Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-27
THE LATEST VILLAINY.

The New York World says Of the mill
tary despotism bill, which passed th.
Senate on Sunday morning, 18th inst.
that it differs from the house bill in thes,
particulars:
% In giving the power to appoin.
military satraps to the president, instead
Of to Gen. Grant. (2) In including the
s~o-called Blaine amendment, that il, the
reconstruction committees constitu-
tiOnal amendment, as a part of the
scheme. 49, In allowing the issuance Of
a habeas corpus writ and "a in provid-
ing a machinery Of reconstruction which
will make it impossible for the southern
states to get back into the union before
the next presidential election.
And it adds:
This last consideration is the real ami
mus of all these bills. Both houses and
senate are agreed to undo all that has
been done for the last two years in the
way Of restoration, and to provide q ma
chineTy which will keep the southern
states unrepresented either in congress
or the electoral college for two years
longer. The following is the new recon-
|structiOn scheme as passed in the senate:
Section 5. That when the people of
any one Of thesaid rebel states shall have
formed a constitution and government
in conformity with the constitution Of
the United States in all respects, framed
by q convention Of delegates elected by
the male citizens of said state twenty-one
years old and upward, of whatever race,
color, or previous condition, who have
been resident ia said state for one wear
previous to the day of such election,
except such as may be DISTINGUISHED for
participation in the rebellion o. for
felony at common law and when such
constitution shall provide that the cleo
tive franchise shall be enioved
by all such persons as have the
qualifications herein stated for cleo
tors Of delegates, and when such con-
.stitution shall be ratified by 3 majority
of the persons voting on the question
ratification, who are qualified as cleo
tors for delegates, and when such cOnsti.
tuition shall have been submitted tn
congress for approval and congress shall
have approved the same, and when said
state by a vote OF its legislature, elected
under said cOps'Itution, shall have
adopted the amendment TO the eonstitu-
lion of the United States proposed by the
congress and known as arti-
lie fourteen, and when said article shall
become part OF the constitution of
he United States, said state shall be de-
dared entitled to representation in con-
,ress, and senators and representative
hall be admitted therefrom on their
the oath prescribed by law. and
hen and therefore the preceding sections
this act shall be in operation in said
tate.
There are contingencies enough in the
to keep the southern states ont of {
he union until doOmsday, which. of
curse, is what Stevens & Co. have in
lew. We presume this new device Of
be devil viii be rushed through the 7
to-day. If delayed until Wednes- I
ay, the president can kill the measure Z
far as this congress is concerned. IN g
is within the resources Of parliament .
ry stratagem, we hope the conservatives q
i the house will fight this bill of abomi- r
atoms 10 the bitter end. Let IL dIa the 7
cath.
The New York Tribune ereets the Q
of this bill by the Senate. with :
exultant cry, Gland, Hop Ave :
is " Land, no pa lee-shore. and the .
alp Of State borne swiftly toward il nv :
e irresistible currents of destiny. =
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