Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-27
From the Baltimore GszAtte.l
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From the Baltimore Gszatte.l
WAsHINCToN, April &, 1858.
. The amusing, suggestive, and in one
aense, the alarming revelations, made
Avery morning after prayer, and imme-
distely before the Ssngte proceeds to the
business Of sharing out the spoiis accord
ing to radical morality, l sm sorry to
say, will cesss after today, with the
present session The country would
have been greatly benefited by con-
tinuaRce of these deleetGbis debates, 10
the way of "vslusble information
Any prudent correspondent at this point
frem sheer apprehension of legal an
noysness to The paper for which he
writes) would hesitate TO give currency
10 what is UppermCss in eVeTybU0y's
mind heTeS respect 10 the character OF
the appoiD;A Us Of the honest Adminis'rs-
tion. especially 10 descend 70 particulars.
No one but fool ever expected that the
nominees of Ger. Grant, SO far as integ-
rity, honesty and capacity sre concern
ed would reach beyond the ordinary
standard of the EiguorGmUses and lick
spittles and braggsdOcios vino have a.
ways been found to press fOT unmeTited
reward at the heel OF big war. Great al
lOwances were therefore ready to be &C.
corded BY 2 amagnanimCUsd democracy. But
admitting grave Senators, aVCTedly
friendly 10 the administration, to bs
worthy OF belle, then, on tbsir sD-hoT-
ity il may be written, that il those re-
gious so graphically described iu Dalte's
Inferno were ecrSDsd from Ons end TO
the other by q picSe1 gang Sf Brig Gen.
Bakers detectives, such another set Of
ingenious gentlemen could not be found
IS have now mounted to the surface as
public officers! This is 50 transparent
thst even those great men who have
heretofore been considered not over pune
tiliOus and TathSF charitable 70 the " con-
stitutiousl iBhTmities OF man, have
felt the necessity OF clearing their skirts
from all responsibility 10 the premises.
This rernark is bv no means applicable
(partieularly OF generally to the gentle
mes who engaged il yesterdays debate,
and therefore may quote, without sus
piciou OF finVidiousness, from the speeches
of any Of them, beEe and there, st ran
dom, Among the epe&ksgs WIS the
Hon. Simon Cameron, VINO evidently
desired 1t 10 be understood all round that
he had nothing whatever TO do with the
PennsylVAnis appOintm snts Others di-
vested themselves of sil odium by SIM
Div dec, airing q lack Of influence, but
Simon was personal and minute. de
said
From his own State, only the other
day the President sent in somebody for
a foreign nlis5iOr, and one of the Ssna
tors had gIe2t trouble to convince the
Committee on Foreign A1sirs that he
was an improper person to be confirmed
and tDOw turned out that be was con-
stitutionsl drunksId. The man was
good enough in other respects, but not
fit for the place a. all. Neither Senator
from Pennsylvania would hsve recon-
msnded him for the position. S2me
time ago, within the last fssE days,
man from Pennsylvania was nominated
for a consulate without consulting either
of the Senators. Is turned out that he
was q constitutional thief!n
So much for not consulting Senators.
Mr.. G. beWailed his misfortune. Mat
ters were very different IN previous adj
ministFRtiOns, when "ths Private Sscce
tsrv or the President himself sent for
him to consult shout the affairs OF Penn
sylYania, and when he had more IL 1l1-
epoe at that time than nOw.n II is
moreover remarkable that the appeal Of
I" one Of the Senator'S u in respect to the
constitutional thief" wss not made to
| the President, but to SCI the Committee on
FJreigu Affairs These fsess, and no
doubt they sr0 fscts) speak volumes as to
| the condition Of the country, and IS TO
| the squeamishDess in respect to the re-
| sponsibllity that must finally rest upon
! somebody's shoulders. According TO an
| old proveTb when ingenious politicians
fall out honest people may hope for bet
| ter times"
| After reading the vivid accounts in the
| Chronicle of recent Ku-K KluX outrages at
| the South, and hearing o. contemplated
visit of the Hon. John w. FOrney and
others TO the President yesterday with
view OF q friendly confsb before his de
parlure for the South, (where no mans
| life is considered ssfe,) l took it for
| granted that the object of the visit wss
/ 10 solicit 3 military escort. repaired
| therefore, to the White House IN hope Of
attaining the exsct number Of troops
considered necessary for the safety IT the
xpedition-infantry, cavalry aud II iyipg
| artillery. Bot what was my surprise
JVhen il turned out that the delegation
had nothing to say except that the visit
! WAS a purely disinterested one, entirely
devoid of p0litics-Col. FOrney addiog
logically that they Therefore deemed
il proesT to call upon him previous to
their departure The President seemed
1 cOnfounded and at loss what TO say in
reply to so indefinite an harangue, but
being obliged to respond stumbled upon
/ q repArtee that will stand the test OF
ages. He said that " he was very happy
to hear they intended to make the trip,
and hoped it would be productive OF the
best results. Nothing tcould do more 70
properly reconstruct The South than unite
losaL emigration
rhis was construed, very illogically
and contrary TO his accustomed mode OF
reasaniug) to imply that nothing could
pIease The President better than 70 be rio
Of such pests st the North. Without
learrying with them single weapon
not even penkniie-the party = proposed
trip includes Florida, Georgia, North anc
South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee anc
Kentucky, and will possibly consume Z
month"; practical refutati0n OF all tht
! Chroaicle's ISLANDERS Of the South.