Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-03


portaDce. In the flereeness of his rage
he SINK the dignity Of a Senator into
the Assessment of a common ealumni.
ator in a name thilt should not only
disgust, but shock the %sensibilities OF
those around him, who are expecting to
be called upon to sit with him in judg-
ment upon the objetst of his fury. His
speech was, TO say tile least, q most dis
reputable exposition OF partisan ami
mostly that unfits him as a judge, AMI
Of petty charges that a gentleman
should blush 10 bring against one with
whom he had associated upon terms of
intimacy, equality, and friendship SUBJ
sequent TO the origin of the slurs he pre-
ferred.
CONSOLIDATION.
The National MteHigencer thus des-
cribes the Revolution which is now in
Progress
sit is now evident, from the measures
presented to the present Congress, and
the debates thereon, together with the
response of the press in the various parts
Of the country, that consolidation is re-
ceiving a new impetus that threatens 8
total change of the Government, as it
has heretofore existed under the ConBti-
AlNlQu Vi Tile OulL6l OLaLESs Inc 6AOIAu
Of war has passed ever, but the waves of
public opinion are still dashing high, and
are eve now giving token Of continuing
in a deep, overwhelming current of
dreadful pOrtent. A new principle is
being evolved ami acted upon, which,
though it may .aot be formally an
nounced, is really that which is exciting
to the destruction of State governments,
the introduction OF universal suffrage of
all races in sill the States, and,
finally, the cau1plete identity and
similarity OF institutions and interests in
all of them. Under the clause Of the
Constitution which says that 1.-The Uni
ted States shall guarantee to every State
in this Union a republican form Of gov
ernment,n an effort is being made to i'm
perialize the whole country under one
head. one departnent-the Congress OF
| the u nited States--who shall now dictate
the basis for the Southern States, and
ultimately for all of the States, upon
which citizenship, suffrage and qualifica-
ton for Ofice-State and FedeTal-3hall
rest; and who, when other questions of
Sate policy may arise, shall draw them
ihro the arena of national politics, and
by the decree of this central power, seek
to assimilate all interests and institutions
throughout all the States; and who, to
insure this grand ultimate object, may
reform, reorganiZe, or reconstruct the
other departments of the government
the executive ami the judiciary--as well
"a that of the States"
1.-THE scheme, If contaminated, will
establish a new Union, and not the I'm
ion of the Constitution, which creates a
General Government, with three co.
ordinate departments acting in har-
moBy, leaving each State forming it to
preserve its own individuality, ita own
local policy and peculiar organism, so
long as it is in form republican.
at will be found that such a govern
ment would absorb in its administration
and under its care and protection an in
fnity Of LEGAL matters, extended over a
vast space of country, embracing 9 great
variety of climate and production, and
consequently different modes and habits
Of life, and different phases of thought
all which are incapable of uniformity
without the imposition by force Of fla
grant Injustice and oppression. Thissys-
TEN Of GENERALIZATION has been often tried
and has always failed in the end.
"The Civil Rights bill and Freed
mems Bureau bill are parts of this
scheme, which have already been in
augurated. The army Of officers en-
plOyed, the expense incurred, the COM
pleXity involved, and the conflicts OF
authority, as well as the little good
accomplished under them, all show the
intrinsic difficulty, if not utter ilnprac-
ticability, Of carrying 1t out"
All this is no doubt true but we do
BOT think, with the EnteHigeneer, that
the new nation, Of which the Sta.es will
be mere Departments or Munich %alities,
.arill absorb Canada and Mexico, and, be-
coming gigantic, dictate to the nations
of Europe.
The Congress is evidently bent on cur
failing the powers Of the President, and
making him the mere organ TO execute
its will. He will oon become as useless
as the King was found to be in the
French revolution, his power of the
Veto, like that of Louis XVI., though
Intellectual and therefore contemplate,
will become edious, and if he ~reaists, he
will lose his head. Events move rapidly
in revolutions, and ours, at its present
rate Of progress, will not be long Of reach
ing that point. ANDREW JOHNSON may
live out his term. We doubt il.
The Congress will also, and that with
out difficulty, subjugate the Supreme
Court, either by increasing the number
Of the Judges or by diminishing its ju-
reelection. No judicial tribunal can long
resist the onward march Of . revolution.
The Congress must, of course, become
virtually permanent. This powers of
which the present President is stripped
will not be restored to his successors. At
last, Congress will grasp all the powers
and exercise all the functions of govern
ment, the President being its mere
lieutenant, and the Supreme Court
without jurisdiction to question the con-
stitutionality Of Congressional action.
u But it never was and never viii be
possible for q government TO be so con-
Quoted for any considerable length of
time. The experiment has always
failed. In England it ended in Il Pro-
t~ectorate of CROMWELL; in Frakee, in
The Consulate, predecessor of the Empire.
In this country it will more probably
wind up with anarchy and universal
bankruptcy-the latter, which is as GER
tain as death and the taxes, being per-
haps the immediate cause Of the former.
The country will probably divide into
three or four republics and what
changes, connections and wars may re-
suit from this, no man can f~oresee. 1t is
quite certain that there will be no
gigantic power debating to the rest Of
the world, for more than q very few
years, under congressional government.
If the nation is to be consolidated, it
must resort to Imperialism, that will
come at last, but after what changes, no
one can f%oIesee. Republican govern
ment is necessarily q temporary state, of
transition, as it were, in the North. 1t
is 50 in every populous country and
every thing there is preparing the peo-
pie for it. To that tend the national
debt, the growth Of great cities, the in
crease Of the social vices ami we are,
indeed, much inclined to doubt whether
Il is possible for republican governments
to be permanent anywhere, and also
whether il is desirable it shonld be So.
aUARRELS.
In declaring that we would have no
personal controversies, in our character
as Editor, there was no covert censure
intended Of any Of the geaus irrifGhae
Who occupy the editorial tripods OF Mem
phis. We are neither S'censor Of morals
or of the Press. We have had too many
disputes of u own, that We regret, to be
entitled to cast S stone for that sin at
anybody.
= Our Brethren Of the Avalanche in their
disquisition as to the proper tone and
of editorial writings, give Us COCA
sion new TO go somewhat further, and to
say that undoubtedly wit and rldicule
are potent weapons, when ons has the
and dexterity to WELD them with
discretion but that we have two serious
obiection% aSggaging in repares with a
of he Press LIST, that we don't
think il our forte. and have never kuouyn