The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

with battering rams breaking in the door
OF the United States Bank
On the day on which Thomgs jefferson
was inaugurated President of the United
States March t. 1901, the follow ng appearC d
in The SeHm'i, OF Boston, Monumental in
scription. Yesterday expired, deeply re-
gretted by millions Of grateful Americans,
and by all good men, the Federal Admin
istration OF the Government OF the United
States animated by Washington, Adams,
Hamilton, Knox, Pickering, Mcllenry,
Marshall and Stoddard, aged twelve years
It's death was occasoned by the secret
arts and open violence OF foreign aud do
mestic demagogues. As one tribute of
gratitude in these times this monument to
the talents and services OF the deceased is
raised by TIE Sentinel" Under such deia-
nation as that Thomas Jefferson went into
Office.
My father told me that when Andrew
Jackson was running for President OF the
United States the whole land was flooded
with coffin and.bills-pictures Of six dead
men, in allusion to the six desertcrs whom
Andrew jackson had shot and all the pic
torials OF those times represented jackson
as taking his office from the hand Of the
devil.
saw at Put-in-Bay, o., in museum, n
prominent paper OF 1874, which spoke OF
Henry Clay rs gambler, libertine and Il
murderer, and the manner in which he
was detained and the outrages which were
heaped upon him may be well guessed
from Mr.. Clay's eulogy of his native State,
Kentucky. lie said: "When | seemed
TO be assliled by all the rest OF the world,
she interposed her broad and impenetrable
shield, repelled the poisoned shafts that
were aimed for my destruction, and vindi-
Gated my good name from every malignant
and uniounded aspersion."
Deiamationl Ii is the curse OF the Amer
lean ballot-box. Just Us soon rs in the
great cities man Is put up for office he is
made the target. The fact that he is up
is prima iacie evidence that he mu st
be brought down. His public life
and his private life are scrutinized, and all
the electric lights are turned on. How Of
ten II is that men have gone down under
such things. In every autumnal election
the air is filled with carrion crows sconting
carcasses. Cawl Cawl Cawl There are
newspapers in the United States that, in
the great autumnal elections, take wild
license for liberty. They are filled with
calumny. The editorial columns OF such
papers reck with il. Their columns are
stuffed with 1t. There are newspapers in
the United States which, in the great pop
ular elections, breakfast and dine and sup
on indecency. They wallow in il. Swine
like the mire. They give more for one
quill full OF IL than for whole hogshead
OF decent product. There are in these
great autumnal elections, men sitting In
| editorial chairs who write with a quill not
pluCked from the stupid goose or the su-
blime eagle, but from n turkey buzzard.
Ghoulsl Ghousl They tip the city
sewer into their editorial inks,ands. De-
famation Of character is one Of the curses
OF the American ballot-box today. In
your great Presidential elections who can
tell from what he reads who is the man hc
ought to vote for? Bad men sometimes
applaudcd-good men denounced.
Another powerful foe Of the sacred
chest, the ark Of the American covenant.
the ballot.box. is the rowdy and drunken
caucus.
The ballot-box does not give any choice
10 a man when the nominations are made
in the back part Of u groggery. When
the elector comes up he has to choose be-
tween two evils. la some OF the cities
men have come 20 the ballOt-bON 10 vote,
and have found both names such scaly,
greasy, and slcnchiul crew they had no
choice. You say vote for somebody out
side. Then they throw away their vote.
Christian mon oi New York aud Brooklyn,
honorable men, patriotic men, 90 aud take
possession OF the caucuscs. First having
saturated your pocket handkerchief with
cologne or some other disinicctant. go
down TO the caucus and take possession Of
Il in the name oi the Lord God Almighty
and the American people, though after
YOU come back you should have 10 hang
your hat and coat on a line in the back
yard for ventilation.
In some OF the States politics have got 80
low that the nominees no more need good
morals than they do n bath-tub. Snatch
the ballot-boX from such men. Where Is
the David who will go forth and bring the
ark Of the convenant back from ki1ath.
jcarim7 DO you not think politics have
got TO pretty low ebb In our day when q
Tweed could be sent 30 the Legislature Of
New York, and a John Morrisscy, the
prince oi gamblers, could bo sent 10 the
American Congressl
Now, how are these things to DO rene.
dicd2 Some say by property qualihca-
UWUs lliN MY AllNN NllfT n NlNlAu WfNN n
certain amount Of property certain
amount Of f'nl csinto-he Is financially In
tcres,cd In good government, and he be-.
comes cautious aud conservative. ] reply,
/ n property qualification would shut of
/ from the ballot box a great many Of the
best men In tins land. Literary men are
almost always poor. A pen IL good im.
/ plcmont 10 make the world better, but u
Is very poor implement 10 get a liyoli-
hood, ordinarily. have known Of scores
| Of literary men Who never owned foot OF
ground, and never will own loot Of
ground until they got under H. Prolcs-
| sors Of colleges, teachers Of schools, editions
/ Of newspapers, ministers ol religion, quail.
/ fled In every possible way 10 vote, yet no
/ worldly success. There has been many a
man who has not had house on earth
who will have a mansion IN heaven.
There are many who, through acci-
dents oi fortune, have come 30 great sue
cess while they arc profound in their stu.
pidiiy-as profound ia their stupidity as a
man Of large fortune With whom
IL was crossing the ocean, who
told me he was going 20 see The
dykes Of Scotland When a member oi
my family asked a lady on her return
from Europe II she had seen Mont Blanc,
she replied "Well, really, ! don't know,
Is that In Euwpc2' Ignorance by the
square foot. Property qualifications will
not 10. The only way these evils will be
cpdicaled will be by more thorough legal
defense Of the ballO'-box and a more
thorough m1mlizatIon aud Chrisiianla.
tion Of the people. That ark OF the coycn.
ant was carried into captivity 10 kiBalh.
icafm, but one day the people hooked
oven 10 a cart. and they put lljs ark on lhs
cart. and tle cart vas taken % Jerusalem
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