Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-20
TIRE BAsENEss Of THADDEUs STE

] WINS.
Below is the closing paragraph Of
speech made by Th8ddeus Stevens on
the floor of the House while the Presi
dents message was under considera-
| tiOn
.4How shameful these men Of influence
aIluding 10 President johnson, Gen.
/ Grant and othersl should mislead and
miseducate the public mind. They pro-
I claim this Is the white mans Govern
meut. and the whole coil of COpperheads
re-echo hissl the same sentiments, and
upstart, Jealous Republicans join the cry.
/ l. il a wonder ignorant foreigners and
lliterate natives should learn this doc
/ triue and be led 10 odespise and mistraat the
! whole race of fellow men, Sir, this doc
/ trine of a white mans Government is as
atrocious as the Infamous sentiment that
/ damned the late Chief Justice 10 ever
[ lasting fame, and, fear, 10 everlasting
fire"
such is the language Of the malignant
and foul mOuthed old lunatic who repre-
I -ents q Pennsylvania Districtin Congress,
and is the Acknowledged leader OF the
/ Republican party in the House Of Repre-
/ sentatives against one Of the public acts
/ and memory Of one of the ablest Jurists
and most exemplary christians who ever
]
] Of the United States As its Chief Justice,
] Robert =. Taney-a gentleman who lib
] erallv shared the confidence Of President
4 Jackson and the respect Of the good and
! the great men Of his times; and who was
! beloved and honored 10y all, not more for
his legal ability and judicial accom-
pIishmcuts, thaa flr the rare and
/ exalted virtues which adorned his private
life. To what a degraded and hopeless
/ deDtb OF iHfamy must this malignant
! demon have fallen, while with one foot
/ in the grave and his maniac eyes wan
dcrjng over the besOtted radicals he con-
frols. thus 10 condemn the pure soul of
lie iamented late Chief Justice 20 the
abode OF ti5 damned. This loathsome
/ -landerer Of the dead viii sdCu g. % his
reward. Gray old sinner himself
I debauched ia body and miud-cor-
rupt in heart-reVengefui and ma-
( lici0us In every impulse, hendish
| la every purpose which hls base am
! bition has engeudarad, let him pass 10
/ the shades of that oblivion where liars,
/ aud slanderers, and fornicatOrs, and evil
/ breeders and devils incarnate most do
I cOugregate. Passing nom the present
. House Of Representatives to such a
/ sphere, although his dictatorship viii be
lost 10 him, the change may bring some
Joy % his enVenOned soul, for the Devil
would not hesitate, at FIRST sight, 10 make
the mi-cresnt "member from Pennsyl-
I Vanla' Prime Minister OF his dOmiuions /;
and Stevens, like most radical leaders,
would rather reign in hell, than serve IN
heaVen.-Ld Crosse Hls. Democrat
bI~ Mr. Black, the editor Of the I.on-
don Morning Chronicle, was a great
fayOriie with Lord Melbourne. On one
occasion the Peer said: "Afr. BLACK Won
are the only person who comes 10 see me
who fOrgets who 1 anu The editor
opened h eyes with astonishment
tfYOu forget that ] am the Prime Minis
Ter. Every body else takes especial are
10 remember it; but / wish they grould
forget il, for they only remember ii To-
al me for places and fayOrs. Now. Mr..
Black, YOU never asked me for anything.
and ] wish you would; for, seriously, i
should be most happy 10 do anything in
nv power TO serve you" 81 am truly
obliged" 4" said Air. Black, "but l don't
want anything. / am editor Of the
Morning Chronicle; like my business,
and ] live happily on my income ~
"Ihen, y said the Peer, 81 envy you and
you're the only man 1 ever did"
Rs5- A gentleman from Massachusetts,
is in Meridian, Miss, seeking location
for cotton factory somewhere in the