The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-10
he ought to get into the habit Of leaving to
, CONSCIENTIOUS WORKER.

OIHcTS.
A CONSCIENTIOUS WORKER.
Here is an incident which shows the Prcsi.
dents habit Of work
one evening last winter Mr.. Cleveland sent
oryour correspondent at II o'clock to speak
about matter Of public interest The con.
ycrsatinn lasted thrce-uuarters Of an hour.
and rs thc.rpcsdcnt had had n hard and hot
day OF public receptions aud private consul.
tations, said TO him ON going away II
hope You are going 10 bed at once; you must
be very tircdr'
lie replied; ~ am tired, but shall hardly
get to bed before half.past two. | must 20
through some papers here pointing to a
large mass.
why not leave them until tomorrow
Il cannot do that. You see what il con.
Germs. \ man is to ho hanged and there is
an application for his PARDON
But what do You keep an Attomcy-Gcn.
CralfOr'' ! asked
THE Attorney General has gone over tho
case carefully replied the President.
Here is his report lie thinks the man
ought Ia hang"
Very well, hang him." | rather hastily
said, for saw In the Presidents face that he
was very weary,
"No' said Mr. Cleveland, "that will not
do. This poor man has II wilcund child who
plead To me for his life. | must look into
this matter myself ! must not take any.
body's word or judgment in matter like
this. Suppose he was hung and that here
after some neglected or overlooked or inn
properly weighed piece of evidence should
turn up 10 show that hc ought not to have
been hanged, what reproachcs would not
these poor people have right To make me-
No YOU are wrong this Is n matter must 20
Ia the bottom Of myself Il Il takes all night
That is Mr.. Clevcland'p way lie IL, they
say, often rough and percmptory Ia power,
ful politicians, but he docs not neglect the
appeals of the poor aud fricndlcss.
The President Of the United States IL the
Que citizen who Is hy his position, defense
less against secret or open calumny. lie and
his wife must bear and suffer In silence
whatever pain and persecution the yilcnt and
most groundlcss Calumuics can inNlCt. Hut
thi, is the moro reason why honorable men
aud women should resent these attacks upon
them. II ought 10 be reason why they
should be spared.
TiIE CAMPAIGN or r1tTu.
There Is another reason why Republicans
should behave dcccntly aud not indcccntly
toward Mr. aud Mrs, Cleveland II is well
known that In the heat of the Republican
Campaign ~ filth In 1854 some Democrats, ir,
ritaiCd beyond bound, hy the utrorious con.
duet Of their opponents, brought tn Mr.
Cleveland at Albany papers which they told
him could be used rs a damaging rctort upon
the Republican candidate aud hi family, and
that Mr. Cleveland refused even Ia listen Il
them, hut said "a those who brought them
n forbid you most positively from making
any such personal attacks. and warn you
that whoever does this shall ncyCrbc allowed
Ia my presence " nm elected
II h. less generally known, but equally
true, that n similar offer Of pnpcrS attack
ing thc Republican candidate Ia his famil,
relations was later made 10 Mr. Manning
who also refused even to look NJ them, bat
said a. the person who had them. I'VE ID
not want that Kind NJ material. We are mol
in that dirty business
AZ that very time. tu their lasting disgrace
the Republican managers were circulating
from their hcnduunrtors--nn 10y the thou
.uuds---thc yilc,t culumnics of Mr. Clcyo
land. n there Il any sense ~ doccnCi
among the Republican leaders or any sens
IT shame, they ought 90 condemn opcnl.
aud vigorously the shameless persecution q
| cnlumuy which the bnser, but not Away
the least influential, OF their fellows Al
| carrying on.