Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-05

THE dispatches to the Western As
ISOLATED Press declare that the passage
OF the recent bill making eligible fol
office all men not disqualified by the
fourteenth amendment is the only
practical measure Of amnesty which
viii be passedsby the present Cor
gress. The Southern Radicals divided
in voting On this question, and in the
debate Plat, Of Virginia, who is See
rotary of the Republican Congressional
Committee, advocated it as a measure
OF amnesty, while the coIored member
from Georgia and others vehemently
denounced it. The repeal Of the oath
will enfrauchise, it is stated, about
seven-tcuths OF the present dishan-
chised class in the South, and will
allow Senator elect Miller, of Georgia,
to take his seat, and admit two mem
bers elected from other States to the
next Congress. Representative Beck,
Of Kentucky, is entitled TO the credit
Of having introduced the repeal, and
pressed it in the reconstruction COM
mittee and through the House.
The debate on the passage OF the
bill is represented by the Washington
Patriot as the most exciting Of the
session. Beck, Of Kentucky, admin
istered a merciIess castigation to Ten
nessee's slanderer, Horace Maynard.
He held him up as a scOlding old
woman, seeking all occasions to ven
tilste his malice. in order to exhibit
his true character to the House, he
read from a speech made by Maynard
in the Thirty-sixth Congress, in which
he took the EXTREMIST proslavery
ground, and denounced the Free-State
men in Kansas almost in the identical
language which he now applies to the
Ku-Klux. During this expo
sure Maynard was strutting up and
down the aisle facing the speaker. lie
attempted to make a lame reply, but
was answered with shouts OF dcrisive
laughter from all sides Of the House,
the Republicans enjoying the hit
with quite as much gustO as the
Democrats. Ib was amusing to see
him stink off into a corner to seek
comfort from his colOred c%ompatriot,
whose quasi-African physiognomy
preserved It's gravity amidst all the
merriment, for the Honorable Mr..
Jefferson +. Long had not the remot-
est idea Of what all the fun was about,
and he saw Maynard looking as if he
had lost a months pay, which, Of
course. determined the cast Of his
countenance. Porter, Of Richmond,
Virginia, roared out his fustian ats. S..
Cox, for calling him the memberfrom
Richmond. In retort, Cox reminded
the amember from Richmond" Of his
eminent services to the State when
compelled to exercise with a bail and
chain for dislOyalty. This brought
down the House and galleries. Both
fairly exploded. 1t was Maynard over
again, only much more 50. The
unfortunate Porter sought to regain
bis legs, but they refused their
muscular Office, and Mr.. Cox unmer-
ciuIly pummeled his victim with "a
gentle reminder that the "member
from Richmond was not a fighting
man. The House fairly roared at this
introduction of Pat Woods on the
scene, and the struggles OF the brawny
and broad-shOuldered Porter to ex-
plain, while his small adversary was
hitting him right and left, convulsed
the Chamber. The Speaker had to
do double duty 10 restore order, and
while the gavel was playing actively
on the desk Porter went vigorously
in search Of Efaynard. General Ben
jamin Il. Butler fired OFF another pow
deE-boat against the whole South, and
Informed the House that though he had
reported the bin, he would voc
against IE. t'rhat," says the PQfrioL
was enc Of the most gratifying incl