Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-27


pev General Williams into his Tetireuen!
IS all the more repr, hsnsibl- from being
started from false premises Those
premises are mainly. such as one may
easily find while attempting to penetrate
the Iabyrintis of "a motiyeless fualic-
nifty" Williams was one Of the strong
est and most sagacious Il the Senators Of
Reconstruction Days. Indeed. he ranked
with the highest and best Of his asso-
ciates. His substantial qualities recon-
msnEed him % the duties ct The imTcr-
tant bu: thgnkItss Office which Le has
jast qn;tted. The naIignity with which
his name ard official acts have been IS
sailed We have alluded to AZ motive
less The prompting ct it IN such
quarters as the Sal Is pure and Una'iu'-
tera.ed victousuess. An appetizer for
disr.lavs OF this mean temper in ether
quarters Is found In the feet that hir-
Williams has an energetic. ambitious
wife. The hatred OF one woman by an
other exhibits itself IL the most yeEo-
,aous kind Of back-tiunc. With euvions
contemporaries OK her osn sex TO invent
society EbeIs against her, and such a
vehicle q: badness - the SUs at their
command. the SANDER moncers Of
Washington had fat field in Mrs vii
Hams husband Then, when the o.!
carriage provided by the Government for
the Attorney General was replaced by a
new one. Mrs. Williams was imprudent
enough TO suggest q red lining II ,rGS
red lined: the attention Of the profession
IL slande--hucksters was drawn 20 II: the
conclusion. al the more welcome because
Of its uncharitshleness was jumped at
that that carriage was OF the wages OF
corruption, and so an effective nickname
was fixed upon the Attorney General.
From the time OF the Fathers all Cabinet
officers have been furnished as they
should be- with a carriage and horses by
the Government. But a red morocco
lining was an innovation. Hence the
easy road TO Williams stigmatising.
Now. we are told, in vague terms, by the
Independent Press that Williams is
thief. 1t is spoken of as thing which
is n matter of course, that the retiring
Attorney Generals guilty of high crimes
and misdemeanors. Independent and
Democratic editors, with a commences
of conclusion which betokens discipline
in the paths of defamation and incor-
rectness of conclusion and inference, de-
clare that Williams resigned because he
feared impeachment at the hands of the
next House OF Representatives, If, IN
the first place. there was as much as one
specific charge against him; and in the
second place. as if his resigDing could,
by any possibility, exempt him from
full and searching investigation by any
future Congress Of his official acts The
fact is that Mr. Williams is n man OF ex-
first-rate,-capacities; is
a man Of great honesty of character and
of dsmeanor; is in very mod
crate circumstances; has the fall respect
Of all who know him and have the brains
to appre ciate his great and faithful ser
vices: and unless history can be per-
verted by a red-leather carriage lining.
his name will come to be respected as
that of one of the hardest work |
ers and soundest lawyers ever connected
with the Office of United States Attorney
But. so long as it is part OF
their programme So to perform. the In
and Democrats of Newspa- |
per Row will continue TO besmear Gen
eral Williams and lis noble wife with |
the mud and filth of viIiiticatioR and |
falsehood.
AMONG THE MANY SPECIMENS OF ore. !