Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-24
MEMPHIS APPEAL
TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. "a. 1872.


Even the Radicals begin toshow some
remorse at the humiliation which the
carpetbaggers and the negroes have
brought upon the once proud old Com
monwealth. The Washington ChroR-
ielc, one Of the1President's personsl or
sans, thus speaks of the recent election
for United States Senator:
Three members OF the South Carolina
Legislature swear, point blank TO the
offering of brides for their votes BY Pat
terson, the Senator-eleet from South
Carolina, and his friends. The Senator
aud his friend, General H. q. Worth
ingtOn. were not imprisoned, but were
held TO bail in various sums 10 answer %
the Circuit Court. The Legislature that
elected Patterson has probably already
selected the judge before whom the &C
cused Senator-elect viii be summoned
It does not require much prophetic wis
dom to foretell the selection Of judge
who will cOnnive at the bribery. Those
who are base enough 10 sell them
selves and the exalted position OF United
states Senator will not be troubled with
Iualms of conscience about the sale OF
iudgeship through which TO conceal the
inst crime. We have no personal
knowledge Of the SSnator-eleet; or OF
his competitors, with single exception.
We cannot, therefore, be supposed 20
have personal feeling in relation to any
of the parties. II is in behalf Of the
character Of the Uuited States Senate
and the vital interests Of the country
we plead, when asking that honest men
of al parties set their faces as Tint
against the decentralization and degrade
ton that is coming upon the country
through the wholesale corruption prac
ticed in some Of the Southern Legisla-
lures. When it comes TO be openly
boosted weeks beforehand that such and
such q man has the means 10 buy his
way to the highest dignities in the land
and that his emissaTies are on the line
Of march, provided with the sinews OF
war, confident Of success, in what
estimate viii those bodies soon he held
whose members thus compass their sue
cess? What safety is there for liberty
and public virtue when it is Entrusted L 1
such hands? Is there nOsense Of shame, |
no quickened apprehension of impend- |
ing danger, that viii serve to place /
check upon this incoming flood OF cor
ruption? Has the Senate Of the United 1
States no duty to perform in this june |
self-respect, to the good name that made |
it the glory of the country in other days? |
The stream eannet rise higher than the /
fountain But to that august body doe /
the country looks also to the House OF |
Representatiyes-to strike blow, when 1
opportunity presents, that viii leave no |
room to doubt its views of the attempt 70 |
reach a seat in the legislative councils o. |
the nation by bribery and unblushing |
corruption.
All the information from South Caro- /
concurs in asserting that Patterson 1
secured his election by downright |
bribery. This poor unfortunate State is
cursed with negro rule, and, of course
everything withers as though the
State was shaded by a huge upas, dis
tilling poison, disease and death. South /
Carolina has q negro Governor, a negro |
Lieutenant Governor, and two negro
state officers. Four out Of five of Its
Congressman are negroes. The Speak
ers Of both Houses of the Legislature
and ninety-six members are colOred.
of them own no property,
ihLl4 lAfk OLAE Al AAhE NtAAA NAAA4NA AEeAA Vi ]
write. Recently, Pennsylvania,
named S. c. Patterson, went down
10 Charleston, and for $4,000, paid
in hand, purchased an election to the
United States Senate, he Reyer having
actually lived in the State. Meanwhile
the treasury is bankrupt. II can neither
borrow q dollar nor pay interest on its
debt, and has repudiated most oft. Its
schools are closed; its benevolent insti-
.utions shut Up; its jails empty for want
4 means 10 feed prisoners, and the tax
ing power utterly exhausted, and moi I
sufficient in the whole to pay
The per diem Of the Legislature. This
Did Commonwealth was formerly repre-
sented in the Senate by John {. Cal
noun, and 8 race of men Of unequaled
ability, among the brightest minds in
he country.