Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-20

mittee Of thirteen he assigns the fol
| lowing, which is an objectionable
breach Of privilege:
| because this committee was raised
/ by a cOmbina ion OF the nigh -tariti
| Republicans with the Democracy; the
one class willing TO permit the
| slaughter and determination Of theiI
] political friends iu the South if the
| tariff could be saved, even for nine
months, by an early adjournment oI
/ Congress, and the Democracy acting
| with them in pursuance Of a deliber-
/ ate plan, carefully cOncOCted, In my
/ belief, to murder and outrage enough
! Union men OF the South to overcome,
| by fear, intimidation and injury the
/ Republican majority at the next Pres
I ideutial election, well knowing that
| this committee can do them no harm,
and that it will furnish an excuse to
the tariff Republicans to vote with
them for an early adjournment, with
out legislation to protect Union men
in the rebel States"
He sneers at the Senate, and indi-
rectly at the President, ia the follow
ing sarcastic 'fifth reason"
Because with these views of the
efficiency and powers Of the commit
tee, my services would be useless, and
1 am not accustomed to undertake to
do that which / feel that 1 have no
power successfully to accomplish.
And it is a parliamentary practice,
which has lately been illustrated in a
signal instance in the Senate, that the
chairman of a committee should be
s9- nfr - Hur
constitute il, and there Is no element
Of harmony between me and that
Democratic party, largely composed
Of SecessiOnIsts, Old Wings and
KuOw-NOthings, who are the ma
jOrity that constituted this COM
mittee.n
This committee" be it remem-
bered, is composed of eight bigOted
Radicals, to only five Democratic
COnservaties. Speaker Blaine is of
course Obliquely censUred in this
"hfth reason" but is more pOintedly
denounced in the sixth. It is known
land was known by Butler) that the
Sneaker himself drew up the r6sOlu-
ton that has given the hero OF Fort
Fisher this attack Of hydIOphObia.
But see what he says Of it:
'SiXth - Because this committee
was brought into being by Legislature
tricE-and not a creditable one at that
by which the wishes of the Republi-
can majority of the House have been
thwarted by a Republican minority,
by the aid OF Democratic votes, with
which proceeding, As a Republican, /
desire most etfeCtually TO divorce my
self"
In the concluding paragraph Butler
is still more insulting to the presiding
officer. In alluding TO the fact that he
mas addressed his bOmbsstic harangue
"tO the Republicans Of the House Of
Representatives., " ne thus levels a tell
ing sarcasm at Mr.. Blaine personally:
II am compelled to take this mode
to address you in declining to serve,
because the announcement of the COM
mittee was not made by the Speaker
until after the vote of adjournment
had been taken, and Immediately
thereupOn his hammer fell, by which
he adjourned the House, 50 IS to pre-
clude the possibility Of resigniug the
place thus attempted to be forced upon
me at the time. l believe | can dem
even ifa majority Of parlia-
mentary body can force a Massachu- /
sets man OF q committee at pleasure,
that ir is quite another thing for the
Speaker 10 force another on a commit |
tee against his consent"
This would also seem to imply that |
g screw is loose in the friendly rela
tiOus' existing between Morton and |
Butler, the selected fuglemeu of the |
President in the two Houses. Indeed, |
it shows pretty cOuclusively that the /
rotten Radical organization is tumb- /
ling into an infinity Of putrssceut par
yicles. There is not a syllable OftTuth
Dr sound sense in the whole of this
extraordinary production OF Butler
and for issuing which he richly de-
serves eXpulsiOnb if l except the
eighth reason" This refers to the
outrage which "these proceedings"
nfiiCt upon the Senate "Outrage"
COMMITTEES. This pOiut has been al
ready touched upon in the Gazette.
There can be no doubt that the cur
rent action of Congress tells ScOtt's
,OnClave to its teeth that neither their
word, nor opinions, nor the Oaths Of
heir witnesses should be accorded
The least credit. SO much for 50 much.
This much was necessary to be pre-
missed, in order that the proceedings
IF the House to day may be under
stood by the public. / refrain from
giving them, knowing that you will
get a full account otherwise. The /
Speaker proved quite capable of
.aking care of himself The debate
was lively, and quite encouraging to
honest men. Let Butler be instantly
expelled.
1 believe Buffers bill and Shella-
larger's bill, and all other bills Of
similar provisions, are dead for this
session, although the Senate again
aid upon the table the House resOlu-
ion proposing to adjourn on Monday.
The loyal party" are in a fix, appa-
-ently. But who can tell what a day
u an hour may bring forth in these
evolutionary times? The subjecI of |
'Ku-KluX Outrages" has been, sub
referred to the Senate Com
nittee on the Judiciary, of which mr. /
lTumbull is chairman. Scott, OF Penn
,ylvania, seems to be considered, on
Ill hands, as a disgrace TO his State.
.n all legislative history there cannot
be found a case of such palpable snub-
Ding.