Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-20
THE MISSING LINK.
Darvin's Great Theory OF the Descent
Of Man Consummated in the City
of Memphis.
Scientific Reasons for Concluding that
the u Kissing Link is William
x. Moore.

The fool who knows his foolishness Is wise at
least 30 far; but q fool who thinks himself wise,
called fool inc eed-
The above is one OF the familiar sayings
of the Hindus, and it Is so applicable 10 our
Congressman, Mr.. VIM Rodomontade Moore
that it is resuscitated here. The APPEAL 1:
satisfied, the community is satisfied and Con-
gress is satisfied that Mr.. Moore does not
even know his own foolishness. His last Ell
fort, if it were needed to do so, proves con-
clusively that he ia one of that class above
mentioned who think themselves wise. Mr.
Moore is in the condition OF the man who
has reached the end of the branch he strad'
dies and is trying to balance himself on the
air.
He has again come TO the front with let
ter. As letter-writer, Mr.. Moore is nc
more of success than "a statesman and q
savior of his country. 1t ia really dlsheart'
ening for sensible man to contemplate the
selt-satisfed cheek OF our congressman.
IT Is PUZZLE
to everybody how William K. can 80 delude
himself, and the fact that he does, is another
proof of the extremity of his incapacity. The
popular dictua concerning our congressm an
is that ne is an ass. The APPEAL frankly
confesses that for some time it entertained
this opinion also; but within the last few
DAYS it has changed its opinion. Mr.. Moore
is not an ass The APPEAL mar, to whom
he was submitted as a fit m after for scientific
investigation, has spared no means TO ind
ont what he is The works of Darwin and
Huxley have been explored; theories of the
descen: of man have been carefully sitted
the lessons of geology have been conned by
rote and physiology has been sounded to Ills
depth The re suit is that the APPEAL a n
nounces with confidence the grandest dis.
covery OF the age; the consummation oil
DarWin'5 theory: in other words.
THE MISSING LINE =-------
OF course the position of the APPEAL will
be disputed by other scientific men who are
jealous of this great discovery, but the proof
Is satisfactory. A careful calculation OF
William Re- brain, made from perusal of
his public speeches" and letters shows that
in point of weight it is exactly between that
of the highest anthropoid ape and man. A
few days ago Mr.. Moore concluded that
Boston was a very ignorsn. city, and that
there was necessity for his throwing a
dynamite bomb of intellectual illumination
in it. This bomb took the shape Of a letter
10 the Boston Herald. The paper published
il and answered it. The APPEAL's scientist
examined with the spectrum fragments of
William r. when the Herald got through
with him, and many beautiful and edify ing
results were obtained, corroborative of the
theory above advanced. In the name OF
science, in vindication of Darwin and Hux-
ley, and for the glory of truth, the APPEAL
offers William r. Moore as the browning
glory of science, the missing link. The
following is the proof, in the shape of the
letter to the Boston Herald.
MOOre's Letter.
NEWCASTLE, n. H. August 6, 1862.
To the Editor of the Herald:
L recognize the marked ability which char
acterizes the conduct OF your newspaper and
the generally wholesome influence which it
exerts among wide circle of the most in
telligent readers in the Union; and this is
the reason why l beg respectfully to ask a few
plain, practical questions, which are put in
the utmost good faith in order TO take some
sort of a tangible hold upon that vaguest of
all vague subjects, "civil-service reform"
now SO prominently before the American
people. Everybody acknowledges himself to
be its advocate, but nobody seems to be able
to tell precisely what he wants. To come
right down to business, and>with sincere
purpose to get reliable information, / beg
that you will give your many readers, if
agreeable, answers, scyiatin,, to the following
queries, namely:
First--Do you believe that the government of
the United States can be run without parties7
Second-Can party successfully exist without
Third-To have an organization are not both
leaders and followers absolutely necessary?
any parity and De by
Ffth-Is 1T usual or even possible for masses of
mea to give away both their time and labor with
out the hope or pecuniary or other reward7
Sixth-If party is entitled or worthy to receive
pay for It's organ1zation or We ought
Seyenth-Isi it not usual and right. has it not al
ways been so, and will it not, until our human
nature is changed probably continue to be the
custom to put in places of official trust and power
to, the policies which the controlling power be-
lieves to be wisest?
solutely right to expect substantial material sup
port and pecuniary assistance from all adherents
from each official holding a place and drawing
support under the party comforting the office?
for any party to go before the people upon any
given issue, and after a severely successful con-
those who believed such success to be hurtful to
the general interests?
The employees in the New York postofice have in
a body declined to contribute to the Republican
ter, Mt. Pearson, being ciyii-seryice reformer."
diseourages all such contributions?
ers under any given administration ought not to
be expected TO contribute to the success of their
as the proper persons to aid in keeping it up and
how would you raise the means?
this nation would be subserved by substituting
for the Republican the Democratic party, and
be best promoted under the rule of the
party who Invented the phrase, ITO the yictors
belong the spoils?''
Now, Mr.. Editor, Ihave put these crude
and practical interrogations with the sole
and honest purpose TO get from the Herald
some definite views to guide the thousands
upon thousands all over the country who re-
ally desire "civil-service REFORM" but have
as yet seen no practical starting point from
which to cable their purposes. With the re-
spectful request that you will publish an
answer to each in it's order, am, ETC., your
obedieut servant,
WILLIAM e. MOORE, NJ. C. of Tennessee