Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-28
GlEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1878
ANOTHER DRMOCRATIC UNITED
STATES SENATOR.

Ole by one the Radical roses in the United
States senate die, smitten by the killing frosts
OF Democracy. 1t will be seen from our
Montgomery dispatches that the legislature
of Alabama, on Tuesday, lifted G. Z. Spen-
Ger out of the United States senate with all
the disgust which young lady manifests
when, with a long pair of tongs, she heaves
from her parlor the toad which she accident
ally discovers by its croaking. In few days
the legislature of Arkansas will, with the
Democratic derrick, lower S. w. Dorsey into
thai obscurity from which he so suddenly
emerged. In short time all the carpet
blggers spawned into the United States
senate by Radical bayonets will be initiating
the example Of Ames, of Mississippi, and
Patterson, of South Carolina. George S.
Houston, who was on Tuesday made the sue
cessor Of Spencer by the Alabama legislature,
is one Of the oldest and most honored citizens
of the State. Forty years ago he was
elected Encouragement for the Athens dis
trict by the Alabama legislature. In 1S41,
he was elected to congress, and was, for
nearly twenty years, a leading member of
the house Of representatives. Governor
before the people. Every two years new
man was brought forward to oppose him,
but he seemed to gam strength with each new
election. As a member of congress, Governor
Houston took a high position. He was the
champion of the administration of James K.
Polk, and that pure and upright President
had great admiration for his integrity and
abilities. Governor Houston was for many
consecutive years chairman of the committee
on ways and means. Even i'll those days
there were rings organized for the purpose Of
plundering the government. But George w.
Jones, Of Tennessee, and George S. Houston,
of Alabama, were then called the watch
dogs Of The treasury, and they never failed
to expose and defeat the schemes of plumber
ers. -Four years ago the State Of Alabama
was redeemed by Houston, who was the
Democratic candidate for governor. Two
years ago he was reelected, and his admins
tration has been so able, honest and upright
that the legislature of Alabama, as an evil
dence Of its high appreciation of his public
services, has elected him to the United
States senate, which in all probability will
terminate Governor Houston's political Ca
reer, as. be. isEnow over seventy years of age.
Before and during the war Governor Hous-
ton was a pronounced Union man, opposed
the war, and denounced secession; and his
election TO the senate over two original seces-
sjonists-Pugh and General L. P. Walker,
the first secretary OF war in Jefferson Davis's
cabinet-again brands as false the oft-re-
peated charge that the southern people os
tracisc the Union men and elevate to office
only the extremists. We congratulate the
people OF. Alabama and of the south on the
election of Houston and on the gratifying
fact that the senate of the United
States is to be rid of G. f. Spencer, for
no man can look at this creature without
wondering how he found his way into the
most august body on earth. Even the rose
cOlored glasses of partisanship cannot invest
his squat, ugly, contemplate shape with a
pleasing aspect. His face does not show a
trace of intellectual strength. His forehead
is narrow and retreating; his eyes small and
fshy; his nose droops over sandy scraegle
of mustache, land upon a retreating chin
grows tult of reddish beard There is a
greasy plumpnessEabout his face and the ex-
cessive vulgarity of his pudgy hands, chunked
feet and porpoise-hke body, is not relieved by
a single feature of grace or good breeding.
This vulgar brute was once barkeeper in
New York, and he will hereafter be COM
PEELED to Join his pals, the late fraudulent
postottice contractors, or invent some monte
game for his future support.