Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-13
EEMPHIS APPEAL
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1875.
THERE Is: MOURNING IN hIssIs-
SIPPI


SIPPI.
Aiasl that the bitter waters OF sorrOw
should trausluse themselves through the
sweet springs Of Mi sissippi politics. il
il said the csrpetb7ggers are very mucl
"disgrunted" st the result Of the cleo
ton on the second instant. Indeed
they are reported as very glum. They
came 10 the surface as suddenly IS toad
stools in bsrn-y a,d-shOt into the en-
pyreaa Of fame Ike rOckeis-but now
they have gone and retired from public
life. That bright and shining light,
Howe, was blotted from the congress
sionaI constellation. The wrath OF 81
indignant people smote. the esgle upon
bis cliff, and the nocle bird will no more
sWOop through the halls OF cOngl ess IN
search Of the carpetbagger's quarry.
Howe was a member OF the last con-
grefs, and would have been a member
OF the next, but he didn't get votes
enough. He made up his mind TO re-
tire from public life after the votes were
counted two weeks ago, aid the nation
weeps as bis msjestic form fades away
into private life. The people Of Missis-
sippi must be as ungrateful Is the
tickle Romans or they would not quiet
ly stand by and see such q statesman
plunge into the muddy waters Of obliv-
ion without protest. 1t viii not do; the
country cannot stand it. Is there no
friendly hand TO catch this drowning
homer by the hair and drag it TO shore?
The tidal wave which sweeps such men
out Of congrt ssional halls cannot be Of
heslthful water, and the sooner it ebbs
the better for our csrpetbaggers. The
nation will miss and mourn Howe.
Adelbert Ames is another Radical csr
petbag rascal brought to grief The peo-
pie OF Mississippi have bottled him up,
just as Grant bottled up his faiths in
law, Ben Butler 1t did not takes Ames
long to develop his bad character in
Mississippi. Saint aud statesman, he
asked himself why he could not be also
senator, aud he prostituted the position
Of military governor to elect himself
United States senstoy. He sat in bis
seSt locking Illus .Tious and consciously
great, hut had nothing to cay on any
thing in connection with bis official bug
inCss, except when he drew his pay;
then lac was exceedingly loquacious and
prattlesome. To secure his Te-elec. |
ton TO the senate Ames became |
candidate for governor and |
was elected. His administration has |
been Infamous, prostituted for the sole |
purpose Of securing his election to the |
senate. Discovering that quiet, peace
fol election without any interference on
the part of the administration and Fed
eral troops would result in his def at
and the triumph Of the oppressed tax
paying people, he commenced expectC-
rating outrages until the blood ran cold.
The telegraph wires cracked with his
swift messages OF solicitude tohis friend,
President Grant, upon whom he relied
for support in his nefsrious purposes.
"The emergency" said Ames, "is great,
the danger imminent" If gang Of brig
ands had plotted 10 murder the negroes
OF Mississippi, his anxiety could not
have been greater. But alsckI nothing
came Of it. The President, or rather At
tcrney. General PierTepOnt, snubbed the
remorseless Ames, and he coon sizmered
down into the belief that there was no
gore in his crimson statistics manufac-
tured for party purposes. The result was
a peaceful election and only few men
elected TO the legislature who will favor
the aspirations OF Ames. This fact
will cause the eminent but defeated
statesman to pick up his plumber and
fee 20 Massachusetts, where he csn pour !
out his troubles into the bosom Of his ,
Ben Butler. These ten
der yiolets bloomed together in the halls
Of congress, and both having been Tepu- !
dated by the people, should, as any other
nosegay, fade together. The
sensitive chastity Of Butler must have
suffered many burning blush at the
defeat Of his precious Adelbert. The
most thrilling pages of history are those
that record the lives and sufferings of
The logic of events is pitiless.
This brace OF martyrs is the incidental
product Of the corrupt era in which we
i've. They have prospered, conspicu-
1usly prcspered. Their roots have
reached ont into the fertilizing rotten
less where Iuo'ic virtue !eH, and they
rave drawn zap, moisture and vital !
trength from usurpation, filth and coz
upton. 1t cost the people Of Msssa- :
,husetts pang to give up Butler, but it
will be the keenest anguish for the peo- r
lie Of Mississippi to part with Ames.
Their love for him is not passion OF
he heart--it is parto the soul! Ames
hould long talry with them. c
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