Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-09-05
WY sUcH EOT HAsTE?


We are disposed to do full justice, says The
Mobile Register. TO the motives Of those per
sons and presses, however widely differing in
opinion from US, which earnestly and honestly
labor for the good Of the South, but We know
how subtle is the prejudice and how insidiOus
the hereditary hatred, growing out Of long sS-
tsbHshed party divisions. Hence when We
find those whO heretofore have opposed all
sectional organization in defense of the insti-
tutions Of the South, suddenly and violently
abandoning their old a~ffnities and out-heroding
HsrOd in their . hre-eatirg" zeal, We must be
pardOned for suspecting that political resent
nent oVershsdows patriotic impulse We can
not Otherwise account for the reckless imps-
tience and rsbid haste with which Southern
men are called upon to desert and denounee the
Administration and the Democratic party.
Will the immediate organization Of " the South
srn party" accomplish anything before the
meeting Of Congress? If not Why press a ruP-
ture with the Democratic party until its action
toward Kansas finally decides its position to
ward the South? There Is a reason which We
almost blush 70 name, but We know no other:
Some fear that the Democratic parry viii faith
fully redeem its pledges, viii prove loyal to
the Constitution and the South, viii 90 act as
10 silence opposition and hush the csrping, cap
tiogs barking Of those journals which have
hoped to make this Kansas question a weapon
with which to break up its organization and
steal its power. It is the only hope left then
to escape political sunihils;iOn, and hence they
wish to fOrestaIl its free action and produce IL
reconcilable schisn beforehand. They assume
for this purpose all sorts Of names and princi-
pies, they call themselves & independent .
Z" Southern Rights q prO-slsTery,' Z" ~snti-na-
t~ionsl,' everything but the right name which
is, & ati-Dsmocratie." They advocate all
sorts Of measures and movements, except the
one which ~legitimately belongs to their posi-
ton If in the organization Of the e" Southern
party with the manliness and csndor Of the
Charleston MereuTy, they would boldly avow
edisuniou," we might not adopt, but we could
respect their course. They cannot doubt the
soundness Of the Southern Democracy if SO,
there are no elements left out of which to
form = Southern party They do not con
denim the principles eff the Democratic party
the charge they make is, that these principles
have not been faithfully enforced BY the Ad-
miRistretion in Kansas. They dare not charge
that nine-tsnths, yes, ninety-nine hundredths,
Of the citizens Of the South are not united on
the issue which they propose as the basis Of a
new organization; and they know that the
hundredth who are unsOund, viii remain 50
under any organization thar can be formed.
Certainly, these tardy journals, whose cease
less cry heretofore has been, "wsitl wait
time enough yet for the South to act" car
curb their imBatience for month or two, tC
secure the harmonious cooperation IF all Del
sons. We predict that should the contingency
occur, whi.h they SO confidently prophecy
when the tire for decisive action comes, "theI
all, with one accord, will making
excuses - one has bought a yoke of oxen (Oi
stolen fifty, # mas be- and must prove them
or purchased a piece of land and must first Sc
it: or married q wife and cannot come Mari
our words, the drag upon the Southern move
nent, when the day Of trial comes, viii b.
these very Gnfi- Democratic journals DESTROY
the Democratic party, and We honestly BE
lisve the redemption Of the South will neve
be accomplished. Il has always been be
fast friend, has secured to her under the Con
s~tftution all she has, and in recognition of thi
service, now commands a more unsnimou
support than any party ever did before. Wit
isolated and unimPOrtaut exceptions here an
there, all the most ardent, sensitive and zealou
defenders Of her rights, no matter what thei
previous affiliations may have been, are Dem
ocrats now, and they cannot be ssdueed no
driven from its fold ny the melO-dramaie reEs
latiOns or these modern political sPiritualist'
Wken the South requires their services, as
parfy, srihsOut GehGHgs Of name or PTfHeiPisi
they will form a balSark Of brave hearts an
strong arms around her, imPregnable to an
attack from foes within OF without her borders