Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-11

a Plain, Stra ightfOrward and Unnn-
swerabIe Arraignment-SIx Co unts
in the Indictment.

Plain. Stra IghIEOrward and UnBn.
swerabIe ArraIgnmenG-SIx Co UNITS
in the Indictment.
HIS Attack upon the Pure and Dign1.
fed Adams Grossly Unjust and
Resting in FalsehOOd.
Chicago Times
The ASA llt by Mr.. James q. Blaine, in his
harangue st Cincinnati, upoP Mr. charles
Francis Adams, was an audActous utterance
| of eight several aJu distinct untruths. Six OF
| these audaciOus falsshoo1s consisted in the
| following stateme Is of Mr.. Blaine
/. That during the Sc sion of congress fol.
lowing the first election OF Mr.. Lincoln. Mr.
Adams offered an eDendmsnt to the consti-
tuition prCp05tag to render the abolition of
| slavery impossible so long as a Single slave
| state should object.
Th't "tr-SS o-1ous proposition was stran-
! - without ever cOm1Cg 10 direct vote"
| 3. That Mr.. Ad ans "h3s never forgiven Mr..
| lincoln for defeating that RtrociOus meas
| ure,' implying that 1t was Mr. Lincoln who
l. Tat of all the New England rep esenta-
| tlves, 'Mr. Adams stood alone in supporting
| t0at Infamous proposition,
.. That every other Massachusetts repre-
| sentative was opposed 10 1t, including Mr..
| Alexander Rice, tue present Republican gov
| ernor and candidate for reelection"
| 8. That Mr.. Lincoln often declared that no
crl-is of the war was 50 terrible or caused him
| TO feel such chill o, no ror' as the PROPOSE
! tion OF Mr.. Adams "
| E9cn and every ore of these six statements
| of Mr.. Blaine Is a false statement, a record
| of the fact establishes In relation TO the first
| statement, The cOngressi Jnal record shows
that a eject committee OF thtrty-t three men,
| bers OF the house W as appointed upon 1.-The
| state of the Union." Thomas Corwin was
| chairman of that c)nmlttee, and Mr.. Adams
was one of its members. In February, 1851,
| Mr.. CIrWin, as chairman OF this committee
reported the project of amendment alluded to
Rlpinp- EpbrnarV motion Of
| Mr.. Corwin, that project was amended so as to
| read as follows:
"No amendment shall be made to the con-
! stltution which viii authorize or give TO con-
greSs the power to ab dish or interfere, within
| any state, with he domestic institutions
thereof Including that O persons mel | to SER
vice or iabOr by the laws OF saId state"
Neither tois substitute s nc nor the 2risia aal
was The proposition of Mr.. Adams" as Mr..
Blaine fAlsey alleges.
2 Concerning the secoud statement of Mr..
Blaine, the record shows that the OdiOIs
piopO ittOn" was not ''strangle1 without COM
ing o q direct vote" but that 1t came TO a dt-
recC vote and passed both houses OF congress
BY large majority.
3, The "stro :ious measure" was, therefor,
not defeated or strangled by Mr.. Lincoln, aud
Mr.. Adams never had hNd occasion to forgive
ar. Lincoln for doing what was not done at
all.
1. The proposition came to vote in the
house February Is 1861 and passed by a vote
ofone hundred and Jhity-three ayes 10 sixty
1--we noes. mr. Adams voted vii n the msJOri-
t., nut he was not the only New England
member who voted aye, the record showing
that ALerqnder II Rice, Thayer and Delano, OF
Massachusetts, French and Morse OF Maine,
Morrill,, of Vermont, and Robinson, of RhoIe
island, also voted aye.
5. Mr.. Blaines statement that "every other
NJ assachusettS representative was opposed 10
H." is proven TO be IA Sc by the record, which
shO Uha thr 6 other NJ -ssachussttS repre-
sentatves unciuding Mr.. Alexander II. Rice
VOt d for j..
8. Among he Repub ican party members in
tue house and senate, who voted for that
proposition, were the following:
Rice, Massachusetts. Morris, Pennsylvani
adams, Mass. Neuer, Penn.
Cha' e., Mass. ktllinger, Penn.
OelanO, NJ ass Hal Penn.
+ lencb, Maine, Junkin, Penn.
No. Sc, Maine. M 'PhersOn, Penn.
Norrlil, Vermont. MOorehead, Penn.
Anthony, r Island. M'Kpight, Penn.
Robinson, Il Island. Hale, Penn.
CLARK, New York. Babhitt, Penn.
COchrane, New York. Lewis, Maryland.
Hoard, New York COrwin, Ohio.
Humphrey, New York Stanton, Ohio.
OIln, new YORK. Howard, OHIO.
Heynolds' New York. John Sherman, Ohio.
Sickles, New York. Hslmi. k, ohio.
Spauldtng, New York. Theaker, Ohio.
Dunn, Indiana. kellogg, Illinois.
COlfaX, Indiana. Logan Illinois.
klsOur, Indiana. Howard, Michigan.
Porter, lndiana. Aldrich, Minnesota.
DAVIS, Indiana, Wiudom, Minnesota.
crimes, Iowa. Dixon, Connecticut.
harlan, Iowa. Foster, -onpectcut.
Baker, Oregon. Ten EycB, n. Jersey.
Now, of the g members, all of whom voted
for the proposition which Mr.. Blaine says
Mr.. Lincoln regarded with "chill of horror"
Mr.. Lincoln selected Mr.. Adams for minister
TO England; Mr. Oin for judge of the district
court at Washington; Mr.. Morris for minister
at Rome; Mr.. M'PhersOn ipreside' OF the
convention which nominated Mr.. Hayes) flr
an Off ,er OF the ire IsuTy; Mr.. NOISE lOr con-
sui at Liverpool Mr.. French for second and
TOR Of the trea uFy (Which office he still occu-
ptes); and MeSsrs. Helmick, Theaker, Dunn,
aud some others FOR other offices of t.usu and
resronsl bill Y in his administration. He also
= al los Mr sDg2F1 nd mar
one or Two others, whose support OF that
"atro 3ious proposition" filled him with a
"chili of horror" with commissions in tha
army. These are facts that do not tend to C n
rOuOGate Mr.. Blaine's sartion No 6. To the
personal acquRintanc IS OF Mr.. Lincoln at that
1me, the untruth of that statement is mani
fest, for there was, perhaps, not a cOnspicu-
GUS man in the who country who was
then more willing than Mr.. Lincoln to avert
the Impending war by such compromise So
ter from being ''chtlled with horror" by that
proposition, IL was perfectly well known by
his Intimate friends tnat he favored the prop
osition ard desired its passage through con-
gresS. IT dio not pass, aud went before num-
Ger of Sta e legislatures then in session, iu-
Guiding the legislature OF Mr.. LincOln's own
state Ia body in entire political sympathy
with htm), which, If the fact is correctly re-
membered, ratified the proposed amenO ment.
The foregoing enumeration of audacious iaIse-
hoods in NJ. Baine's statement does not in
clude his seventh ialsehoou, uttered IN the
same connection, which consisted in the allie
CATION that the proposed peace amendment"
proposed TO guarantee and protect the pre-
Jended right of fslaveholding in tn erritories.
Fhe proposition included nothing of the kind
Still ali eighth IA seuood was uttered by this
audacious Mr. Blaine, in the aSSerJion that his
falsehoodS would b5 found verified by the
records. On toe contrary, the record proves
every one or them To be Statements of unJrnth
Why should Mr.. Blaine resort TO the disreputa.
ble methods or liar? Is the cause in which
he appears as an advocate SO desperate that
hing nut baref4cet lying will save it? Or
Is the tt=rRnce OF falsehOOd a popularity of