Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-25

son totally ignored 1he very OeinS VI
alien sud sedition acts. I5 ls now re-
-duced to 3 ceTtsinty that II tue Aenure OF
Office act Is repealed e VIII oe uo5se W
Sorssrvafivey0tes Conservative S9na-
tors should therefore pause betoF5 thelr
intermeddling in this matter, fheEe Is
no nrjDcioIe involved il the action OF
the Senate at alI, for the plain reason
that Il will settle nothing, and mani
testify cannot settle anything bs the vote
for or against the continuance ~ Ihe
law.
From the Washington Herald OF the zisl irst.l
The Radical Senstors that propose,
upon Executive menace, to repeal the
! Tenure Of-OfiiCe set, do so, not upon con-
sidaratiOns OF principle or Difference TO
| law or just policy, or from coGtritiOn for
/ the perDstratiOn Of q great wrong. With
/ them the point is simply one OF party
| convenience in the respect OF friends
! that should be rewarded and enemies
| that should be punished. And the ene-
! mics are not Democrats, for Mr.. John
son declined for long period back 10 ap-
point such, because they could not be
/ confirmed. They are Republicans who,
! in one way or another, may have fallen
! short, in the estimate OF the fiery drsgou
/ Of fanatical rage and hate, of the fun
4 measure Of 9 s5ething hot partisa0ship
In this aspect OF the case, the issue Is
not one OF repeating the law for the pur-
! pose Of CErTyiDg ont the principle, i" 70
| the victor belongs the spells" but rather,
/ as was once expressed By Coy. Marcy,
! "piIlagipg their OWu camp" 1T Is sn
/ intestine family war.
! Therefore, we ask, should COnsefva-
] tive OF Democratic Senators interfere IN
what is in issue, upon no consideration
Of principle, By tbs Radical Senator'S,
/ who desire to Propliate Executive re
gard or favor, but simply fOs ing purpose
OF eftectiDg q fsatnering OF theit own
nests iu what they term the interests OF
/ the Republican party? So considered,
\ Why may not the latter settle the thing
/ among themselves?
! Suppose the lEw repealed by the votes
! Of Democratic Senators, and As the next
| Presidential election should result IN the
election Of a Democrat, would EOt both
] the Senate and House make hot haste to
restore the obnoxious law? Certainly
/ they would. Whist else could be ex-
pected OF party thGt has cOntemued
! both law and right with un0ridled Ii
cense, and with scared cOcsc!e aces2
BUTLER AND sCHENCK.
A few dSys ago the busy Butler prom
ised to expose Schenekis s. ins snd outs "
| am told that his revelations viii b. de-
lectsble. Unlike the Irishmsn's wife
( who felt an interest ia the tussle between
her hGsbsnd and the bear, l cannot help
| taking sides ia a. great squabbles OF this
| kind. Ia the present emergency | am
on the bears side, that is, the Beasts
ARD hope no weakened Conservative
1 nj al "a tn
oct 40 : sympathy for Schenck by cry
Iug cut, y fair play,n "h2nds of, " " fair
trisl,U and such like Gegtral stuff. Gen.
Butler, let me tell all such people, is no
political hermsphrodite, and having hsa
recently ga very full swing" as the In
ltegfqercer remarks, "in telegraph Of
fees and at banks, +" it is supposed that
his threats Of exposure OF rotten public
men have 3 basis other than idle gossip.
Butler evidently intends to turn in
former on a gigantic scale.
A CONTEMPLATED ALASKA cWINDLE
Alaska is still the subject OF nay story.
The murky atmosphere Of that remote
region does not deter men from making
money thele, and having Influences al
work even mere to ali them in shutting
up the Governmental eyes by legislative
dust, In thesiXth article of the ttlssian.
American treaty OF CessiOn il j. agreed
that the conveyance Of the territory be
declared absolutely "free and unencum-
bered by any reservations, privileges,
| franchises, grants or possessions by any
/ associated companies, whether corporate
or incorporate, Russian or sny other, OF
by any parties, except merely private
individual property holders" This de-
| claratiOn was for the especial purpose Of
I Ousting the Russian American Fur Com
/ ,,any, an association OF Russian capital
IL. 20 whom the Alaskan territory had
been leased by the Imperial Government
Of Russia. The cession TO the United
- zteg having eaneslled the privileges OF
his company, 1t SOLD out It's houses
"a. vessels and other personal prop
SLOT California Company, which is
eLty ~ 80, -Nring to create, by legisia-
tIop. lust such uonopoiy as 1 as ~ y
ed by the Russian-a- u@i iO''A VI NOAN
pany. ,,,inatjon
of fur-bearing animals IN Alaska, J,
the apparently fair, unsusplcious tiIis OF
a bill introduced into the 6ehale oy MT
| CoIa of California, but at whose instance
= r. moi known. Through the instru
r,entalitv of q prominent New England
senator. this bill went through the sen
ate without many knowing what wa
the purport Of the bill. -, - =.
one sentence in this bill viii serve Z
sbow what 4 nice little job T" 1t J
meant to expedite. "And the assignee
snd successors 10 interest OF the Russian
American Fur Company shall Oe enti
: fled TO all the privileges ana immunltie
nossessed and enjoyed by the hussian
. American Fur Company upon the SAT
: Islands Of ST. George ana o. Aui, y III. 10
i,an1unities Srr1 granted in this bill are n
: mora or less than handing over bod
- souI te the tender meTcies Of singi
'' oTssping firm, the inhabitants Of the vas
If shsin Of islands stretching from Kodia
? a. the northeast TO AttOu on the eH
n irene sonthwest, with the Islands OF ;