The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-05-26
An IrrepreSslble Nuisance.
Memphis Appeal

IMemphis Appeal
Gen. James r. Chalmers is still
praneing around diffusing himself
with great recklessness. Next to
the spectacle of a good man strug-
Cling with adversely, there is no
spectacle more touching than that
of a small demagogue like Chalm-
ers continually whining for Office,
setting up at night with his griev.
ances, begging sympathy by un-
wrapping his sores, and poulticing
them with Habbelfs corruption
fund. When Chalmers proved him.
self a political migrate and traitor
and became the hired prosecutor
of old friends, he eould not add to
his degradation by becoming a
common slanderer, and we arc not
therefore surprised at the false.
hood he has recently uttered. In
his last card, dated Sardis, May
18th, he says:
When | became an Independ-
ent candidate for Congress the
senior editor of the Appeal remind.
ed me of his obligations to Gen.
Hindman and myself, who he said
he had for thirty years been in the
habit Of calling OH for editorials
when he needed them, and he vol.
unteered the assurance to me that
| would never see in the editorial
columns of his paper anything per.
sonally offensive to me. The read.
er Of the Appeal knows whether
he has been true to this voluntary
promise or not"
This asgertion is an arrant false
hood. Tho conversation to which
Gen. Chalmers refers was of his
own seeking. 1t occurred in the
private room of the senior editor
of the Appeal at the Peabody Ho-
tel. 1t was friendly and cordial,
aud regarding ii as confidential we
have never alluded to the fact that
Chalmers occupied most of the
conversation in excusing his trca.
cherry upon the pitiful and con-
temptible plea of poverty, or to
the further fact that he asserted he
would not be q candidate unless
the Republicans made him their
candidate. In closing the inter
view, which was pleasant and
agreeable, the mutual hope and de-
sire was expressed that our first
disagreement would not interfere
with an unbroken friendship of
nearly thirty years. 1t was then
we recurred to the scenes prior to
the war and remarked that wc
could never forget how promptly
"you and Hindman came to the
relief of Memphis Democrats when
We wanted speakers to combat
Foote and other Douglas Demo
Gratis or speakers on any great oe.
casion.r The files of the Memphis
papers, and the eulogies upon the
speeches of these two ready cham
pions of "a, % and 20 years ago
will show to what we referred. Ii
would have been lie to assert
that we had called on either of
these gentlemen for editorials, for
If Hindman were living he would
testify that he had never written a
line for us, and if Gen. Chalmers
ever furnished an editorial 1t was
a voluntary contribution in praise
of himself and his spec hes or in
advocacy of his political aspira-
tions. Our files are at his dispo-
sal, and let him point ont his edi-
torials. The newspapers for which
he would have the public believe
he has written are still in exist.
ence, which is convincing evidence
that they were never burdened
with the killing cogitations of the
editor who made the Vicksburg
Commercial a failure because 1t
was the contemplate organ oi
himself. On account of the pow
erty which made Gen. Chalmers q
beggar at the feet of Huboell, we
were disposed to treat his treach'
cry with leniency, defended him
from SANDER about the Fort Pillow
massacre. urged that he be given
his seat in Congress and even
opened our columns to his TRADES
abusing the Appeal. But when he
showed himself the most shame
less demagogue who ever betrayed
a confding people, by becoming
the hired tool to persecute the
best men of Mississippi, he for
feited the respect and charity OF
every honest man. Neither ro'
monce nor history furnishes any