Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-04-02

How utterly corrupted and democrat
ICED men who were once lovers OF truth
and justice can become, under the pssti-
lenual influences Of -psrtizauship, is sin
gularIy exsmplifsd by the following
passage from the New York tribune.
which cannot be characterized as it de-
serves, by any language dt fer the col
umus Of a respectable journal:
We rejoice that the withdrawal Of the
bil 70 restore Alabama under q new
! Constitution has not resulted, as was
generally supposed, in the killing Of the
biz, which has been again lin sUbstsncs)
reported to the House by the R~sconstrUc-
ton Csmmittse. We regretted that Mr..
I Stevens should have seen fit 10 Weld 10
the clsmor raised sgGinst his bill. We
hold that the concerted prescription and
terrorism whereby the rebels Of Alabama
prevented the ratification of that instru-
meut by 8 msJ0riLy vote was a most cul-
uabie conspiracy, which should not be
allowed IS prevail. Congress, in recoil-
ing before that conspiracy, comedies a
virtual triumph TO the rebellion. We
knew that Andrew JobnE0n had back
Sudden from his declaration that Loyal
men, blsck or white, shall rule Amer
/ ica.H hut did not believe that Congress
could be induced TO follow his example.
This certainly seems 70 US q step io that
direction, and We therefore deplore it.
The dishonesty Of the proposed legisIa-
ton more strikiGgly appears by the pro.
/ visions OF the Alabama Militia Ordi-
nance, which viii be ia fun force the
! moment that State is admitted under the
sham Constitut made by the miserable
I sCem who assembled at Montgomery.
! We take the following summary o. its
provisions from g communication ia the
New York World, and Only wish that
We could compel eyeryhonest man In the
North TO read it:
10 the first place, instead of the ordi-
nary con pIis0Ty service, this Alabama
militia is 70 be rJiJ11tee7. The reason is
obvious, The white man Will not serve
side by side with the negro = he can help
il, and 10y m5kiug the service voluntary
The white ma stays out, and the force
viii lbus he, as is desired, composed en-
tirsiy Of negroes. In the next place sec
ton four provides for a force Of q, $50,
with q power IL session t~Eeuty-four 70
the Legislature 10 at any Uu5 amend
this section four so as 70 Increase tas
number OF troops TO any extent desired. .
Next to be noticed is the huge stsT al
lowed by section eve to the Command
deT-in-ChiefOf this Ethiopian army; that
Is % say, the Governor. He is to have
en- AdjUtalJ-G6nsral and a QusrteTmas-
ter-GsusraJ, and "a Inspector General, ,
and . CJmuisssry General q PayDas-
ter-Eeneral, a SurgeoD-Gsu6Fa, and
a Judge Advocate General, with
tbree Aids-de-Camp. And then,
II net Satisfied with this array,
may detail 70 addition /" such officers IS
hs may deem proper" High salaries and
fat psrqlisites are attached 10 all these
o~li-es, aud well may the P50P,s grOau st
the IsE6s that this system would ibasGss
upon Them TO pamper the kuayes and
BG.iies who would cut their Threats.
Section asLf means that the bogus Gov
GruoT Is - have p5wcT to do SO he chooses
with his tTOops-thaUs tSs &ngl sh Of il.
Sections thirteen and fourteen open q
system whereby the bogus courts Are Co
egHs 20 the aid of the bogus Colonies
where 9 A.itisman " ~csveau." Certain
portions o. 5eauJn fifteen provide that
the Sheriff e 70 exact fines from rscu4zut
militia before Judgment kag been ZEN
celEd, and Inst militia OfigsIs ere 20
override The whole legislation Of lie
ssfnts 10 Congress by putting Cuffses who
wal not dEiu ct involuntary labor before
they have been convicted Of any ofFensa.
Section nineteen gives CuG hslf a dollar
@ day for the use Of his borss waeu called
out 70 guard the liberties Of the State "a
coD0tisr. This viii be q big item In the
taxes, not 20 speak Of losses BY the ne
ErOes stealing horses So as to serve In the
cavalry. and now 70 the three closing
sections Of this ordinance, which are -
three stout EiiE 10 safely rivet aud bins
the whole thing together. First comes
section tWenty-fouF. which oT5ains
1.-THE General Assembly Of Tbs safe oil
. may at any time smsnd a
repeal this ordnance" What q mag
niBGent grant OF power that 10 each
Legislature. each trOoly loil Legislature
Is to be given in relation 10 this whole
subject all power that e sovereign State
convention may possess. Then comes
twenty. Eve, which declares Il
the duty Of the bogus G~OyernoEto SO dis
tribute mis- troops " as to ensure the pub
lie safety" Now this is quite ia the
RcmNn vein, isn't it?-to beware lest
hsrm oous 20 tie Republic and ali that
sort Of thing bat IA plain English il
rneRus that II the Black Crook " consti-
f" is forced on AlAbama, a cov
Of the whites at any tims are
iut3 resistance, His uleGality, the
G3verOr, may pour down his whole
So c~ut-tbroais upon that psopls-ts
burn, murder, and destroy. Then
section tgeniy-six, which appor-
lions the companies OF this militia to the ,
counties OF the State. R5ur cfl
the counties were abolished, and TO
nine Of the remaining 6ftv-eight, !
10 which there are white maioriEies, are
iszigQed siLty-siL cut OF the one han q
ired ana forty companies to be raised. :
counties having negro MAORI. :
lies, are TO bSYe seventy-four companies. T.,
10 that even were tile white men willing A.,
o 90 into this organization, tbs bulk Of ,
he Alabama militia would still es ae- y
1oes, aed iris, too, when by the csnsgs ,
'etGrus % 1856 the voting population OF )
he State stands los 40 whites and 90 :
i93 negroes or q ynile majority OF IL /
.O7. :
Il will always be much wiser to eiaouss
he honesty and fairness Of measures of :
egisistion, than their policy or impolicy, :
heir expedisncy or inexpediency. Con- z
.Tessional legislation. even on ordinary q
is, Tor the most part, only a y
sries, 100 often incohereat, Of shifts and :
Xpedieuts. On the subject OF recon- a
truction, the whole Ia dishonest, unfair 4
nd ~disgraeeful. For, how iitae soever :
may seem 20 to legislators, g nan =
to be q gentleman when be votes c
" . dishonest measure, or assists, as a
.gislst9E in doing that which it would =
e unworthy Of gentleman to do in the s
-ansscHousO Of private lfs, IN England, s