Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-18
FRON WASHINGTON.
orrespondenee Cincinnati Erquirer.

+ WASHINGTON, January s. lS60.-Thf
+ re-assem bling CT Cor gFess dads Ssna-
/ tors and members still st sea on the
/ great question OF national finances. They
I are no more nearly agreed now than they
/ were when they adjourned, 10 plunder-
/ Ing confusion a0d ignorant doubts, be-
/ fore the holidays. The Radical Senators
attempted to harmoniZe their views in q
caucus on Thursday, but they found they
could do nothing but talk. The gab-god
. ruled supreme, and at the end Of their
conference they were no nearer to 3 So
luton Of the problem than at its COM
mencement. They are all In favor Of
what they are pleased to term an early
resumption of specie payments, but an
at-wise Providence has endowed them
very largely with that impudent ego
tlsin which is such strong character
isiic OF wo-penny etstesm slship, and
this has the heslthful effect OF making
each think his plan y the best and only
one, and preventing that unanimity OF
sentiment which, if it existed, might be
crystal z ID into inealeulable evil
Such is, briefly told, the condition Of
the financial question in Congress at the
present time There is. very streDg
disposition to force an early return to
specie payments, but there are so many
men ambitious Of leadership in the mat
ter, and determined TO oppose all plans
but their own, that they will not be sbls
to enact any legi-IatiOn on the subjset,
at least during the present session. Nor
ton has one policy, Sherman hGs an
other, Fessenden has another, and even
the carpet bsgge Is are expected to follow
suit and swell the volume. In fact, one
OF the latter gentlemen has already
whispered to his loyal friends that he
will soon astonish the country with q
plan" which will far transcend any
yet presented in the brillianey of its
concept!ou-and its entire feasibility. I
trust | shall not be deemed dlsrespectlui
Il say that the idea Of q carpet bsgger
presenting measure OF this kind calls
TO mind very admirable painting 1 once
saw, Of an impecunious gentleman in
the set OF being elected from q garret
lodging fer nOn-payment Of his weeks
rent, while from his coat-tail pocket pro.
truded gigantic plan for the liquidation
of the national debt OF Great Britain.
They tell of debating society at
taehed to an EOglish college, which
numbered six members, and represented
seven different religious creeds. Such,
hsppily for the country, is about the
condition OF the Republican happy fami-
Iy st the present time on the subject OF
specie payments, and how to bling them
about. So, let US thank our stars for
this diversity Of opinion, and seknoyl-
edge that in the multitude of counsel
there is safety, If not wisdom.
IL would be safe to wager o Thousand
dollars that if neil were dosed with tar
tar emetie, the last dregs Of the last re-
sulting vOmit would be ten or & dozen a
the style of men who have come here
under the Congressional policy Of recon-
struction to represent the Southern
States. They have already manifested
all the attributes Of inteIlOpsrs and
"a dead bests," and have carried their e.
frOnteIy to such an extent as 10 disgust
even the most loyal Of their Northern
republican colleagues. 1 had uOs been
IN Washington six hours when [ heard
curses, both loud and deep, heaped upon
the head OF one of the gentlemen from
Lou siana " for soma impertinencq. the
exact nature Of which could not under
stand. inferred, however, that he had |
been giving some sort OF practical illus |
-ration to the poetic truism, that " fools !
rush 10 where angels fear to tread ~ |
-nat he had been busying himself to do |
)r say something which mOdesty and |
good breeding would have left to au old |
A1d experienced mem bsT of tina H9use. |
The complaints on this score sre mutt. /
plying, and the consequent disgnst Is |
Increasing every day. land it viii be |
strange II, before the close OF the session. |
We do not witness q few undisxuised 4
'builitions OF wrath on the subj set from
cme of the oldest Radical membeTs-
he very men who msy take 10 them /
elves the doubtful honor Of paternity |
or the whole csrpet-dSg raCe. Nor i I
{ st ali strange that the earpet-bag- /
gers shoald e5t precisely as they do. /
lhe wonder Is that they have re-
rsined so long from asserting their
ilaims to political leadership and
egisiAtiye precedence, And when Mr.
5lngnsm, anu Mr; Butler, aud EIr.
" sshburne, sneer contemptuOusly gt
hein, and snaes ststs OF wonderment
!. 1her impudence on the floor Of the
House, they seem to forget that greater
mpudenoe which was necessary TO eDs.
lie them to force themselves upon cor
titueneies who neither kew nor wanted
hem. So far from disccursring the /
Southern delegations ia their deter
to DO seen and felt 10 the Ms
ielsl councils, / feel ike DRtting them
n the back and telling them to proceed
With increased vigUr. And when the
Iadieals, who legislated them into ex
stence, object to their little freaks Of
Testness, l beg to remind them of an II
1cident in 3 body which this Congress
cry strikingly resembles in many "a.
Dects-the revolutionary Assembly of
rance. 1t is related that, when the
Abbe Sisyes objected to the co1dscstion
f church property which was proposed
4 one Of the debates, Mlrabeau turned
, him and said My dear Abbe, you
ave loOsed the bull. Do you think be
'ill NOT use his horns ?" The Logic yss
Aud so with Congress
fd the csrpet-baggers. They have not
My loosed, but created setof the vilest
'retches that God in his wisicm toler-
tes to live, or man In HIS folly hesitstas ,
} hang-snd when they look for any
ling but what they nov complain OF,
ley only repeat the mistake OF which
ltrsbesu reminded his colleague.