Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Valuable state Papers.

EDITORS APPEAL wish to invite
attention to the exceptional value OF
some of the public documents that have
recently been distributed by members OF
congress. will describe several which
l have recently received by the courtesy
CT our late member, and which / have
read with absorbing interest, hot as the
weather has been. Among these is g
complete record OF the Geneva srbitra-
ton, containing the "case" and "COun-
ter casen submitted by the United
States and Great Britain, with the
lengthy arguments Of counsel on both
sides, discussing with great ability the
questions of international law involved.
One cannot help being proud that our
country was SO ably represented, and
that almost all the points asserted by
the counsel Of the United States were
sustained by the arbitration. We find
new cause to admire the versatility of
Caleb Cushing's abilities, and to wonder
at the extent and exhsustiessness Of the
learning he displayed. AS a last sur
prise he made an oral speech in French
10 save the time and trouble Of trapsla-
ton. Lawyers must find good reading
here. Another valuable document is
the record of the northwestern boundary
case, submitted TO the emperor Of Ger
many. Here We have Mr.. BancrOfC's
mastery argument, leaving absolutely
no standing for the British pretensi0ns,
and showing its value by securing the
favorable decision of the emperor. We
have also the report of the British claims
commission, giving history of most of
the claims, with the reasons for their
allowance or rejection. Some of the
dispatches of Mr.. Sickles, giving an ac-
count of two or three Spanish revolu-
tions, are very interesting, especially as
they give us in full two or three speeches
Of CASTELAR,, claimed by the Spanisrds
to be the greatest orator in the world,
and acknowledged 10 be the foremost Of
the Latin race. There is also the report
Of the geographical survey Of Utah,
Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, as well
as the Smithsonian institute report. both
Of these valuable for scientists. | con-
fess was surprised to find documents
SO valuable and so interesting where l
was expecting patent Office report, or
some such trash, Good reading and
good to keep. SAT.
The " Ledger and it's Correspondents
EDITORS APPEAL-For some months
past a number Of persons perhaps not
"yOuths OF fortune" but certainly "to
fame unknOwn") have been hurIing,
through the columns of the Ledger, the
pOnderous weight Of their unanswerabIe
logic, and darting the well.simed shafts
Of their fiery elcquence against the inef-
ficient management OF our public schools
wonderful that, Notwithstanding al
This, the obstinate bubble still refuses to
OurstD, and, in majority Of cases, the
Of the argument used by
these correspondents is, or appears to be,
This syllOgism: premises tirst-the per-
sons at the head OF this system had their
origin somewhere in that Inflated region
north Of the Ohio; premises second-all
persons coming from any part Of the
region are skillful in the nefs-
,ious practice Of carrying about with them |
IN implement bearing the execTable |
name Of "carpetbsg;" conclusion: any |
system under the supervision Of |
me or more Of said persons is a system !
II injustice, fAvOrilism, extravaganza /
md tyranny. o, Aaron Pickett! how |
.ould thy genius, whether he be good or |
evil, have made the fearful mistake of |
.ssting thy nativity north OF 'MasOn !