Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-16
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conquered by force aud numbers, TO ana
the victors incapable Of generosity, and
of what JERK1Y TAYLOR terms ga cal
tiff cursed spirikv 1.-THE execution after
.victories,n MoNTATGNE says, is com
moaly performed by the rascslity and
hangers-on Of an army The she
harpies that strip the dead and stab uhe
wounded, prowl over the field after the
sction is over and when the contro-
versy Of arms is closed, the true soldier
leaves the sordedness Of revenge aud the
meanness Of spite to those who carefully
Kept outofreach of DANCE the heroes oil
the tongue and pen.
The temper manifested by the Radi-
/ Gals in all their legislation concerning
/ the ~subiugsted States is malignant and
revengeful. The Louisville Courier well
says that they have not the manliness 10
try, convict and punish those whom they
revile as traitors, while they adopt a
system Of persecution hat is both grand
and petty, for it displays a bitter hatred
towards States, and revels in the pitiful
business OF harrassiBg and wrOnging
individuals. at leaves school lands
in rebel States to waste,
lest children should be educated.
lit denies agricultural scrip to
rebel States, lest agriculture should
be benefited. It refuses to aid the
/ commerce and resources Of the nation by
rebuilding the Ievees OF the Mississippi,
lest rebels should share in the bene-
fits. 1t violates a contract Of Congress
10 nav owners Of slaves for their property
illegally taken, lest by accident some
rebel should be paid. 1t forbids a
Door wrecked and ruined rebel who
! has not q dollar to bis name or credit IN
the world, to enter for his homestead an
acre of the unoccspied domain Of the
| Government. It would starve rebel
LAWYERS and their families, by ~forbidding
them to pursue their profession in the
! courts ~ and csATHANIEL PETTIFoGGER
| RANKS gets admitted 10 the bar OF Lou
isisRa, for the sole purpose Of arguing
in favor of the validity of the test
oath and securing to "loyal" lawyers
a monopoly OF the profitable business
growing out Of the war. at refuses TO
pay Government debts to creditors, IN
less they take theoath,' thusuniting
in itself petty viHdietiyeness and IN
/ blushing rasoality. And now comes a
fresh instance Of this mslevOlence and
spirit ofpe~rsecutiOn, exhibited by SUM
NER, of Massachusetts,. In the debate
on the Bankrupt bill in the Senate last
week. he moved an amendment, that no
Judge shall consider a petition in bank
ruptcy until tAe petitioner shall have
taken the test-Oath Of Congress OF July
1862. He explained, as his reason for
the amendmsnG thai many persons en-
tered the rebellion TO ~repudiate their
debts, and he wished to prevent their re-
alizing any such benefit OF that rebellion
under the bill.
"The bankrupt bill is a measure Of
public policy which the country has
implored Congress TO pass for two years
past, for the benefit Of trade and COM
merce. 1t is not to benefit individuals,
but the country at large, and it is urged
and recommended earnestly by capital
ISIS, merchants, traders, manufacturers
and artisans throughout the country.
Large numbers Of creditors demand IT,
even more earnestly than debtors. II it
is TO be Justified at all it is en- the high
ground of public policy and pubiic interest.
Toexceptfrom its benefits nyindividual,
or to exclude any, as Mr.. SUMNER pro-
poses, is a very mean and sneaking way Of
gratifying a base spirit Of vindictiveness.
It is not statesmanship, but naked per-
secutiOn. No public interest requires
such exclusion, aud to offer an amend
ment of this character, intended solely
to punish rebels without trial or coBvic-
ton is very little aud very contemplate.
The Senate must have felt it to be so,
for only nine of them appeared to be
ambitious to share With Mr.. SUMNER
the fame of an act intended to prevent
the unfortunate aud ruined citizens Of
the South from surrendering all the prop
erty they have in the world for the
benefit Of their creditors and taking q
fair start again in the world"
We should be sorry to see CHARLES
SUMNER display q generous spirit to-
wards our States or people. He is, as
MILTON said Of CHARLES l., "ipsO
Nerone aeroHf0r." We saw and heard
him read the first half Of the speech in
the Senate, in which he repeatedly called
the Southern States the Barbary States
of the Union. He toOd, as he read from
the printed slips, in front of, and with
his back to one Of the cloak-room doors
Of the present Senate chamber; and more
-han a hundred times, while reading, he
.erked Ihis head nervOusly towards his
ih9ulder, as il he expected to be struck
rom behind. But ne can use brave, big
iwelling words, and toll to make up, by
Of phrase, for want of the fiery
Of genius. We do not wonder
hat he congratulates himself upon the
absence Of Southern members from the
Senate.
Coarse Arrogance, with big theatre rage,
f. Audac!Ous struts On Powers Imperial stage /
while DER our Country, at his dread com
maud, ]
Black discord, screaming shakes lis bloody
brand
Can one exist, so much MS Country's foe.
To bid,heT wounds With fresh enusi0n now -
. There can to him ia vain she lifts her eyes.
His soul relentless hears her stihed signs!
Shamele-s Of front, impatient Of c8ntrUL
q He spurs her onward 20 distinctions goal
% like -EsOps cur, SIN susr!iug anu peTyerse,
Bloatsd with envy, TO the ~ua'e n curse,
. Brave with big phrases, and az heart q hare
such sons do states In their decadencs bear r.
When Ia he grave bis pampered flesh shall
rot,
o And al his pOmpous speeches are forgot,
still, ptliOred Insirate's singing rhymes,
His memory shsu scnE 10 after times"