Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-20

majority IN the senate nilu Il InclT NOfk IS all pre-
/ pared for them In advance. They are to meet In
their own hall 10 notify the house (as mere matter
Of courtesy that their presiding officer Is about to
open count the electoral yOtss, and then proceed
10 do ll their way. That way IS to be that the
PRESIDENT of the senate shall open Just such votes as
he choOses and shall count them ard announce the
name Of the person who shall have received the ma
tOTty Of tine votes cast This person the President
declares he will have inaGgurated, and Will bring
mere troops here TO aid him. If necessary, and that
( he viii 'have peace II he has TO nght for IT.
II will he observed that this Is essentially the meth
Gus Of tae southern returning boards and OF the ar
Tangemaut Of the little dinculty in the oOutn caro-
lima legislature By the interposlon OF the corporas
guard IN all these proceedings the house OF repre-
seuavcS Is entirely Ignored, and the plan Is so ar
ranged that If any member OF the house lnterferes
| he will be regarded as a mere trespaSser upon tine
preserves of the senate and treated accordingly.
That this is the deliberate plan Of the administTa
ton cabal there Is not the faintest doubt. That Its
successful prosecution will destroy civil liberty I'm
America Is us plain as anything In this world can be-
| There Is only one way by which this reasonable
scheme csu be defeated and that Is for the people,
without regard TO party 10 speak In condemnation OF
1t In tones SO unmlstdkaeie as TO carry dlSnay into
the hearts Of those bad senators who stand ready to
do the behests Of the cabal, and to encourage those
men who Only wait for such encouragement 10 come
| squareiy over to the side Of Law and order.
Attitude Of the Southern Members.
! WASHINGTON, December 15.-The southern
membcs of congress- In Interview to-day, appear TO
! be growing Testve under the continued nlSrepre-
senaOns of their attitude on the Presidential queS
! tlCn, which are appearing from day to day In the
! neFTsDaueTs The sensational and wholly incorrect
report Of an interview Colonel Roberts. of New Or
leans rad with Governor Hayes, at the home Of the
| latter iG Ohio, was promptly exposed and contra
dicted but 1t continues to be followed by similar
statements, which are equally unfoundsd In fact
Some or these reports have no doubt grown out Of
recent interview with Mr. HILL of Georgia; but Mr..
Hill does not reflect altogether the sentiments of his
colleagues, and could not command today corpo-
rs guard of followers. It is possible that there may
be one or two southern members who would cOncede
the election OF Mr.; Hayes with the hope OF gaining
something for their section by the concession, but II
would be difficult to find them. They certainly
would not represent the sentiments OF the southern
people. Neither among the southern men In con-
grsss Or cut of 1t Is there the slightest disposition TO
concede the election of Mr. Hayes or the faintestde
sire 20 buy his goodwill by acting in bad faith to-
ward their northern allies. The south did its part
In the last election toward placing Mr. Tflden In the
Presidential chair; 1t knows that he has been fairly
elected and should be tnaugurated, and that posi-
ton it is ready to maintain OF course II the north
makes no resistance to the revolutionary programme
By which the Radicals propose to put MI Hayes into
the White House the south must also give way, how
ever uuWili&gly But let the north show bold
front and assert its rights and the south will not be
found wanting OF course, no southern man, and
It might be further said true lover OF his country,
desires the settlement of the Presidential question
By appeal to arms. All interests save those Of
few adyentuTers opposed TO internal strife and
more ready TO deprecate even the pOssibill
ty of blOOdshed than the much maligned Exon
federatcs who hold seats in congress. They have
seen quite enough Of war and its horrors. All the
war talk of to-day comes from the haHgeTS-on OF the
administration ana departmental employees, and the
oGdest-mOUbed are those least likely to respond to
q possible call to arms. They are no doubt enc0uT-
aged In their threats by the moderate and law
abiding policy Of the Democrats In congress and by
the apparent apathy with which the people of the
north have regarded the use of troops and the
frauds of the returning boards In the SOUTH little
Willie EGO they were compelled, reluctantly no doubt,
to admit the election of Mr. Tden and to concede
that he would be inaUgurated; now they say that II
the attempt Is made to naugurate him there Will be
trouble, and that the Democrats VIII show their
wisdom by fOrbearing to provoke q collision. OF
course this is mere Idle yaporng; but men who talk
are moved by the spirit which has Grant in Lead
lfrA. milf
Idea that threats OF this kind could have any effect
upon the Democrats In congress or out OF 1t Is too
absurd for serious consideration; but 1t Is not more
absurd than the repeated raise statements lhat the
southern representatives here have any intention or
desire to sell themselves to Governor Hayes or to
place the fortunes OF the SOutn In his handS. TothS
| southern member to-day suggested the additional
| assurance that the southern Democracy have been
tried by fire since the war and their loyalty TO the
constitution and the Union proved beyond all Ques
| ton. These are the views obtained by CORE
sp0nGent OF the World from conversations with
| ly all o. the southern members OF the house.
MOrtOn's Mission.
| WASHINGTON December 15.-There can be no
| question OF Senator M0rt0n'S uncommon proficiency
In bringing fasehOOd to the birth and promoting its
| successful delivery and Washington has been rife
6Ians Senator Motors 6asy depa1tGre last night
by the necessities of gigantic lie, TO which the able
lieutenaltS OF the Indiana senator find themselves
| unequal signs OF ebbing popular favor at every
pOni in the Republican campaign have been met by
the invention OF scme new scandal or the discovery
OF some IrSSl lSeLOO1 ABOUT TIE D6inOcrdLc party
Since the election, pretty steady lying has been
pretty steadily kept up by lot OF men OF rare ex-
peTence and proicsucy 20 convince the north that
| new rebellion was then, had been, OF would be In
| progress at the south. Within week past letters
| have been received by southern Democrats In con-
gress asking advice as to the approaching oTganza
| ton of armed forces, letters which have been
uniformly traced TO Republican sources and were In
tended To lure men into unWtSe ana haSty express
sOns Circulars 10 the same end have gone through
the SOUTH forged by Republicans ana sent to Demo-
Gratis, in the vain hope that men who could not be
| forced by violence to violent measures might be
| trapped into eQuivocal uiterances. All this has
| failed The marvellous self-cOntrOl OF our fellow
citizens at the south, the singular sefpOsseSSlon of
their leaders and the men they led have bighted
these lies al the birth. They have fallen Stll-bom
and public confidence returns, the desperate game
sters, whose desperate game can succeed only by a
breach of the public peace, are altogether likely to
invent disturbance at the north and lie about new
rebellion at the south. There difficulties In the
way The story must deceive northern men, must be
told OF northern men, n nOTtnern papers, Dy north
ern politicians. II Is currently believed that Morton,
and only Morton, is equal to the task. He has his
whole story TO invent, and 1t Is claimed he has gone
to Indianapolis 10 produce the gigantic and rounded
lie. great organization Will be discovered, with
books and lists, and passwords, and grips and other
bloOdcurdling secrets of more frlghtful riot. The
recent meetings at Indianapolis had to do
| with It,; the meetings Of next January have
la0re The cabinet meeting to-day actually spent its
time In listening to reports on the subject ana the
country Is shortly expected TO spend Its time In list
ening to the report, with the trling difference
that while the cabinet cannot be expected 10 believe
the lies of It's friends the cabinet will expect the
country 10 believe the lies Of its friends, Senator
| Morton among them. A hasty conference was held
yesterday at the capitol between Chandler, Cameron
| and Norton. It may or may not have Its bearing
upon Senator MortOns trip and the reports in to-
days cabinet meeting but whatever their bearing,
there can be no question that for the coming weeks
efforts Will be spared to put tie Democrats In the
wrong by count, suggestion plot, and open and au-
dacOS lying; first and chiefest from the State Of In
| diana Meanwhile, no scintilla of evidence exists
to support these falSehOOds and no checks VIII be
given by them to the consistent and constitutional
Of fha IL
| 70 fellow the example OF Indiana.
What Horton is Expected to Prove.
Baltimore Gazette.
WASHINGTON, December 15.-Yesterday after
noon Secretary Cameron came into the senate cham
! Der, and Morton followed him out. They went d.
4 rect to the White House. The news had been re-
celved that morning that the Democrats of Indiana
were organizing into county clubs and preparing to
maintain their rights at ali hazards II had also
been communicated % Grant, cameron and Morton,
that similar organizations were forming in Ohio, IL
linOls, Wisconsin, and other western States. They
were represented TO be secret In their character, anC
| composed Of the same material which made up the
order known as the Knights OF the Golden Circle. Ii
was TO cOntrive some plan for firing the northern
heart by pretending that these southern societies
were being revived that Morton was suddenly called
10 Secretary Can sTOns aid After pT0tracted con-
ference at the White House Senator Morton re-
turned TO his quarters, where he gave out tna
a telegram had just been received which called
him home and with his Oregon speech half
finished and important committee work on hi;
hands he flies OF to Indiana after midnight. Tit
scheme Is to have Morton revive his fight agdins
IebelliOuS organizations During the past cam
pagn he charged Governor Hendricks and Othel
prominent Democrats who supported Tllden witt
having been In full harmony with the Knights o
the Golden Circle. He Is 10 obtain prominent name
connected with this present organization, and indie
them boldly in the senate as conspirat0Fs This, az
and Cameron think viii prepare the public for tn
necessity OF counting IN Hayes, and placing th
aTmy at his command to support this new rebellion
and viii serve warrant for increasing and main
tainlng the troops at Washington. The firm att
tude OF the Indiana Democrats have directed atten
tOn 10 that quarter, and Morton must now cOnspir
10 prop his lost cause by reklndng old hdtreds with
out the slightest foundation in fact. The presen
organizations are In no way similar TO the Knight
Of the Golden Circle, whom Morton fought duIinl
tbs The country Is forewarned OF this pOlitica
plot In time 70 checkmate Its eolsummatlon.
The Michigan Democrats.
/. New York Herald.
DETROIT, December 14.-Interyiews here toda
with prominent Democrats, representing yariOu
sections OF the State OF Michigan exhibit gent
rally WellrOlnded fear that Governor Tlden cannC
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