Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-04


Gallon that the cmesfs ef tho army Of Tsnne
SEQ we're in fsver Of a military despodsm; an
Ls considered the anasion 0f tie ganssms
from Tenn;sses to thas sah hject Is entirely gT'
tuitous.
ar. Foots eadssvorsd 20 reply, when II
Eepaa called the question.
The speaker rulsd that the privilege Of ii
gentleman from Tennessee had ezpired. NJ
t'oots still sGdesVored to reply, but IS rale
! cat Of ordag
Mr.. Wilcox, Of Texas, expressed himself i
simiisE terms IS the gentleman igoul L9aiSiGza
and alluded 70 tue hIghly insg na.ivs charaete
|, OK the gentleman ffoa Tennessee ia baiEg sbl
TO extract trom thi5 docamsRs an idea E3ol
which he coald erect s proposition Esr sziliiarl
{ dssposisn
The question: being again called iast as Nj
E0o.e Nss endcavOEiEg 70 reply. il Was sns
tanned; and ths communicates WAS rsfofrsd
UsdsT motion 70 reconsider, Ar Foote sue
Gsed5d in eXplsiniug himssf. He had not tn
Temeiss. idss Of sttubutiDg to sh9se oEseara anJ
dssirs TO get aP q military dsspotism He hnes
! tksa, psrhspa, better than any other msnbeTl
or this fooF, and IoTsd, almost TsVereRcsd Ihem
bEt he also loved tie coszmon soldier, and syn
pataiEsa with bis suffsIinEa, azd vas iniaEol
OF giving them SEQ privilege Of reorganization
/ Hs knsw, and coEld sustain the asseTt1n By
I proof, that there were men hers. (Bot in this
1 AA@lA5EJJ WAA1 " ca Ect- II GlNHAlk AEilD-
/ sTat5 at.emps 30 establish z military dictator.
/ ship in The hasds Of Jefferson DsTi8. Ho stood
| opposed % military dsspotisu1, and wauid hoz e
! no Tyranny. But she1id ths tine CONS whaE a
dictatorship Wss Reeessary, Is a last resource,
/ he would have no mzn rho abuses power and
/ who laTs5 poEeT-ne mAn Of s1eh pTeiudiees.
| such narrow viswE, IS the present executive;
I kss S1hsE it did come, he should 20 and select
/ Gen. Lee, who wzs tie tue WAshinFtsuiaa
/ type Of tue present period. Mf. Foois then
/ WIiEdIsW bis meti0n.
Tbs mo5ioR made eH yssterdsy by Mr.. Lyons,
/ Of Virginia, to reconsider the YCts by which The
| bill 70 pTshbit The eircuIstiaa ef United States
pspsr curreney vas psssea, being he FIRST ouss-
/ E0a IN srdg-, Is wGs taken up.
Mr.. Lyons procsedsd 20 argue the Euoonsi-
| tutioaslty Of the proposed Law, uP9a the gen
srsi gro1ad delireated By hirn on prsTIous
day, 20 the effect thss is woald csGfiet witt the
| rights Of the States. Hs conteaded th4. Con-
| gTess had 10 esairol over any caTrsncy except
that Of the Confedsrats States. The ConssitU-
tion provided against trading with ths enemy
| by imposing the penalty OF trssBca uBon i,
! bat did not in it, definition Of the eYilee, in
Glade, or, II bis opiBioa, even contemplate, ths
| ciTculatfon, or bnying and selling Of anything
permitted By the several States respectively.
Mr.. Koasn, Of Georgia, deaied that the So
callsd greenbscEs were Currency in any Of the
| Confederate Ssstes. They were cozfra5ead
articles, aad VIC hed IS much right to consider
| them such as we had to consider a blanket er a
| niusket eOutTabsnd y bieh belonged 30 the sne-
my. Among sll the articles which we held as
nost destructive to our caEss, these QTesnba-hs
were most prominent, and for that reason lie
should oppose the reconsideration.
Mr.. Clapp, Of Mississippi, szid if the views
Of tie gentleman ftcm Virginia were 10 Do re-
g1rdod as : guide to the policy Of Congress, the
cause vas mcst deplOrehe indeed. We found.
IN these Federal greenbaeks, the power to eip
the sinews Of our strength in carrying on the
war; and yet, the gentleman would tell rs
that there was an inherent irfImisy in the OF
gAnizstion Of this Government, which called
upon as to stand with folded arms, end look On
the work of Decentralization that is going on.
around Us, without an effort to countsract it.
Hs cited lie fact thss tbs Constitution did not
mentica mail r0bbirg, as one OF the crimes
punishable By the Confederate GovsTnment, and
yet nothing was moro fsmilisr IS c crime pun
Lshs5Ie under the Constitution. Il ,gss the
same with circulating the currency Of sn enemy
to che depreciation OF our Own.
hr LyoUs briefly responded to both geutle-
sea, msistaiuin gNhis original position aaa rei.-
Grating the States rights doetrise. He found
ne PArallsl between circulating the currency sf
Of su ouemy and rebbing the mail
Ai8 AA1GAleAa LGAAAE NG4ADl1 A-1I BssB EALteG
fer the yeas and nays; sHd tho vote was fsksr
on the motion to reconsider, and it was defeat.
Cd, forty-eight voting in the negative and oaly
Ave- il tho affirmative AesgT5. COnFsW, Curry,
Hsply, Lyons and Rails.
TIE calendar was then taksa up, aRd the bill
lor tho relief ef disab,ed soldiers was resumed.
The pending question MS on the smendmont
offered by Il, Kenau, Of Gs, TO include Wild
ows and cbilirsa, szd, i beng pat TO the vote,
Il was adopted.
SSr Read, Of Kentucky, the patron Of TIC
BIZ. gsiG shat this amendment would only re-
salt. as it was doubtless intended, in the defest
81 the bill, from the fact ths. it rendered ths
text of the bill ridiculous. Il would read, "sI
oAicers, private soldiers, widows aud ,hi'dTeu
discharged from the service by EeasoA Of wounds
received or dgeases eonUsc.ed IL tbs service"
etc. fG1ess ttlering among tie lsdies in The
gallery, and shaking isagh5sr anORE the MEM
5crs Mf. Rad said hs hsd strueI ms1 IT
The lace cns Gay for saying thst members Ct
Congress we're all fools. The gentleman after-
yards csms to him and sp0IOgised. II ths
House passed such bill aE ,this- he thought ho
Hsgld lave 20 apologize to Tie gentleman. he
moved aTecons nsiderttoa Of the vote.
Ths vote being taken by yeas snd nays, the
House found Itself wi-hoas quorum, upon
gaieh is adjourned.