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

an old maxim oflaw. Very little weigh.
viii hereafter be attached, We should
imagine. 20 Mr.. GREELEYis opinion o
men. Why should not a falsehood dis
honor an editor, az completely as it doe'
an officer, as q single act Of perjury dis
qualities q man to be 5 witness? Mean
while. we find the following in the New
York Trj5uns:
A case c1mes UP from Gen. Ord's com.
msud FOR revision Of the proceedings Of q
coUrtmartisl recently held IA Hissis.
sipri The facts a. proved are that s
/ lieutenant commanding in 3 town ia
EississipPI sent bis parsmour 10 g hotel
10 the pisce 10 board. Tie hotel propri-
etor refused to give her q room The
/ officer demonstrated aud threatened, and
falling 20 induce the hotel Keeper 90
Z Weld, sent for q detachment Of soldiers.
took possession OF the hotel, and placed
his UaTamOur Ia p room. The fact were
I reported 20 Gen Ord. and 3 court-mar-
tial ordered. The court found the lieu
tenant guilty 81 charged, and sentenced
/ him 10 dismissal from Inc service. Gau.
Z Grant approves the sentence Judge
H1l, recommends CGGfemeD, NJ the sen
aE.|#"H t|'HH .'|H| .IN- LHhNNH ~T "-NL".HNf"aA
one month, on TIE ground that the prfg-
cipIf lgitnEss WGS once IN the Confederate
service. Tbs president to-day approved
the sentence of dismissal.
It is well known that Holt himself.
at The beginning, hvrured the course Of
the Southern States. Blu, apart from
that, it IS a singular inso,euce iu one
HatIe to 50 grave suspicion as he, in con-.
neclion with the subornation of perjury
by SANFORD CON0vEE alias DUNHAN.
20 give it as his official opinion, for that
is what 1t amounts to-, that no C~0ufader-
ate is entitled to credit on his oath. An
honest jury, we think, would not f1d it
difficult 70 decide a case 20 which the
testimony Of ROBERT E. LEE or JoHN
c. BRECEISBIDGE and that Of JosEPH
Holt were IN direct conflict
FRAUDS UPON TUE TREAsURY.
The New York World, speaking Of the
immense frauds lstely prsctieed upon
the Treasury o. the United States, SAYS
L Is asserted by one o. the republican
orgsus, the Tribune, that the govern
meur is losing two hundred million dol
isTs 8 year by the whisky frau3s alone
and what the government thus loses IA
taken u az tie pockets Of the people TO
swell the dishonest gains o. the dislillers
n the revenue officers who Couuive At
their ~rszca.iiy. An administration IN
der whieh such iuju sics Is perpst-ated
cannot be saved from public odium by =
recin.geatIou Of ~iuvectives between the
n.l A.aMA IL
branches of the government are suswer-
able jlintly and ssversIy, ana the party
whien elected them Is responsible as 3 {
unit for & system which, Instead Of pro-
tsctiog the people, IL itself the chief sn- /
CINE Of their robbery and oppression.
The Journal from which We quote Is
quite lenieut enough when il Gays at
cannot be- denied that part Of the blame
belongs 90 Congress A" and adds:
TIE tax on distilled spirits Is a chief
source OF revenue in other governments. {
T. there Is 40 reason why II should rot
be an ours. But when congress imposed
sn high 3 tax As two dollars g gallon on .
whisky, it should have strengthened in
every practicable way, the machinery !
for its cGiEctlOn. Ihe cost OF
turing whisky Is not more than forty
cents q gallon. two dollars f. Therefore
= tax Of ave hundred per cent. A duty
OF thirty per cent on imUorted good &
high enough TO encourage ~saUvZlsrs, and
il should hsv- been f0reseen tist g duty
fifteen times ~ high would hold CUT a .
DO0eTfui temptation to illicit di~stillstiUD.
It Gays:
The ranat.cal zealotrY Of congress on
the reconstructiou question impelIed Il 10
risk ths public revenue for the sake OF
spifing the president. By passing the /
tenure o. Office bill, and taking from him
the power OF removal, It showed how 4
recklss=iF u was willing TO leopard the
revenue to crafty party passions.
In the hands OF a vigorous and faffberl
executive the power Of dis
missal would be a capital safeguard
against frauds, Instead Of waiting IN
their actual preparation, he could l1
many csses prevent them. There NAV
be hundreds OF eases where doubts are
entertained Of the honesty Of officers
whom there would be 10 suFi-
cient grounds FOR legal proceedings. The
power OF removal at the pleasure Of
thu executive meets all such csses. ir
an ounce 81 prevention Is worth
Pc L.A44 Va 4AaN 90 MEA a HNN EaE EANNA .
10 which the slscEness OF an indoleut
disposition impairs the efficiency Of the
but yet aGO-ds no tangible
grOuad FOR his removal on criminal
charges or the evidence Of transpired
With the high internal taxes i'm
posed by congress, there was a necessity
or increasing, If possible, the facilities
holding the civil officers Of the gov
eminent to a prompt responsibility. The
parts OF the congressional system do
match each other. To Law very high
taxes, and take away TIE chief means Of
enforcing their honest collection. is not
80 muco 70 establish q system Of revenue
as % organize 3 gigantic machinery OF
-raud. This IS what the republican con.
zress, imps.eo by party motives, have
Zone n The party cannot escape re-
Iponsibility.
Congress has been by fsr too much
engaged in taking care Of the negro and
him IN power over the white
ace, to be able to attend properly TO the
rue Interests Of the country at large; 4
iod what time 1t had to devote TO other
than those Of re-construcuon
the recognizing Of the South, il wss
necessary to devote to the plunderiug OF
he West By q tariff framed FOR the en-
Of the Northeastern and Middle
The Journal from which we quote,
continues thus
We DO not see how Secretary McCuI- T
lch, IN particular. Is 20 escape censure. 7
he president is indeed responsible for !
i'm, az the republican party is FOR the !
resident, sDd Tor the countless hosts 81 4.
.publicsn officers whom he has cut for !
epti 10 ONCE. Bot Mr. McCulloch has i
he revenue system OF the governmental !
barge &c e his special duty to superin- y
md 10. Il Is q Disgrace TO his depart =
lent that q vast system Of fraud. So J,
ugsly gigantic q that which IS now Z
sing disclosed, should have grown uB Z,
Ider his administration and Hnpned to "
lch rank r~ottenBess before the offenders i
70 found ont and proceeded against. =
seems not insensibe 70 the discredlt:
It it is the seDsitiveness Of 8 weak man
hO shgns censure by coDeealment. In
cad Of boldly doing his duty. In the G
4ltcOtt case, things hsve gone on T.
om May tll Dear October with d
Il = public explosion, sud proceedings
,aiust the delinquent seem 10 have 10
On exported a. last only By the impos, e.
1ility Of longer c9nceaimsnt Similar -
are Pespetrated ia every part Of eli
g country. The revenue system ia Ike re
oady covered 81 over With the ripe ke
stgles - the small pox, and tie ply tiC
~ ipes bis frst dose Of madeleine Ia ST
. ayanaea stage az the tiseasa. e. y;
s2t has seen pndsT bit ~