Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-03

.hsvingP Is it for money? A man Of
integrity leaves itrather poorer than
when he took it. For qualification of
the love Of power? The Senate has
taken away, in these latter years,
nearly ali power from 1t. For honor's
sakeg There is little attached tD it.
For comfort? See what a place At0ra-
ham Lincoln found it, and how thorny
it is made for Grant. Yet many VIII
continue 10 seek what few can have,
probably, and no sooner does a new
occupant enter the White House, than
he begins scheming 10 secure a second
term. And yet, the mar whOgets the
prize, and the maj who fails To get it,
get less in real comfort and happiness
than falls to the life of the most un-
ambitious. But it seems, fTom the
letter we publish beEOwrthat Horace
Greeley is willing to take the White
House with all its diseOmforts
TKIHuNE, NEW York, May u, 1871.
x ott-A Ah1NI VI LOHEAAAkN ~ IL
habits that deserves public attention. /
was formerly called a "GrahHmite;" that
is, 1 rarely ate meat; and it Is still my
conviction that meat should be eaten very
spErIngly. l cat, however, IKE other
folks, not having time to make myself
disagreeable 10 everybody by insisting on
special food wherever 90, since l travel
much and eat in many places in the course
of q year. 1 ceased to drink distilled
liquors. January l, 1924, when 7 was not
quite thirteen years old. I occasionally
drank beer four or i've years sitter, when
/ abandoned Chat also. / cannot remem-
Der thst | ever more than tasted vine. 1
stopped drinking coffee about 1884, be-
cause il made my hand trembla am
opposed TO nerves. I did net drink tea
Tor a quBrtsrcf = century, ending ia 1861.
when [ had brain fever and was terry III.
by doctor insisted that I should
drink either clareb or tea, and I
chose the tea, which fblack) have
generally used since, though not
uniformly. My fsvOrits exercise is trim
ming up trees in a forest with an AK, cut
ting u underbrush, exc. 1 wish I could
take more OF Is, but my farm is distant
and my family scattered. I sometimes
lift weights at the Lifting Cure. j have
only lifted 285 pounds since l became six
ty yesrs old, February 3rd last.
HORACE GREELEY,
j.. A BEECHEL, Esq, Trenton, N. J.
There now That settles theiques-
ton as to the platform and the nomi-
nee Of the Republicans. General
Scott provoked the ridicule Of the
whole Union, on account of his " hasty
plate Of SOUP epistle, and the letter
Of Horace Greeley which we publish
above, is squally as silly and ridicu-
lOus. A candidate for the Presidency
discussing what he eats and how he
eats! If Greeley should be nominated,
it would be a good idea to make the
above letter the Republican platform.
Wouldn't it be a sublime spectacle to
see a Radical speaker soliciting votes
because his candidate is not a 9Gra-
hamite;'' because he ''rarely eats
meat; " because he leafs like other
fOlks;D because he don't einsist on
special foOd;" because he 'eeased to
drink distilled liquor January
1924" because "he drank beer fourier
five years. after quitting whisky; be-
cause he "never tasted wine" because
he sometimes drinks tea and some
times don't; because he prefers tea
to cIaret; because his "favorite exercise
is trimming up trees in the forest with
an ak, cutting out underbrush,p and
because he sometimes 'IiftB weights"
Greeley, on such a platform, would be
irresistible. Who can oppose his
nomination noiO? But there are a
few other vital points on which Mr..
Greeley is silent, and which he must
''rise to explain" Does he sleep in a
night shirt? Does he snore? Does he
battle his feet in hot, cold or tepid
water? Does he dream or talk in his
sleep? Does ne wear flannel? Is he
annoyed by corns? Speak out on all
these questions, Mr.. Greeley.