Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-16

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Brownlowism in that State, and every
honest Tennesseean viii thank him
for it. He may be unable to prevent
the cOnsummatiOn of the intended
outrage. but his efforts TO do SO will
place him immeasurably above the
. class of men with whom he went into
} ! Congress, and he viii thus do some
thing for himself and his children, If
he accomplishes nothing for TenneS-
see.
From the Detroit Union, 9th.l
Since the reign of BrOwnlow was
J ushered out of existence, and the reign
of moderation took its place, what do
we see and hear? We see and hear
less of riots, of murder, plunder and
pillage. All is quiet; the citizens OF
the State are at work rebuilding their
shattered fortunes, making useful
laws, and adapting themselves TO cir
cumstances as rapidly as possible. All
are cOntented except a few restless
demagogues Of the Maynard, Butler,
BroWnlOw and Stokes school, who are
soon to be laid aside as waste mate
rial, unless they can induce Congress
to interfere, and place the minority,
which is the Radical party, in power,
and thereby recuperate their waning
fortunes. TO be brief, the chief aim
and object Of General Butler and men
OF ike ilk, is to place the State OF Ten
nessee once more under Radical con-
/ troll, under a preteXt that rapine,
1 fraud and violence reign to such an
extent as to be beyond the control Of
I the Stale authorities"
From the Washington Correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer
Ben Butler is himself again, and en-
! tiers once more on the reconstruction
war path. He was terribly discOm-
! fited by the sad end of Whittemore, |
{ together with the caStigatiOn John |
Logan gave him on that occasion, and |
| for The moment retired from active |
service. But nov, that more political
deviItry is proposed, he leads in the /
/ Internal task. He proposes as soon as |
| the Georgia question is out of the
way, to try his hand on the State Of
| Tennessee. That State having scOrn- /
/ fully rejected Radical rule and |
/ ideas, is to be taught a lessOn-that is |
I If Butler can devise measure to re- /
/ duce il again to vassalage. The pre- |
! else mode by which this is sought has .
not vet been made public; but, with /
lAlLS AELAAdA AdJLC MANI AlAGAD , q Wy ? q
way when he wills it. But IL. iTiU not |
pass. IhaUe the assurance Of SeUerG1 1
| lreU posted and influential Republicans 1
| that Tennessee 5CiU not BE- disturbed. |
But a bold and vigorous attempt will |
be made by Butler, Maynard, and |
others Of that class.
From tae Washington Correspondent Of l
the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Tennessee question does not at |
tract much attention yet, because fer |
Dsrg0ns bciieUg that the Reconstruction /
C0Haaitte6 gCiU recommend q return OF /
the S10te 10 military Tjtle. The Ten
nessee Representatives argue that the
Reconstruction acts have been viO
lated; that the State Constitution has
been revOlutiOnized that the Legis-
lature has followed in the path Of the
old Georgia Legislature that a reign
of terror prevails in the State that
the lives Of many Of those who sup
ported Stokes for Governor are unsafe,
and that the method of treatment in
the case OF Georgia Is now demanded
for Tennessee, \ bill to meet the al
legged necessity OF the time is before
the Committee.
There is not much doubt that Con-
gress will attempt TO reconstruct Ten
nessee, g State already fully repre-
sented in Congress. Butler declared I
that Congress had the power and ought
to exercise it, and could interfere in
Massachusetts,, If necessary. Georgia
was the entering wedge OF this mon
stTOus HsurpatiOn; tennessee comes
next-then Maryland and Kentucky,
upon the first preteZtJ then.any other
Stale in the North or West that Is
deemed eXpedient. State rights have
gone forever, unless the Conservatives
OF the country can unite and come to
the rescue.
From the New York Tribune, llth.
Whatever rights the National
Government may or may not have in
the way of preserving order IN the
State OF Tennessee, the power to en-
force the civil rights bill is unque5-
toned, and, on the showing made to
the President yesterday, the oppor-
tunity for it seems clear. General
Breckinridge, the other day, eX-
pressed in simple AnglO-SaXOn the
opinion of all honest and sensible
members of the late Rebel army con-
cerning the thieves and assassins who,
under the name of the hu-kluk klan,
still disturb certain portions Of the
South. If the President should find
It necessary to use troops for suppress
sion Of these outlaws, We predict that
he will receive no heaTtier support in
any quarter than rom men like
Breckenridge, who fought us openly,
and have now hOnOrably accepted the
situation.
From the St. Louis Republican, l4th,l
The Radicals want TO rule Tennes-
see, and have adopted a plan to gain
their end. Butler shouts murder"
in the House, and a committee OF
Tennessee Radicals wait upon the
President with q grievous complaint
of Outrage5 on loyal men," which
ever heard Of, and ask for
troops 20 be sent 10 the State. Tie
President, we are told, has made up
his mind to send the troops if Gov
ernor Senter will make 2 request for
them; and, ii Governor Senter does
not make such request, he will send
them anyhow, on the plea Of sustain
ing the Federal officers in enforcing
the revenue laws. As there is no no
table opposition to the collection
of the revenue in Tennessee, not
one-fOurth as much as there has
been in Philadelphia and New
York, where no troops were
thought necessary-this plea must
be regarded as only a preteXt for
doing a thing which it has been decid- |
ed to do, for another reason. Such a
step is not only unwarranted by law,
and unworthy the President, but is in !
direct opposition to his own conduct |
in Tho laWless Radical war in Lafay-
cite county, Missouri, in 1867. In that
case an organized mob of Radical ruff
fans called State militia, sent by the
Governor of the State, drove of the
Federal revenue assessor, Richard
Vaughan, threatened to kill him if he
should attempt to return, threatened (
the life, also, of the United States I
Commissioner, Amos Green, and held
the peaceful citizens under reign of
terror. General Grant, then general
of the army, happened 10 come to st. {
Louis at the time these Outrages
were being committed, and was
appealed to for protection against
them. At first he thought he hadsnO
right to send troops TO Lafayette
county, without a request from the
Of the State; but, it being
that he had a right to I
send them to protect the threatened ,
lives of the Federal officers, he yielded,
so far as to order few
trOOpg from Leavenworth to the scene
of 1aKrfassnass Rut the Radical FraSz ,