The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-01
THE SOUTH AND GRANT.
WHAT WAS SAID AT THE SHERMAN
BANQUET.
Cordial Words OF Reconciliation and
Mutual Good Will-Depew, Ingersoll,
Malone and Douglass-Blue and Gray
Clasping Hands.


Mutual Good will-Depew, Ingersoll,
Malone and Douglass-Blue and Gray
Clasping Hands.
Following is the New York Heralds re-
port OF the principal speeches made at
Gen. Sherman's Grant birthday banquet:
Mr.. DEPEw's SPEECH.
Mr.. Depew rose with the smiling face
that has beamed upon many banquet
and was greeted with three resonant cheers.
He began:
General Sherman and Gentlemen-I
did not apprehend until saw it in the
press this morning that tonight there was
to be an Grafton from me. ! thought there
was 10 be one toast and that 10 be re-
sponded to by several speakers, of whom
was to be one. Nevertheless, without
preparation. it is impossible for man who
has lived through the times and who knew
the general, occupying position like this,
| 10 fail TO give the impression which his life
and character have held up. that all who
knew him appreciated his character.
at is difficult in a mixed asscmblage
like this, OF all opinions and all parties, TO
state the question and to draw the lesson
without prejudice and without onense:
But there are broad lines in so magnificent
n creation as God has given us in Gen.
Grant, upon which men OF all prejudiJes
and Of all partisanships and OF all creeds
can march shoulder to shoulder. (Cheers. ]
1--WE are still not far enough from his
personality to form the judgment of his
tory; we are still near enough TO the man
we know TO feel the hot wave OF passions
through which he moved during his ac-
tive career. A hundred years OF our
national life have been filed more
richly than in any other century of
any country with the name Of man emf
nent in arms and craftsmanship, and yet
Of all the illustrious line there is but one
| whose birthday has become a national
holiday, and that one il George Washing
ton. Applause. | OF all who have filled
the many inches in the American temple
Of fame there are but two whose birthdays
are regarded by their country rs Of suiii-
cient significance TO teach lessons 10 con.
tcmporarics and posicrity and these two
are Lincoln and Grant. lGrcat applause
TWO IMMORTAL MEN.
One Of them has passed into history, and
the writer Of the future, with broad pea
and philOsophic instinct will connect those
two immortal men. Neither could have
accomplished what he did without the 60.
operation OF the other, and both have
formed the greatest harmony Of history.
Applause. Grant, silent rs 10 his move.
ments, reticent as TO his plans, Impatient OF
inquiry, denying information, with coun'
try rent and torn with grief and sorrow. 4
country almost in despair, with onc-hSil
a. 4.
movement, would dozen times have been
east from his place and reduced TO the ranks
without the confidence and the sublime
support OF Abraham Lincoln. Great ap-
plausc Grant in the field needed the
President who commanded the confidence
Of the country. The President who com
handed the confidence OF the people wout
have seen his inspirations lost but for Grant
in the field.
"Lincoln was not inexperienced ant
ignorant-for incXporience and ignoranc,
do not prepare men for great emergcncie,
and make them statesmen. But his home
ly ways and his quaint speech, his quie
humor, that touch on the people which
was never lost, made him the one man IL
thcemcrgcncy who alone could have don,
what was necessary. There was not on,
who would not have failed except Abra
ham Lincoln. Applause. But he cOul'
give 10 despair, 10 grief, the consolation o
happiness. lie could give 20 a sonowing
disappointed people courage. lie coul'
say: You think lac is beaten; | can say h,
is n general trusting me- lApplausc.l
the MAN FoR THE HOUR.
"With such man for President for tw
years he had seen his hopes disappointed
lie has seen the noblcst army-thc arm
OF the Po,omac--lcad TO death; irrcsolutel
managed here, there, everywhere eXCep
in the right place, only needing com
mandcr TO have IT. magnificent courage re
. vivcd. At the supreme moment OF dis
4 pair there arose the man for the hour, an
/, what q man, There arr no conditions whicl
, create great soldier. II Is the time, tn
, cause, the necessity. Grant at West Poin
WIS a student without honor. Az n sui
altcrn In the Mexican war, which lac hated
he had no fame; as q wuodchopper Away
cxcellcd by other woodchoppcrs; ~
merchant always heated by his compel
!. iiors. Whcr wis the great gcncral9 Bu
the moment the supreme command dove
opcd upon him, above him God aud be
meath him country 60 he saved, III
J shacklcs fell of him and the giant into
| lffl hihnt NlA Eia7FlN Att' EiANaAiNhf "N
the god OF war was in the field. lCheeI
and applause.
n BATTLES had been fought with glove.
victories lost because not followed up, bu
here wasa genius who said, 'Unconditiona
= surrender, or move Immediately on you
works
"Ile believed that lighting was 10 xii
lie believed that victory was 10 annihilat
alicrward. About Nicksburg he hurlo
. hs forces upon the ramparts and sal,
( Thousands OF lives might be saved had
J. not done II, but tens of thousand
0i lives might have been lost In malariI
swamps. lie saved rivers Of blood In III
future. Applause Every night, ever
~ morning he hurled the army upon III
I, mmparis and hrcssiworks OF the oncm,
!, aud cycry time he dill II there was thri
- NJ horror throughout the country, aud III
ciy of Butcher, stop him' But the forI
Of Lincoln stood between him and the IL
Il cyitabc fate Of The popular demand.
y "Grant differed from all the conqucrcI
II history IN this the sweetness Of rloii,
u war Is In plucking In fruits The -
prcmc moment Of conquest 10 a conquer
!. when he rides rough shod over the cot
!. qncrcd. hut the moment that Grant, III
y. soldier, had the trembling Conicdcracy
his feet hc was no longer y soldicr--hc Ia
become transformed into patriot
statesman. [Gpat applause. lie knc
that the fruits of victory, carried ont
=. their logical limit were to bo turned
ashes on his lips aud those of posicrily 4
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