Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-26
Covernor MorI,s M 'Cincinnati.

RANNN0 $500
of Hancock. During a serenade in
front of the Tennessee headquarters
at the Gibson House Wednesday
night, when the street
was packed with people, and after
several distinguished Indians orators
had spoken, the crowd called for
Governor Marks. He appeared on
the balcony and made a rousing
speech. The following is a synopsis
of the solid points he made, emitting
the many humorous and happy hits
which elected the frequent applause
Of the great crowd;
"Whom the gods intend to destroy
they first make mad" Madness
reigns in the republican party and,
unless all history is a lie, it is tOtter-
ing to its fall. The defeat of its ticket
is inevitable. 1t was nominated upon
a sudden, insane impulse without
consideration, and its fatal weakness
is being rapidly developed. Born Gifts
madness, there were bitter antagonisms
in the republican party, and to allay
them, the ticket of Garfield and Ar
thur was nominated. 1t is a sad COM
mentary upon the politics of the day
that one of the leading parties of the
country, in order to harmonic its an
tagonisms, was forced to ignore good
men, and place its standard in the
hands of men, both of whom were
weighed down by a load of neral OBJ
liquity. If it had been true hat the
reproach upon their moral characters
had been inflicted by political adver-
saries in the heat Of party contest,
the action of the republican conven-
ton could be excused. but when it APP
pears that both of the candidates were
branded with guilt by the deliberate
official action Of the trusted represent
~tatives of the republican party, it
amounts to a grave insult to the peo-
pie of the union.
1t is cas- to make charges against
public men, and when they are made
in the heat of political contest the
good sense of the people will disoredit
them unless they are supported by
convincing evidence.
1t has been said that all heights
and depths are measured from the
calm level Of the sea-" and with equal
prOpriety it may be said the common
sense of the American people meas
ures the height and depth Of public
men from the calm level Of ascer-
tanned truth. In the great campaign
Of 1880 each candidate will be meas
ured from the calm level OF ascer-
tanned truth, and after his altitude
shall have been a%scertained by this
standard, if he does not tower above
the malarial regions of dishonesty, the
voice of the people will declare that
the wages of sin is death.
The democratic party of the union
~impeaches the head and foot of the
republican ticket before the Ameri-
can people for high crimes and mis-
d%emeanors, and it proposes to measure
their guilt or innocence by the stand
ard recognized by the common sense
OF the people.
A brnit went abroad that while the
American people were busted with
their honest employments certain men
whom they had placed as sentinels
to guard their common treasure, had
betrayed their trust, and conspiring
with thieves, had robbed the people
of millions of their money. An ex-
animation disclosed the fact that the
high crime had been committed.
There was a great uproar, and suspi-
cion mounting upon the bueyant at
mosphere, popular excitement, with
merciless swoop, struck some Of the
the tallest men Of the union.
Congress recognizing the foul stain
upon its honor, resolved upon an in
v~estigation. Under the laws Of the
land it constituted a court and
clothed it with power to teke evidence.
and determine as to the guilt OF limo
cence of the accused. In fine, con
gress determined, while the great
depths of public opinion were so pro-
foundly stirred by the storm of excite
ment, it would adopt the calm level of
stubborn facts as the standard of trial.
1t was known that Ames knew who
was guilty. When Paul preaching
before Felix reasoned concerning
righteousness, temperance, and the
Judgment to come, Felix trembled. I"
When congress ordered that i%nvesti-
CATION, and proposed to reason
concerning righteous and the judg-
ment to come, Garfield trembled
from the crown ofhis head to the sole
Of his feet.
A strong, upright, honest, courage
GUS, innocent mana nan fit to be
president-with a bold front and a
strong heart, would have deied the
combined world and dared it to do its
worst. Garfield suddenly remember
ed that four long years before he had
borrowed money of Ames. They were
in the same house. Stricken with i'm
b%ecility by his terror, the poor dis
tracted man knew not what to do.
He could not go to Ames and say.
Here is the money | borrowed of
you four years ago. He could not
write a letter without danger. But he
must act. He took an envelope. put
SlC0 in it, and without a word or line
TO indicate to Ames from whence the
money came, he sent the envelope and
money to Ames. The next day Gar
held screwed his courage up to the
sticking point, and ventured to Ames'
room, and asked him if he got the
money he had sent him. Ames told
him he had gotten $500. but did NOT