Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-01

been more conspicuous than Gustav
Adolphus and Frederick, spmetint
called the Great but we learn tltat bot
failed ignomini0usly i'm their tlauhesti
N policy and showed themselves as short
sighted in arts of peace as they wer
sagacious In artsOf war. The iudqmeh
of Marlborough is condemned. whilepoi
traying him as the greatest cnndueror Z
the age, the hero OF a hundred fpht,
the victor OF Blenheim and RamaIie.
The same philosophical writer dc
scrlOes him as a man not only Of mos
: idle and frivolous pursuits, bill so miseI
ably Ignorant that his deficiencies mad
aim the ridieule of his Contemporaries
white his politics were compounded q
selhshness and treaehery. Nor wa
Wellington an exception, though shin
ing In a field without q rival, ant
remarkable for integrity Of pun
pose, Of unfiinching honesty an,
, high moral feeling, the COnquero
1 OF Waterloo is described as nevertheless
utterly unequal to the complicated exi
gencies of political life. Such are th,
examples of history, each with its warn
ing. 1t would be hard to find anythin,
in native endOwments, or in the train
ing of our chieftain to make him an il
lustriOus exception; at least nothing 0
this kind was ever recorded. Was ma
ture more generous with him than witt
MARLBOROUGH OR WELLINGTON,
who historians called great; or was hi
: experience of life a better preparation
than these? And yet they failed except
in war. 1t was not known that ON
President insists upon quarreling with
everybody until he has become the
great presidential quarreler, with more
quarrels than all the other Presidents to-
gether, and all begun and continued by
himself His personal followers back
him in his quarrels and insult those be
insults, and then, not departing from his
spirit, cry out with Shakespeare, 90 We
will have rings and things aud fine ar
4 ray" And finally, the head of the re-
public is known chiefly for presidential
pretensiOns utterly indefensible in CHAR
acter, derogatOry to the country, and full
of evil influence, making personal
objects a primary pursuit. SO that
instead of a beneficent presence
he is a bad example through whom
republican institutions suffer and the
people learn wrong. Would that these
things could be forgotten! but since,
through his OfticiOus friends, the Presi-
dent insists upon a second term, they
must be considered; nobody will vindi-
cate them.
IN CEsARISNT,
/ even in Europe, the chieftain had
an experience as a civilian until
/ he became President. Nor does
any partisan attribute to him
| that double culture which in antiquity
made the same man a soldier and
statesman. 1t has been often said that
he took no note of public affairs, never
voting but once in his life, and then for
James Buchanan. After leaving West
Point he became a captain in the army,
but soon abandoned the service to re-
appear at a later day as a successful
general. There is no reason TO believe
that he employed the intermediate
period in any way calculated to
improve him as a statesman.
He was earning a few.hundred dollars a
year by tanning hides in Galena, and
by the war be passed to be President.
And such was his preparation to govern
great republic, making it an example
to mankind of something almost to be
attributed to individual character; and
here l express no opinion of my own.
| shall allow another to speak in solemn
words, echoed from the tomb. On
reaching Washington at the opening of
Congress, December l, 1869, | was
panied to hear that Stanton, late
SECRETARY OF WAR,
was in failing health; and full Of graft
tude for his unsurpassed services, and
with a sentiment of friendship quick
ened by common political sympathies,
l lost no time in seeing him, and re-
peated my visits till bis death, toward
the close of the same month. My last |
visit was marked by a conversation new
er TO be forgotten. As l entered his bed /
room, where found him reclining on a |
sofa prOpped up by pillows, he reached |
out his hand, already clammy and cold, |
and in reply to my inquiry, "How are |
yOu?' He answered, "Only waiting
for my furlough. . Then in a tone Of
solemnity said: "I have some
thing to say to yOu.n When ! was
seated he proceeded, without one word t
of Introduction: ~ know General /
Grant better than any other person in !
the country can know him. And now
/ tell you what l know
''HE CANNOT GOVERN
this country" The intensity of his
manner and the pOsitiveness of his |
Judgment surprised me; for though l I
was aware that the late Secretary Of
War did not place the President very
high in general capacity, was not pre-
pared fora Judgment so strongly cOuched.
AT last, after some delay, occupied in
on his remarkable state
ment, / observed: "NNhat you say is
very brOad.n at is as true as it is
broad, 4" be replied, promptly. 1 added:
''You are tardy. Why did you not tell
this in time? Why did you not say it
before his nomination. He answered
that he was not consulted about it,
and had not an opportunity of express
sing his opinion upon it, and beside was
much occupied at the time with his
duties as Secretary of War and his con-
Test with the President. / followed by
saying: "But you took part in the Pres
dental election and made successful
speeches for him in Ohio and Pennsyl-
Eania." He spoke and said: 'But I
never introduced the name of General
Grant. Ispoke for the Republican party
md for the Republican cause"
AN EXAMPLE. -.- a-
Insisting upon the reelection of the
President he challenges inquiry and puts
himself upon the country; but even ifhis
pressure for reelection did not menace
he tranquility of the country, it is inn
)Ortant that in his personal pretensions
he has set up he should be exposed, that
10 President hereafter may venture
lpOn such ways, and no Senate presume
hem. L
No true patriout, anxious for Republi- :
'an institutions, can doubt that it ought
o be driven with Kisses and scOrn !
rom all probability Of repetition
,egun with this undoubtcd abuse.
There has been no call of Congress for I
/ report Of relations holding Office, or
or money-making Opportu- ]
lity under the President 1t is evident z
hat any resolution calling for it, moved !
" Senator not known 10 be for his re- !
lection, would meet with opposition, !
nd an effort to vindicate republican 7.
would be denounced as au I
ssault on the President. But newspa- I
'ers have placed enough beyond ques- t
ion for judgment on this extraordinary i
ase, although thus far there has been G
70 attempt to appreciate it in the light I
( history. One list makes the number
( beneficiaries as many as fOTty-twO.
Will NOT De 4uesllOlleQ lnaJ IueIe are !
{ least a bakers dozen in the category. l
thirteen relations of the President bill c
sted on the country, not one of whom, |
ut for this relationship, would have I
cen brought forward. The whole con- a
.ituting a case Of
NEPOTISM,
OF unworthy of the worst government,
hose offices are in the family posses
on. Beyond a list of thirteen, are
ther relations, showing that this strange .
Duse did not stop with the Presidents l
slatiOns, but that these relations OBJ J
lined appointments from Others in
leir circle, so that every relation be- u
anne the center of an influence, while =
le Presidential familyextended indeffi- \
itely. Senator Sumner here quoted :
ON American authorities on nepOtism, D
nn said that lint ona President Adj d