Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-16
lack.
He IS Heavy o1s the Financial
SciIeEAl. rs.
How Iae Southern Carpei-bag-
gers are Re arded by
the Radicals.
.ore.poudenos Cincinnati Enquirer.l

Co-re-p -poudenos Cincinnati Enquirer.l
WASHINGTON, January 8, lS69.-The
rs-z55smt q Congress fgGs SsDa-
tors sud members stin at sea on the
great question 0E us.ionRl finances. They
are no nore nearly agreed now than they
ulro ~hsr they adjourned, 10 piuuCeT-
log confusion snd Ignorant doubts, BE-
.eva the HOLIDAYS. The r sdicsi Senators
zttennted to haTm0ulEs their views il 3
G. ~ us OF Thursday, but they found they
Cll.d 30 nothing but tElk. The gab-gCd
ruled supreme, aud at the end OF their
conference they were no nearer to so
luton Of the problem than at its COM
ulenCsmeut. Tnsy are all IN favor OF
what they are pleased 10 term sn early
resumption Of specie payments, but an
all-Wlso Providence has endowed them
very largely With that i0pude1t ego
1is-a which is such s strong character
is-ic Of tWO-pepny states uanship, and
t5is has the hesltbfai effect Of making
each think his " plan" the bsst and only
one, ana preventing that unanlmity OF
sentiment which, If Il existed, might be
Orysgal z "a into iuoslculab.e evil.
Such l., briefly told, the condition OF
the fi8aueisi question in Congress at the
present une There is q very etr8Bg
disposition 20 iUrcs an early return 10
/ specie payments, but ther5 are SO Il any
+ men ambitious Of leadership ia the mat
/ ter, and determined to oppose sll plans
/ b9I their own, that thsy will not be able
: 10 enact any legislation on the sui isct,
Sc least duriug the present session. Nor
ton has one policy, Sherman has an
other, EesssuG=n has another, and even
the c4rpst bsggtF rs are expected to follow
slit and swell the volume. In fact, one
Gi The latter gentlemen has already
whispered TO bis loyal friends that be
will soon estonish the country vita e
"plann WHICH will far transcend any
VET presented in the 6rillisn6y of its
conception and its entire feasibility.
trust l shall not oe deemed dlsrespsot;ul
IL ssy that the idea of $ oaTpst, bsgger
presenting q measure OF this kiDd calls
to mind q very admirable psiatiOg once
saw, Of an imp=eunious gentleman in
the act OF being elected ffom q garret
lodging for non payment Of his weeks
rent, while from his cost.tsil pocket pro
/ truded gigantic plan for the liquidation
! OF tue national debt Of Great Britain.
They tell Of a debating society at
tRehed to "a r giish college, which
numbered six members, and represented
seven different religious creeds. Such,
happily for the country, is about the
condition Of the REPUBLICAN, happy fami-
ly at the present time on the su set OF
specie payments, and how to bring them
about. s., Let Us thank our stars for
this diversity OF opinion, and acknoWl-
edge tast in the multitude OF counsel
there is safety, II not wisdom.
II would be safe 70 wager a thous and
dollars that If hsil we're dOsed with tar
tar smetic, the 4st dregs OF toe last re-
s0ltlng gOmiJ would De ten or dozen Of
the style of men vine have come here
under the Congressional policy of recon-
strucii0n to represent the Southern
Stgtes. They have already manifs led
all the attributes of interlopers and
dead beats, and have carried their e.
frOu.ery To such an extent as TO disgust
even The most loyal OF their Northern
Republican colleagues / had not besn
Ia Washington six hours when | heard
curses, both loud aud deep, hesped upon
The head Of one of the "genilsmen from
Lou sians for SONS impsrtinence, the
exact sture Of which / could notuBder
stand. l Inferred, however, that be hsd
been giving some sort OF practical illus
I ration ID the poetic truism, thst fools
rush IN where angels fear 10 tread -
that be hsd bssG busyiBg himself to do
( OF say s)met1iug which modesty and
1 good breeding would have left to ga old
aud experienced member OF the House.
The complaints on this score are multi
Giving, aud the Consequent disgust is
/ increasing every day,,snd It viii be
/ strange II, before the Close Of the session,
We 90 not witness a few undisgalsed
/ ebullitions Of wrath on the subIset from
some Of tbe oldest Radical members-
+ ths very mea who may take to them.
s5lVes the doubtful honor OF paternity
/ for the whole csrpet-bsg race. Nor is
/ il at sll strange that tbs carpet-bag-
gers should act precisely ss they do
rne wonder is mat they have re.
/ Trained SO long from asserting thslS
claims TO political leadership and