Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-03
II APPEAL
WEDNESDAY, : : JANUARY 3, 1883
THE RECORD OF 1852 AT HOME AM
ABROAU.

/ The year Just past found and left all the
! principal nations OF the world at peace with
esch other. In orr own country we have
been blessed with quiet, with good harves's,
aud with a prosperous commerce. At the
opening of 1888 the murderer of President
Garfield was shocking and amusing the
world with his shrewdness, mis- folly, his
blasphemy, his malignity, his vindictiveness,
his abuse, and his uHbounded self.conceit.
! On January 25th, after twenty Eve minutes
: consultation, the jury found him guilty"
! chen he angrily roared out: "My blood
9 will be upon the heads of that Jury, and
a JOINT You forget it" On the Both Of June,
Z Win bible-reading, blssphemous prayer, dog
e gerel rhymes and bursts of groans and tears
be endured the death he had earned. Pres
dent Arthur reorganizsd his Cabinet, only
poe oil Garheld's Cabinet, Secretary Lincoln,
, being retained. 10 February his
/. Bomination of Roscoe Conkling for
I Judge OF the Supreme Court aroused
strong feeling and Conkling declined accept
sbse' In the summer th-re was again jndig-
nation at attempts made by the President's
friends to secure the control of the New York
State Convention for the purpose Of making
Secretary Folger governor, while Senator
Cameron's methods aroused similar feeling
in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Trescott and Mr..
Blaine were sent for 10 promote Cancellation
between Peru and Chill, who were at war.
On declaring their errand to the president Of
Chill they were informed by him that their
government at home had Cancelled their iu-
structions. This injured the standing Of the
United States and prevented them having
any further influence in the war between the
two countries, and again there was dissatis-
action at home with President Arthur's
course. The claim Of the United States TO
the supervision and control Of any canal
across the isthmus was denied by the En-
glish and left in allegiance by our govern
ment-aBother uncomplimentary terminal
ton OF diplomacy for the country. Our
foreign Office made an appeal to the
English government on behalf of some
Irish prisoners, which was courteously &C.
ced 10. The new administration put out no
signs Of active policy, wanted reforms in the
~ NAS Nb0 ICCctNcu III CucCl-
ual attention, and the crying evils of our
tariff system went on without any attempt
at improvement. The Star-route respectable
thieves who had defrauded the country
heavily by sWindles in connection with the
Postofice routes were prosecuted in a manner
SO indiscreet and weak that the effort to con-
vict the wrong-doers failed-another check
to the Presidents Cabinet. Congress passed
a river and harbor bill, which, while nicely
providing for the improvement Of the Mis-
sissippi river, was full of jobs and was
grossly extravagant. The President gained
credit by vetoing it; Congress passed it over
his veto. Congress passed q bill depriving
the Chinese OF the refuge given in this coun-
try 10 all other nationaliiies. This The
President vetoed, but signed a second bill
modified TO meet his objections to
the first. As the summer advanced
the President and Cabinet became mingled in
political intrigue and paironized "machine
politicians" with the intent, it was believed,
OF securing a nomination for the next presi-
dental term, and the administration became
more and more unpopular. At the Ohio
election candidates f~avoring the administra-
ton were generally rejected. AT the New
York State election a streDg demonstration
wac made against the methods used by the
Presidents faction, and the opposition can
didate for governor was elected by an inn
mense majority. 10 Pennsylvania the arro-
giant bossism Of Cameron was rebuked by the
election Of a Democrat for governor. Other
States showed their disappTobation Of the
party 10 power in Washington, and its cor
ruptions, SO that the Republican majority in
Congress was changed for a Democratic ma
jority. AT the meeting of Congress the ex-
ecutive showed that the rebuke the country
had given was not without effect, and civil
service reform and reform OF the tariff have
been set about in earnest.
In Great Britain Gladstone and his gov
eminent were gaining strength through their
success in passing measures for the betteriDg
OF Ireland. At the opening OF Parliament,
however, matters were unfavorable Tor the
administration. Illegal proceedings were
breaking out with new violence in Ireland;
the land act was not working successfully.
The Conservatives increased their opposition
and empowered a committee TO inquire into
the working Of the land act. Gladstone in
troduced \ measure 10 reform the rules OF the
House of Commons, which, after violent ep-
position from the Conservatives was adopted.
The opposition became arrogant and over
bearing, Gladstone met their TRADES with
patient but powerful logic, and the Common
supported him by censuring the House oil
Lords for interfering in their right and
supremacy with respect to the land sct-a
bitter pill for the Tories. An agent
of the government held a conference at Kill
mainha m, now called the treaty OF Kill
m~ainham, and a better understanding was
come TO with Mr.. Parnell, and his friends
and patriots that we're in Jail were released.
At this crisis a~ssassins killed Lord Caven-
dish and Mr.. Burke, two members OF the
Irish administration, in Phoenix Park, Dub
lin. and Notwithstanding every effort and
the imuense rewards, so faithfully do the
Irish stand by each other that the sssassius
vet remain undiscovered. This and other
crimes brought about a change OF policy,
and a coercion bill was passed for subduing
crime in Ireland, under whose provision the
popular spirit of opposition TO the English
government has become stronger than be-
fore. An act to provide the means otpro-
viding Tor those who were behind with
their rent, a supplement to the land
bill, was amended by the Tories in the
- II. i. ar,oh n INV that n tOOk all
vitality from the measure. On coming back
10 the House a serious conflict appeared like
". but the tact Of Gladstone and the good
sense of some Of the older Conservatives kept
down the fame, and a measure substantially
as at 6rst proposed, was passed. Again the
lower House was victorious over the upper.
AT the meeting of Parliament in October the
ministers were stronger, and occurrence oil
disorders in Egypt under Arab increased
their power. Mr.. Bright, a Conscientious
Quaker, when he saw that affairs were DRIFT
ing toward war, resigned his place In the
ministry to the great regret OF the country.
THE coercion act was enforced with yigor in
Ireland, a member of Parliament was I'M
prisoned and some convicted murderers hung,
occurrences that have tended to decrease
crime but NOT to change the determined en-
nifty OF the people. The land act has Sc
cured Justice to many oppressed tenants,
whose rents have been reduced from fifteen 10
thirty five per cent. March I'd, the Queen
was fred at by an insane person but was not
harmed; the marriage OF her son, Prince
Leopold, to a German princess was another
event in the Queens family.
At the opening Of the year there was
trouble in Egypt; the army, the foreign