Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-11

distribute to almost every official in the
State. Barbour Lewis recently denied
that he went to Nashville to secure his
own appointment as Commissioner. He
SAYS he went on professional business.
Yes; Rutter gave him a five hundred
dollar fee to- use his influence with
Browniow to delay proceedings against
him. This fee belonged to the school
fund and was paid for political influence,
not for legal services.
The conduct of Governor Harris stands
in so honorable contrast with that OF
every body else who fingered the school
fund, that he really ought to thank An
drew Johnson for being so base as TO cal
attention to this matter by his lungs
and r~eproaches.
While my hand is in, / wish to notice
another thing which l find in your col
umns. l refer TO that decision of Judge
T. W. Brown during the war, by when
a man was saved from q trial by mill
tary authority for q civil 0ffense. Sucn
things ought to be gathered up and
saved for future history. We a want
them abby and by. =Mr. Greeley never
opens his mouth without uttering WORDS
OF wisdom. That was not the least wise
thing ne ever said, at Vicksburg last
year, when he said he trusted the time
would come when we all would be proud
Of heroic deeds and heroic characters
among the ehieftains Of the rebellion.
And yet how some fools berated
him for it! As if it were not
what all history is full of. Was Camp
bell a traitor because he sung the praises
of Lochiel? or Scott, because he made
MarmiOn a hero? Must a man become
a tory to admire the honesty of that old
Massachusetts tory who walked two
hundred miles alone to be tried for his
Ufe--so honest that the authorities did
not deeSl any guard or any security ne
cessarv? I'm not an offiee-seeker, else
/ would not Gcre to say that l believe
General Lee will have a conspicuous
place in our history, and that probably
his name, with that of Lincoln viii
stand forth as the names ~ b TWO
most illustrious Americans who came to
the surface in u great civil war. We
are coming TO an era Of real amnesty, a
complete wiping out of the past. Hence
forth we are al Americans, and can dare
to be proud of whatever and whOmso.
ever have made the name American
honorable. It is not necessary for us TO
inquire whether a man believes exactly
as we uO WlltA We tA&AllAG ~ 4GAAAAJ
of his mind and the character Of his
deeds. SAT-.
P. S.-Brooks and Baxter spoke in this
county ON Monday. Baxter ought to be
kept at home by his friends, or at least
ought to be kept away from Brooks.
The only chance he has to make a favor
able. impression is by exciting the SYM
pathy of his audiences. called forth by
the merciless c~8sfinafiOns which Brooks
administers on the "Minstrelsn and on
Baxter as their tool. ] am certain that
Brooks made at least a hundred votes in
this county among the waverers. 1 was
told by him and Mr.. Haynes that their
canvas in the North had been a perfect
triumph. All the Democrats, and at
least half of the Republicans, viii sup
port the Liberal ticket. The signs are
suspicious in Arkansas now. Martial
law has failed, and we can hardly be de-
feated without it.
Our Sheriff, w. II. Cole, Esq, died
on Sunday, September 29th.