Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-18
Of hatred which sub-is.= between the fac
tion-. The following extract IRON leading
Republican paper speaks the general views
EXPRESSED by the Stalwaytz.

tion-. The following extract IRON leading
Republican paper speaks the general views
expressed by the Stalwart-:
In judging what James A. Garfield old while
president, we must drop tine thought that he WIS
he were alive today. There is nothing IN theiH
that shows that hc Wa endowed with purity ana
wisdom beyond tHet OF score OF MS fellow
pOuuuymeu His chief appointments were made
. On the stslWart idea tbst the men who did most
efficient service for The party should De rewarded
I Z MS was line rule. but be varied once or twice
! from il. once when he appointed Robson TO pay
a. vel a. party policy forbade it-aud once when
( lac gave stanley Matthews place on the Supreme
bench o. the United states against the protest OF
! MS party. lie commenced his administration
when hi~ party was thoroughly united ana
/ shor. month. without cause. he had
, aiienated the strongest and truest men o.
the party from Maine 20 california. 81
i.e men whom he called 10 his support the ablest
sad t,Uesl ana most 10 be trusted were .talwaTts.
since his death such man a. Hoar and such
. iOllIn as the Chicago Tribune can gle with
. culOgie- upon him, sueering words for those who
succeed but there Is no occasion for t., neither
can back the sueers with facts 10 make iusthca-
lion which will be accepted by the American PEG
PIE In four months President Garfield without
cause autagonized from him the strongest pillars
o tine Republican party; in less than four months,
commencing under ne most trying circumstances,
President Arthur haas well-nigh h8rmOnized the
discoTdant elements.
This Is a severe criticism on the man who
was recently canonized as martyred saint;
but it is no worse than the assaults of Gar
fields friends on the Stalwarts. Mr.. Thomas
NJ NichoI, ga gentleman Of excellent char
acter, experience and ability" who has been
selected to collect funds for the Garfield
monument, in letter to the New York Iii6-
lne, indicating himself from the abuse OF
the Stalwarts, says:
Ihave tried TO be careful since Garfelds death
TO give no cause OF ofense, and have both advised
and practiced such a course OF conduct as be
lieved would conduce to political peace. But
such course does not seem TO be appreciated by
the Stalwart editors, give them due notice now
that their assaults will not hereafter be allowed
to pass without some effort at retaliation, and 1
will furnish them now better excuse for all their
future assaults on me than ever they have had in
the past. All who glory III the name of stalwart,
President Garfield last summer, who sought
to control his Official action or degrade
ton, Won are responsible for his murder.
His blood is on the garments OF the whole gang
been dealt With very tendeTIy touching your
grave responsibility for this crime, but every body
in your innermost souls. It was your abuse and
denunciatiOn that inspired Guiteau to re
and you will not be permitted much longer to
hide the stains upon your hands, or distract at
heels of Blaine; by throwing mud at sherman or
heapng ridicule on me. Your crime was not
OF the government by murder to the hands of a
faction of the party which, If the question could
was done. would not have received one vote in a
thousand. One would think that with such
light of public knowledge, you would have sense
enough, though destitute OF all decency, to
y yog while the law allows, without per-
sistently yilifying the chosen friends and
choice. Why, you are the most stupid fools in
the world 10 keep on provoking discussion for
criminals morally responsible for and guilty of
Garfields murder, but against you, on account of
d. aud ann fhn
munity, the prosecuting witnesses are loath TO |
proceed. But when you treat mercy as cowardice |
no foAgeF sntied n a fn dis6hs9Sn Of tbe
whole subject proceed with your abuse. If you |
want the whole tune played over again, witt occa
sonal variations In pertinent and truthful con
ing for it, and il shall not be my fault if you are
not gTatihed with response. And now, gentle |
men, if you must abuse me, abuse me for this and |
not on account Of my friendship Tor Garfield or his
iOr me.
The chasm which divides the warning fac |
ions is so deep and wide that it is impossible |
or them to ever shake hands over it; in
fact it viii so widen and deepen that it will
.ngulf the Republican party in the next
presidential election. Both factions have |
burnt the bridges behind them and retire at is
impossible. ANY concession of the Stalwarts
would be a confession Of their responsibility |
or the assassination OF Garfield. Ii the |
should yield, they would dis |
grace themselves, insult the memory of the |
lead president, and show a craven cowardice
which would oyerwhelm them with the
corn and contempt OF the American people.
t is plain to be seen that the Republican
,arty will enter the next contest for the pres
dency divided into two separate, distinct
md irreconcilable factions, and deprived OF
he sectional issue which has heretofore been
ts breath OF lie. 1t is doomed to certain
nd inevitable defeat. The hand
writing is upon the wall. The
Mission OF this party is ended; its work is
one-its work was finished when the war
nded, it should have wrapped itself in its
finding sheet and laid itself down to pleas
Mt dreams when Lincoln died. From that
ay its existence has been curse. Its re-
policy was the beginning of the
ra of long years of infamous corruption
nd political degradation. The party did
leet want in the beginning of its existence.
was popular, honest and progressive. But
rat want met, it should have died the death
the righteous and been taken out of this
orld to political heaven; but instead of
zen manly and dignifed course, it has
we'd to fill the land with system of politi-
Il jobbery, dishonesty and corruption,
hose equal cannot be- found in any
overnment on earth. 1t is dead; it I
IN put forth nothing new; it
a mere Renaissance; it is recollection; :
looks backward; it glories in the past; it :
as turned to a pillar of salt. Start any |
lestion in any OF its political gatherings, its
aders have no word but of what has been.
hopes and glory are in the old battle 5
Id; it has no hope or prophecy for the b
ture. 1t leads no more except backward. l
live and progressive people may as well
ok to the dead for leader as to those who l
and in the front OF this old and dead | Ii
irty. It is for this reason the people,
rake and growing, have no confidence in it. o
ley despise it. Its extravaganza, profit a
cy, robbery and corruption since the war
We alienated them and turned them away u
helm in another direction