Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-14
POLITICAL

Ts ia ssia that the new evil service
commission will hold its hrst meeting IN
washington on the 10th instant.
Tbe Louisville Commercial asserts that
all the Democrats who are canvasstng
Kentucky in favor Of Governor Leslie are
I candidates tor the United States Senate.
The list Of candidates viii be long,
The indianapolis Sentinel formally pre-
ssnts b name of Mr.. Thomas A. Hem
bricks for the Democratic nomination for
President. In the same paper, however
a correspondent prints q torcibie srg9-
ment for the nomination OF Mr.. W. D
Groesbeck, OF Ohio.
The Louisville Ledger, In noticing the
debates between the rival Candidates lor
Governor Of Kentucky, says; "Ine dLMeE-
snce between the speeches Is thls. LeSlo .
is the speech Of q patriot aDsoiut9Iy non
eat and terribly In earnest while AarAans
la tbeb oIlow sounding fustian of q dema-
gOgue, seeking 20 Dodge the ques'lons ~
issue"
Nessrs. ". Il. Battle, Sion H. Rogers,
KemD p. Battle, and nine other leading
Democrats OF North Carolina, have pup
Hsbed an address, in which they denounce
all secret organizations q consplracles
against law, and appeal TO the people OF
the state 10 assist the officers IN terretlns
out secret offenders, and in bringing them
to trial and punishment.
The Detroit FTee.Press says: when
Ran Butler said the South was full Of Ku-
Klux outrages the House and the whole
country denounced him as a lar. When
Grant, in less than q week, said the same
thing. the Radicals said amen, n passed
the ku-KluX law.
CHOW strange such difference there should be
TwiEt uweedIe-dum and tweedle-dee'
Among the significant features Of
So decoration daV" In Washington was an
armed soldier in the uniform OF the ma
rine corps, on duty in the grave yaroi
whose orders we're 70 1nGerpOBe 70 prevent
hoWers from being strswed on the Con
fsderate a The man but obeyed the
orders Of his s~uperiors, but he must have
felt the depreciation OF performing 80 re-
voItiuR q duty. II the dead are thus
treated what can the living expect.
The people Of Mobile, Alabama, have
been Estounded BY the appointment o.
one Putnam as postmaster at that place
: While school superintendent ne Dpe
the school fund Of that county Of t6OOO
and now he is accepted by GeneraL GRAM
as one Of his appOinbees. Beyond Ques'
/. ton. the present Federal administrators
Is the most corrupt one thsE ever cursed
and disErsced the nation.
The New York Leader says there Is 70
IRE along the whole Democratic Inc INT
party is Wel-nigh through the wilderness
! and viii soon burst upon the -sstOnIshec
ranks of General Grant n his army O
donation givers and donation takers, ant
drive them Whlrling. But there N n'
b new departure anywhere FROM the doc
rriues Of acuuiescence long since profsssec
By the New York Democracy" Each o
those new departure fellows seeks U
=, show that he Wss hrst to stuItlty himself
When Governor Scott, Of South Caro-.
lima. was here recently, ne gave IN hil
A., adbssiou of Loyalty to the President, RnC
> promised tina the State would 60 for hin
bv an increased majority next year
/ Although this language differs materially
Z from his recent professions at CoIlmDls
=, during the taxpayers convention, stlu Il
does not excite any surprise Wild bnOst
3 who understands the character OF this trad
p ing politician, who by the Yilest arts at
tained his present position, ana VINO has
ussd IL for no other object than 60 enrich
1, himself at the expense Of q plundsreo
people. AS 3 subordinate OF the Freed
mems Bureau, he acquired the art by
which the chief Of tha5 concern stepped
from poverty into wealth, by poltica
pfstv and profitable praying. He hBs i'm
proved uBon IL, like thousands Of others
VINO went to the South beggars snd are
| now rated as mlhOnatres.
The Columbus (AississippD Democrat
referring to the new departure, says tina
Mr.. Vsusn6igbsm simply proposes to per
pstrats a fraud. the same ! Of 3 trauC
that was attempted In this State in 1863
The amendments, he says, he will accept
but at the same time he would 'subjugatt
them to the old doc rin9 of the fathers o.
this republic Now, suppOsing thesl
amendments we're "~subjugsted to the doc
trinss Of the fathers" would there bt
anything Of them left, would anything o.
their spirit or substance remain ? We
think not. They would be simply a desc
letter. Mr. V~allsndigham "runs with the
hare and holds with the hounds" He is
Democratic and Radical Ia the same
breath. He ~strsddles two horses So the
same time. TO conciliats Radicslism be
accepts the amendments; to COnciliate
Democracy he svOWs that he o 80 leg
islGte as to render these amendments Of nc
practical value.