Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-01
"A Liar and a puppy. Sir!

However we may like or dislike Mr..
Greeley's opinions, or his mode Of
enforcing them, it would be disin-
ge1uous to deny that he is at least a
candid man, and one willing to do all
Justice to an enemy as we'll as a friend.
Instead of repeating the vile SANDER
against Mr.. Davis, he scouts it from
his presence as an honorable man.
The correspondent OF the Herald, who
directly and indirectly has given itcur-
rencv. isno more worthy Of beliefin the
opinion Of the Tribune than in that of
the APPEAL editor. Under the above
| head It is thus the Tribune, whose
editor in the same city knows him
well. describes the slanderOus and
cotgardly culprit:
Our dear friend, Jenkins, after going
all around the world az the |incarnate
spirit Of The BLdtherSkite, pushing into
Mrs. Mansfeld's bedroom, getting
snUbbed by the captive Nerhuel at
WHlhelmshOhe, and just escaping ex-
| Du- sion from the Vatican at the hands
! of Cardinal AntOnelli, has turned up
again on his native soil, in all the
| giory of his old hopeless vulgarity
| AMI his old sublime dissatisfaction.
| AGE cannot Wither him nor custom
| stale his infinite variety. Whether in
the palaces of kings, the gaudy
saloons Of MI. Eisk's mistresses, or
the bar-rOOm Of a Tennessee tavern,
he has still some new pattern Of vul-
| parity to exhibit, Put him in any
| company you please, aud he viii be
sure TO prove himself a snOb several
degrees worse than any other snOb in
the room. Beside him, Reddy, the
| blacksmith, is nearly q nObleman.
and a BaXter-street Venus almOs.
| seems genteel.
Some weeks ago, Jenkins mad an
adventure with Mr.. Jefferson Davis
TIE occasion passed out Of public in
terest, and there seemed to be NJ
good reason for recalling it; but /
WIS a case in which jenkins had com
mitted a great social Ofiense and beer
ig1lominioUsly driven out Of MIR
Dsyis' presence in consequence, an'
so he could not restunti he had hlieC
two and a-haIf columns of The BbGtb
eyyEye with q circumstantial accOun
of II. Hthere is anything Of which
ha ia prouder than deserving a kick
inf it is being actually kicked
< personal friend of the ex-COnted
er,tte President showed our hero II
confidence part ola private letter o
MI. Davis. with a strict injunction
fhnt II should not be published. Per
mission to make a copy oft was DIS
tipctly refused. ThereupOn Jenkin
wIote out from memory as much OF
as ne could remember, and telegraph
edit to his newspaper. The mems
process by which he convinced nm
self that this was a proper thIns U
do is very curious and characteristic
t'1ihe code Of newspaper mOraltys
he says, requires simply that no CIV
en- pledge OF seeresy shall be broken
So long as no explicit promise OfsileBc
is exacted, anything that the publ
cares TO hear about, however oh
tanned, is regarded az lawful spoil.
Sc having asked permission to viOlat
confidence, and met with a prOmp
refusal, il was perfectly regular, an
indeed a shreWd stroke OF business, fo
|. Jenkins to violate confidence Wlth0u
pfrmission, since he had not boun
himself not to. OF course it Is Tia
. natural right Of every BgduberSkt
reporter to be a b~lackguard, excel
when he is under a distinct pr0mii