Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-12
For conviction-35.
For acquittal-

Let US see what has happened to these
men in the order in which they are
printed. MIR. Anthony has been re-eIect-
ed from a State in which q propertv
quallhcation IS necessary 10 voters, and
the firm Of Brown & Ives, which he rep
resents rather than the State, has come
to naught. Simon Cameron has lost
pennsylvania, and will be Of no more
| account IN politics now that CorTuptiOn
has been struck down in him. Alexan-
! der Cattell has been left at home. and
| l5 now known as the naval ring is known.
Zach. Chandler has been defeated par-
manentiy. Cole, of California, is stur.
| dy Office beggsr, succeeded by q Demo-
| crat. Mr.. Conkling sees New York flf.
ty thousand Democratic and himself
without following, except that which
he Kept in office. John CONFESS
has followed his colleague, Cole. Mr..
Frellnghuysen finds New Jersey
and himself with separate careers.
Harlan has been ruined by disclosures
OF credit mObiiier, and he is UNANIMOUSLY
rich. Howard, OF Michigan, was first
defeated and then died of a horrible
accident. Morgan, of New York, was
pat TO a double degradation. He was
defeated, and he was defeated by r Z.
FentOn. CTagin is barnacle on the
navy, and Williams has been retired for
the corruption of his family, and the
incompetency of himself Mr.. Morton
sees Indiana TepudIate him and his
party by tWenty-three thousand ma
Jorlty. PomerOy goes out all over cor
rupt. Ramsey was defeated by his own
party. John Sherman has lived to sec
Ohio twenty-seven thousand on a con-
gIess vo.e. Sprague has failed both ID
poIitlcs and business. Stewart, of
Nevada, survives as the pro-
duct and horrible EXAMPLE Of
rotten borough politics to see |
worse jObbers than himself succeed |
him. C0rbett has been sent back to |
retail shop. keeping in Oregon. Drake |
has been buried in the court OF claims. |
and finds Frank Blair honOred, though |
dead, and himself execrated, though |
alive, by Missouri. MIR. EdLuuds and |
tie two NJ DRILLS seem exceptions to retri-
button. They have not lost their seats
or their States, but the country has re-
pudlated their party. FOOr Nye is in 2
madhOuse. Ferry, OF Connecticut, is 3
hopeless invalid, and his State has re-
pudlated his party, too. Patterson has
retired, disgraced with credit mobiiier-
ism. Sumner did works meet for re-
pentence, but he is dead. Thayer, Tip.
ton and Wiley are not even remem-
bered. Henry Wilson is a victim Of q
terrible self-inflicted mRlady, end Mas
sachuSetts has parted company with
him. Wade has sunk into a seniIe lobby
lst, and Yates died in condition
not necessary to recall. OF those who
voted for acquittal, Garret Davis, Will
liam Z. -F'essenden, James L. Dixon,
James r. Grimes, Charles Norton, of
Minnesota, and Willard Salisbury are
dead. Their memories are held in hon
or as men who dared do right when it
costs much TO do so. Pennsylvania has
swung back to the faith of Buckalew.
and Indiana to that Of Hendricks. Iowa |
has remained steadily Radical, but has
vlndicated the name of Grimes by high
nonors. Delaware, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Maryland, West Virginia.
and Illinois have either remain
ed or become Conservative. Kan
'as has made Ross a state
and PomerOy fingers, as said,
n corrupt Obscurity. Mr. Henderson
lnaccOuntably went back to Radicalism,
)ut Missouri did not. Mr.. Fowler holds
high State Office in Tennessee, and
wealth aud even fame wait on Lyman
Irumbuil. Mr.. Reverdy JOhusOn re-
ired at his own wish, and so did Mr..
Mr.. M'Creary is again in the
enate, while Mr.. BsSard's son succeed
ID him there. In recalling these fae!s
nd the rewards and TetributiOus pre-
Iding in them, nobody need speculate I
bout what the people thought OF i'm
Deachment, I