Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-31
rRY NALL
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE EXTRAOR.
DINARY.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE EXTRAoR
DINARY.
From the Baltimore sun.
The documents accompanying tn,
Presidents message in response to thC
resolution of the House of Represent
atives relative to Louisiana affairs have
just been printed. They furnish some
curious and suggestive reading dprOpO,
of the state of the civil service, and the
need Of ''reformn generally. In addition
/ TO the memorials and kilograms which
have heretofore been published, there
are several Others which, if we are no;
mistaken, are now made public for the
! first time, and which go to show, if pos
sible, more plainly than before, the un-
/ trustworthy character of the informa-
/ ton upon which the President and his
/ a AttOrney-General acted in their hasty
| recognition of the Pinchbeck usurpation
as the dc fdctO and de .jure govern
ment of the State of Louisiana.
| They also serve to illustrate the curl
Gus notions entertained by Esome OF
the Federal officials in New Orleans OF
their relations to the President, and OF
the considerations which, in their view,
ought to govern his and their official ac-
ton. Thus, Collector Casey telegraphs
to the President, on December 11th, as
follows: parties interested in the sue
cess of the Democratic party, particular
~ the New Orleans Times, are making
desperate efforts TO array the people
against as. OltT members are poor
and oar GdUerSGries are rich, and offers
are made that are difficult for them to
withstand. There is danger that they
will break oar quorum. The delay in
placing troops at the disposal of Cover
nor Pinchbeck, in accordance with the
joint resolution Of Monday, is disheart-
ening our friends and cheering our eae-
mics. If the requisition of the Legisla-
ture is complied with, all difficulty will
be dissipated, the party Sdued, and ev-
erything go on smoothly The wri-
ter of this communication, it will be
remembered, is the Collector of Customs
at the port of New Orleans. There is
certainly nothing in the sphere of his
official duties, as defined by law, that
would make him the proper organ of
communication between the President
OF the United States and the people or
Government Of Louisiana. 1t is part of
the degeneracy of our politics-part
cause or effect-that the "customhouse,n -
however, has ceased TO be considered a
mere fiscal agency of the Government
for the collection of duties and the en-
forcement of commercial regulations.
1t IS political institution, sort of par
ty headquarters, where the interests of
party, as well as of the revenue, are
looked after and guarded. Very much to
the same effect are the commune
cations of United States Marshal
Packard to AttOrney-General VIII
liams. Those of Pinchbeck and
Kellogg are the statements of one
side of the controversy, made by the in
terested parties themselves, and are nat
urally one-sidGd. The extent to which
the mind of the Attorney-Genera how
ever, was influenced by these one-sided
statements is shown by his incorporat-
ing in his official report the story of
Judge Elmore taking possession, with
an armed mob, of the Eighth District
Court, and fOrcibly expelling Judge Dib-
ble, which Judge Elmore positively de-
MES. The Judicial temper in which the
Attorney-General proceeded to the in
vestigation Of the facts may be in
ierred from his styling in his report
the Secretary of State of Louisiana
appointed by WarmOth, and the legal
lty OF whose appointment was one of the
questions to be investigated, "a fellow
named Wharton" For the credit of the
Government, it would have been better
II some OF these documents" now
printed and referred to the Judiciary
Committee of the House, had gone into
the Presidential waste basket and served
TO light the Presidential cigar. That
the President has not seen fit to eXer-
else bis discretionary right to withhold
them may be creditable to his honesty,
if not to his acuteness.
THE BOTTOM OUT OF THE TUB.
From the New Orleans Picayune.l
The rejection of Pinchbeck and Raw.
if it occurs, as is now probable, will in
volve these important points. OF course
it must be on the ground that the assem-
blage at Mechanics Institute is not the
Legislature of Louisiana. Then Pinch |
beck was never Governor, for Warmoth
was never impeached. Then the Chief
Justice OF Louisiana will stand out i'm |
his true colors, the partisan Casey des-
cribes-as he presided over the pretend |
ed Senate, when all these facts nOlD 1
coming out at Washington tcere notori-
OuS here-and as well known |
TO him as the alphabet. I'll
Pinch was not Governor what |
becomes of MOrgan's cClnmission now
on trial before the Supreme Court? I'll
Pinch was not Governor, then he was
not the proper person to receive Kel-
IOgg's resignation from the Senate, and
that gentleman wears those hOnors stiU.
and is ineligible to the Office he pretends
10 hold here. In short, the whole con-
eern falls through, and when the COM
nittee in the House shall have i'm
Deached Durell, there viii be no course
)pen to Congress except that of declaring
~ resolutiOn, or otherwise, that every-
hing done in this State upon the au-
hOrity of Durelps infamous order has
Deen 06 iatttO revolutionary and void.
They viii be compelled to 90 back and
axe up the thread of Government where
{ was originally tampered with and in
by those three arch revolution ,
sts, Kellogg, Beckwith and Durell, /
nd recognize the legitimate succession
rom Narmoth to NcEnery. In this
way can the tangled affairs of this State
inravel to the satisfaction of the people
( this country.
PINcHBECR,s INNOCENT BOYHoOD.
rom the Dayton tOhiol Journal.1
An old colOred lady, who remembers
Peter Pinchbeckp when he fOurished ]
n Dayton, many years ago, saws he was |
wonderful boy. He was as bright IA /
new dollar lsilver, just from the mint. ]
nd was remarkable for reading the pa