Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-14

rising generation. We Who are old can
NOT learn but little, but we can press for
ward aud help the young ones - com,
forward and receive what our friends ar,
now presenting 10 us.
The exercises were closed with a hene-
I diclion by the Rev Mr.. Allen.
sENFExcEeF YoUxG EETCsgUH. THE
EgzGER, - NEW YORK, on sATt x
| TheR Recorder addressed the prisoner as
[ follows:
have given your case, Edward p.
ketchum, most anxious and careiGl cOu-
eidcraiion; not because l ever doubted
what The interests Of society required or
dgty demanded Of me, butio- the reason
that / well knew that many gentlemen
of high character and excellent judy
msut entertained views entirely al varl-
auce with my own. Occupying. as yuu
did, an exalted position among the
business men OF This great CONNER
oial city: commanding, as You did, I'M
limited confidence and credit. possessed,
as you wereoi great wealth and influence
yau became involved IN specuiations as
vast as they were dangerous and ruinCUsf
then, To save the financial ruin Of your
sell and house, which seemed imminent,
yeu did what no one Of inferior position
or credit could haved0nc, raised immense
sumsOf money upon paper which You
forged, the genUlneuess OF which no one
doubted, simply because you presented IT.
II was the every day story, varying only
from other stories im the magnitude of
the f0rgeries and the greatness of yOurfaN.
and YOU gave "a shock t0 creditand to con-
f5ence from which The business Interests
of the city did notreadily recover Your
friends aad those who ask for you the
mercy Of the C0nrt say you were labor
ing under a mania. But every man
whose personal sympathie5 do not 10
some extent warp his Judgment, knows
that il was no other mania than thai
which seiZes on every man VINO commits
"a crime in order 10 avert a personal CT
lamity which he cannot endure 90 meet.
II, sitting here "a "a judge, I should mliti-
uaie your puHishment fur any of the rea-
ssns assigned, or because hearts are
aeHmgaud laintiugO or because Of nay aWa
personal sympathies with those who
mourn for YOU, 7 should feel that every
sentence had passed. upon a first oiien-
der had been a wrong, and that | was
iHde-d a "rcspeoter OF persons lt is
uvduty, also, to administer the law that
ali men may feel and know thGt none
are. beyond either its protection or its
power. II may be well, as claimed by
Your friends, that ii YOU were
permitted 10 20 free, YOU would
slon be able % redeem your
reputation, and re-e=Labiish your Pu7i-
4 on. But if this Court shouid yield 10
their application, Is would be an official
declaration that men of influence and
station could offend against the laws
without the fear Of punishment Public
Interests and necessities demand that the
of violated law should be
visited upon the offender by way OF
lzsn,ple rs well a. punishment. III
YOU had been put upon trial upon all
the indictments brought against you, tle
term Of your imprisonment would have
extended through the greater part Of your
ne The District A ttOrney has vjniiea-
te5 the law by arraigning you upon one
tl which v0u have pleaded guilty, with
fail knowledge of the consequence.
pom that plea the extreme punishment
IS five years Imprisonment The law,
however, directs that the term of impris-
oument shall not expire during he wIn-
Ter months. In discharge, therefore, of
say duty, ! must pronounce The sentence
Uf the court whirhis, tlatyou be impris-
CHed IN the State l-riaOu lei the period OF
tour yeHrs and six months.
Young ketchum then resumed his
aat, When a number OF his friends came
up and shook hands W ilh him before he
,. rs conveyed ,G thl G.,y Prison.