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New-York tribune., 1871-04-11
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


Under the call of States, bills were intro
dueed and referred follows:
Mr.. HALE Rep., Me.)-For the removal OF all legal
and political disabilities, excluding only members OF
Congress who withdrew from Congress and aided the
Rebellion officers 9t the army and navy who aided the
Rebellion and members OF State Conventions who voted
for and signed ordinances Of Secession.
Mr.. ELDRIDGE Dem, Wis., proposed that the bill
should be put upon its passage immediately.
MIR, HALE preferred Its reference TO the Select Com
mittee on the Presidents Ku-Kx Message and 1t was
SO referred. -.1
Mr. sLOSs Dem, Ala)-Auth0rizing the Savannah
and Memphis Railroad Company TO enter public lands.
Also granting public lands to the Selma and Gulf Rail-
road Company.
Mr.. SHELDON Rep., La ITO fix the time for holding
the Presidential election In Louisiana.
Mr.. MOREY rep, La.)-To Incorporate the Monroe
and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Mr.. ARTHUR Dem. Ky)-To amend the Internal
Mr.. CREBs (Dem Ill)-Amending the Act OF Feb. H.
1870 granting pensions 10 the soldiers Of the war Of 1872
Mr.. BuRDETr (Rep., Mo.l-Grantng lands to the
Kansas City and Memphis Railroad Company.
Mr.. AVERIIL (Rep., Misunderstanding lands 10 the
Hastings and Dakota Railroad Company.
Mr.. HEREFORD Dem. W. Vs.)-Granting the right Of
way and public lands to the Sacramento River irrigation
and Navigation Company, and TO the Pecos aud Placer
Canal Company, In New-Mexico.
Various other bills of minor importance were intro
6lced and referred
REVENUE REFORM.
The resolution offered, two weeks since, by Mr. Par
ker Dem, ~ H.. declaring that the Tarih should DO 80
reformed Ia bc tax for revenue only ana not Tor the
protection OF class interests at the general expense came
up next la order.
Tho question being seeODding tue previous question.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-11
CoIrRT DECIsIONs--APRrL 10

Snpyems Court Chambers - BY Judge Brady
Hal at McLean-Moton denied opinion wilde ssL sane
decision. Jg3rsy ast Sme-Same lees0n Gle ss| AObIs
Motion denied
BY Judge SuhsIsBdThurber Bsnk aenosia for counsel
New-York tribune., 1871-04-11

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
5;23 Sun $3.50 Moon lli3
Sandy Hook IL: ~ Cows Isan.... 26 Hell Gate j3
New-York tribune., 1871-04-11

Mr.. WILLIAMS Dem, n. " moved TO suspend Inc
rules aud pass the bin authorizing the Secretary OF war 20
extend or continue the contract for the Improvement Of
the harbor of Buffalo, w. w. made on the 10Th oi January
IsSs
New-York tribune., 1871-04-11
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF NEW YORK.

PORT OF NEW YORK........................,AP APRIL To-
CLEARED.
Steamship W Perepon Shropshire Phlndepb, Brss,
ssa%. Steamship ann E Re.r R r'a Fah "a A wa P Co.
EBsi% Ba kons ca, 8 wsS eSs sr rsD cso, w Teton,
Bak Maria Augusta Csxe - CrOn,tadt, Punch Elys Co
B,s EIi Ban. (GEJ ysy, H,%tod. BsTaud, Jene. LOus
RAMIREZ sssS5 Bai1s Dsa sasRs Mo:. ao:.' Ma E1 Baker
Brs Henry TrONOridss Busoy St. Johns, r. Winchester
Rs Rs TsGs,Ta E,Gs..! l f LqI, P',PIs Roads Robinson
h%s h%s Ss Gis & S''sS s4a RI j. !81 FS. Ls
Brig Amelia Emma Carbon, Matanls Cha, L. Guisnmes Co.
s Dss g c.S SSaP .e.cn%1s B. % S.1 r' Mile,
s As ASs. es. Pe G, B.noss cmsS.PS %s s%s Parker
ssSr ssSI q p1,Se g hssan ESh NJ SrO,Sy si9 Stamford
shr - James Hartman, Brazo Santiago Pere, ob,rio
sSlr 0nao. Lord iIaaicGI " ". o. . '0'sH
ARRIVED.
s''.@S'hp VIM CLYDE Pari Richmond City Pou. Norfolk
a ',%1p ", we,sI a. & Wspts Bremen March Southampton
San, d,e With nd Pabo Co ys.eito Goo F. Baisy
ooca &p f ,at5t E 81 Sa.f aa e. iS p,.s s H.
, '"sssa aud abandoned apparently hal been boarded and
sh auyon of Quebec MeIare Manila Nov &C. and st. Helen.
9rs Loeb LoTond of s'OesOn Black cisn day, sugar
.,s ssss ss.ls. 4. IoT # S,tS %.s1 Me-. a,, Galveston days
d': s:L 'A 8! hides x.;s IS
iS NV %sss, TSss @ . a@f HS.' .s.Ss s 1f
s:s i''ii.;, a consisting 'a. sa'' ; E. a @
deals esh ke Lett In port hr Chhs T. Moody Abbott Storm
Peiftl Davis aud H. G. Whemoe Newiork pert d.y
sehr = stiehney, Mathews Virgins.
schr Eclipse, Thompson Virgius
Schr kIsrion forbell. Virginia
behr Isle OF Pines scnl, Virginia.
sehr ID H. se.man scull, virFnis
sehf onrust Heath Georgetown. ID. q.
MEMORANDA.
Ba Arthur Lamb PHILADELPHIA from set ashore At Salt
k Bsnt 9Th u BY the current hut At high water
o9 sc and @ bad heavy gales. and boarded rough sea. on both
ds esnsng the weasel leak ADD requiring pumps kep going
all hs tine April had squalls and heavy shifted csgo
Brig Jas Baker Phdephs from Matsnras erperencd on "a
ias heavy W. spJ twice hlsl water h inst
toos gale which lasted 10 hours vessel completely covered
with water tor o hours.
sehr Hnry C, from loaded spoken
W 'a' NJ. With lon vi dsck load sni wssTSse .r Lts
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WEDNESDAY. Arm 1

Mail. Europe Queenstown md Liverpool per steamship Wis
consn, from Per No. a. n. r., close At Posomce at t:
Station ID, $40 m. Supplementary Mail, for paid letters
only made up Pier No. 40 n r. aud close 9j Steamship
sails at u IN.
lA letters deposited Supplementary Mails must be prepaid With
doabe pr3ge.l
Malls Porto Plata Domingo &c. steamship Trbee,
will close II the Post Ohce at II c
New-York tribune., 1871-04-11
DEPARTURE or FOREIGN MAILS.
TUESDAY. APRiL

Masior Europe vie Pmonh and anburg steamship hemana
from Hoboken close the PoOce at ii 30
m Al Station A. II g. m D. 90 Steamship sals st
Supplementary double paid only made the Pier at
IIoboken. ard closed AZ l:3O r.
IAN letters deposited Supplementary mu be prepaid with double
New-York tribune., 1871-04-11

In. VI
rules aud pass the bill authorizing the Secretary of war 20
extend or continue contract for the Improvement OF
the barbOr Of Buffalo, ". w. made on the 2Oh OF Jah8y
1863 Agreed 10.
THg PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr.. HAWLEY Nep., ILL moved 10 suspend the rulc3
and pass the bin Tor tie withdrawal of the public lands
sale, except under the Freemption and Homestead
1t provides that public ud. shall be withdrawn from market
and ,hi he hereafter Pcd Of on under end o TIe OF '
granted BY Congress for he purpose o. edaatgn nothing n
land the fufng Of contract or agreement on The
Mr. MAYNARD Rep., Tenn said the effect would be
to enhance the value OF college SCRIP ana idhu warrants
Mr.. CONGER Qep Alch') remarked that a llho nd ni,
had been before the House on previous occasOh7' ahu
The House refused to suspend the rules and pass the
Nj. COX Dem, n. " asked leave to offer resolution
lisled correspondence between the British ana ne
American Governments, relating 10 the release Of the
Fenan prisoners especially that with reference to tho
Mr. HoAR Gacp., NtassJ objected.
ThE TRUE PRINCIPLE OF REVENUE REFORM.
Mr. KELLEY GRep., PENN moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the following report: ,,,,.
ODesm9 1870 b ,he Hou,s o. Of the XII X,t Con- on,
s dss Va % h1 rns n y ,ns ps P ] o "el' b rs a, war
20 provide for eIonlr eIPeni, the nS %
collectors sdpeyor' detectives and other ohce
GS & Ss aaeone 9naeoS% 'of % a % and i @ OF t
m2 m end on internal RI & 1 seca ana t mai, Sg so oa =, the
legitimate expenses the Government require the collection Of any sum
Mr. COX GDem, N " CHARACTERIZED the resolution as
- pig-lfOn lfOpOslllOn, hioSt PSiASN'
bug he had ever known.
Mr.. HOOPER 0iep., Mass) said that Mr.. Cox had no
right TO n monopoly Of humbugs. Laughter IL. ..
The rules were suspended and the resolution was
adopted by Yeas, 130 Nays, u.
Mr.. DAWES (Rep. Mass.) reported back the senate
amendments TO the Deficiency bill, which were made the
special order for tomorrow.
APPORTIONhENT BILL.
Mr. COBURN (Rep, Iud.) moved to suspend the rules,
and pass bill providing for additional members III the
XLIId Congress- as follows:
FROM Alabama Ahansls Caomi, Indians Kentucky. Maryland
Massachusetts Mnueots. Mississippi New York North Carolina South
Cssons Tennessee and Virginia each from Georgia Kansas
EewJerse Penn ysn, Teas and Wisconsin two each n 10" a.
hgan Missouri each and from Illinois lr These at
dona elected general tickets AID u election IS
provided for 1871 those states II the Legislature thereof
does election then the Governor Of se state TO
do by proclamation, 81 days IN advance
Mr. AMBLER (Iiep.. OhiO) moved TO ADJOURN which
was agreed o-Yeas lO7. Nays So. The House then adj
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26
STAND BIZ THE COLORs.

There are papers, even in the South
which propose to disbsnd the Democratic
party. To these the Boston Post says
that the Democratic party should moi
leave the field to two or more factions o.
Ragicalism. The success of such q plan IL
argued from its well-known success in
Missouri. We can see how the one may
naturally suggest the other, but we fail to
discover any parallel. To begin with, il
would be equivalent to acknowledging
defeat beforehand and abandoning the or
gsnization. It ought to be only a vigor-
ously compact condition Of the Republi-
ans that should invite it in their stste of
rapid disruption, the inducement and the
argument msnifestly is for the Democracy
10 hold but the closer together. It is not
b Democracy who are in present diff
Guilty, but their opponents. They have
demonstrated to the country their inca
psoity to conduct its affairs wisely, or to
lead it back from the havoc of civil wal to
peaceful prosperity, under q restored
Union; and because they are straitened
and in need ofsuccor, shall the only party
A-aA - N01BIAlLE ~ bAALk uAucE ouL VI
confusion disbsnd and scatter its forces
and abandon its orgsnizationP Could
there be q better way devised for keeping
this broken party indefinitely in power?
No such counsel is called for at this time
of all others. 1t is calculated to distract
and betrsy the noble organizstion-im-
bedded in the principles and history of the
constitution-thst is the only reserve force
on which the nation relies for its final
rescue, Could Rsdicsl1sm scatter the
Democratic forces, it would stand in no
fear Of q wholesome check, either now or
in the future. The same existing ele-
ments Of opposition to it would be COM
5eled to c~oslesce for effective political
action, while the strong central raIlying
point they now have would be gone.
With such broad principles, liberal senti-
ments, patriotic purposes and progressive
ideas as vltslizs the Democratic organiza-
ton, would it be consistent with its duty,
either to itself or the nation. to sacrifice
its opportunity for triumph? Should
the Democrats abandon q wisely-selected
candidate for Grant, any sooner than
they would yield their principles
and policy TO those which are the
cause of sl the present popular dissstis-
tion2 We emphsticslly say no. Stick to
the Democratic flag. Rally the closer
around that bright banner. The great
Democratic party is the only party of re-
form, and the people viii discover that it
alone can accomplish their growing desire,
It sounds cowsrdly to talk Of running
from our position now. If ofensss are TO
be found within the party, is it the part of
prudence to disband the organization, in
of repudisting the offenders, and de-
nying their further political fellowship?
The destiny Of this truly national party is
distinct, its future too clear, to submit
10 its abandonment in obedience to the
whispers Of selishness and the eounsels of
4 concealed fear.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26
A rAx-PAYER TO GOVERNOR BROWN
AND THE LEGISLATURE.

Editors Appeal-Everybody approves thS
oounse ofthe APPEAL. Do not spare GoveTnoi
Brown. BE has betrayed us. We were told
that if Brownlow's knaves were kicked out Of
ONCE, rates Of taxation would be reduced one
haif and the number Of plaee-holders equally
lessened. What are the facts9 There has not
been an officer, except a single doOr-keeperi
knocked on the head by the piOus, pharisaical
Democratic party. What an intolerablyi
hercely hungry swarm Of flies blow upon the
body polite. Itmakes one shudder 10 con
template the morfbund state almost rotting in
the polluted atmosphere OF depraved public
morals. When Radlcalism went under, taxa
tion went up from forty 10 sixty cents on the
SlO0. IN tell you now, If Governor Brown de.
puve our people of their railroads by repeating
the law which enables them TO pay their
debts 20 the State; or If he deliberately pur-
sue q course which VIII force the sale of these
roads as designed, to Tom. Scott, McGhee, and
Wilson, 1 viii, with all my neighbors, vote the
Radical ticket. What do we, the people, the
taxpayers, gain by a change Of masters? VIII
Governor Brown please tell2 Is not the stupid
Legislature multiplying counties and courts,
and thus the armies Of place-men. Is not hti-
cation promoted, and the numberless litigants,
by each accession to the number OF courts?
What do those men think about who were sent
TO Nashville 10 represent the peoples It Is
none Of their business to glorify Governor
Browns administration, but TO do justice to a
people burdened beyond endurance by tax
alton in every form and from every source Of
political power. TAXPAYER.
Our Representatives at Nashville should
read the foregoing letter. 1t contains
some wholesome suggestions. 1t might
be well if every leader of the Democratic
party gave the facts stated a little sober
Thought.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26
JACKSON, TENNESSEE.
Politics and Local lncidents-The comiag
Fair and Price of cotton-Aeorns
-Pork-Gas.

JACKSON, TENN, October q, ls7l.-NothinI
bloody" has recently occurred in or neal
Jackson and the Rsnner can't weep,
1t was a sad occurrence-ths Seath of Iittl,
Alice Young, aged six years, from the kick o
a horse. Tit skull was broken in front ant
back, and death snsue quickly.
Your article in reference to the "reunior
and reform" movement at Nashville, me
the appreciation Of almost everybody here
except the editor OF the Democrat (now Yves
Tennessee Plain Dealer) 1 will not pre-
tend to discuss the question, for 1 only WRITE
The news n views of the people of this
| region.
Great preparations are making for the an.
nuaI AGRICULTURAL n mechanical fair
which commences one week from this date.
me NUMBER OF entries, IL is understood, will
be numerous, and a large crowd is expected,
Among other amusements, there Is to be 4
baby show-andI must not forget to men.
ton q foot.race,o nce5around the speed ring,
by a couple of old thirty-year residents OF
Jackson, each to wear specs
from S9tI %ke Is 80 st rs srTfi 6y S,f FREELY, and sells
Middling, All who are able are holJine mn
for higher prices, which are confidently ex-
want Of money by the producers is seen in
the 1act that SO many are pushing for ward
their crops now at low prices, when they
ZEE hat In a few weeks there viii be q great
Tn crop OF a3urns and other forest fruits
Is nottceably heavy. The ground under the
white oaks is literally covered inches deep
in acorns. and many are yet upon the trees,
Hickory nuts and ohestnuts are also very
abundant, n hogs are already fat. Pork
can be engaged readily at s. per hundred at
the present time.
Some nifty or sixty new business and dwell
ing houses Of the best and most enduring
kind are now in process Of construction in
end near the city. The contractors, OF st,
Louis, are now bustly engaged In laying the
main pipes and preparing the works for
lighting Jackson with gas, which improve
ment VIII be complete in November.
The APPEAL is very popular here--is
bought In great numbers-and its praise Is
on every tongue. Its very clear print and
remarkable freedom from errors, typoRraph-
ical and others, reflects credit upon the edf-
tors and craft engaged in getting It up, and
these things are worth money TO the estab-
lishmsnt.
TN wrspt in flames the realms Of ether
grow
RUSTIC.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26

THB reason merchants are taxed more
heavily than farmers is not because there
is the remotest justice in the process, but
because politicians in the legislature
truckle to. msjorities. They feel the pres.
ence and daily active potency Of the many
and bow before the majority of the multi.
tude. There is g wide difference between
that moral pluck which enables a law
giver to do right in defiance of e-xtrsneous
forces, and that courage of the blsckguard
who does not hesitate to strike with a
knife or pistol. 1t is the moral coward
who robs you wrongfully of your money,
and the vulgar bully of your life. While
the two sorts of courage differ widely, the
distinction between the two descriptions
of cowardice is undeineable.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26
A STREAM OF GOLD,

The motives Of Governor Brown, in the
course he pursues, are doubtless pure.
But no con does a plain citizen become
part and parcel Of the governing city of
Nashville, than his sympsthies with the
psople ale benumbed, his hands and
heart grow cold. He becomes one of the
nobility Of the lsnd-s receiver, rather
than payer, of taxes. The next step leads
into the very midst Of the b~ondholders'
ring. With patience, even now, the
agents and partners Of Tom Scott are
heard pleading the cause Of those who
would enslsve Tennessee as Pennsylva-
mia Is enslaYed. Only two days ago New
Jersey, by the sale of railroads, became
al sbject province of Tom Scott's empire
despOtism which u~nblushingly con-
fesses that its irresistible power is due to
the potency of gold and g~reenbacks. When
the sparkling stream Of green and gold is
turned in gentle currents through halls
of Legislation, the weak bend beside the
little Pactolus; each qUsffs and, like an
other Midas, finds that everything
touched turns to gold.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26

The American Exchange RevieaO is re
sponsible for the following list of fire
insurance companies reported suspended
or that have discontinued business fol
the present on account of losses incurred
in Chicago. Aston Fire Insurance Com.
psny, New York; Irving Fire, New York,
Charter Oak, Hartford, Connecticut; Al
bsny City, Albany, New York; Fulton
Fire, New York; Commerce Fire, AL
bsny, New York; Excelsior, New York
Security, New York; Hide and Leather,
Boston, Massachusetts; Buffalo Fire and
Marine, Buffalo, New York; Market Fire,
New York; Providence Washington,
Rhode Island; Capitol City, Albany, New
York; Independent Fire, of Boston;
Beekmsn, New York; Connecticut, Hart
ford; North American, Hartford; Mer-
chants, Hartford; National, Boston;
Western, Buffalo.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26

BEAST BUTLER sought to revive his
waning popularity In New England by a
goldfish war. based upon the supposed
capture bys British war vessel Of the fish
ing smack Horton" OF Cape God. The
Horton" has arrived at Gloucester, and
reports the "scare" in regard to her pure
ly fictitious. Another n of the Beasts
whoppers. What next in the way Of
"coign Of vantage" can the BeastsprojectS
We wait to see,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26
THE NEW PARTY IN TENNESSEE
THE PRECEDENT AGONIEs OF PAR,
TURITION.

THE PRECEDENT AGONIES or PAR,
TURITION.
The true reason for the proposed disso.
luton Of the Democratic party in Tonnes
see crops out with the ears of the Nash
Vile Banner. It wears the lions skin.
but its %suricular organs are wholly ire.
pressible. 1t never fails, when uttering
its prophetic jeremiads, to express the
hope that the disbolism Of the ku-klux
will be restrained. It draws closely To
Governor Brown in the latest number be-
fore rs, approves the shameful PROPOSE
ton to rescind enactments which win en-
able Western Tennessee roads to escape
the clutches of Tom Scott by paying their
indebtedness to the State, and preventing
forced sales ofthese roads, and closes a
senseless paragraph ofsycophancy to Off.
cial power by asserting the gentle hope
that Governor Brown will succeed in
snnihilating k~u-kluxism. Why this per-
Petual recurrence to 3 phsntomH WI.
concession to the ku-kluy
Why this persist, .dno,s.,o. 49,
al q state of facts that
EAN0 OEhuL = pT6b61E 10Y
the declaration Of martial law in
Tennessee and throughout the South
Hardly q day passes that the lugubrious
Banner is not bowed in tears over some
fsnciful sketch of dsvilish deeds done by
ku-klux. What is the purpose of the Nj
OBJ Of the Tennessee press3 Then, we ask
again, In what consists the necessity for
the marvellous Foote- Colyar-B Banner
movement? Pslpsbly q new party is TO
be organized in Tennessee, and thus far
very proper materials have been eombin-
ed. Amer the few decent people that can
be seduced are drawn into It, then the |
pretty squad that marches under Foote'S
and Colysr's Banner will seize Sambo by
the wool, and the loyal leagues viii be
drawn into the new party. Decent old
Wings, finding themselves betrayed, will
escape from poor Coylsr's clutches, and
then we will have left, FOote, the negro
and the Banner. Whittier viii the awk-
ward pie-bald squad bend its doubtful
steps3 The Banner, even now, points
the way. II win find an Abraham's bosom
beneath Grants waistcoat. II win dis
cover in the capscious pockets Tom
Scott bonds and national bank notes
McGhee viii be there, with cherubic
golden wings among the blessed, and then
ku-kluxism, which the Banner daily rolls
as 8 sweet morsel within its rosy lips,
win become thet theme of its unrestrained
~invectives. 1t is slowly and surely paw
ing the way for this grand consummation
and san people should watch its doubtful
~besitsting steps, as it toddles in the
swsddling clothes Of Rsdicslism, to-
ward the supposed tomb Of Tennessee
Democracy.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26

THAT IL is the pdrpose Of Tom Scott snc
his Nashville ring, to secure absolute
mastery of the railroad system of Ten.
nessee, and thus OF the State itself, Il
demonstrated by the fact that recently,
when q West Tennessee railroad company
undertook TO sell its W bonds in New
York in order TO buy those of the State,
Tom scott's ring undertook todestroy the
value OF the company's bonds. It is verv
strange that Scott should WELD as great
power at Nashville as in New York.
Money is power, it seems, everywhere.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26

THE Emperor Of Brazil has made his sp,
pointment Of arbitrator for the board
which will sit at Geneva for the settle
ment Of claims between Great Britain and
the United States. This board will CON
sist Of Charles Francis Adams on behalf OF
the United States; Lord Chief Justice Sir
Alexander Cockburn for Great Britain
Jacques stsemphi of Switzerland, Count
Selopis Of Italy, and Baron de Itsiubs OF
Brazil
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26

THE supreme court of the United States
has determined not TO render q decision
upon the constitutionality of the cotton
tax until it has again been argued. We
submit, In all Difference TO our highest
court, thst this may be right, but to the
poor litigants whose money is involved,
it is very trying on the patience.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26

STRANGE and contradictory as it may
seem. the snobs Of New York are making
preparations TO accord imperial honors to
a Russian prince, while in England and
Austria the people are preparing to get
rid Of all princes and potentstes" what
soever. The conduct OF the latter is q re-
buke to the former.