Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-03
WASHINGTON MATTERS.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE

assemblies, in reference to Virgins
and Tennessee. There Is nc doub
that the temper of Congress has great
ly changed since it first met, and tina
the ultra element, which was then 81
lent, is now becoming every day
more rampant and aggressive. Meas
ures which would then have been dis
missed as impossible or absurd art
now spoken Of as every way probable
/ This is especially the case in respect K
Tennessee. Leading Democrats ex
press the opinion that the action ta
ken in the Georgia case was designed
as a precedent to show the power and
readiness of Congress to interfere,
whenever it may be necessary to IN
sure a Radical ascendancy in each
/ State, and to employ whatever means
are essential to this end. 1t Is known
/ that there has been a great deal Of
/ study and consultation among the Re
publicans in Congress touching the
| case of Tennessee, and that the lead
/ ers are maturing a plan for fresh
subjugatiOn of that State. The mode
of doing this is not yet known, or
even agreed upon; but that they viii
find a way, If they decide upon find
ing one, is not doubtful. The preteXts
assigned for this are that the last cleo
ton was fraudulent; that the registra
ton under Governor Senter admitted
many whites to vote who were dis
franchised by the laws of the State for
participation in the rebellion; and,
lastly, that the State does not have a
Republican form of government.
Leading Republicansin in both branches
are strongly opposed to this policy,
but it is not now known whether
enough of them will stand out TO de-
feat these measures. The talk among
the ultra Radicals is to hold Virginia
back for the present and not TO admit
her until her political course is more
clearly defined. The recommendation
Of the President makes ii difficult for
the Radicals to act in this case as they
would like to do.
The correspondent of the Baltimore
Gazette, referring to the proposed
usurpati0n in Tenn essee, says: 81
have this moment received reliable
information that Tennessee land any
other of the States lately engaged ''in
rebellion" which shall rebel against
the Radical ticket will be treated
precisely after the Georgia fashion.
With (thus obtained) a united South
voting at the points of Grants bayO-
nets land it viii be forced to vote TO
order, the ruling faction would be
able TO continue its despOtism, though
sustained by only fraction Of the
Northern people! Undoubtedly this
game viii be assayed-and Northern
1 hE.a ,rplfs a
it will not exceed a whisper. If the
country is ever TO be redeemed, it will
be by other and more determined
means. An earnest man while look
ing on, can but deplore the shiliy-
shally and honeyed terms in which
opposition to the current enOrmitie5
are cOucheG in Congress. Democratic
Senators and Representatives sit in
their seats by sufferance, as it were,
and seem to accept as favor the priv
ilege of uttering a syllable of qualified
dissent Better, indeed, would it be
to decline to open their mOuths-bet-
ter upon all such questions not even
to yCtel PROTEST.
The Knoxville Wbig of Friday says
it heard through a private source,
but reliable, We think, bit of infOr-
nation concerning the doom of Ten
nessee, which is not so bad after all.
1t has been surmised by a good many
that Congress would interfere with our
State affairs, and knock everything
into nj. A prominent gentleman, we |
ava "a. recently had an interview /
with President 11Trant, VcCl;51"ohing our |
and who, it se5las; was very I
emphatic in aveTing that neither he |
nor Congress had any intention Of
our relations, In the course
lf the conversation he remarked that
here was very marked difference
between Georgia and lennessee-that
.he former had not complied with its
aud the requirements of
he laws OF Congress, while the latter
lad already been reconstructed and
'eceived into the family. We thank
,ur President for this Crumb OF COM
ort. Hope it may be true, though we
10 not vouch for Il.
MISSISSIPPI.
As Mississippi has gone Radical in
III branches, she viii be promptly ad-
nitted and her State government
The official result of the
election, as proclaimed through the
military commander, will reach
next week, so that it can
De submitted to Congress when il re-
assemblies. In the meantime, Satrap
Ames will convene the Legislature
or the purpose OF fulfilling the Con-
rressiOnal requirement by ratiiying
he Fifteenth Amendment and elect
ng Senators. After this is done, the
Of Senators and Representa-
ives by Congress is all that is neces-
airy to completely restore the State,
lnder the Radical regime, to the
JaiOp.
It is said that Gen. Dent, the lately
defeated candidate for Governor in
speaks very highly OF
zen. Alcorn, his successful cOmpeti-
or. The object of Alcorn's ambition
5 said to be the Senate, and it is
probable that he can be elected. Gen.
Ames, the military commander of
is also 9 candidate for the
United States Senate, and would be
referred by the President, as more
devoted to his interests.
yen. Alcorn has paid great attention
c the subject of the leVees III AIissis-
ippi, and if he comes to Washington
viii make this matter a speciality.
TEXAS.
AS Texas has not elected a Radical
the plan is to make it Re
ublican by the application of the
ron-eiad test oath section; and recon-
truction will therefore be put in the
of the Congressional pro-
ramme. The ultras are gaining
round every day, AMI it is obvious
hat If these caH c9ptrOl Congress no
tate government at the South will be
llowed TO stand that is not in the
ands OF the Radicals.
BE ALABAMA CLAIMS AND AssINI-
BOIN COUNTRY.
There is au interesting rumOr in !
REGULATION there in reference to the
egotiation for the settlement of the /
alabama claims. 1t is now rumored !
naC tse adjustment of these claims is
D be made In Washington instead of r
.ondOn, and that the BukesOf ATgyle =
, to be made the ambassador of |
England, clothed with authority to !
lake the settlement upOd SUCH terms {
s may be agreed upon. 1t is like +
Use said that the apology which SEN :
tor Sumner insisted tnat England
hall make for its course during
he war will not be acoeeded to on the {
art Of the government, but that, la ,
en- of tfiiis. the British government 3
i'll propose to transfer TO the United i
tates an that territory in British q