Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29
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hood, and nothing easier han misTepre-
sentation, vituperationand Billingsgate.
Gassips deal in the one and blackguards
ln The other. 1t used to be a habit with
the pressi In its infant stage to indulge in
both, and is even now, where news
papers are conducted for individual
sgrrsndizement and mere money
making, or as the pIiable organ Of some
ambii0us politician or clique OF embryo
statesmen. But generally the press has
outgrown the vulgarity which deals in
personality, misrepresention and lies,
and devotes itself to the education
OF the people, the enforce
ment Of vital principles, the uphold
ing Of public morals, and the pro-
lection Of the rights Of the citizen. It is
not within its scope or duties to engage
IN tearing down or building up individ-
uals, who only stand for a time as the
representatives, Of q policy that viii an
swers perhaps, for a day, and then give
way to something better The world
is becoming every day a better place TO.
live in; the civilization Of an age that is
the wonder Of all thinking men is fast
taking the place Of an old order Of
things. which c-ountensnced the pistol
and bowie-knife and the blasphemous
tongues Of worthless, idle, -vagrant
hangers-0n Of political parties, as legitj-
mate weapons. These things have
almost passed away forever from Mem
phis and the South, and if we hear OF
them at all, 1t is only s~poradicauy, as the
expiring efforts Of a class who cannot.
for our good, FL the grave too soon.
We hear from them now and then in
out-ofthe-way places, where, PERHAPS,
they terrorize small communities. but
they are no longer an element for GOOD
OF evil; their race is nearly run. The
buZdng Of two OF three Of these crea-
lures in regard TO the character of Gen
eral Frank Chatham has reminded rs |
Of their continued existence. They are |
busy retailing ISLANDERS as to his mode |
and mannerOfIfe andpersistinmaking l
him answerable for the sin or
shortcomings Of every man Of his name
that ever LIVED in Tennessee. They viii
have him y Know-Nothing, a gambler,
q horsejOckey, a groggery-house keeper.
and, generally, everything that IS bad
and nothing that is good. One reads or
hears Of this persistent misrepresenta-
ton Of man who mas done more than
his share Of service for the State, and /
shudden to think that, after all. /,
a well-spent life may be leopard
lied by a breath, and the strong
fsbric Of q reputation made at :
the lannon's mouth pass for nothing.
Here we have 8 man past the prime oil !
sife, who was born and reared in Tennes-
see, who gave his best years to her ser
vice, snd who marshaled battalions to d..
maintain her honorable record as the :
Volunteer State; a man whose life :
has been blameless, void of Of !
Tense; whose lovable and unof- :
Tending nature and brave, unas-
suming conduct as a soldier has en-
deared him to all who know him as !.
Prank Chatham cut down from !.
the fair estate Of his personal popularity :
by inuendo and falsehood, and only be :
cause he dares 10 accept at the hands Of y
his people their SURFACES for a position >
in the councils Of the Republic. No =
other cause can, or is attempted 10 be. As 7
signed for a malignancy that is deviish. 4
for the continued spread Of q ealumnyl
shat is worse than murder. One can Ii
lock up from s thief, but not from a Liar. III
To steal a purse il to steal trash, but to cs
fitch q good name is to take that which, in
not ~enrichiug the libeler, makes the te
ib-led poor indeed. The Nashville Ban CT
a with all its shifting, changing, m
dol o. and subserviency TO whatever liz
IS antagonistic 10 Democracy, never re
dreamed Of anything ike this. De- b
voted 70 johnson and the Independents. nc
70 lis honor and credit be it said, it still in
revered the good name OF a gallant OPP oh
ponent and thus sketehed him for its Al
readers two weeks ago: tn
General +. Cheatham was born on Spruce on
street. IN Nashville. In December, ISL. and
educated in the place OF MS nativity, Ee fro
went 20 Philadelphia I'm IH9 and spent one
year IN merclauule pursuits after which H. pc
farm IN Davidson county. During the Pa-E ia
and Clay canvas CAPTAIN Drank CheetEaT raC
Of the Nashville Blues, was no iusiguincau
p~ersonage. His father was appointed Posi- SUI
master, and be spent a short while IN ~ -.
once. When the Mexican war opened re ~
carried accompany into the Mexican borders Al
lamr1e-s regiment. The next year Cap :
tain Cheatham returned 20 Tennessee. ana MS
raising "a regiment, hosteued again 20 Mexico. an,
where he statd % the end. lie was on hand
the surrgudfr OF the City ~ Mexico. Arrhe / ter
conclusion ii peace he retained 10 Davidson
county ana remained about three yeaTs, no
yearE lie run for Mayor 81 NashvIHe M Is7 he
tsI4 Popular the late John A. be
AcEA n ana though there was a strong Mhig n
majority IN the city. was only beat twentv-fva IN
fo@% lie was quietly engaged IN cuIGvatlug / b,i
a urea piece OF land just north ofthe city. in uO
AlA-el Le race track when the tn
late civil war arose. Prior 70 the war he was +.
p polilclan- never acquired or sought ONCE no
TINS lluei hut was a reliable worker in ME -
harne% Upon the breaking out Of the rebal- ~
ION ne orsanlzed the state Quarennasters Ha
ana went 70 the 'front.' IN charge
= plisale soon enough % be ready for the bAl
eaflesL 1shtlng- He organized the Union the
- caLHp ala was prominent In the fight 40 N
1t-InonL EFery one Is familiar with his lis Iiv,
90 curing the var he became a Major
o. troops with notable skin. General Cbsft- =
grounded his arms In good faith when III
nc sI he'd ended, and, settling down 10 mar frie
red nfe .ue married Mis- Anna. daurhtsr OF
So-qnel A. = Robertson Of Coffee county. Iu deT
lsl- De has been "a sturIe farmer ever s1r5
4flng a -nou while Ia sumner. but IafferIr In val
-n4ec county He was a caudidate for Cover l kao
nor, but withdrew before ~ c0uvention M -
sq6s.q9ealy announce himssiff Con pri'
~ Tae az Large, and was nUml- IL
nAled IN the democratic Convention whIcl IA
mel on lhe tWenty-nsJ OF last August. vic,
Would that an example so generous v.,
IS this afforded by the Banner might nv,
,haracterize all the johnson press, and me-.
they would as freely denounce the Ac,
n-isstaements Of fact which auege our wa,
candidate to have been gambler. Al
sock-hghter, horse-racer and Know He,
Nothing, when, in fact, his life has been me-,
IS void Of ofiense in these particulars a. slar
mans well could be. When lessee An,
If the race-track at Nashville, he was Go,
be agent Of the Buckeye reaper and not
mower, r used the grounds for the hon
Of experimental tests Of thatl neo
Machine; and st the time ex-President ont
ran his celebrated and memo spIs
able tilt with ACKNOWLEDGMENT, he now
vas a member Of the State Democrats tilt
Executive Committee, and was on tie maj
tand in Nashville with Mr.. johnson ern,
hs life was observation-disclosures there PEA
2 his fellow-D Democrat, and protected uni
i'm from the fury Of the bigoted mob. mat
father, Leonard ?. Cheatbam. was Gov
be bosom and lifelong friend the
Z Andrew Jackson, a Democrat Of the ness
EE ~
ure7t blood and his political principles con,
adopted by all his sons-Frank. agai
ohm, Felix r., and another whose Har
anne We do not remember-and this der.
ranch ofthe influential Chatham fam hum
3 was Conspicuous for adhesion 10 has
sno-racy and opposition to Whigery duri
"a Know ~Nothingism. Richard b. ome
heatham, who served in Congress FROM with
be- Clarksvile District, cousin oil asse
ranks father, was a Wing, and had inc
amy SOUS who were Wings and per- talit
aps KnoE-Nothings, but for their. Wa
for tie paulcs Of any Of his willie
ne General Chatham Is not son,
be held responsible. In a ooun- soon
iiks ours every tub stands upon its who
vn cotton, and 3 man is made or arou
by his own conduct and Rcts, nov,
"a not By those Of his parents OF rela- shor
yes. Frank Cbeatham is q member Of the
he Episcopal Church in ml fel- pres
and communion, and is looked -
P 70 as such a. an example
Awhat q good citizen should be. his Dy
ahigh and honorable position in tie Rad