Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-04
where he Is likely TO drag US 10 if elected
for third term. The Herald ssvs.

where he Is likely to drag US 10 if elected
for a third term. The Herald says
General Grant has discovered that there AZ,
acts inconsistent with the dignity OF hs OF
hce-acts which, II they may be com N tied
Dy common men. should at least Z lot be CON-
mitted Oy the President of the United States
Our JOY at learning that the President has
! made this discovery Is shadowsd only by Z
faint regret that he did not make IL sarIier
| that something Is due to the dig1lfy OF his or
noe would have spared US many scandals IL
must have prevented acts which the nation
| has seen with a sense OF general humiliation
acts at which the people nave been indig,
nant, and others at which they have been
! covered with patriotic shame, 10 see tue ehlet
/ magis'racy OF the country fallen 50 low Il is
even possible that II General Grant had
| tnousht OF his dignity only within yesr or
! Two past the Republican party might not Low
be pas Ing at the polls the penalty OF his Of
| lenses. He might have reftecssd that As even
Andy Johnson poor, Old, sall ly-OeTated Andy
Jounson refused tue gilt OF carriage while
President. and as John Tyler retained horse
/ thai an o1iice-seek6g had the impertlnenee 10
send hin-tn The iaee Of such examples he
might have remembered that IL became the
greater dignity Of greater man 70 refuse
nuo erOuS and f6r greater Elns and 50 MS
dignity would have prevented the establish
ment Of the precedent that any Office IN the
I glfs Of the President may be u0Gght II the
Duyer Will only adopt the thin device Ot cali
ing the price 8 gift. II the President bad
-
been spared the sJOry;of Casey at New Orleans,
and the whole train OF disgraceful conse-
queuces up 70 the Federal assasSI nation o. a
sovereign STATE Nearly the whole story OF
reconsfructlOn might have been written dif-
ierenuy; for the support and retention Ia
ONCE Of bands Of men NJ only for the galIeys
is not dignified in President. There are sew
eral nonli nations for the ONCE OF chief-iusttce
OF the United states which would not have
oeen made, and spanish cruiser would not
have pulled down our fag at sea IN fact as
the fate Of the world might have been differ
ent II Cleopstra's nose had been shorter, our
recent hiatOry might have been far more re-
spectacle II General Grant had discovefed
earlier the pinch OF dignity which now fu-
ci1nss hlm 70 hold Ills peace regarding the
shlfu term. Although We are naturally re-
Ioseed that General Grant now regards MS
ONCE as one which requires suIne dignity in
tne incumbent, We are sorry to ind
LnaS ais notions Of dignity are neither
American nov intelligent. he regards
II Rs beneath him to express an opinion
on subject discussed in the newspaoers
THIS NJ An WHOM THE NEWSPAPE PERS
ADE PRESIDEST-AfAT THEY BE ABLE
TO E&PIATE THE OFFENSE-NOW
METAPHGRICALLY PUTS HIS HEEL On
The row ER WHICH CREATED HIN.
He IN WHOM NO PARTY HAD CONFI-
DGNCE. AND WHOM THE POLITICAL.
LEAD ERS OF EVERY STRIPE DISTRUST-
Ed WITH 4 WISE PRE5Ci ENCE WHICH
THE PEOPLE DID NOT COMPREH r.S D;
Who DESPITE HIS MILITARY Sue
COULD HAVE HAD THEIR WAY. HAVE
BEEN LEFT IN THE ARMY OR LEGIS
LATED INTO OBSCURITN. WAS FOhCED
UPON THE DOMINANT PARTY BY THE
NEWSPAPER Prsfse5S OF THE COUNTRY
DECLA RING THE PRgF ERENCE AM
OPINION OF THE PEOPLE; AND BE
MAKES To THE PRESS AZ FAR AS He
NAY THE SAME RETURN THAT THE
VIPER MADE To THG WOODMAN N
The FABLE. Wonderful result OF newly
discovered dignity His notice, unless it
be a VenomOus notice, can barely de-
scsnd to the newspapers. II now there were
Brahmins IN this country and other grada-
ttOns OF caste down to the Sudras we could
comprehend that newspapers might be Su-
dras and Presidents BrahInins; and then, Of
course, the newspapers. freighted with the
thoughts ana discussions % the people. would
be nifty times uncleau, and might not come
into the atmosphere OF an Official Brahmin
without purincatiOB and "gtfts.' Then the
attitude assumed by General Grant would be
reasonable enough but We had thought there
were neither Bran uins nor Sudrss IN this
country, and that the people and the printed
papers which contain their thoughts aUd ad-
YOcate their cause are not beneath any mans
notice, bui enlinently worthy the attention
Of men IN power. Was this an error? What
is the position Ofthe newspaper In the social
and political fabric Of our ume? 10 IS The
IaOuthpisce OF the people. Their thoughts
ind uHsranCe IN its columns. Their aspIB
lions, their purposes their achievements
their auHpathies, arB the s. aple OF It's Er-u-
ment day BY day. o IoHysiGs OF Syracuse, IL
Is reported, Constructed a chamber on acOus
deal principles, into which was led the sound
OF every murmurr Of every cry OF despair and
every whispered curse from every cell OF
Jue prison in which his victims were secured.
And We fnlgut compare the newspaper press
TO that mUFmur-gaLhering chamber. II is a
reservoir in which is gathered up and re-
tanned ana recOrded-nOt the murmur of the
prisons merely, but whatever has passed
through the minds Of the people; what Is
said in the workshop and the bank parlOr.
what IS spouted about al party "rallies' aud
what Is chatted over at tea; what the auto
Gratis of the breakfast table Law down as the
law, and what the oracles OF the corner gro
Gerry put forth as infslnble. There Is not a
y - init Of he am
unity that II does not reflect. And foI all
this II must be at the level OF the people and
10 immediate sympathy with them-neither
above nor below them-and II must have the
faith and the courage its function as the Or
gan OF the sovereign power natnrally inspire
Wise rulers have found the usefulness OF
knowing the condition OF the popular MIND
on one subject OF another As subjects respect
lvely come 10 the surface OF tue political
whirlpool, and they nave studied anu valued
the press as above all other agencies useful
IN furnishing such knowledge; and It u A
sure, an tnfalliDle indication or q narrow and
unenhgtteueC mind to hnG one recurring 20
against the press in the days when power
cOud put De Foe in the piliory for printing
those INN lrtal "ilbels" in which he criticised
its tyranny. In the enlightened cOuntrie- of
Europe the press i regarded as the potent
vehie OF progressive thought. II Is only In
our own country, apparently, that men in
power feel themselves Infinitely above il; I
aud by consequence infinitely above the peO-
pie by whom it is inspired and whose repre- [
tive, who is ready 10 respond to query IL pre-
sented By the political cOnveniencies OF some
demagogue, pretends to regard it with con-
tempt when IN the press II comes directly !
from the people. But We understand this l
contempt and This presidential dignity; for
thinner subterfuges, poorer covers for a re-
lusal TO declare what the people insist upon
knowing, were never put forth. CAUGHT IN
TH E ENDEANOk TO UNDERMINE THE
FOUNDATIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT
EXPOSED IN HIS ASPIRATIONS FOR A
CHANGE THAT WOULD MAKE THE Exc
CUTINE A PERMANENT OFFICE IN HIS
FAVOR, HE PREFENDS a DIGNITY HE
DOES NOT FEEL To COVER THE CHA
GRIN AND SULLEN \ EssS OF a DETECTED /
SCHEMER. And what opinions hts support
ers write on this theme! Here is the Adii, |
an ordinarily Intelligent Republican journal
1t says that General Dix killed the third term
topic on Monday night, and further: "Who- |
ever started the delusiOn, IL was the HeruId !
which gave IN its dimensions and fEduence,
and we are free TO admit that, s. a Journal /
tstic enterprise, and as a means OF 'bedevil- i
ling politics, IL has been a success. But 10 I
has been nursed and kept alive by the enc
mics Of the present ngtiOnal administration - !
How was 10 nursed and kept alive by the enc
mics OF the administration for upwards Of Z 4
year II General Dix could kill Il IN five min j
utesf II two or three sentences from a dis I
tintinguished Republican eOuld lay the tspic |
kept it alive 80 IOng@ Aud II so how muca |
more the silence Of the President himself? /
W hat enemy was % that kept alive a topic
the President could nave Siaughi cred with
sentsnce at any hour OF It's existence But |
here comes again the Presidential dignity.
BE could not give his opinions when they
were not called for. Il seems, then, that a
President Is a kind OF political ghost which |
cannot speak till 10 is spoken TO. But who
called for the Presidents opinions on flnancs
when ne Issued his SuperduOus manifesto 70
Jones shortly after his veto of the four hun
ired million bius Could not the same con- /
yente1t trend have called AGAIN. And as
for the Mails professional opinion, that the
third term is dead, We differ. IL was never 50
vital. II Is terribly alive. General DiN's |
heard; and not In hesita ing tones either, but I
With clear, distinct and categorical denial,
not only that be does not favor the thru |
erm, but that he will not have IL. only that
'an defeat the conspiracy Of the OficshOlders |
5 h0 sre preparing, unconsgfOusly, an explo-
don hat otherwise viii blow the Republican
1arty to the moon.