Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-04

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some thirteen years in all, the South ha'
controlled the Government from the be
ginning; and the whole North, great.
superior in population and power, desires
or was not unwilling to see, a change
No arts or representations were omitte'
by the anti-slavery leaders to rally tn
whole North TO their standards, 3.
showing that the South monopolized tn
Cabinet Ministers and Diplomatic ap
pointments, and virtually welded 81
the powers Of Government; and the.
never failed to make the North fee
any insult offered TO its representa-
tlves, any slight shown the North
ern States, any naughty and offensive
assertion Of the power possessed and ex
ercised by the South, and thus TO chat
and gall it into fury. If you would hav'
a man hate you cordially, wound M
self-respect, degrade him and make hin
feel il, and you have your wish. Mel
submit eheerfully enough, even to ty
ranny, so long as IL does not lower thei
self-esteem I; and it was not the collar
but the chatting OF the collar, Ofthe SaxoI
svineherd, that made him hate his mas
ter. OF all the foIies committed by tht
Observation-Disclosures of Power, the greatest
Is Extensively to force its subjects to re-
fleet upon their condition Of ~vassaisge
and i~nferiority. The wise Despot let'
his people imagine themselves free. Oul
military usurpers in the South never
! learnt that lesson; and in the same re-
spect the education of many Of oul
| Southern Senators had been sadly neg
lected.
The possession OF a moderate degree o.
wisdom or plain good sense is remark
| ably beneficial to the possessor, and
would have taught these Senators that il
would be true Craftsmanship and a wise
policy to deprive the Northern agita'
tors, as far as possible, Of this capital, by
judicious concessions to the pride and
self-respect Of their Northern allies, by
retaining from unnecessary and petty
displays Of their power, snd by not
grasping at all the honours and dignities
Of the Senate. II this would have been
but Just also, and decent, so much the
more it would have been wise and states
maniike.
In 1850, the Republicans had some
twenty-six Senators. Several of these
were moderate, and some able men, who
had served in the Senate for years as
Members of the Wing and Democratic
parties. There were SEWARD, FOOT,
CoLLAErER, WADE, SIMMONS. FEssEN-
f and HAMLIN. It was not to be ex-
pected, the South and the Democratic
party controlling, that the first place on
any important committee would be given
to a Republican. But the North was not
wholly represented by these. The great
States Of Pennsylvania and Ohio. so
long democratic, safe there by their
Senators BIGLER and PUGH: Indiana
was represented by BRIGHT and FITCH 4;
DOUGLAS sat for Illinois THOMPSON for
New Jersey GwIN and LATHAM for
California; LANE for Oregon, and RICE
for Ohio.
Something for the Cancellation Of the
four first of these States might have
been effected, in distributing the chair
manships of the most important Com
mittees these Senators were all demo-
Gratis, and as a whole, on the score of
talents, requirements and place in the
public estimation, were not below the
Senatorial average, even on the Demo-
cratic side.
Was 1t because Southern Senators
were wanting in the msgnanimity and
self-denial which enables men to decline
place and honor when it is wise and
fitting they should do so, that the South
grasped the chairmanships of all the
important Committees, and, to use a
quaint but expressive phrase, left its
Northern allies out in the cold q One
senator, the sblest and best informed,
are think, of all, ROBERT TOOMBs, a
great, energetic, impulsive, rash intel
lect, was chairman Of no committee
because, we suppose, he would not eve
let honour be thrust upon him.
1t may be instructive, to note to what
States and names these honors were as
signed. MASON and HUNTER of Tr-
giaid, were ehairmen of the committees
on Foreign Relations and Finance f;
CLAY, Of alabama, Of that on Com
merce ; DAVIS and BROWN, of Mfssjs-
sippf, of those on Military Affairs and
the District Of Columbia MALLORY and
YULEE, OF Florida, of those on Naval
Affairs and Post Offices and Post Roads
JOHNSON and SEBASTIAN, of arkansas,
of those on Public Lands and Indian
Affairs I; BAYARD, of Dela1rare, of that
on the Judiciary IvERsON, of Georgia,
of that on Claims; GREEN, of Missouri,
of that on Territories, snpplanting DOUG
LAS, who was no longer q saint in fks
communion.
Thus the South only monopolized
al the important committees, all those
whose action t. 3 great extent shaped
legislation, and gave the chsirmen
character, influence and prominence
but four of It's States, two Of them OF little
weight and Importance, supplied eight
chairmen. WedO not speak Of the Justice
of this but only Of its wisdom. Proba-
bly,, in the North, its decency was a little
questioned. Its impOliey 20 n a
doubt.
Consequences are not always pro-
portioned to causes; and we shall
never know how much these things and
like them Influenced the North
nor how much the division of the Demo
cratic party was owing to the removal
Of Mr.. DOUGLAS from the Craftsmanship
of the Committee on Territories, and to
the insults offered him in open Senate.
When parties arise in a C~Onfederacy,
and heart-burnings and ~jealousies among
its States, it is well not to forget, that
States may feel and resent Sights offered
to their Senators and that to use power
with moderation is the best mode of
making its loss tolerable and retirement
it graceful.
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