Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-27

Prussia has psled their Intellectual
H-a- Nine hundred and seventy-tive
million dollars, besides hundreds Of
thousands Of valuable lives and two
thousand millions Of property de-
sr5yld! France certainly pays the
piper for this last dance.
SOME of the Radicals at present in
Csngrezs from this State have signi-
fed it their intention to contest the
RIGHT OF cur Democratic members
eIecs 10 the positions to which they
have been elected by the people
of their respective districts. Pros
ser fa the Fifth and Smith in the
Eighth gtlis) district have both deter
mined to contest the one with Golli-
dsy. the other with Naughan-and IL
possible land anything is possible to
the Radical majority prevent them
from taking their seats in the forty
second Congress. That these WORTHLESS
will be able to make a case, we have
IfrIe doubt, in view of the fact that
one of them has been permitted
to usurp the seat Of the lamented
Leftwfch, and that Tillman has
been allowed TO occupy the seat of
NIr. sheafe. elected to the Forty first
CouEress by a large Democratic ma
iortv from the Fourth District.
From the able review Of the tes-
timOny OF Til.man, and the report
favorable 70 him of the House Com
mfttea on Elections, by Mr.. Kerr, Of
Indiana, now before Us, we are ableto
realize the extent to which the R8di-
cals may 60 in perpetuating their
power through a Congressional ma
f0ritv. In this review Of Mr.. Kerr
we have all the facts as to the conduct
oftne election I'm the Fourth District
i'm I-Gs. most OF which were in the
winter of thai year faithfully set be-
fore the people by the Democratic
Journals Of the State. Mr.. Kerr shows
taal Mr.. Saeafa, who had served in
the Union army through the
war, received majority OF
ll58 votes over Tillman, who
was without any character to re-
commend him other than that he was
Radical, and could be counted on to
20 the whole Radical hog that
BrowuI0w lthen GOvernOr), in order
10 assist in the maintenance Of Radi-
sal a-cendsncy, threw out 1880 Demo
cratic votes lthe whole OF Lincoln
county and gave the certificate Of
election 10 Tllm8n; and that the
Governors right thus to throw out
votes was in express and plain terms
denied by the Supreme Court Of the
State, every member Of it an APP
pointee OF BrOwulOW; the language
of The court being (as reported in c.
CALDWELL Reports, page 23D, that
for reasons set forth the court is con-
strained to hold that the statute
which COufers on the Governor the
power Go set aside and aDnul the
registration Of a county, in whole or
Ia part, is unconstitutional and void.
Mr.. Kerr also proves that the state
ments about Ku-KluX Outrages made
public iJr the first time after Tillman
had taken Sheafs's seat, and not
p,-en known CD Br0wnl0w when he
maze bis proclamation announcing
the fact OF his throwing out votes in
Tflman's favor, were all false, that
thev could not De true, since the
Fourth District at the time Of the
election, and Tor months previous,
was being psIiced by United States
troops. a captain Of which (E. l..
Huntington, Of the 10Th inantry) de-
clared and proclaimed that to his
knowledge the election was quiet,
and that there were not any maraud-
ing parties TO make voters afraid, to
intimid8te or deter them. He shows
that the election was held by officers
appointed by the Coroner Of Lincoln
county, and that this officer so ap-
pointed only after the Register OF
Voters for the county and the Sheriff
Lboth Radicals) had each in their
turn refused 70 do so. And yet
in face OF these facts, and others
adduced by Mr.. Sheafe, Tillman was
allowed 90 hold his seat, a majority Of
the committee voting for him upon
the plea that BrOWnl0W was justified
in throwing out the votes Of Lincoln
county, because Of the Ku-KluX cut
RACES manufactured then, as they are
being manufactured now, for the bene-
tit Of the Radical party. With
such an example before Us, have
we not just cause to fear
results adverse to our Democratic
members elect, unless, as is possible,
the Radicals are deferred from again
practicing such infamy, by reason Of
the growing strength of the Demo-
critic party and the certain recOl Of
the people OF the Republic rom a
party that viii resort to such a means
of selfpreservatiou4 So long as the
Radical party is in power, any iniamy
is possible. Remembering this, in
the light Of the facts 50 eloquently
painted by thedistinguished represen-
tative of Indiana, we viii do well TO
make ready and be prepared for fur
ther encrOschments upon the rights
and liberties Of the people, even to the
exclusion Of our legally-elected repre-
sentative. The Radical party Is
nearing the agony aud thrOes OF
death, and it may be expected to hold
to the power it has abused and mis-
used by every means possible, and so
long as a spark Of life remains to it.
s'We have scotched the snake, not
KILLED it."