Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-31
POLITICAL.

should the feeling once become general
that civil service reform Is not 70 be hoped
for II the hsnds Of the Grant ADMINISTERS
Eion, we VIII certaiEly have revolution
throughout all the states OF the Union
next fall So overwhelming as that recent
~ expsrisneed in New York and other
cities
The San Francisco Chronicle thinks
that the influence OF Sargent, ths new
California senator, viii be used TO secure
the election Of George c. German IS Cas-
seriyfs successor, and that "his election
would SAD directly 20 the disruption and
tiismemb bermout OF the Republics party
in California"
Republican Senator Upton says that
the Republican party has now become q
a,loss corporssion, snd no man can belong
TO Il Enless he Is willing 20 wear collar
with Grants name as sign OF OwneCEhlp
uDon it. In this be but reIJer2tes LoGsn's
svoval that i've senators consider them
selves the Republican party.
ION. James P. Barr has been sppsinted
the Z. .7embsr OF the National Democratic
oomrnl ttee from Psnnsylvsnis, &c I'll the
vscsncv caused 5y the death Of Hon. Isaac
HissteT. OF Lancaster. The appointment
yyss made by Hon. ", a Wallace. chair
man OF the State committee, IN seeord-
snee with the wishes OF the members
thereof.
They have arrested q man in Georgia for
ystes liz Z $50 600 from the State, He ad
,nitx the theft buG SAYS be was only acting
As ths szsut Of Bullock and Blodgett. We
SE5n't -. says the Pittsburg Post, Why
the small Ehisves should bs arrested, while
the large onrs like Bullock snd Scott are
encouraged md tsksn into the confidence
, OF the administration.
The Evansville Courier says: "Wbils
Senators schurz snd Governor Brown sre
invited to explain affairs IN Saline coun-
az, Missouri, il seems 70 Us that It would
h. vel for somebody, in the confidence
Of idr. Grant, TO exp. ain the condl1on OF
matters in ChicOt county Of the adjoining
State We expect the latter explanation
would be quite ss interesting as the for
Her."
The Milwaukee w .sconsin) News says:
ssOa tbs 22d Of Nay, A. d. 1859, Joseph X
Jones and vile decided 10 Ulysses 8
Grant niuety-seven acres OF Cook county
land (ChicagO - in Cook county, for the
consideration CT 81, On ths same day J.
Russell Jonss, Of Chicago. wss appointed
United States Minister to B5lgiums with
salary Of 1880, sold. Is this The same
JOnes7"
The Radical newspapers are fond Of
nuoti az from the London Times in COM
-.
they forget 20 publish the remark Of that
journal thai M. BCutwell's claim Of con-
bdeues 70 his party, because he hss made
psvune1ts on the public debt, Il about as
absurd ss though hs hsd claimed merit
for q good crop Of corn n Illinois. The
taxpayers have made the payment on the
public debt.
Prom 8 recent compilation Of figures, it
sappearR that A. the last election for nsm-
bsTs Of tbs present Congress throughout
ths nited States, the vote was as fol-
lows:
Republican -.-.----..-..'-..---..----. ~, "
Democratic = 30 0O4
Rspublicsn majority ...-.....-...... l4.zSl
St viii be seen that the tH psrtiss are
Iln0o8t exactly equal in point OF numbers
There Is q quarter OF a million more
Democratic white men than Republican
white men.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, IN an article
ON the oppression OF the South, asks:
a BD what has been done by the people
of the NORTH 10 avert this calamity from
tha 80 ds Of a devoted peOpls7 When
ChicegO \ ufers, We fiy as one man TO her
reIief WI On Ireland is oppressed, every
sspesker conc, hates his audience by bold
and manly spr, sal for justice, law and lib
eYtV. But vbsa, our neighbOrs, friends
and oountrynlsn k-e robbed OF syeTy e.
Genital right, security and safety, We hsve
thus fsr stood by wa bout u5teriDg one
word Of sympathy, OF proposing fellei'"
The New York Wcrld very pertinently
inquiries If the country now has 70 con
qrssulste itself for the first 5s4ne IN ten
Yeara upon the spectacle of every state
represented in congress, why the necessl-
ty of "a Joint select committee on 1nsur-
YectionEry Ststes7" The whole theory Of
reconstruction was based upon the hy-
7po*hesis that insurrectionary States were
entitled to no representation, yet here we
have every State represented in both
houses, and still the necessity OF com
gnfttse on iBsurrectionsry States-" There
is an Inconsistency IN the matter, If IL
does K.ot foreshsdOW q further application
Of the reconstruction scheme. The cleo
ton Il approaching. and il may bring the
necessity with it.
Th,a Albany New York; Argus hopes
slae set proposed by Representatives. Potter
~ maj state, providing that no State shall
hs s6uittec 20 the Union without the
reouisits nunarer OF popuistion wiz be
adopted. This you'd prevent further
iTnposition upon the large States, while
no hardship could come 70 those who are
IN a territorial condition, Hs have noW
nine territories whose population - tne
gos. oauEuE stnod Is fOlloG6.