Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-08
must fling the reform banner to the
breeze.
WE MUST HAVE JUSTICE
New York World (Dem11

New York World (Dem)
How can any American heretofore
proud Of his country and firm In the
faith thai our institutions have not III
terry failed to fulfill the high expectA-
tions entertained Of them by their found
ers, b3 deaf to all these reasons for de-
lsylI & the verdict Of his oWnintelligence
and his own conscience upon this mon
strous indictment? We intreat our read
ers, OF whatever political opinion, to
give these reasons their full weight
Upon the case as set before. 1t yesterday
the hOuse Of representatives could do
nothing less than it has done. Upon the
case as 1t will be sent up from the house
of representatives to the senate for trial,
the senators OF the United States may
rely upon 1t that the American people
will exact of them stern, unfalteTing
fulfiliment Of their high judicial duty.
The senator or senators, If such there be,
who shall dare TO deal with this impesch-
| ment as q matter Of partisan gain or loss,
will be meTcilessly consigned to q grave
! of political damnetiOn from which DO
resurrection will be possible. So to deal
| with such an impeachment will be the
| blacklist treason ever dr5amt OF or at
| tempted against the government Of the
people, by the people, for the people.
/ The man in this republic to-day who
dares to baady partisan shUff1ings snd
| equivOcatiOns over a charge Ike this-a
charge which impugns the very fouuds-
| lions OF cur DOlitiCal system, and Ii con-
doned or trified with for an hour to-day
will close the future Of free government
on this continent amid the just derision
and the deserved contempt OF the civil
lied world, will prove himself an enemy
of the American psop,e worthy the pun
| isbment dCcreed by ancient Rome TO
the parricide. Though it humble us ia
the dust, we must have the truth to-day.
Whatever hearts il may break, what
ever households il may crush, we must
have justice, speedy, cOnOign and COM
plete, upon every servant OF the people
who, under whatever influences, has
proved false to his great trust, and "pal-
tered with the eternal God" not for
power only but pelf.
THE NATION HOLDS ITS NOSE.
New York Tribune (Rep. Ind.)l
And so there was shock of surprise
when it came out that this man, cabinet |
minister, adviser of the Executive, head |
OF q bureau whose subOrdinates are pro- !
verbally careful Of their honor and in |
tegrity, and proveIbially sensitive to !
anything like stain of the sort that he |
has covered himself al over wiih-that !
this man had been prostitu irg his Office |
and selling the places at mis- disposal. |
And yet il was not such shock as such |
a discovery would have brought five or |
six or eight years ago. For-let us con- |
Tess 1t with sbame-President Grant has |
dropped Us by easy stages to these |
depths of shame. He has parenthesized |
in history eight years which will be |
m hereafter Q q no Of nol
government and the period OF greed; |
eight years ofsuch off 3ial corruption and |
dishonesty, such selfishness and |
shamlessnes5, such low aims and |
bases purposes, such grssping avarice |
and eager overreachiDg, such specula. |
ting in official Information, such bribery |
ard such barter and sale Of offices, aud |
such degradation CT all things which the |
nation has held TO be high and holy and /
worthy sn honest pride, that to-day the |
country hangs it head and holds its nose |
and waits foT this administration to pass.
And so Secretary Belknap fell |
into it and was found out. 1t is said
there was g woman in the case. The |
same was said in the case of another
cabinet officer who went out under a
cloud, and the same, too, is whispered Of |
one who remains. Well, the nation |
but it cannot spare the time from being |
sorry and ashamed for itself, and from |
wondering If the end has been reached |
or IL there are still other shameful expos |
ures in store.
LET Us HAVE FULL EXPOSURE.
New York Evening Post (ReP. md j.
Grave IS is the fault Of the teller, it Is
innocence itself compared with the act |
of the secretary OF war. He knew just
what he wSs doing; he knew that he
could never repsir his wrong; he knew
that the stiin Of bribery could never be
wiped out. He was intelligentIy, con-
tinu1usly eorrupt-corTupts after his prac-
tees had been suspected and almost eX-
posed. AS long ago as February, 1872,
the story CT the Fort Sill trading con-
tract was told by the Tribune. The |
names Of Evans and Marsh were plainly !
printed, aud the latter was described
as Is special friend of the secretary of
war" "This fCeGdship," 1t was aided, |
''enables him to live at his ease at New
York on Sn income OF orty-eight thou
SAND dollars ayesr, which is extorted from
the soldiers and officers at the fort by the
actual traders, to whom he farms out
the privilege the secretary has given
him" Nothing could be more exS licit
y
terday. The warning was lost upon the
secretary, and he continued to take his
brtbe with unfsiling regularity, Hs
took it, not as smaller kDaves COM
nit crimes that land them in |
the peDitentiary, under the press
uFe OF want, but to serve
q selfindulgence which found it's graft.
icstion III ostentstiOn and display.
But this is not the worst of the Gaze.
To get Captain Robinson out Of the way |
the officer who knew Of his rascslities,
ana was minded to expose them-he |
trumped up false accusations against |
him, and procured him to be csshiered. |
He added to the guilt Of bribery that Of
perGecuting the man who w9s trying to
put q stop to his corrupt practices. The |
pity in the case is ali due to the COM
munity which is compelled to confront |
the world under the burden Of this dis
grace; and yet the case suggests some |
compromising reflections. We ought to
rejoice that the crime is exposed.
There is & strong feeling in favor Of
knowing the wort without delay. Let |
ali the secret plscss Of the aGministra-
ton be turned to the light, and let US
look uuflinchingly for what is there.
No matter who is hurt, the truth must
be known. Only by The ful EFT exposure
of the shame can the country relieve it.
s5lf of the shame.
THE FALL OF SECRETARY BELKNAP.
New York II erald Qnd)
In one view the sudden, over whelm-
ing and irretrievable disgrace of Seere-
tsry Belknap is an occasion for profound
regret and sorrow; but sentiments Of
this kind are merged and sWallO we'd up
liz indignant sbhOIrence OF his crime
and vigorous desire to see 1t visited /
with just retribution. The cOnjuncture
is too grave gor the indulgence of weak,
womSnish pity st the spectacle Of
blighted hopes and social ruIa in which
others are involved besides the detected
and confessed criminal. Even the fact
that wife whOse beauty and accom-
plishmeuts have made her the grace,
the delight and one of the brightest and
most cOuTted ornaments Of Washington |
society, shares the guilt and disgrace OF
her fallen husband, cannot divert or |
soften the public evaporation at this
eliminating proof Of the moral rotten /
meas Of the administration. The honor |
Of the government and the DuTitV of |