Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-13
THE DISFRANCHISED.
A Challenge TO the United States Con-
gress-EHfranchise our Lead
ing Wen.
Prove 70 Is that You Mean Peace and
Reconciliation by Wiping Out
all Disabilities.
A Shnple Statement or Facts Worm
the Attention Of Our Senator.
and Representatives,

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franchisem' -nt of the gentlemen name
Iskihg up the list of Senators Al
IIleuloe IS OF the thirty-sixth ConCre.
we 0 ave the following:
tDenjamin Fitzpatrick, Senator fro
J-,labsma-a gentleman Of quiet taste
who, If living, has not been heard fro
since the war, and is not likely 10 con
APP again for Office.
Hon. Clement {. Clav. ir.. Unite
States Senator from Alabama, has el
tireiy withdrawn nom politics. Il
leads very retired life, and his healtl
at last advices, was very feeble. He
not likely 10 he an aspirant for publ
hODurs, whether al home or abroad.
Hon. Robert w. johnson. Unite
States Senator from Arkansas. h,
withdrawn from public life, and sinf
the war has been engaged in the pra,
tee IF the law al Washington citv.
Hon. David L. Nulee, United Stat,
Senator from Florida, took no prominer
part in the Confederate service. and hs
been devoted since 1865 to railroad ma
Jers. He is President Of a rather sickl
railroad lying between Fernandina an
Cedar Keys, called the Florida road.
Hon. Stephen r. Mallory was Sena
tor nom Florida. After his liberatio
nom imprisonment at Fort LAFAYETTE
Mr.. Mallory entered upon the practic
OF the law at Pensacola, Florida. II
has not figured prominently in polite
since. he Is a gentleman of temperat
ana conservative views, and anxious 70
a restoration Of peace and harmony be
tween the two sections. Hon. Alfre,
1Nersoni United States Senator from
Georgia, Is now greatly advanced il
years de IS out OF political life. Hon
robert IoOmbs, the other Senator from
Geogglai has been more active as a Yer,
pronounced Bourbon, not willing L
swallow Greeley, and though much ad
mlIed by Georgians for his elOduenc,
ana genus, yet not very influential by
fesSon OF his extreme views. Georgia.
IsNorite son to-day seems to be Genera
Joln b. Gordon, and since the death o
Ler ylSest Statesman. the Hon. Howell
Nooth he has been the most decidedly
IellINsentauve man of this great euer.
gsfIc Commonwealth.
Ot the Louisiana Senators, Mr.. John
Sldell IS dead; and Hon. Judah Z. Ben.
lamln, standing in the front rank of the
E-nElish bar, and reaping a large pro-
1cssioIlal income, may be regarded as
henc eiOTth and forever a British subject
aud quite out Of the line Of political
sDScUlations in America.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis is President of
The Carolina Life Insurance Conpapv.
and TO this duty ne gives the energies
which he once ardently devoted to a
public career. 1t yields him a salary
ample probably for the wants of himself
and family. That Mr.. Davis regards
bis political career as terminated and
has no desire 10 re-enteT upon such strug-
giles Is as notorious and conspicuous a
Sact as the persistent malice of the Jack
ais who follow him 70 his retreat and are
able to use for their purpose the columns
OF papers otherwise respectable.
Hon. Albert G.. Brown, Senator
from Mississippi, is ia private life. He is
q gentleman Of LIBERAL and conservative
opinions; accepts the situation But
Il ne has any political aspirations, is not
apt 70 nave them gratified, inasmuch as
MS state IS dominated by large negro
majority
OF the two. South Carolina Senators.
Governor Hammond is dead The
otneri Ger.eTal James Chestnut. Justly
occupies a high position in the regard
and confidence Of his fellow-citiZens.
and Is a gentleman Of rare good sense
ana Digh ability, but he is not likely to
come % the front, the State being bound
nell liess IN the chains Of the most re-
lnc,rseless plunderers that ever disgraced
ID e form Of man.
Hon. 4. .. p. Nicholson, of Tennes-
see, United States Senator. has figured
prominently since the war. He is now
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Bench Of
Iennessee, and Is not quite likely to
quit the bench for the political arena.
Lewis I. Wigfall, Of Texas, United
states Senator, st last accounts was
praticing law at Baltimore, and out Of
politics completely.
or the two Virginia Senators
Hon. Z. NJ I. Hunter alone survives
This gentleman has been engaged in
agricultural and literary pursuits since
the war, and hzs not mingled in Dolifi-
cal dlscussioDz, except during the recent
Chen his speeches at Tam
many Ha. Z aud at Richmond challenged
the admiration Of all, including his ad-
veTsarHes, ~ their moderation, thought
iul ess and profound statesmanship.
Inc members Of the House Of Repre-
ssntatives Of this Congress under disa-
blliues are J. /. Pugh, David CloptOn,
Geo. ,. Houston, J. l.. n. Curry, of Ala
bama; Charles l.. Scott, of California.
nov Of Alabama; George 5. hawkins,
Of Florida; Martin L. Crawford, Of
Georgia; i. Q. G. Lamar, g. r. Single
ton, Of Mississippi; w. n. II. Smith,
Burton Craige, OF North Carolina; John
McQueen, William Porcher Miles, NJ.
J. BOnham, Of South Carolina; John
h. Reagan, Of Texas; Thomas S. Bo-
cock, :. +. Leake, Ex-Governor Will
am Smith, r. A. Pryor, b. n. Edmond
5oni Of Virginia, and a few Others less
prominent.
General John c. Breckenridge, now
President Of the Lexington and Big
sandy railroad, is, / believe, the only
Jne excepted a. a member Of the Thirty |
seventh Congress.
Under the remaining list Of excep- |
ions find the names Of Hon. ! din 4. |
Campbell, former Justice Of the United |
states Supreme Court, and now en-
gagged ia a lucrative practice at the New /
Orleans bar; General Samuel II. Coop |
y, former Adjutant-General of the /
United States Army, now living in his /
)ld age near Alexandra, Virginia; Gen /
sral Joseph Johnston, now agent Of va
1ous insurance companies, at Savannah, |
Georgia; General Beauregard, now en-
zaged in business at New Orleans; Cen |
sral sam Jones, late resident OF Lou |
sville, now professor at Oakland, Cali |
ornia; General Gustavus w. Smith, Of |
frankfort, Kentucky; General Hood, |
Of Texas; General r. S. Ewell, /
Yho was StOnewall JaclzsOn's right arm |
"a the war; General ID. II. Hill, who led |
he North Carolinians so brsyely; Gen |
raj q. W. Custis Lee, son 10 the IA
nous Robert i. Lee and President of
Washington and Lee University, Vir-
yinia; General Fitzhugh Lee, Of Vir-
,nia; General w. II. +. Lee,
resident Of the Virginia State
Agricultural Society; Colonel Larkin
smith, Of Georgia. Colonel L. b.
Northrup, ex-COmmissary General of
he Confederacy, now farming near
Charlottesville, Virginia; Prof NJ. f.
1auryi Professor at Lexington, Vir-
mia; Captain Brooks, the Inventor of
ne system Of deep-sea sOundings which
'aved the way for laying the Atlantic
aple; General II. X. Jackson, of GeOr-
pa, former Minister 10 Austria; and
astly, General William Preston, of
kentucky former Minister at Madrid.
DEATH HAS BEEN BUSY
mong those who helped to Law the
Of the Confederaey at Rich
lOnd and Montgomery. Among those
rho have passed away, in addition to
he officers Of the regular service who
eli in battle, we have the names Of
ames NJ. Mason, United States Sena-
Dr. from Virginia, Confederate minister
{ London; his colleague at Paris, Hon.
ohm riidell; the Hon. Muscoe r. Ii.
iaTnett, one Of the most able and ac-
Of all the public men of the
outh, and, like the younger Pitt, bred
staiesmanship and politics from his
Outh up; Bragg, Of North Carolina;
of South Carolina, whose
mud-silln idea created SO much irTita- ,