Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-15

to BabcOck's dictates, HeshOuld either
have insisted that his orders as they eX
isted lie carried out, or should have Is-
signed hIs nffiee. Whv did Douglass
bend the supple hinge the knee and
permit any inter ference by the Prasi-
dent? This wss Douglsss's OVID busi-
Less, and he ttOod responsible for L un-
der his official oath. He was bound to
iistsD to no dictatiOn from the Presi-
dent, BabcOek, or any other officer, and
It was his duty to zee that that order
wRs carTiei out or TO resign. Would
that wa mad officials who possessed
more Of that steTner stuff of which the
0ffice-hOlders Of oiden times were made.
Why do they not leave their office when
they cannot remain there hOnOrably? 4?
Is 1t to continue that because man
holds an Office at the hands of another
he is to bs bonded slave? It is little
that our nation has gained by abolition
il the black man Is freed only that the
white msn may be placed in the igDo-
miuious chains which are DOW an at
tsndant OF public Office. Henry Clay
made himself immortal 10 the one say
ing, Il would rather be right than be
President" Itis a seaIiment worth all
the bsubles OF the day, and Of itself
should entitle him who uttered 1t to inn
morality. But Douglass yielded. TIE
speaker did not believe him dishonest;
ut he was pO II, and was frightened by
the thought that bis tenure of office de-
pc 1ded on his obedience to the behests
OF the higher powers.
THE DISMISSAL OF HENDERSON.
New York world.l
while the Democratic speak
er ia deib rating how best he can pro-
mote the welfare of the whole country
10y careful OgaujZstion OF the house
committees, Grant does not stop to de-
libernte how best he can save himself
aud his administration from the fright
full Od um which has been brought upon
them. He hastily disnisses from office
the government attorney at s.. Louis,
who has been most sctive egainst the
despoilers of the government treasury,
and hedges against his private secretary
this afternoon by telling his intimRtes
that IF Babcock is guilty, he must be
punished" By both these latter signs
he announces that things are getting too
not for him, and that lie is frightened at
asst.
THE LATEST SCANDAL.
Grants follies are even worse than his
sins. He has succeeded from time to
time in getting his brother-in-Iaw Cor
bin, his bTOther-iD-law Casey, aud his
brother Orville, into disIeputable syrapes
IN connection with his (the PTesident's)
name, and now his own son Fred, who
was scandalOusly and undeservedly pro-
NOTED, sfrer his exit from West Point,
TO an army rank to which one of several
veterans was by justice and the usages
OF the service entitled, is named ss one
OF three who received five hundred thou.
sand dollars worth OF stock of silver
mining company in Colorado, for their
influence toward breaking up compa-
ny which had the legal riRht to the
mine. The other two named are Sena-
tor Logan and II. 81. Monroe, Prince
Fred's father-in-law. Every time Grant
acquires g new relative there is fresh
fuss.
OLD CRoNIEs.
But unquestionably he deserves all
the ills he is heir to, and he is now
steadily failing. His notorious init.
mates-Schenck, Murphy, Casey, Boss
Shepherd and the rest-have been too
much for him. So true is this that it is
possible that he will for sn their sskes
resist the immense pressure that is
brought by iudicious friends to induce
him to recall our poker.playing repre-
sentative at St James.
MINISTER SCHENCK'S LAST DISGRACE.
4 General Schenck has been caught in
another scrspe which looks as bad or
worse than the Emma mine business.
Letters have been published that passed
between him and Norman wizard, the
ordnance inventor, which show, if they
are genuine land no denial OF their au-
thaaticity has been made, that Scnenck
has been "opeYstingn as ctsin-agsnt.
sgainst the British government for a
few years past. In July, 1871, Wizard,
then partner with Schenck in the M an
ufsctJrs OF ordnance, and holding a
power-Of-attorney from him, made a
written agreement with one Ma
chsdo, who had claim Of three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
against the British government, to
''u-e his best endeavOrs' to get the
claim paid; snd the contract expressly
stipulated that il he wizard succeeded
in getting it settled tduring the time
General Schenck should be the minister
OF the United Statesn in EUgland, he
should have One-third the award after
deducting expenses, while il the settle.
menU snoulu not depend upon the ne
gotiatiOn Of General Schenck," or
should not be concluded during his min
istry, then Wizard should have nothing
Having made the contract, Mr.. Wizard,
who is evidently what is called in the
play "a frank, open, straightforward,
careless business man." sends q copy OF
t to General Scheuck, with q request
that he will go 10 work at once, and the
general in reply says that he will ''see
what can be DONE" tut expresses much
regret that bis name was put in, di.
rects Wizard to burn his reply, and says
that be will himself burn what Wizard
had sent, except the brief of Machsdo's
Ame lean lawyers. Since the appsar-
aDce of ths sse documents the entire prefs
OF the country has united in demanding,
or urging or sugge.ting, the expedieDcy
OF General SchencB's recall.