Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-01

ONE of the witnesses before the IN
vestigating committee in White
more's case published the next day a
card in his defense, in which he said:
There were a number of men in the
Fortieth, as there is in every Congress,
who could be bought like sheep at so
much a head. | bought them as fast
as l could, until the number was
finally exhausted, and L was COM
PEELED to apply to another class who
required delicate manipulatiOps, and.
among them was Mr.. WhittemOre.
When l first approached him on the
subject, l found him to be quite ignO-
rant of the character Of his appoint
ment at West Point.
The Radical Washington Republi-
can, commenting on this statement,
suggCs 6 a sale of Government offices
at auction. That would certainly be
fairer, giving all a chance, and max
ing the treasury the beneficiary. The
Baltimore Gazette correspondent sug-
gests that a few members of Congress
turn States evidence" and win to
themselves fame as we'll as pardon.
He says:
Under the lead of Wharton, whom
Swift called ''the most universal viii
liam he ever knew" just such a batch
of patriots formed a league to punish
the wholesale depredatOrs upon the
British treasury. They succeeded,
and were rewarded (besides being
pardOned) by the sincere thanks of
the whole people of the nation. We
want a Wharton at this moment.
ANY man, with power and will, who
shall set himself diligently to work to
drag every public thief, high or low,
to the bar of jnstiee wherever that
may be found), and thereby be instru-
mental prominently in purifying the
public councils from the corruption
into which they are 50 deeply sunk,
will deserve well of his country, be
fully pardoned of all his sins, though
they may be as scarlet, and ! doubt
not, finally lifted up to the highest
post within the gift ola great, glorious
and a free pe0DIeP Who will be our
Wharton? Not many are both able
and fit to lead in such a gigantic en-
lEL III l-C. llE illINl AlOl OLlN O0 vi lLAO
Radical faith and practice, and there
tore powerful, but able, and possessed
of iron Tor brass) nerve and face. But
Ier-the incompatible Ben. F.-is the
man for the crisis. This is the ''great
chance OF his lifeT' Will he step upon
the platform? The acclamations of
honest men ofall parties await him!
Nothing else is talked ofin Wash
ingtOn just now but cadetships and
explosions. If the criminals did not
constitute the jury there would be
some chance for public justice. As it
is there is no hope. Appoint an in
vestigating committee and it will be
soon bought up. Send out your de-
tectives, as in the case of the New Or
leans Customhouse frauds, and begin
Investigations with any amount of
promise and pretensions; still it is all
the same, the investigation will be
suppressed before it exposes too much,
and the culprits will escape with their
millions because their superiors are
implicated as well as themselves. We
subjoin from the Gazette the following
extract:
For months the "New York draw
back frauds" afforded matter for COM
ment and exposure in the papers Of |
the city and the country, but as soon
as the country became used to the
''news" it was gradually withdrawn
from the peoples gaze and the
tlatest intelligence is that a man
named Caldwell, in some way con-
nected with these frauds, is in Canada,
and is using all themeans in his pow
er (no doubt assisted by those who do
not want him to come back to pre-
vent any one disturbing his sojourn in
that place of refuge. So in New Or
leans, Immediately on the customs Of
ticers of that city entering on the dis
charge of their duties per appoint
ment of President Grant, the whole
country was aroused to the highest
pitch Of excitement by an announce
ment of the discovery of ''enormous
frauds"-frauds which in enormity
and amount far exceed those reported
in New York. OF course this s'news''
created an excitement here. The
chiefs Of the Treasury Department
we're awakening, and becomingly
exhibited their d~etestation of such
want OF good faith in the execution of
important trusts by den0uncing the
perpetrators; and not only this, but
TO prove their sincerity, the tried and
trustworthy Special Agent, KinselIa,
Despatched to New Orleans TO sin
vestigate'' the matters and to take
measures to bring the guilty parties TO
and to show to the country
what " character of men" President
Johnson had appointed to Office. The
Treasury Agent arrived in New Or \
cans, reported himself at the Custom