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

GRANT and Sumner are c~OguRttine
with each other. The omce-holder:
and the place hunters know that theil
bread and butter depends upon q re
Cancellation, and they are labOring tC
heal the breach. Sumner will be Of
fered anything he wants, provided he
viii sell out. But he is memorable,
The President has s~ubservient Senate
at his back, but Sumner has the peO-
pie With him. He is an original
died-in-the-uool Republican, promi-
uent in the history OF the party since
its birth, while Grant never acted
with it till he became its candidate
for Office since the war. The princi-
pies of the party have become obsO-
lete If the dispenser of the spells can
carry the Senate and the country
against the leading representative Of
the party and its principles. The
Radical party has been shiv-
cred. A deep, yawning gulf
divides Grant and Sumner, tie
sight of which saddens the hearts OF
the eIpectant ofice-hOlders, but the
quarrel cannot be healed. Grant is
naturally stubborn, sumner raueOrOus
and obstinate; one feels strong in his
patronage, the other in his industry
and power Of appealing to public
opinion. As neither is made Of yield
ing materials, they are certain between
them to destroy the party which they
have already disrupted. ''Things is
wOrkin';" and Democratic ~bystanders
look on with serene satisfaction.
The fierce debate between Blaine
and Butler is a confirmation Of the
certain disintegratiOn of the Radical
party. The contest between these
two leaders is as bitter as that which
separates Grant and Sumner. The
recent debate between them was as
ferOcious as a fight between two bull
dogs or a couple Of Well-trained pugi-
lists. If Blaine was a Heenan, Butler
was a McCOOle. They brought blood
and sent each other to grass at every
blow. Blaine convicted the Beast Of
falsehOOd, out of his own mouth, and
proved that be had altered the record
TO suit his own selfish purposes. But
Ter, in reply, ragged and ranted. He
said Speaker Blaine spoke from a
wooden seat through a wooden head.
The irrepressible conflict between
the Radicals has been fairly
inaugurated. May their claws and
teeth be sharpened for the Oe-
C5siOu. If it be true that "when
rogue fall out honest men get their
dues, % the Democrats and thecOuntry
viii soon be the recipients Of rights
long withheld. A correspondent, in
describing the scene, says ''that for
two hours there was q storm Of bitter
ness, ~iuveCtive, elimination and re-
elimination, charges Of trickery and
GlsehOod, Of corruption and SANDER,
between % Republicans, VINO nave
split on the policy to be pursued in
legislation, that has never been
equaled in the party ranks in Con-
gress. The Democratic members
poured into the main aisles and
viewed and listened with astonish-
ment 70 a scene 80 remarkable that
General Butler, even, denounced it as
.disgracetul to the party, House and
country. That side, however, did not
participate in the debate, but seemed
willing shat the Republicans should
fight it out on their present line, even
fit -protracted the session all summer.
The galleries were quite full, and en-
the display by bursts Of applause
and roars Of laughter"