Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-08
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| Utica Herald
AS the case now stands, the guilt 1
bald, bSse, damnabIe. But tits personal
and only the actors are criminal. Ev
cry American cheek bushes for il. II
every breast Is q sense Of shame and dis
grace 10 the nation and every citizen
But the faint OF the crime does not eX
tend beyond the individual perpetrators
The culprits who have by such shame
full sets fallen from such high station
Will fad no spologists.
THE WORST sea NDAL OF THE CENTURY
Boston Advertiser (Rep)I
There has been no such disgracefu
scandal upon the good name of the gov.
eminent since we became nation IS
that which resulted yesterday in the
resignation OF the secretary of war
The details Of the story are such 81 to
make every American hide his head foI
very shame.
THE faint OF GRANTIsM.
Albany Argus Dem.).I
The Republican party Is tainted cles 7
through, 80 far as lis prominent repre-
sentatives are concerned. All are impli-
Gated in Gfantism; all are responsible
AOA thS "1Oh6o anu AeS1SSftiSlIo AA4NA4
have been perpetrated.
a DEPLOBABLE EXHIBITION.
Boston Globe Qndl.l
Nothing has occurred during Presi.
dent Grants administration so deplOra-
bic as the downfall and disgrace OF Sec
retary Belknap. Not only is it deplOTa-
me on account Of the exhibition of NOR
al weakness in a trusted minister, but
still more 80 for the revelation il makes
to the world of the corruption and de
honesty which have been fOstered under
a government resting on the will of the
leDpie, and supposed to be peculiarly
sensitive to the great moral forces and
influences OF the nation.
NERVE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.l.l
In all this wretched matter 1t ia brsc-
ing to observe the integrity and nerve
Of the Republican party as a party.
LIST no guilty man escapeW has been
the instructive rule of action. There
has b9en no hesitancy.
ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF A UNIvERs Al
DISEASE.
Baltimore Gazette Dem.)l
Belknap ia only another symptom {
a ud!versal disease. His resignation o.
impeachment will have no effect. 1t is
like curing one pustule in a case Of
smallpox. The disesse is Grant or
Grantism; it is in the view Of admins
tation which. is taken by the Repub-
iican party, that this a government
OF men ana not government of law.
A CASE OF WICKED WEAKNESS.
Worcester Spy (Repll
This one Of the cases in which weak
ness is Wickedness. He knew what he
did when ne gave Marsh control Of
those posts, and doubtless understood
perfectly well that the arrangement
would secure regular payments of money
to his wife. 1t is believed that he is
guilty OF similar practices in other
cesss, but nothing more has been proved.
A PAINFUL AND STRIKING REALIZA-
TON.
Baltimore Sun (Dem.).l
The downfall of the secretary Of war
affords q striking and painful realization
OF the widespread decentralization of the
late civil strife which, like a cancer,
seems to have spread its fatal roots
everywhere, tAiDting what seemed fair
est and what ought 10 be- the best in the
land, and which we eeem fated to en-
dure almost until new generation,
trained in a different school of morals,
rises to take; the place of the present.
IEFLUEEOE Of A sORDID ADMINIsTRA-
TI0N.
Philadelphia Times Qnd.l.l
There have been foolish, incapable,
evil administrations before this one, but
none that has done such deep and last.
ing mischief. In It's lRwlessness, it's dis
regard Of constitutional restraints, its
narrow psTtisSnsbip, the administration
Of President Grant has earned just coll
but all theae things are tri-
fling when compared with the sOrdid
il flnence which it hss exerted, and its
Of honor, Justice, and even
honest ambition, to the greed of gain.
WENT WRONG WITH RIs EYES WIDE
OPEN.
Boston Journal (Rep.).I
Painful as these revelations must be to
every considerate man, and willing as
he will be- to make all proper allowances
for the train of causes which contributed
to the foil Of once meritoriOus officer,
whose services to his country cannot be
by any subsequent recreancy,
still, nothing remains but that the cul-
prlt, like any other, should suffer the
OF his guilt. He went
wrong with hIs eyes wide open, and the
of his station but adds both
to the extent and the enormlty OF his
Wrong-doing,
NOT A SINNER BEYOND OTHERS.
Boston Post (Dem.)l
The sad and terrible story might well
make every American citizen hang his
head IN helpless shame, were il not that
the remedy is in our own hands and The
time for lis application 50 near. Bel
knsp must be considered a sinner be.
yond Others at Washington. For our
seif-respect Ss q people, we may pray
that this corruption, airs ady reaching
within the White House, may not in
cluGe in It's fOuiness the President
through whose weakness, and self h-
ness, and cOnceit sill this shame has been
made possible.
A LESSON TO WASHING TON SOCIETY,
Baltimore American (RepJ1
Belknap's crime was of that sordid ma
ture that It Is the least likely to attract
sympathy. The bad and unpleasant
features Of the whole story grow blacker
with the knowledge that his two wives
the Gesd one snd the living one, and
themselves sisters-were the partners,
and perhaps the suggesteTs OF his Of
lenses. He and they have led what was
termed "society" az the national CAPT.
tai. Many other men have fallen before
their own cupidity and through the
temptations OF women Of fashion, whose
passion for display hiss been ungoverna-
Bile, but few have fallen 80 abruptly and
so deeply as Secre airy BelknRp. Toe
bad state of what is called fashionable
society, and especially Of society st
furnishes the suggestive
cause. Perhsps this occurrence may
give it pause, aud make the Lent upon
which it has just entered something
more than a mere fOrmality or absti-
hence from the outward SHOWS of dissi-
patton.
/" A PUSILLAEIMOUS CUR.
Commercial Advertiser New York Admins
tratiOn Organ)
The Republican party will be more in
eensed if he escapes the full penalty of
his misdeeds than the biantant mem
bsrs In congress, who made the coun-
tTy's extremity the time to pile up lit
tie capital. 1t came with as great q
shock to the President as ali the world
beside, and when the pusillanimous cur
described in broken language that his