Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-05

fO4ltEEo Ot the DnAEel STATES lIIHeffal Die LC
anty, wnlle N offlce, have refused them. Ha'
General Grant not reciprOcated the gffts thus
MADE 70 MIN By appointments 70 Office OF the
givers2 Who can deny this without the blush
of shame upon his eheekq General Grant Il
therefore entitled to all the credit which be-
\ longs 70 his elevation from poverty 70 riches
! Dy the prostitution OF his high trust 70 the
acquisition OF magnificent donations OF
houses and lots, moneys and cottages, and
such personal property as most ministers
to his peculiar tastes. An ancient King or
dered Judge, who had taken bribe in his
domin1ons, 70 be skinned alive, ordered his
skin 70 De nailed in the seat Of justice, his son
( % pc appointed Judge, TO sit on his father 3
/ skin, that it might ever intimate 10 him the
lnfaIny OF corruption and the dreadful penalty
thaI should follow 1t. II such ought not In
this age Of civilization to be the fate OF every
officer OF the United States who has accepted
nfIGes IN ofdeial trusts, he ought at least 70 be
Indignantly expelled from power.
GENERAL GRANTS KIN.
General Grant, Il must be admitted, posses
ses the virtne Of sticking closely TO his poor kin.
Jesse Root Grant. his father, Is postmaster ct
Is ssiister to ,enmar Bre. e-
vet 1gadier-GenerRl Dent Is chief usher at
the Presidential Mansion; George W. Dent Is
Collector Of Customs At san Francisco; John
/ Dent Is Indian trader TO New Mexico; James
I II. Casey Is Collector OF the Port Of New Or
leans; Alexander sharpe Is Marshall ot the
I District OF Columbia; sflas HUDSON is Minister
70 Guatamala- Thus Il appears that the
Presidents affection for his kin is only
equailed by his personal iRdelicacy in
II he had put them on his own pocket, instead
OF yours, and the Treasury OF the United
states, then his love OF his relatives would not
have been in conflict with his high public
trust. and his friends might have well set this
noble virtue Of the President before man
kind in the strongest light Of OstentatiOn and
display. But, unfortunately for General Grant
his love for his poor relations stands corrupted
with gross injustice 10 the American people
by the most fragrant nepotism that has ever
disgraced the annals Of modern times. The
national decency and dignity demand the dis
nissal of such man from power.
HIS OPPORTUNITY FOR RENOWE-HIs
PARTISAN Prescription AND OP-
Preston OF THE SOUTH.
General Grant came into power under cir
cumstOnces which, had he been a statesman,
he might not only have made himself the
great paciheatOr" OF a distracted country,
but his name renowned In every civilized
region OF the world.
His friends might have justly said for him
that the people Of America had the honor
once more Of presenting the splendid spectacle
to mankind OF the worlds second Washing
ton If he had selected as his Cabinet coun-
sell0rs the great men OF the Republic from the
North, the East, the West and the south on
the broad principle Of national reconciliation
and justice, whose lofty characters, distin-
guished talents and great experience in public
affairs az home and abroad, would have COM
mande1 the national confidence, and might
have instantly qU1eted sectional animOsiIiss
into the affection Of
COAMOS BROTHERHOOD.
But he came into power with the profession
of peace on his lips and then selected A Cabi-
net from the Northern section alone, Of gen
Jlemen as little known to fame as their
preIudices were malignant toward the South
In this General Grant has shown his in
competency and cold and cherished malignity
against the southern people. The notorious
untitness of these Cabinet ministers for their
nigh positions at period so momentous; !;
their mai lignant spirit toward the hites in the
south tbeir lac sfn n, y,sT,,seb -
OF the animoslty Of races in North Carolina ;
their unhallowed efforts, not only to prevent
the healing Of the national wounds, but TO
open them TO bleed afresh, with view to in
fame sectional resentments; end their dis
graceful fntermeddling with the freedom Of
local elections in the States, have brought
down on them the reprobatiou of the intelli-
gence, decency and dignity Of the world
The suffering and ruined South, while she
holds Out her hands to the North, and gives
demonstration Of her yearnings Tor peace and
reconciliation, yet has no hope even for
Justice from such ring Of official demagOgueS
and appointed henchmen Of a cold and heart
less master.
GRANT AND THE SUPREME COURT.
To the eternal disparagement OF Gen
Grant, in the execution Of his power
he has sectionaliZed and packed the Supreme
Court OF the United States insomuch that not
one single Judge from the fifteen Southern
states now sits on the bench of the highest
tribunal Of the Union 1t is a maxim OF the
first importance In ali courts, State and Fed
erai, that justice should not only be fairly Rd-
ministered, but ever seem to be fair. In all
the cases in law and equity now going up be-
fore the Supreme Court for adjudication IRON
fifteen southern States, the appellate iurisdie-
ton Of that court is exercised and adminis-
tered by Judges from the Northern section of
the Union, who, however distinguished and
honorable, will be presumed to p8rtaks, in
some degree, OF the preJudices and partisan
feeling engendered by the war That court.
like Caesars wife, should not only be
pure, but also above suspicion. 1t ought not
only to be worthy but 50 constituted as to COM
mand the supreme and ultimate confidence OF
the nation. It is the last resort, the ultimate
interpreter, not only of the constitutional |
powers Of the Union, but of the prohibitions
Imposed by the fundamental law, upon the I
states themselves. Ii is the last and final SEN |
tinel vOuched safe to a free people by the Con- |
TO stand guard over the rights and /
dlgnitiss Of these commemorative, and to con- /
hne the departments OF the Federal Govern /
meut within their Constitutional spheres and /
the limitations Of their rightful powers.
As a matter Of natural justice, fairness and 1
the two great sections Of the
country. North and South, ought to have
been represented on the Bench, IN the persons
Of the supreme Judges OF the Union. ! am Il
fully sustained in this by the testimony OF
Mr.. Lincoln bimself. In his message Of De-
cembeF Sd, 1861, TO Congress, he said:
/" There are three vacancies on the Bench Of
the supreme Court, two by the deeease of
Justices Daniel and Mclean, and one by
the resignation Of Justice Campbell. / |
have far forebOrn emaking nominations
TO NIL these vacancies for reasons which will
BOW state. Two of the outgoing Judges re-
stded within the States now overrun BY re-
rot, so that If SUCCESSORS were appointed |
within the same localities, they could not now
serve upon their circuits, and many OF the
most competent men there, probably, would
not take the personal hazard of accepting to
serve even here on the supreme bench. have
been unwilling to throw all the appointments
thus disabling myself from doing
Justice 10 the south on the return Of peace"
This was the noble spirit Of justice, fairness
and statesmanship which animated Mr. Lin
coin, even in the midst ofwar. But President /
Grant, without consulting the spirit of justice
and the comprehensive policy of q great
gave way to narrow minded par
tlsan ano sectional pre- udtces, passed over AL
the great lawyers Of the fifteen Southern /
states, and packed the supreme Bench with
appointments from the North, and
that after the return Of peace.
By this partisan and disgraceful policy that
high court now finds ITS ancient glory OBJ
scured, tnsomuch that it has lost half It's orig
inal dignity and brightness, and indeed, ike
Mlltens arehangel ruined, now appears be-
lore the world in dim eclipse" and seems 10
she'd the baleful influence Of doubtful Justice
On half the nation Thus has been mRrred by
partisan hands the dignity and glory of that
supreme judicial tribunal in which the spirit
Df the national justice heretofore found her !
fsvorite habitatiOn ON the continent, and to
which Liberty herself, in her last extremity,
might safely appeal against the legislative en-
crOachments Of tyrantS. Let the country |
down with such an Incompetent and narrow
minded partisan.
GRANTS APPOINTMENTS IN
- THE S0UTH-CARPETBAG
General Grant has appointed to all the Fed
aral Offices In the south with few honorable
exceptionsl none bat carpetbaggers or scala
pie almost trremediable ruin.
PROPERTY VALUE IN TENNESSEE.
ls6ol 1870
Value Of property .i9S s5 92 S89S Z7, ,724
state taxes in Tennessee I,l02,T9S 1881 ,579
The state debts were as follows in 1901, and
North Carolina SS9 245 S94 SS7, ,464
south OaraIina ....-....-... 4,4o7,95S 81 10000
I lorld 5l06lT l5,Is7,557
I s E "a 2s1e,a50 9eo9s 80
AlaDa Ielo,lUO S5,l0l vi
Louisiana .-.........-.-...... 100000 OIL T34
Mississippi, cost OF ad-
nln1StratiO on. ---.-....... $4,000 200, 600
....... 100000 l4,sSO,OOO
Thus IL appears that the carpetbag govern
nents Of the Southern states forced upon US
BY General Grants administration have de-
youred our substance, robbed us of millions
and teft US an Inheritance Of debts and taxes
ia any former age or country. Yet
ihese eaEpetbaggers have the impudeuee TO
ask the people for their confidence and votes.
shall the lamb give his confidence to the WOLFE
he robbed 10 the robbers? the honest man to
he thieves? What does Horace Greeley say
about them2 He says; Thieves, to the rearp
RECONCILIATION.
Reconciliation is the grand need of the hour,
10Th for the North and the south. When any
lumber Of states suffer- all suffer together.
As the hand cannot say to the foot, have no
Use Tor You, no state can say to another, l
lave no use for you. States Of the North and
he South are not only bound together by the
lies OF kindred and OF blood, constitution and
avs, but they have been belted over by nu-
nerous degrees and climates, each producing
peculiar 10 itself, as If God had in
ended oy the bonds OF mutual dependence TO
mite them together for their common benefit
md general welfare 1t has been falsely
charged against me that 1 am bitter and pro
criPtiye, I say that the gentleman. who
ortunes with US, and seeks as one OF us TO
)etter them, l am ready to receive and
iccept him, and his wife and children, as
NY friend and fellow-eitizen in all the
Industrial, conner cial, professional and social