The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-29

talk OF the time, gathering assurance and
dirt as they rolled from tongue to tongue.
Ii may be doubted whether the atten-
ton now given them constitutes the better
part Of wisdom. In the long run, truth
can usually hold its own against falsehood,
whereas the discussion of SANDER seems
only to increase its filth and intensity its
odors. The stories told about the Presi
dent are absolutely false. They have no
basis whatever TO rest on. In closing his
detailed narrative Mr.. Dunnel says, and
says truly;
ut seems almost superhuous, after writ
ing about the subject in the way it has
been treated in this letter, to enter upon
an explicit denial OF the stories referred
TO- But no one who has any acquaintance
with the President or his wife, or the
slightest familiarity with his home life,
will hesitate for moment to denounce
ISLANDERS as utterly false. The same stories
might have been told OF Gen. Harrison
with quite as much truth and propriety.
"The President has not only not been q
man Of convival habits since he came TO
Washington, but he has been extremely
abstemious. For the purpose OF illustra'
ton, ! should M soon think OF calling
| Warner Miller drunkard as to apply the
|
! for his wife, according TO the observation
Of those who have the best opportunities
OF learning, has been all that could be de-
mandcd OF the most aiFectionate and at
tentive husband. lie is not gallant nor
| graceful nor accomplished in the ways OF
parlor butterflies. Presidents there have
been who were all these things, but they
lacked some other qualifications Of manli-
ness and courage that President Cleveland
| possesses, and will be remembered for.
iii il will add anything 10 the Joy OF
the partisans OF the opposition who have
defeated him TO know that the indecent
aud brutal ISLANDERS upon him have given
him more distress than any other attacks
10 which he has been subjected, because
they have involved the good name and
happiness OF his wife and her mother, the
partsans ought to be q shade happier, for
that is the truth"
There is not syllable Of this which is
not faithfully and accurately true, and
known to be true by everyone who has had
access TO the private circle OF the Prcsi-
dents household. A man less likely to
ill-use a woman than Mr.. Cleveland could
not be conceived nor a woman less likely
20 submit to ill-usage than the high-bred
and spirited lady who, as an honorcd and
happy wife. shares his fortunes. Tho
whole OF her life, aud the half Of his, have
been passed in relations Of domestic en-
dcarmcnt, at all times intimate and har-
monious. Nothing could be baser, rs
nothing could be more brutal and heart
lcss, than the wounds 10 which they have
been subjected; and yet We can not help
agreeing with Mr.. llalstead. who says in
Yesterdays issue OF the Cincinnati Conc
mercidi Gd;cnc:
at would have been entirely safe 10
have permitted them 30 subsdc without
serious notice. The stories were such rs
any thief and BLACKBOARD may start about
anybody-lies Of such marked meanness
that they give assurance 90 those who have
heard OF such inventions OF deyilishness
often enough 10 grasp the possibility OF the
iniamy, that they carry their relututiOn In
the fact that they have been manilestly
conirivcd TO infict the most cruel stabs,
and are arlistically prepared 10 be inloler.
ably provoking aud yet beneath notice and
beyond the scope Of sclf-Iespeciiul and de-
cont denial. II is said the President was
deeply distressed by the ISLANDERS men
toned, and that seems strange and poorly
worth while, for his wiic's innocent hap
piness was well known 10 the country"