Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-30

There have been much speculation,
and difference Of opinion among our
people, as to the course that would be
rgrsued bv the Jscobin majority in that
disreputable body that pretends 10 be the
Fortieth Congress of the United States.
The orgsns Of these bold bad men, and
especially that mischieyOus journal, the
New York Tribune, have continually
asserted that the people were in favour
Of the Reconstruction impClicy Of Con-
grsss and have justified al their out
rsges by claiming that the viii Of the
people was their resi author. The
peorIe wills this,u and " the people wills
that " ANDREW JOHNSON is resisting
the will Of the people; " " the people
have resolved that the right to vote shall
be common to eli loyal me 1.-THE
changes have been rung upon these
assertions, even to naUses and General
GRANT iDsolently told the President that
the will Of the people was the law Of the
land.
Naturally, after THE PEOPLE, 10 Com
necticut and C~aIifornia, in Ohio and
Pennsylvania, in New Jersey and New
York, had Enthusiastically pronounced
their condemnation Of the abomination Of
recoustruction by negro suffrage, It vas
supposed to be barely possible that, with
some little regard Tor consistency, the
Jacobin leaders and journals would be
ashamed any further 70 pursue & line Of
policy so emphaticslly condemned by
the people under whose authority aRd as
whose agents they pretended TO be act
ing. But there never was a demagogue
who was not utterly devoid Of political
principle and COMMON honesty nor me
who would not, II he dared and feltslroBg
enough, set utterly az nsught the popular
viii, whenever it ran counter to his
wishes, interests or ambition and there
never will be une who viii not value and
care for the people merely as tools to be
used.
It was thought by many, also, that the
results Of The late elections would alarm
the Jacobin leaders, and compel them to
forego the maddest Of their purposes and
the most raseallv Of their plans, lest the
people should, with Z just indignation,
dismiss them from public employment
forever. It was believed that they
would, By a pretended moderation, and
an apparent yielding 20 the popular will,
~endeavour 70 regain the peoples favour.
i was thought that they would abandon
their prsiscts Of Impeachment, suspen-
sion from Office of the President, confs-
cation and universal negro suffrage.
But we thought that they saw 10 a
retreat, how skiIfuny soever conducted,
their sure aud swift ruin. The RevolG-
tionary party thst takes q step back
ward, is lost. j loses its prestige aud It's
moral power, and is despised as being in
the aggregate what a coward is in the
particular. To give ground was certain
ruin. To dare all, could be no mare than
ruin; and we believed that they would
see in audaeity their only salvation. It
is the Long Parliament against CHARLES
/. and the National Assembly against
LOUIS XVI
It was supposed that they might per-
haps reluct at permitting the test oath
prescribed By their legislation to be
falsely taken under their very noses
that they would feel that they would by
that become accomplices ia g crime; and
that they would promptly order the
arrest and trial Of any n who might,
in taking that oath, fOTswear himself
But we know, evsn with our superficial
knowledge OF history, that no party eve
stickled at any thing that would increase
its strength, and help to give tia longer
lease Of power. To every faction, perjury
thus serving its purpose, is laudabie.
We were right. "The temper and
conduct" il has been truly said, " of the
dominant party betrays the same rsck-
less and INSCRIPTIONS ~parlisanship,
which have already characterized pre-
vious sessions ef this body"
At the July session OF Congress, the
delegates from the State Of Kentucky,
elected by overwhelming m~ajorities, IN a
full vote OF the entire white population,
were excluded upon trumped-up pre-
fences that they ilad bean rebel sympa-
at an esrlY period Of the war-the
real motive, a. all knew, being thst they
were Conservatives. Those members
are still excluded from the deliberations
Of the House, and Kentucky is virtually
dlsfrsnchised.
On the first day of the present bob
session, the persons who have the
endorsement Of the negroes OF Tennes-
see, that they are marvellously proper
men to represent the State in Congress,
presented themselves 70 be sworn in, The
oath being a broad declaration that The
party taking it had not At any time given
aid and comfort to the rebellion. There
q time when Tennessee had men Of
another strain to represent her: for
most OF those who now shame her there,
are persons to whom, a few years ago. no
1ne would have looked as possible candi-
iatss, Ia any condition of affairs, for
lests in Congress.
"Thrse, at lesst,U toe HateUigencer
says, Z" OF these members had given
,pen and patent proofs Of completely
with the rebellion. In the case or Dc.
b Stokes there could be no
Excuse for any Representative being ?
ilent that member being the avoWsd
luthor Of a letter openly and violently
to the Government, and encour-
lging armed opposition and secession.
every Radical in that House knew that !
same objection lay 10 Mr. Stokes :
ghich it was pretended existed in the
Ne az the Kentucky member and Z