Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-18
THE snREvEPORT GENIUS.
He IL Heard From by Telegraph, and
Somewhat Annaly zed by
Cfneiana tian.

From The Clneinnati Times.
In the happy iown of Shreveport,
Louisiana, there Is 3 newspaper Of which
nothing wOIse can be said than ii is 3
| copy in style and language OF that most
| maryel0sls sheet; the Lexington Me.
CaacGsi0n. 1t Is strange that such pa
peTs should live, but they do, and
flourish. A few poor wretches, whose
implements are bowie knives, and whose
craft is thieving, buy them because they
really like them-like cGUj0Fe flavor OF
| imprecatiOns strong enough not to eyap-
Orate while spelling them out, letter by
letter, aud with infinite pains. These
are the few genuine supporters; but the
many are of those curious 10 see how
much OF billingsgate can be crowded
into a folio sheet OF ordinary dimen-
siOns. To satisfy both classes OF custom
ers, therefore, there must be no falling
off iu the quality OF the stuff--langusge
must outdO itself in the way Of epithet
and imprecstion lest the glory shall de-
part from Israel. Man is proud OF his
reputation, whatever it may be. Satan
could not have seen his reputation as a
liar, or Jezebel her fame as a hag, in
danger Of rival without the keaDest OF
mortal pain. So our Shreveport fellow
must need be ever straiuing after new
heights OF fer0eity aud billing gate, and
the Washington papers In exhibiting
his articles az campaign documents did
simply vOuchsafe to him that prase
which he so earnestly desired. Screwed
up finally, by the Louisiana elections,
TO nights OF sublime feryOr, he launched
into the following, which our Memphis
correspondent telegraphed US simply as
q curiosity:
1--WE want no representatives on the
returning board; no favOTs or cOuces-
siOns from Kellogg or Packard. II
George l.. Smith il counted in over
Elan, let Smith and TWitcbell be killed.
II Johnson and Tyler, in De soto, are
counted in over Scales aud Schuler, ss
the New Orleans Republican thinks, or
il Heating, Ievissee and Johnson, in
CsddO, are counted in over Vaughan.
Koran and Lamb, then let johnson,
Tyler, Kesting and Levissee be killed !;
and 20 let every officer, from congress.
man down to constable, in every district
and parish in the State be served, We
can not afford TO he defeated by a ring Of
political sc0undrels after we have
tTiunphed, Human life may be pre-
cious. but the lives OF all Q Garnet.
baggers and politicians In louisiana are
valueless, ,cumpsred TO the work ofiustice
and liberty
But the Memphis APpEAL-a pret.
ty sensible paper, as southern pa
pers go-fell into the same error as that
Of the Washington Press, and attacked
the article seriously, and with vehe-
mence that would have been refreshing
If delivered at fOemaR worthy Of its
steel. 1t was but oil, however, upon the
flames Of vanity. The Shreveport
genius fairly gloated over bis prey. lie
rolled his eyes and tore his hair, and
churned his iusks till the foam flew as
from those Of CypTian boar. And
then there Issued from the blOOdshOt
pages Of his sheet dOuble-shOtted epithets
Of "liar," 'hOu3d,u whelp,r and so on
to hights that our halting Pegasus does
not attempt.
At this stage in the proceedings our
correspondent informed US Of the status
beli, and left us listening in painful
anxiety for the next gun in the conflict
1t was pleasant TO ponder over what the
result might be. An eastern editor
would have laughed, aud dropped the
sui iect. A western one would have re-
printed the chapter OF epithets and head
ed it Reward OF Merit" Something
like this, remembering the high chival-
ry OF the southern editor, did we expect
from the APPEAL; but, alas, the vision
has vanished, aud our Idol is broken.