Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-06
MEMPHIS

who had had charge OF the goVeraHsn.' -
ne would have caPuci y TO see through ~
trieacies of the things about him, ana Wo"io
iasge more correctly of the exact condition III
,-h5ch thinss were. unbiased, uoprejudieed, IN
ineuenced. Itgatched hfs Inaugural "ith d+@
IN, lis ened 10 every uOrd that ne utteTed'
,ratehed his c0iaateRoRce. 4 TesPohdsd ."
lords t0hereKNe pnoessed 70 De ne eH'"p
c,eed1n an psbertg; that he Sho"td DC -
- md C.qyIess ia the discharge OF ms oHttes O4
-, o,ca,, rim a so7rosciH0 heart arhen 4 heara
~, oJ,,,se ia his inaugural that he 7roa1d pTotee'
%rIa~rnmeat debG. 4 saiO naf The eGnker thdi
mi fosgqssed the body polite q he american "G-
III. had got 10 him. / rent dtcGy dHhedFde"ed'
s,ro'Ciag, alarmed. But, sir, l VIII not g'ToIP
ne sDip. evea wi IA that impression. i hops
No viii discover the error into which ne mas
been led by bad advisers and VIII reAsct' re-
trogrsse. turn away, as he would from a CHAR
| rel house.
F,r this speech, so damaging to Radi-
| ,aIism. the Senator has been made the
INIT for ridicuIe by smart writers q
liter partisaus, some Of whom ehsrge
him with insanity, others with being me
snort of his wife's ambitious fanciea' sho
,thers with being the mere creature Of
bis father in.law CHASE, who, it is sslo,
g nrspared to ruin a party he could not
Central. SPRAGUE, himself, has an
svered these calumnies, and they are
Nv the text for many well written let
tars bv regular correspondents at the
Canital. among them the noted DON
P1ATT who thus gives his conYietlons !:
mis- Gentleman, who has occupied, with be-
.1afng puactualty, his chair in the senate Ter
- saving little or nothing, has snodsh4y
,rosen out in an oratoTicsl way more aston
isbfng than pleasant, 49,,
- closing my letter yesterday, l passed
overto the senate Chsnbe and found the
.--tor in one OF his spasms OF tax. Hell Is
-. ,ts,tng1ished by his personal get-up, nor
Nr-aadva rom his gTaces Of orstory. small OF
,s-1ra and very slender, he throws ms niue
- scuU forward from bis shoulders ike Inc
-aLasd of a vessel, and jerks his words out
e1peortSEubt sort OF a way that is yet more
- nv the terky gesticuls!ion with which
N-romnanies them. He reminds one OF
- .osble mind. d lite Barnacle by a contin-
1al contest vito his gold-rimmod eyeglasses
81 viii not remain on his nose.
- was attacking the Providence Journal
"a net the senator's close spplica-
I - "a his business and duties had made MIN
ShanDv the references wss well understood
- ~ naner said in the mildest way pre-
: .tsolv what his brother Senators thought, and
az nublic only asserts, and that Is, that the
.o,o~eble little Senator ia not in his righ1
N1-S These are the sort Of stories in eircuia.
j - about Washington. It is said that the
Senator is mad.
uoaring these. 1 must say 1 WIS somewhat as
4 ,o1isned while listening to the little Senator
- ms little state. &c was not talking Ike
= I-aatfc nv any manner Of means. Bis adj
s-oas w-sn not the most polished or in the bes
800 mi it was full OF meaning, statistics
- cd what I consider sound sense. d.
- log after reading the results OF Dsvi,
XUars' Investigation, and being well awar
Y -nrsaIf NJ the unhappy condition of the o
a - tba shriu. clear, earnest voice Of the sen
ator coming up from such a strange place
sounded al to me like the inspired Csssandra lore
telling ruin and disaster.
6 senator Sprague and his brother are said 4
he vorth over thirty millions. He is the hea
; The business manager and guide in the vas
e Generations that involve towns and c5untie'
hnge factories and thousands Of labOrers an
y vet here he is, crying out ruin, and warning u
fbat our financial policy means bankruptcy
He NAV be insane, but for all that he utters
deal OF good sense. He said yesterday: " 81
j not troubled about my private afsirs. The
are well enough. have what I have throug
p q process that has crushed Others Engaged i
|, the same pursuits as myself
. OF eourse he needs not trouble himself. W
have So legislated, that money takes care c
itself. and makes money. The small capitalist
and mechanics apd laborers alone suffer. IL
rich grow richer, and the poor poorer.
Il SPRAGUE is the Washington sensstiol
. Just nov, even to the exclusion G
GRANT, the Tenure-of-Omc Bill an
adjournment.