Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE


frage, presented by Mr.. Salisbury in
the Senate, quotes the following inter
esting opinions of eminent statesmen
OF all parties, Abraham Lincoln in
cluded, on the question of negro
equality. John Adams said:
have never read reasoning more
absurd, sOphistry more gross than the
subtle labOrs Of Helvetius and ROus-
Seau to demonstrate the natural
equality Of mankind.
Thomas Jefferson said: Nothing is
more certainly written in the book OF
fate than that these people (the
negrOes) are to be free, nor Is II less
certain that the two races equally free
cannot live under the same govern
ment.
Daniel Webster said: If any gentle
man from the South shall propose a
scheme. TO be carried on by this gov
ernment upon a large scale for the
transportation Of the cOlOred people
TO any colony or any place in the
world, l should be quite disposed to
incur almost any degree Of expense to
accomplish that object.
Henry Clay said: OF the utility of q
total separation Of the two incOngru-
Gus races of our population, supposing
it to be practical, none have ever
doubted: the mcde OF accomplish
ing that desirable C'llecJ mas alone
divided public opinion.
Stephen a. Douglas said: l bc'leVe
this government was made by whiIS
men Tor the benefit Of white men and
their pOsterity forever; and j am in
favor of confining citizenship to white
men of European birth and descent,
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Indians, and other inferior races.
Abraham Lincoln said: l am not,
and never have been, in favor o. max
ing voters or jurors Of negroes, nor of
qualifying them to hold Office, nor to
-<ntermarry with whites; and / will
say further, in addition TO this, that
there is 4 physical difference between
the white ana black races, which / be-
Heve will forever forbid the two races
living on terms of soCss.sd and political
equality.
THE ATULATTO SENATOR.
The admission of Hiram R. Revels,
the mUlattO Senator from Mississippi,
is by no means certain. The oppO-
nents of his admission viii probably
base their opposition on the ground
that Mr.. Revels was elected to fill a
vacancy in the Senatorial representa-
ton in the State which does not exist, !
inasmuch as Mississippi has not been
entitled 10 representation in Congress, |
and viii not be until admitted into
the Union, when her right to repre-
sentatiOn viii begin. Mrs. Revels
was in the Senate gallery to-day, y,while
her husband occupied a seat on one of
the sofas on the floor. MeSsrs. Sum-
ner and Upton proceeded to the gal
lery, and were introduced to Mrs. !
Revels by Mr.. George 7. Downing.
RADICAL CONGREssSIEN.
Congress is a machine which is run
almost exclusively in the personal in |
terest of the Radical members and in /
the interest of the party they repre- /
sent. OF their way of doing business |
the New York Tribune says: lone |
wants new judicial district made, |
whereof his brother or best friend is /
70 be Judge, and his cousin or next |
friend aspires to be marshal. Another |
wants TO increase the salaries of the /
United States judges generally, or at /
least those of the highest class. An |
other wants a liberal subsidy for a |
railroad, IN which he is interested OF
which is calculated to enrich his con-
stituents. Another goes in for a river
or harbor improvement, advantageous
TO his district. Another wants a
steamship line established and sup
ported from the Treasury"
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
The Committee on Elections fear |
that they VIII be unable to decide all /
the election cases before them this
Congress. and a proposition was made
in the committee to-day to refer each
case TO a select committee to be raised
by the House, which would make
TWENTY-FIVE committees in all, to de-
eide each one, the House pledg-
ing itself in advance to abide by the
decision Of the committee. The COM
mittees are to be raised by drawing
the names from a box by lot.
THE GOLD PANIC INVESTIGATION.
The Banking and Currency Com
mittee heard 10 witnesses to-day, but
n Is understood they discussed the
propriety Of summOning the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Grant and Mrs. COrbin
before closing the testimony, but did
not finally decide the matter either
,vav. Probably a decision will be
rao, he'd tomorrow. some OF the
-sl,,y, tttee are opposed to making any
raDorf on the famous gold panic until
after the parties named have been
hoard and mai1tain that the testl-
Insny already give2 requires, as an
act OF Justice to both slIes OF the ~
vestipation, that those nam5d should J
he examined. Ford c. Barksdais; an
attache Of the New York Sun, and
New York broker named Abbot have
been summoned. The former Is ex-
pected To contradict some OF Corbln's
evidence, and the latter Is charged
with having received BOutwell's dis
patch 10 sell gold on the panic Friday
before Butterfeld received IT.
LEGAL-TENDER CASES.
II = learned that the Supreme Court
,,,iIi on Monday next decide what is
i-noTn as the legaI-tender cases, but
tbe Forthcontng decision of the court
On tba cases. in which gold was
claimed instead Of greenbacks on CON
tracts made before the passage OF the
Tag,aI-teuder act Of 1862, but not set
tled until aflerward, viii carefully
avoid the question OF the cOnstitu-
4ionality of the act itself. The deei-
sion will simply be that all contracts
made previous to the passage Of the
sct. no matter when they were paya-
bic. call for payment in goid'
A BIG SPECULATION.
The eight million acres Of Texan
soil sold by the Government for taxes
realized for the Treasury six thousand
dollars. thirteen acres for a cent.
CHIVALRY.
cora-al Grant, speaking to Senator
1on0ston OF reconstruction in Nlr-
lima Gina saws thu people OF that state
Should l, forget: az about chlvalry;"
This Is utterly inposs,9 pie; Ihey 1I cdI
never forget their own cI.iVaIry, anu
the reccnstructionists have hOne "
forget.
THE SALE OF CADESHIPS.
The resolution presented IN the
Umse to-day directing an inquiry IN
"a The truth Of the advertisements OF
The New York papers proposing TO sell
cadetships in the Military Academy,
and 10 learn if any members Of the
present Congress had bargained or soid
the cadetships under their control,
created quite little fiutter, but passed
unanimously. Judging from the taIk
ob7ut the proposed investigation, IL
nrorl, ises to be a very prohtaDle one.
was stated that in the Fortleth
Conoress some six members rom the
WI - c,afae cold fO New Workers