Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-25


necessary TO the binding authority OF the
act of Congress making the currency Of
the United States a legal tender, it re-
quires all public officers TO receive it in
payment Of "aIl debts, dues and de-
mands," and requires all who do not so
receive it to be reported to H Headquarters.
Unfortunately, there is no currency de
clared by the Congress Of the United
States to be a legal tender in the pay
ment Of all debts, dues and demands.p
There is one which Congress has de-
elared " q legal tender in payment of all
debts, public and private, ereept duties
on imports and interest on the pueblo
debt." Nevertheless, as the Reseripts
Of Autoeratic Major Generals are not to
be held to such accuracy as the acts of
the omnipotent English Parliament, the
" currency" required by General Or
ders Nc. I0D to be received by al public
officers, viii be construed to mean United
States Treasury notes or greenbaeks and
SIcKLEsIh has precisely the samepower
to annihilate herightof the United States
to collect their debts, dues and de-
mands as he has TO annul or suspend
those Of individuals, the Collectors at
Charleston, Newbern and Wilmington
will no doubt feel bound Co obey the
Falcidian rescript, and re@iVe currency
in payment of all impof duties, to the
great contentment Of Importers. Ali
the previous provisions of the rescript
apply as fully to claims and judgments
and DEGREES in favour Of the United
States, and to all process in the United
States Courts, as to other claims, judg-
me~decrees and cases and why not
the mandate to all public officers to re-
eeive currency in payment of all dues
and demands? What "public officer
of customs, at any port of the Second
Military District, will dare refuse the cur
rency, dollar for dollar, ~"tendered
by the suddenly and continually
multiplying consignees of all man
ner of imports? How quickly these
shreWd importers would tell on the col
~Iector! The officer commanding at
the nearest post would make short
work Of this public officer and his
trifing port establishment, stand him
on a pork barrel, with a billet of wood
on his shoulder; or, if he excused him.
self by orders from the Secretary Of
the Treasury, or otherwise manifested
insubordination to the corporal in
charge, would possibly be provoked into
sending him TO these headquarters to
face the awful c0uutenauce Of the Gen
eral Commanding with consequences
not to be impertinently anticipated"
These are the pertinent suggestions Of
the ~irreverent M~teHigeaccr.
other Proyisiaus follow in regard to
the process Of foreign attachment and
bail in civil cases, and recognizaRees and
warrants in criminal cases.
All persons are prohibited from carry
ing weapons, concealed or otherwise,
(the concaalment being only an aggrs-
walton Of the erime), to defend them
selves against violence anl'oEtrage, *
ceet officers and white and negro soldiers
in the military service of the United
States. These may carry and conceal as
many as they please. Ranem ct Green
s&and denial Of the right to keep and
bear arms for their own defence!
SIcKLEs amends the Criminal Code,
also. His genius is not to be eabined,
cribbed and confined within the narrow
limits Of the civil law. IF any white
South OF North Carolinian dsres to wear
a sword or openly carry any other
weapon, and is compelled to use it against
one of SICKLEs' janissaries, white or
Ethiopian, in self-defence, the fact that
he carried the weapon is to be deemed
evidence OF : f~eioniot.s qtseBfPg to take
the life OF the injured person mot Of an
intention, but Of an actual attempt!
The punishment of death in certain
caees is abolished ard certain offences
are to be deemed f~elonies, and punished
by Imprisonment at hard labor, for not
more than ten or less Than two years
and the power of pardoning and Of re-
hitting fines and penalties is graciously
conferred on the Governors Of the two
e-t.ngUi-hei &tate5.
Proceedings in bankruptcy are allowed
to proceed, and taxes to be collected but
no imprisonment for overdue taxes is
permitted to be inflicted by the United
States Oh by the State.
The hqt5UsgeBcer says!
"a sesquipedaliap tremendOusness of
PRONUNCIATION only comports with the
notion a man gets Of his orders when
LEY supplant constitutions and courts,
silence advice, encourage meauness, and
surround him with an iupalpable but
intoxicating OdOr Of natteTy."
Aud in conclusion it asks these ques-
tions
EBut, seriously, does Gen. Siekles
know under what statute he holds his
power? What, if he is in his seAses,
does he mean by commanding for how
lOnV q man shall be imprisoned, etc,
without seeming 90 Suspect the POSSIBLE
ity Of an end TO his personal reign
orders certain proceedings to be sus-
pended for M year. Where has con-
gress authorized him to presume that he
is to sit there indefinitely? What pub
lie declaration has been made, even in a
speech, to the effect that those fallen
states are to lie PROSTATE for a year ?
Does he seek directly to discourage all
motive they could have for cooperating
with the scheme of constitution? Has
hm fnWor,HHan sha Varrr "a ma ~ hanrEn Mo
have spoken of his oae-year terms. But
he deliberately declares that ~felOnies
shall be punished for a period not ex-
ceediDg ten years. etc. What does he
suppose will have become of him and
his brief authority in ten years
hence ~
Probably SlCKLEs, who is q man of
some reading, has seen it stated that
Cesar was Intoxicated with so Excess
sive q vanity that he dared to boast, in
the presence of his fellow-citizens, That
he had made the great Commonwealth
of Rome a name without form, and
without body and to say, that his
answers for the future should stand for
He apes CESAR.
LATEST FKOa WAsHINGr0E.
Special Dispatch 10 the 81. Louis Republican, |
WASHINGTON, April p. y Secretary
Seward left tonight for Auburn, n. Y,
with him his shorthand writer. |
Not a few think the pilgrimage one for
speech-making according to his previous
The construction of the civil
tenure act, in so far rs it applies TO va
cant Offices, has been under e0nsidera-
ton to-day by the law officers Of the
various departments. Considerable va
Of opinion exists, but the legal
views OF the attorney general will only
be regarded by the president. The state