Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-01
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WE have known and understood
the ~carpet-bag race in this quarter Tor
a considerable length Of time. But
somehow, either from the blindness
of passion, or from some malignant
disposition TO humiliate, the north
erners have been slow TO wake up to
il until now. And we are pleased to
see a disposition to bring some signal
instances 10 notice is beginning to ex-
ist in the quarter from whence they
came. We take the following brief
history Of a earpet-bagger from the
Detroit Union:
As a fair specimen Of the class of men
fOisted upon the Southern people, let US
take, for instance, the case Of G.. Wiley
Wells, lately nominated and confirmed,
during the last hours of the last session
OF the United States Senate, as United
States Attorney for the Southern District
Of Alabama. How well we remember g.
Wiley Wells. We were schOOlmates
thirteen years at the Wesleyan Seminary,
Lima, New York, at which time he was a
"redhot" Democrat. The war came and
G. Wiley rushed to the defense Of his
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New York regiment OF two years men,
commanded by Colonel SlOeum, now bet
Ter known as an ex-M2joT General,
and a member Of the House of Rep
resentstives from New York. G. VIII
leys's rushing to arms, however, did not
agree with him. In every battle, from
some or other, If the spirit was will
ling the flesh was weak, or if the flesh
was willing the spirit disagreed with
it, so that g.. Wiley, after a sufi-
cienL time and opportunity had
been given him 70 prove his
courage, was placed upon thelist of dead
BEATS - a source Of ridicule to the soldiers
of his regiment, and a disgrace to the
state from which be enlisted. Finally, Il
having occurred TO G. Wiley that fight
ing rebels was not his vocation, he cast
about him for means to get a discharge
from the service. Being strong, healthy
young man, and having never suffered
injury in any way from active service,
from the fact of his never being where
there was any very active service to per-
form, and IS if he was always Sinking it,
his naturally inventive and fertile mind
hit upon insanity as a safe dodge. He
reasoned that if a vile murderer could be
cleared by twelve intelligent men on such
a plea, why could not a poor soldier use
it TO good advantage. So q. Wiley be-
came insane. Indeed, be was the most
insane man outside or inside Of an insane
asylum. He would make his blanket
into the shape and form Of a baby. and
there he would sit on the floor Of his quar-
ters for hours, when the troops were in
camp, and rock it and sing to it as if he
was its loving and doating father, and it
his only child. Other things did G.. Viii
ley do, equally as absurd and foolish, IN
I'll he succeeded in acting the part of a
hrst-clsss idiot to perfection.
To makesa long story short, the insane
dodge succeeded, and G. Wiley received
his discharge in a few months, and soon
stood on his native heath in Genessee. a
small town IN Western New York. Soon
after the downfall Of the rebellion. he
Wended his way southwark and halted in
Alabama, seeming plumber and Office in
every breeze that waited itself across his
pathway. He became loysl-intenselv
loyal. Indeed be became one OF the most
LOYAL men in the State Of Alabama or any
other State. Being loyal, It was per fectIv
natural that he should seek his reward
And he did seek &c. Having a smattering
of law, be secured the influence Of a few
friends, who induced the President to
send his name 70 the Senate for the POSI-
tion of United States District Attorney for
Southern Alabama, which body, "A hours
prior 70 its adjournment confirmed
the nomination, and to-day G.. Wiley
Wells, by sharp Wtre-pulliDg, with no
ability for b responsible position to
which be has been appointed, is United
States District Attorney for Southern
Alabama. And furthermore, be is a fair
representative Of the class OF cormorants
and rsscsls foisted ugon the people Of the
Southern States by the Radical party. In
a respectable community North thew
would not be tolerated, while their pre-
SUM ptiOn would he sesthingly rebuked.
This appointment Of G.. Wiley Wells to
a Responsible position in Alabama is also
a fair specimen OF what a Radical Con-
gress is doing 10 keep in power the Rsdi-
cal party in the southern States by APP
pointing its tools % responsible positions,
for which they have neither the ability
por the honesty 70 al.