Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-08

care from the beginning. The govern
ment IS losing two hundred million dol
lars s year by these whisky frauds alone,
and mo@tof these frauds must have taken
place with the connivance Of revenue
olHcers II IA quite q different matter
from the evasion 81 the customs duties
by smUgshng. The smugglsr carries on
Bls trade Dy escaping the surveillance Of
officers; hut the whisky thieves operate
under the very Doss Of officer, ard
-ouid NOS possibly succeed without their
collision OF e~onniEancee
RADICAL MORALITY AND HONESTY.
Those who wish to learn something 80
respect to the morality and honesty of
the faction that creates military despot-
isms and breeds States By the Caliban Of
Radicalism out Of the Sycorax Of negro
dom, may do 90 by reading following
from the pen Of THURLow " ED. It is
an exposure OF the denominations Of the
faction by the testimony Of its friends:
The third internal revenue district has,
FOR four years, not only been rotten itself,
bat, by its malign influence and exam
pie, has demOralized other districts. We
labored earnestly with Mr.. Lincoln to
effect n change. But the district belonged
especially TO the extreme radicals.
The collector was the father Of the hide
pendent. His deputy was the brother Of
its editor. The Independent then, now
and evermore, was the organ of Mr..
Chase. When hard pressed-for we were
after them with 3 sharp stickp-they
would bring the plymouth Church" and
its honOred pastor into the field on their
behalf, whether with his knowledge
and appreciation we know not. II
he did sustain them he could not
have known the extent OF their rob-
beries-robberies which enabled them to
diUids fUs, ten, fifteen and tOsHty thou
sand dollars a WseE With a a Dho,
until he cOHided' Nth Boagen, 7GpDda
aud T3ton, scarcely kneto the use Of a
bank book. But after the government
had lost, by frauds, in the third district,
a million Of dollars, q removal was sf-
feeted; when, aided by Senator Piersou
and other reliable republicans Of Brook
Ign, we prevailed upon the secretary Of
the treasury to nominate. and the presi-
dent 10 appoint, Col. Brewster, a gallant
soldier and honest man. But, for some
iucomprehensibls reason-though con-
fessedly capable and hOnest-he was not
confirmed. Then came the struggle FOR
Mr.. Greeley's man, CEllicott who was
hacked by rings 10 Brooklyn and Wash
We objected and protested to
the secretary OF the treasury and the
president against Csllicott's appoint.
Coupled with the appointment
other almost, II not quite As bad"
GOVERNOR PERRY ON NEGRO GOVERN
MENT.
Governor PERRY, Of South Carolina,
& letter dated July 27th, says:
10 Liberia, where there is a nation Of
negroes, sent from the United States, and
they have formed q government.
20 white man lie allowed to hold Office or
vote at any election for any Office. This
s wise and proper, and they have
thought IL necessary to make this exclu- |
sion for their own peace and prosperity. !
not the white men the same right
70 exclude the negro from the right Of
when they know that tBe ne
yrOes have q majority in the state and
will seize the government Of the state il
permitted To vote?
Il IS idle folly tOtell the people ofSOuth
'arOlins that capital and immigrants will
low istO the state when reconstructed on
he black republican platform. On the
'OutTaTy, as soon IS this negro govern
neuJ is organized, every dollar Of
capital OF South Carolina
will be withdrawn, and not q cent will
ONE here seeking Investment. Nor
vii any foreigner move here TO settle
Inder negro rule, and the confusion and
disturbance which il will give rise to 10
be state. Mr.. Calhoun predicted years
thai II he negroes were set free the
IOrtheru Z ls would insist on bis right
Z suffrage, sHd il allowed, the negroes
yOuId seize the government, and the
people would have to leave the
He further said, that the former
would lose all influence over
heir freedmen, whose sympsthies and
artialities would be for northern men
nd vile emissaries sent here 70 control
lem. I think it Is pretty generally se-
.nOwiedEsd, even now, that sll control
Z the negro, in the coming election, is
gone from their fOrmer masters.
zen Hampton and his friends had Just
s well try TO control a herd fEild buff
llOes il the vast prAiries of tie west, as
DO negro vote Of Columbia.