The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-10
Mr.. WILLIAM RoSsELLE

Mr.. William RoSscllc, who for over thirty
ycaH was one Of the editors OF TnE Ar
rEAL aud who about u year ago severed
his connection with II, will leave the city
this evening on the steamer Buckeye State,
for Newport, Ky, where he will heroaf-
ter make his home. For some time
before aud ever since his retire
mcnt Mr.. Rossrllc has been confined
to his room an invalid from dis.
eases that owing 10 his advanced age lac
has not been able fully 10 overcome. but
through II MI he has retained the full use
Of his mental faculties, and has been able
10 follow the affairs not only Of the city
| for which hc has done 20 much OF useful
work, but Of the world abroad, Of which he
Is 80 well informed. Mr. lios-clle has always
been rs Young NJ his day in sympathy
aud "a old rs his education and oppor-
tunily through years OF laborious study.
Wherever that study carried him in
philosophic speculation Il was never No
iar but that he could return TO the things
Of the day with the zcst and interest Of
the youngest man about him. A ripe
scholar, gifted as a linguisi, sta,islician
Who Justly pridcd himself upon his
, accuracy and his judgment, Mr. Rosscllc
y has left his impress for good upon
|, the community for whose upbuildinp
. he laborcd with unsclhsh fidelity for more
n than thirty years. A just man, he always
b. incd 10 bc fair In encounters with his on,
!. poncnis aud he cxcmplhcd the force and
4 fine effect Of honor In y career that hi,
!. children may point 10 with pride. liz
n always wrote within the limits Of his con
i. yictions. no man could induce him e
q go wori beyond them, and ihcs,
convictions so far rs the social life
r Of the people and their commercial
= agricultural and manufacturing interest,
, nw concerned were wholesome and
4 sound No word he has written has ever
, come back 10 shame or plague him. liz
wrote with dclibcration and justified biz
comment not by cxpcdicncy or necessity
a bu, by the truth. broad and liberal IA
a hi- views Of lie, a Democratic Rcpub
n licau In the generic sense Of thos,
e words, his heart was ever open 10 m,
ie the cry Of the poor and responded
N syinpaihciically 10 their plea. Tn,
q. toiling millions never had a moro sicadfas
In friend than he nor one Who within hi
lc means and power did morc for their al
ic yanccmcnt aud the amcliomiion Of lhci
? condition. The down,roddcn aud thos
b, who arr oppressed were his friends an,
+. lac advocated whatever would 10 iher
NJ good, whatever would mitigate their Il
oi aud ease the pains with which life wa
lie flled for them. His religion was I
h b. good and do good, aud he exon
III pllGcd In hls daily life the command TO 4
:, TO Others rs hc would have Others do I
at him. Those who have laborcd with vi
or RosScIlc, aud shared with him the ups an
z, downs the Citations and dcprcssions OF III
II. most cxacting aud laborious Of profession
In viii bear willing testimony 10 his wortl
or TO the gcntcncss Of his nature. the scrcnii
Is. Of his mind, the ripencss Of his judgmcn
Is, his integrity Of principle, bis readiness
- a writer and the iullncss aud complct
er ness Of his equipment for his dali
Il. tasks. No man connected vii
BY American Journalism excellcd him
Ina these qualities, rs no one Of them 81
Ne passed him Ia industry aud devotion