Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-17

( be NJ anu marVeIOOsly proper repre-
sentative Of itself: and yet we may GER
tsinly say, that no decent and respecta-
bic party OF honest men, would any more
1 accept for candidate and Representative,
a msn indicted of perjury, and charged
openly with defrauding the Government
TO which he had sworn to be true and
robbiBg private citizens of their prop
erty, than gentleman would marry a
TOman whose reputation was tainted
with the open imputation of dishonor.
"Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes OF thOrns, or figs
Of thistles a good tree cannot bring
forth evil fruit, neither . corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit. Wherefore by
taeir fruits We shall know them"
So saith the word Of God; aud sdds
this sentence: Every tree that bringth
not forth good fruit, is hewn down and
east into the fire."
We do not think that it hiss ever before
happened, in the United States, that
Convention representing any respectable
portion Of the people, has nominated for
high Office q msu under indictment Of
felony, aud liable to immediate arrest,
knowing the fact that the indictment
had been found. We need not say that
it never happened before, when MEM
Der OF the Convention voGched, on his
own knowledge, for the truth Of facts
sufficient to convict, and the sceuser's
word was entitled TO the least credit.
II this had been done in a ward of a
great city, reeking with the pestilential
cOrTuptions OF political and moral ccnta-
gion, it would not be half so significant
rs when il occurs in an agricultural State
like Tennessee, with no great cities, and
inhabited by brave, hardy, frank,
manly, generous, honest and uncOr-
rupted people. That such 3 people should
be expected to elect to q seat in a body
like the Congress Of the United States
man so under at lesst q cloud of suspi-
cion, who certainly wss an agent of the
Confederate States, and in that capacity
gave them aid and comfort; and who
certainly has sworn that he never did
so and who is accused OF having sold
for his own benefit, and pOcketed the
proceeds Of, sugars taken from individ-
uais, to a very large amount, is an alarm
ing and appalling fact to any one who
has studied the history Of the fall Of the
Republics Of the old world, and how
short-lived they have proven in the rev.
We appealed, few days ago, to the
masses of the Union men OF Tennessee,
TO consider how little interest they per
sonally have in the Acknowledgement of
eighty thousand of their brethren, as
honest and brave as they, and ike them,
born on the soil OF their State. We
begged them TO consider what manner
Of men it Is that they have set in the
high places OF the State, and how far
such men are worth looking for and
being proud Of as chiefs and leaders.
We who were Wings, were slI proud
once, Of Henry Cisy, and perhaps some-
times, out Of our great love and sdmirs-
ton for him, followed his white plume
too far. TeunesseeaEs then were proud
Of the men who led the opposing hosts
Of Wings and Democrats who met in
generous conflict On the field Of debate,
and won reputation and honor by their
appeals to the reason a. wciI Gs to the
passions aud sympaJGies Of iomeGse
audiences. Are even the lausqGeLejs of
J acoainism, the scribOlsrs who earn
their weekly stipend5 by violating all tsls
that gentlemen observe, by the
OF stale Lies, and ali the bsser
ways OF defamation aad deprivation, are
even these proud, Of Stokes ard Mui- !
Inns and Brownlow2 Are they proud OF
Arneli and Ryder, OF Smith and Hunter |
the people? We speak only CT the intel
lectusl stature of these men. Are they |
Of the race OF giants? Do they rise even |
10 respectable mediocrity? What !
would they be in country like France
or England, where intellect rules and |
learning mas respect?
Aud If the hired apologists for the |
Of JacObinism are infatuated |
with these men, rs Titsnia, by the
mslice OF Oberon, wss with the long |
ears and ass head Of Nick Bottom the
Weaver, are the psople 20? GJd for
bid
But it is within the compass Of posi-
bility for these men to be admired. No /
one can account for the queer vagsries Of /
the human mind. Jack Cade headed |
a formidable instruction, and Mas
Aniello for time ruled Naples. But is it
possible that any people can he gratiied
at the selection of such msR Is Hamn-
ton is alleged by one Of his own party TO
be, to receive their votes for seat in
Congress? Is this nomination one Of the
first fruits Of negro suffrage, one Of the
eggs Of the cockatrice?