The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-25

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broken up, and that the thieves must
be driven out Of the public service"
THE KUKIUX KHAN.
The story Of the kuklux raids and
neceesary Legislation to repress them;
the San Domingo episode, and the
main incidents in GIANTS first admin
tration are duly dealt with. OF re-
construction, Mr.. Blaine rays: TT
was not unnatural hat the unwise ac-
ton OF the South should lead to IN
wise actio ! on the pant Of the North;
but it must be remembered that if
mistakes were made in the system Of
reconstruction, they we're for a day
only, while the objects sought were
for all time" An important chapter
treats OF the negotiations with Eng.
land about the Alabama claims. Tory
hostility to the United States, and the
sympathy with the South during the
civil war are emphasized. When Mr..
Summers deposition from his Senate
chairmsnship is described, Mr. Blaine
says: "Mr. Edmnbds, who was one OF
the active promoters OF Mr.. Summers
deposition, declared that the question
was whether the Senste OF the United
States and the Republican party are
quite ready to sacrifice their sense OF
duty to the whims Of one single man,
whether be comes from New England,
or from Missouri, or from Illinois, or
from anywhere else.' He described
the transaction as q business affair Of
changing a member from ms COM
mittee to another for the convenience
OF the Senate"
GREELEY AND SUMNER.
The canvass of 1872 affords an op.
portunity to say Of Horace Greeley:
"Mr. Greeley hdl, moreover, weak
ened himself by showing a singular
thirst for public Office. 1t is strange
that n who held a commanding sta
ton, and who welded an iunequa!ed
influence, should have been ambitious
for the smaller honors Of public life.
But Mr.. Greeley had cTaved even
minor office, from which he could
have derived 10 distinction, and, in
his own phrase, bad dissolved the
firm Of Seward, Weed & Greeley, be-
cause, as he conceived, his claims to
official promotion were Lot fairly rec
ognizsd. This known aspiration added
to the reasons which disc,edited his
unnatural alliance with the DemoCra-
cy." In referring to Mr.. Summers
death in 1874, Mr.. Blaine remarRs:
whoever was first in other fields Of
statesmanship, the prominence CT
Mr.. Sumner on the slavery question
must always be conceded. Profound
ly convenaut with all subjects CT leg
islatioD, he yet devoted himself alb.
sorbiDgly TO the one issue which APP
pealed to bis judgment and his con-
science. lie held the Republican party
to a high staudard-a standard which,
but for his courage and determine
ton, might have been lowered at sev-
eral crises in the history Of the struggle
for liberty. A singular interest was
added 10 the formal eulogies Of Mr..
Sumner by the speech Of Mr.. Lamar
Of Mississippi, who had just returned
to the House of Representatives which
he left thirteen years before to join his
State in secession. II was a mark OF
positive genius in a Southern Repre-
sentative to pronounce a fervid and
discriminating eulogy upon Mr. Sum-
ner, and skilltully to interweave with
it a defense OF that which Mr.. Sumner,
like John Wesley, believed to be the
sum of all villianies. Only a man oi
Mr.. Lamar's peculiar mental type
could have accomplished the task. He
pleased the radical anti. slavery senti-
ment Of New England; he did not dis
please the radical pro-slavery senti.
ment CT the South. There is a type Of
mind in the East that delights in re-
fined ~fallaciea, in the reconcilipg oil
apparent contradictions, in the tracing
Of distinctions and resemblance
where less subtle iutellects fail to per.
ceive their possibility"
HAYES AND TILDEN.
The history now comes to dates so
near that ~recollections reinforce the
history. Especially are the several
steps in the settlement OF the national
finances easily recalled, and the crown
ing act OF the resumption Of specie
payments. The narrator tells the story
Of the Republican National Conven'
ton of 1875 wildly. OF the result Mr.
Blaine Gays: GThe ticket thus present
ed was a surprise to the country. The
candidates, like all who are nominated
against public expectation, failed to
excite enthusiasm in the earlier part o.
the canvass. But both were regarded
as able, j~udiGous and prudent men.
and they steadily grew in public favor
rs the contest waxed warm. Gen
Hayes had not been prominent during
his brief service in Congress; but his
repeated eledion over the strongest
Democrats oil Ohio, and his three
terms as Governor, had made an ex'
cellent impression on the country,
He was especially respected FOL
the firmness and fidelity with
which he wRged battle for honest
money against the financial heresieE
which had At that time taken deer
root in his Stite." Here is the picture
OF Tilden, the opposing candidate
"Mr. Tilden has been the subject o.
vehement and contradictory judg'
ments. His friends have vel
nigh canonised him as represent
ing the highest type OF public
virtue; his foes have painted him az
an adept in craft and intrigue. HiE
partisans have held him up as the
evangel OF a new and purer dispense
ton; his opponents declare that his
ability is marred by selfishness and
characterized by cunning. His follow
ers have exalted him as the ablest and
most high-minded statesman OF the
times; his critics have described him
as q most srltul, astute and unscru.
pulous politician. The truth doubt
less lies between the two extremes
Adroit, ingenious and wary, skillful tc
plan and strong to execute, cautious
in judgment and vigorous in action.
taciturn and mysterious as a rule anC
yet s;pgularly open and frank on occa
sions, resting on the old traditions vel
leading in new pathways, surprising
in the force Of his blows and yet leav'
ing a sense Of reserved power, Mr.
Tilden unquestionably ranks among
the greatest masters OF political man
agement that our day las SEEM"
H SILVER QUESTION IN THE FORTY
FIFTH CONGRESS.
Possibly tina full account OF the