Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-21
,peoia1 Correspondents Memphis Appeal.

GneGlhA kloANbAlNo Poe-As4
WASHINGTON, Saturday.
Russell. the correspondent of the Lon
ton Tines, who had seen the efeat men
and thinkers Of both hemispheres, said
that of all political leaders in America,
| Chief Justice Chase alone compelled every
] one with whom he came in contact to con-
/ hess the presence Of moral and intellectual
greatness, / heard Senator Badger, one |
of the most extraordinary men of his
time, say, after Clay, Webster and Cal
I houn were no more, that Mr.. Chase was
without an intellectual peer In either
branch of the Congress of the United
Ststes. If Mr.. Badger were not Chase's
equal. the great OhiOan surely had no
rival. By the way, Mr.. Badger preserved
with great care a curious note written by
Daniel Webster. When Mr.. Badger was
quite young and about to appear for the
first time before the Supreme Court, Mr..
Webster wrote tor Badger curious letter
Of introduction to Joseph Story, the great
Chief Justice, the predecessor Of Roger |
p. Taney, whom Mr.. Chase succeeded.
Its terms were almost precisely as fol-
lows:
WASHINGTON, January, 1872.
Chief Justice Joseph Story:
M Dear Sir: Permit me to introduce
George r. Badger, of North Carolina,
your equal, and the superior of
Yours, truly -
DANIEL WEBSTER.
Well might Mr.. Badger preserve with |
sedulous care q patent of nobility infn- |
itelv more valuable than any insignia Of
Office that may now be won. Honest |
worth and intelligence, in this corrupt /
age, when mediOcriby and knavery are |
monopolists of power, would prize even |
more highly than did Mr.. Badger, such a |
concession to genius as this which Web |
NaraaHr nj Las "a
his intellect was matchless.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
The Chief Justice this evening sat in |
his study. Books and papers were heaped |
up about him. He greeted his visitors |
with sll the bOnhommie OF the practiced |
politician. He spoke Of men and news |
papers of Tennessee as if he were |
vet a Senator, and thoroughly con- |
varsant with the course Of local |
events. The subject Of reforming the
Federal Constitution through conveu- |
ton ofthe States, that more perfect unity |
of design might be given 70 this system /
of organic law, was briefly discussed. The |
Chief Justice said that the time had not 1
come. The bare proposition, IN the pres
ent temper OF the public mindi would eX-
cite alarm. He did not say whether he /
himself would approve or not the propo- !
sitiou. but surely deemed il wholly i'm |
practicable. The force Of this objection /
70 the scheme of present constitutional |
reform will be appreciated by those who /
have heard the debates Of tne past ten /
davs in the two Houses Of Congress.
Every Radical speech-maker has devoted |
himself to the task Of indaming sectional !
prefudices and enmities. Nine-tenths OF
The people of this city, where there Is no /
Qrgau OF the Democratic party, believe the /
south to be 4 asathing caldron CT bolling /
helI's broth. MOrtOn's speech was reeklnS /
with lies. A Democrat he was, and pOW !
Radical. It becomes him and Butler well /
10 transcend all rivals in heaplng con-
timely upon vanqulshed Democracy and |
ur,on The Sonth: not for its real Ofienses, /
mark you, but because Of its adhesion to /
the Demeefstie party. There is not, since !
Morton has spoken, , possible talsehOod /
LETT unspOken. Strangely epo8gp, ahso- /
lutte credence is given by the rabble ana 4
by the masses Of people 10 every /
frightful story Of bloodshed ana out
rage which comes through a de- |
fu1ct Bureau, with millions Of money /
patbared through htK9d agents every |
~ hare in the South. Ne&r. Chase IS wise. |
In the present temper d Nthe public mind, |
the tamest reformation q constitutional |
law would excite infinite alarm apd the /
dercesr opDOsitiOu. We must be patient. 1
the North will get learn The truth, and /
then we NAV build a statue ia honor Of |
Morton's memory, and make immortal /
The magnificent defamer of his country !
mem Mr.. Chase said that some energetic /
Itsagtar Of oratOry, some true representa- |
tive Of the honest people, some Pfenllss,
would vet rise pp e organize party /
,vEoIiy worthy Of the age aud cpHn-
trv. 4 leading idea of such a |
leaasr cf he people should be The sub
stitution o. gold anessilver for paper, and /
the honest dIschaIR Of all public obilga-
tions. He said, tfScJbSt II lhe Democrat
ic party were UulJSSndowed with a mod
crate share Of wisdom, supremacy was
easy OF attainment. Perhaps IL strength,
inst now. consists in its weakness. Ii
bas hardly force enough TO compel the \
eoInUactness OF RadicalIsul. It's true pol
lev NAV therefore lie in that moderation
which will attract al the better elements
OF the dominant party. SIci4 csn-li}- ions
are at least legitimate ded9G.lops Iiom
the philosophy expoundeF-ssSI the tElel
Justice Remember C55SaS4a a Federal Su-
preme Judge naturally becomes living
exaggeration OF conservatism. In oIhce
for life, an office hardly l6ss honorable
than that which is quite empty, though |
Grant is said to fill 1t, il is hardly to be
presumed that venerable statesman,
though vigorous as ever IN mind and
body, when transferred 10 the woolsack,
would approve any marked or speedy
change in the established order Of things.
SMALL FRY.
One Pool, Senator from North
Carolina, maia CHASTITY little
Norton-ike speech this afternoon. !
A SLY fellow is Pool. There
was evidently q blHnder committed by
the registrar of names when this man ap-
reared in Nathaniel MacOn's and George
E. BADGERS place. There vas singular
substitution of letters, and Pool means
Fool. The heaviest loser, too, Is that
body of political blacklegs who have won
this execrable worthless pool Stir
thIs pool, and filth and stencil and blood
and bones and martyred myriads rise to
tbe surface TO disgust mankind. The
filthy. fDHi ROEiOGs gases that rose
This afternoon in the Senate Chamber
from the scum of TINS poiilteg " pool
gave the galleries black vomit. THIS
pool Of North Carolina polutes the very
Air we breathe. Every sickening vapor
exudes from every little thought thai
bubbles up from the Zel spring OF his
intellect too shallow TO float sCOa idea
and not deep enough to sink
mean one. on for pool OF
Sloan IN which to baPtlss this ghastly
rotted body Of RadiGalisD Ct which 1
tLs genius and taste of which is reflected
Accurately IN the surface of this Shallon
Pool Pool is windy. Peanut ideas are
the strongest food that nis intellectual 1
stomach can digest, and his dirty tracks
in patbs of partisanship show that he Is a
regular " taf heel" / am satisfied that /
M. Pool is an honest man. He looks so |
ike a fool, and meyer, peEcF II this mis-
leads the stupidest Of his QW-creatures. |
| know Pool POOLS speech was re- /
msrkable effusiou. No man knew when |
he closed: whether he was for or against !
The gaIJ-dala (Bingham's amendment, |
tbougb 2 lobby member told me private |
lv that the senator was always for I'0Ot. /
ANOTHER Oh THE sANE SORT.
Revels is said 10 have written the ]
speech which a man named Hamilton, /
from TeEas, delivered to-day in the Sen |
ale. There is considerable rivalry be- |
tween this Hamilton 8pd Pool as aspi- |
Fapts Cor the vice presidency ola The black /
4akst ia 1873. Hamilton, ] assure yoa, /
bss tbs iGside track. Revels was TO |
whisseF Il ais6gt that Hamilton made |
-tSis concession to negro intelligence, and |
-. zen tt fairy got out that Hamilton not |
W., w. ma $s = inished Grafton on Is u kluX-
chIy ~. -sa iglRodthirstiness, but dreV
Siii SilS. =. ne a., ItS" EFOm the sweltering
! ne ne, of p,,evels ~ the yaTmest day Of
Po9 So1O' burryinR spriL,< t54fe' F2ol must
eyaPors'e' uiy up 7 4. :. D.
WASHINGTON, ASonday.
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