Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-30
HENDELL TIIILLLF3S ON PRES
IDENT GRANT


wants martial law, and insists that
the assassination Of men for their 10y
atty is frequent in the South! Is there
no lunatic asylum in Pennsylvania
The following is his last proclamation
from the Aafi-4Gre7y Standard:
zen, Grant was commended TO the coun-
try as a man of few words, but sure to
mean even more than he said. and to do
far more than he would condescend to
promise. The few words he had uttered
were all carefully gathered up and made
the most of. The weighty sentences of
the Delphic oracle were never studied
with more anxious care than were his
rare and brief sayings.
A man who speaks so solemn and with
such delibaration may fairly be presumed
to weigh all he saws and each sentence SO
treasured aud built an is pledge to
which the nation may not unreasonably
hold him. When he said, in 1856, |
never could have believed that | should
favor giving the negroes the right to vote,
but that seems to me the only solution of
our difficulties" >" men felt assured that on
this point he might be trusted-and hence
almost expected the cOuntenance which
his inaugural gave to the fifteenth amend
ment. Indeed, Gen grant may ne siAlu
to have been a1scted poreQn the promises
he had incidentally made than on any
express contract with the Chicago Con-
ventiOn.
Why then is not martial law pro-
claimed? Is the promise forgotten? He
cannot claim that circumstances haYe
changed. Georgia, Texas and Mississippi
remain still in the same condition, so far
as their fGiation 10 the nation is con-
cerned, as they held when Gen. Grant re-
ii AZ. IL N.niaW
son. Has life grown any more secure
there7 We know that every trustworthy
witness who gets audience Of the Presi-
dent brings him evidence that the same
anarchy prevails. Does the great Captain
eat his own words7 Are there any influ-
ences in the White House that blind the
ewes which saw so clearly while in the
camp? We have sometimes wished that
some clear headed and keen-sighted adyi-
ser could approach the President. But,
after reading this we knoY nc one who
could put the duty ia a clearer light than
the President himself had placed it two
years ago.
Assassination for opinion is as frequent
loyal men are flying or hiding far safe
ty, while rebels are firing salutes under
Confederate flags in Southern capitals!
Is il a King Log with paper scepter that
sits in the White House? We were told
that if we made a soldier President we
should have q strong government, full of
decision; one that could not be bullied.
For all we have seen in four months we
might as well have had in the White
House clumsy James of England, who al
ways tainted at the sight of sword.
Gloomy prophets feared that under Grant
we should have a coup detdt, and that Ea
would take possession oftbe Government.
Thus far it seems more likely that Beau
regard viii make coup d'etdt and take
possession of Grant.
Again, grumhling at the result OF
the Virginia election, he thus hOwls,
denounces and threatens:
Still, while the Chief Justice plots to
bring rebels into power, this shiftless and
incapable Administration allows state
after State to slip out of its hands. 1t is
time some one should sound a note OF
warning. We gave Johnson six months
trial. and are willing to wait as long for
Grant, We mean, therefore, to express
now only our serious fears, not our settled
| distrust. When Grant, so absurdly, and
without consultation, flung an Admins
| tration at the country, we trembied at
such proof Of mis- '4nftness for his great
| place. And every hours experience with
! that Administration has increased our
! fears What we demand of the thought
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| camp captain of our President, is that
| they save us from the consequences OF
their mistake by surrounding him with
| men who comprehend the hour and are
| brave enough to meet it. Gen. Grant has
all the physical courage that the Virginia
campaign of 1865 needed. He has shown
himself too weak and irresolute to con-
duet the Virginia campaign of 1869. a
soldiers courage is one thing. Gen
| Grant has it. a statesman's courage is {
| totally distinct quality. Hitherto Grant
has given no evidence Of possessing If. II
| the camp one of his chief merits was thai
he knew how to choose his agents admir-
| ably. In civil affairs he has blundered il
his choice like child.
Until Georgia admits colored men tC
their legislative seats, fill every othe'
Office in the State with blacks, to mak'
rebels understand the government anS
keep the balance even. Throw the who'll
weight of the National Government int
that scale in Tennessee, Mississippi ant
Texas which will give loyal men the rule
loyal men sustained by education, land
political rights, and by business SO fos
tered and protected that it will remode
the State.
The nation gropes and feels round 70
a government-and grasps only air. Ml
: President, ifyou cannot draw your sword
at least show your hand. Rebeldom is do
ing great things Illegally. Your admins
tration is doing nothing, strictly accord
ing to law,
The pilot who sleeps at the helm is a
guilty as he who deliberately runs tn
Ship upon Gibraltar. The blood Of th
J murdered lOyalists of Georgia is on tn
skirts of the administration. / wouli
rather be Lee at Appomatax-no, not Lee
the executioner and assassin of Libb
prison--be any knave rather than Lee
: but I would rather be Pemberton, sur
rendering at Vicksburg, than Grant, sue
cassfl,1lv and safely defied in the Whit
I -. NUENnITT T. PT4TT T. TDC