hRe II tba;
charity. and must fail short OF ike warm gratitude
yellow-fever all business was suspended; the mer-
chants closed their doors, the manufacturers dlni
|
fed from the city those who with their wives and
children dependent on the fruits or their labor
for their services and with the gaunt wolf Of want
| at their DOORS thousands of men, women and chill
dren walled ard cried as the starving alone can cry
| for bread. The pestilence struck down men, women
and children. Food, medicines. attention were All
| clothed ard cared for and the dead to be buried.
| TO meet these wants engendt red by the pestenee;
| states. north and south, with a genuine aud tive
| sympathy furnished the m=ans In ample a0un-
! omitted to contribute her portion TO this
| grand act of charity. From Maine TO California,
| Seven HUNDRED thousand dollars in money were sent
to Memphis to its various societies, and of this over
ern cities and States and two hundred thousand
dollars from the southern cities towns and states:
hundreds of carloads of provisions of clothing and
mndci9es were e9ntr6nte9 p the ge9g 81 hs H
| railroads free of charge. Contributions also came
fr ro Ffance. and seTeTsi Of the cities Of those
| countries. without this aid, what must have been
c s 9Orq saR Ra ana u anb1ded cme Would
have added their desperate -, and poignant
! people must have been left D help
less prey to disease, famine and crime with the
| abundant aid, the heroic bard OF men, physicians,
| HOwardS Citizens, relief, Masons, Odd Fellows,
Knights of Honor Knights Of Pythias, United order
| OF Worklngmen and volunteers from distance and
abroad, enabled to care for the sick, To bury
! and TO mitigate and control line pestilenee What
| does such samaritan sympathy and charity demon
| strate? 1t demonstrates the unity and mutual love
| of all the people OF the UNION, north and south.
II demonstrates that the people OF the north ha e
BY the late war toward the SOUTH and friends
| equally with cur friends OF the other southern
snn6osed fresnasses II demopstrates that
| the people of the south and north are friends
whose adoption has been Tried and VIII 2m we should
grappie to our souls with hQoks Of steel. 1t de-
m0nstFates that the people Of the n9:tn. no les9
deep sympathy; that their actions keep pace with
their sympathtes, and that as we found them brave
determined and skilltul in war, we have llkenise
found them magnanlmOus, noble and generous in
peace. In return, the people of Memphis and OF the
entire south will cherish In lasting memory their
abandoned the prejudccS and animoSltieS of the
war and we will cultivate that fraernal regard for
the people OF the north, as well as OF the SOUTH that
| their noble acts meIi and tnat a common country
| common traditions and a common destiny demand
| AT the close OF the address General Humes was
| greeted with loud and prolonged applause.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
| Chairman A. ]. Kellar CT the committee on resO-
buttons, appeared on the stand and stated tnat he
had been instructed By the committee to request that
| the resolutions DO read by Captain w, c. Folses
| took the stand and read the following series of
RESOLUTIONS:
WHEREAS. We, the citizens of Memphis, who were
absent during the recent peStience, mindful of the
| Individual heroism DISPLAYED Ia behalf of our
! sderatiOn and aid extended to them by a sympa-
thetic world desire to testify our appreciation in
manner which will not only prove acceptable, but In
way by which 1t will be sure to reach al those to
whom we one so much; therefore on this, the twenty
the President Of the United States of thanks
| giving and prayer, We deeming such day and such
/ time as most appropriate. and being In solemn
mass meeting assembled do hereby publicly express
| our gratitude.
| Fifst-To the President of the United States the
secretary Of war; and other members Of his cabinet
Second-To the governor and treasurer OF the State
Third-To the municipal authorities, merchants
| exchanges, chambers OF commerce, cotton eX-
chan. es bankers and underwr ers' associations of
| the Unit3d States and the Canadas.
| Fourh-To the commercial bodies OF Europe and
the representatives abroad Of the American govern
| ment
| FIfth-To the churches, Sunday-scho0ls and be-
yoent associations In all sections OF the Union
| Sxth-To the press of the UniteI States.
| SeYenth-TO the theitn al managers and mem
| bers of the dramatic and musical professions.
employees of the Memphis Howard association.
| Ninth-To the Howard medical corps, its officers
| and members.
Tenth-TO the volunteer physicians and nurses
| from other sections.
| Eleventh TO the officers, members and employees
| OF the Citizens relief association.
| Twelfth-TO the officers and employees of the COM
missary department OF the Citizens relief associa-
| ton.
Thireenth-To the clergy and religious orders of
| Memphis, and volunteers from abroad.
| postofice.
FIfleenth-To the Memphis daily press.
| SiXteenth-To the working committees of the Odd
| Fellows, Masons, Knlgh of Honor, Knights of
| Pythias, Ancient Order of WoTkingmen, Iudepend-
| ent Order or Mutual Aiders, ana other benevolent
Seventeenth To the mayor and city officials and to
| the police and fire departments of Memphis.
| Eighteenth-TO the military companies, white
| and colored, who remained on duty curing the pes
| thence
| Memphis and Charleston aud other railway lines;
! and to the Memphis and Ohio river and the Anchor
Twentieth-To the officers and employees of the
| Memphis banks, of the Southern express company
Twenty -first-To the charitable army OF the known
and unknown people not connected with any chart