Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-26
The Presens Abolition Cengress-Ets mad
mess ma HOilE.


The n W York Herald thinks that the present AboI-
ton Congress is gong 70 pcrIou In viewing its
ton sine its meeting The HeralG says;
Since the present Congress assembled, which is now
month It's tine has been occupied in fruitless an
frivolous discussions. We have Congress in this eoun-
try which wers its existence not e short by the Inits
Ons Of law the fourth Of March next. would rsal
in folly, anaeism and dsspOtc oppression its prOtO-
types in Eng and aud France. There il thing IN
and the F0neh Cow -ntion These bodies were vigor-
Ous-the majority in Congress is utte-ly imbecie The
radicals exhibit the disposition to psrpstrae all the
crimes and fol les of their predecessors in other
tres but they have neither the intellect the genius
the eOurag to mske them formidable after all.
All the rascaity the peculaon the fraud and fanati
cisn which have ever characterised former bodies o.
falsely casd representative men, cumulaej piled
up and aggravated in the ent AboitioR Congress
Ta exh bed in the devotion Of the radicals 70 the
Niger and their deernin ,on to sacrifice the country
and ali its interests the odorifarous w0Olly head In
polite i aud hrancal frenzy they emulate the Jacobin
Convention, aud see IKE IT, bent upon the ruin Of the
country By creating qua system of assignsts and by
every other species of wild extravaganza and violent
aspersiOns Of better men. They may be most apprO-
tenee is defined their acts repudated by ths
try and better set Of men have already been elected
in their stead dy take their place It ind ed
high time that this Abolition COngsss eonp07ed If men
many Of whom are fit only fer Che luna ic asylum,
should be dethroued from their false position and that
their crimes and madness should be finally rebuked.
Now that they hsvs but a brief space in which to
flourish and to coutsUe to play their fantastic tricks be-
tore nigh heaven, there Is nothing too mad too roosn,
too destructive criminal and ruinOus to the country
which they not likely attemFf fore taste of
their IN purposes has already given to the
country ia the bill to destroy what remains Of the vital
y Of the curreuey by downing meath the Overwhem
ing deluge Of uaiUted issue of irredeemabe paper
This is out Jaeobing the wilde Jacobus Of the Robes
pierre epoch. What eise may be expected Of this Cox
gress may be gurm sed from this inist0ry step Their
ponsbiy is fearful Indirectly II Hot directly,
the protective power provided by the Constitution to
aid the Executive by their wisdom and control its Cab
int by their prudence they may be held responsible for
the crime, msnauagem- -ns and long delays Of this
fratricidal war. They have turned emstRe which
might have been put down in few weeks into long
protracted Of years. which there us no end
They have destroyed at least deprecated and nearly
ruined the currency Of the peopiehe wages Of the in
dustrious and lsb0rous population. Defeah Disgrace
aud ruin have followed in their footsteps Millions Of
money have been away to the do expended idly,
uselessly and to purpose. Above a hundred tbou-
sand precious lives have been cut OF and lost through
sheir mad OF ion and miserable legislation As
many thousands of brave men-the bone and sinew Of
the eounry-hsve been saerif ed mutilated and Grip
pied for e Such is their record such is the horrible
result Of their incompetency Of their imbeciity Of
their madness aud fsRaticism They viii quit their
abused followed by the grOans Of widowed fam
les the tears Of helpless orphans, leaving behind Them
the record OF gold ct hfrythree per cent premf pa
per deprecated TO the same extent, exchange at
hundred aud fifty, food Of irredeemable issues, enor
prices CT the neeessarieS OF life, and enormous
weight Of taxation, heeatobs of murdered men, thou
sands upon thousands of the pensioners expenditure
without bounds thrown away ana swiudled away with
armies and contractors yet unpaid amid all this wild
extravaganee. Such collection Of imbeee, Rliserabla
lunatics fanatics aud msdmen sf5rds the practical
spect &C Of Millions imaginary paadenon urn-