Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-16


"A correspondent Of the London Stand
ard says it h congress, not The president,
that ought to be impeached. Here are
his specifications
81 Congress, after proneuneing seees-
sion impossible, and the advocacy Of
disunion the blacklist treason, deliber-
ateiy afirms that ten states have been
Withdrawn from the union and de-
stroyed, and brands all who r~eiterate its
old dietum as 'Febels' and 'tFait0rs}
- Congress, having committed the
country to war, announced to the people
b a the conflict should be conducted for
the single object Of the restoration Of the
authority of the federal government,
and that, this being accomplished, the
original status would be resumed. Act
ing upon this principle for four years, il
withdrew from OuF population, by incl
tation and conacriptiOn, nearly 1900, 600
OF men, and it absorbed from the purses
Of the people material wealth TO the
value Of $4,000, 600, 600. One-fourth part
Of the vast army being destroyed, and
the Immense pecuniary contribution
expended, congress now declares that the
terrible sacrifice Of life and treasure has
been in vain, that the rebellion still
exists and that the war must be
fought over again.
90. A congress specially elected by the
people to confirm the restoration Of the
union, passed its entire first session Of
eight months in devising a trick to de-
eeive It's own constituencies, permitting
the constitutional amendment to 20
TO the country as the simple condition Of
restoration the issue having been ae-
cepted, and the amendment sustained by
the northern people, the first act Of con-
| Eragg in Fa8aaEpahlfnr Tor fha aa1.nA ca
sion is 10 declare that the adoption OF
that amendment will not be accepted a.
a condition Of restoration.
"a. Congress has debased the currency
Of the country, mortgaged every acre Of
land, enormously increased prices, and
produced misery and distress in every
poor mans and wOrkingman's family.
%. Congress, by its suicidal policy, has
excited q feeling Of apprehension and
distrust ia both sections Of the country,
paralyZed industry in the states of the
~COnfederscy, retarded the development
Of our resources everywhere, and brought
starvation upon One-fourth part Of the
southern people.
"6. Congress has, by its i~ntermeddling
legislation, created financial disorders
and grave commercial distress in every
northern city.
! N0LhNlEr aa8 EAEon away hun
dreds of thousands Of acres Of the public
domain-the recipients being mining and
railway corporatiOns-in violation Of law.
as. Congress has admitted into he
union as states territories having less
than the population required by law as
being necessary to statehood.
"9. Congress is ~endeavOring to reduce
sovereign states to territories.
go. Congress has violated the eonsti-
tuition by refusing to admit senators and
representatives from sovereign states
the fundamental law declaring positively
that the right of each state to represen-
tatiOn by two senators shall be inaliena-
Bile. and practically affirming that the
right to representation in the popular
house shall be equally sacred.
All. Congress is endeavOriug to sub
vert the government by destroying the
supreme court, a branch Of government
coordinate with congress, instituted TO
expound the constitution, and placed by
the constitution beyond the reach Of
congress.
"I2. Congress has violated the eonsti,
tuition by passing laws intended to take
from the president powers vested in him
by the constitution.
1913. The p~r6eeedings Of congress have
been characterized by the vilest indie
cencies members have banded obscene
jests amid general approval members
have converted the chambers of con-
gress into restaurants, gin shops, smok-
ing rooms and places Of resort for clowns
and butfOons.
GA. Congress has disgraeed the whole
country, and Inundated our people in
the eyes of the world, by atr0ciOus
abuse of the lawfully elected and ap-
pointed servants of the government.
"l5. Congress has permitted the presi-
dent of the United States to be de
nouueed as an assassin, the murderer of
a preceding president.
"16. Congress has permitted a secret
caucus of its members to Iegislate for
the whole country.
AZ. Congress has consented to the
most important measures, without per-
hitting debate thereupon it has, in
order to further the revolutionary de-
signs O eertain men, adopted a pernici0us
scheme known as the operation of 8 mo-
ton for the previous question, by which
a vote may be made compulsory at any
time.
"The list might be with Justice almost
indefinitely extended, but the above are
some of the more important counts in
the indictment that the friends of con
stitutiOnal liberty everywhere will bring
against the American congress. That
body has ~endeavOred to usurp all the
functions Of government, and TO divest
the president and the supreme court of
their lawful authority and the reckless
majority now propose to crowd the
bench of the supreme court and fill the
executive offices with creatures of their
own. Ill does it beseem our radical leg
islatOrs to pirate about the revolutionary
acts of President Johnson"