Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-03

: to be pushing forward THEN forces all along tht
: border line, from the Atlantic to the Missouri
t They are threatening the Potomac and the Ohio
They are striking at Washington, Cincinnati
aud Louisville This sirnultsns US movement
! il both alarming and encouraging u is alarm
ing because, through the timidity, despOndency
{ or folly Of the Federal Government, il may be
temporarily successful. giving to the foe q lO3g-
nent in some portion of the free States which
may require weeks to break up"
But il is admitted by those who were opposed
to Us, that debt aud defeat are not the heaviest
calsmities which weigh down. A virtuous
people and a pure government can bear up
/ physical calamity, but when rOttenness and cor
ruption pervade the legislative hall or executive
| department, the heart of the patriot fsints and
his arm witheys. The organ Of the Secretary Of
State admits
There have been mistakes There hsve been
speculation. Weak men have disgraced and
bad men have betrayed the government. Con-
tractors have fattened on fat Jobs. Adventures
/ have found the war source of private pain.
| Moral desperadoes have hoeked about the ma
tiOnal capital and lain in wait for prey The
! seum of the land has gathered about the sources
! of power and dehled them by It's reeh and offsn-
! sive Odor. There has been mismanagement in
| the departments mismanagement wherever
| great labor has been peTfolmed and great re-
| sponsibilihes deyOlving. Men-even Presidents
aud Cabinet officers and commanding generals
have erred, because they could not grasp the
full significance of the drama, and because they
were compelled to strike out on untrodden paths"
| EUening Journal
Hear Ihe voics of leading Republican orator:
Il declare II upon my responsibility, as a SEN
ator of the Uuited States, said John P Hsls,
''that the liberties OF this country are in greater
da ger to-day from TIE corruptions and from the
| - A. -. A
of the government than they are from the open
enemy III the field"
The New York Forid exclaims, ia an agony
of remorse :.
6 1t is with dismey aud uuspealable shame,
that we, .HhO have supported the admiuislra-
ton from the beginning observe its abuse of its
power of arrest There b no such thing IS
either iusttying or extenusting its conduct in
this particular. Every principle Of American
liberty, every regard for the loyal cause, every
sentiment of justice, every impulse Of manhood
cries out against it. The man who thinks at eli
is absolutely staggered that these things can b.
They seem like some hideous dream. One can
almost fancy that Mephlstophles himself had
got access into the councils Of the government, |
and by some device, fresh from the pit, had di-
verted its energies from the repression of rebel
lion TO the suppression OF liberty
/ he New York Times demands change in |
have thus carefully set forth the declarations |
and named the witnesses to this awful indict- |
ment against our rulers, for we mean to pro- |
ceed with al the care and GandoT, and all the |
solemnity of Judicial tribunal.
1t is with a SorrOwiul heart point to these !
dark pictures, not drawn by 'uinsls of the /
democratic party. God knows that as a mem 4
Der of that patriotic organization, as an Amer- !
can citizen, would gladly eTace them If could |
But, alas, they are grounded upon truths that |
cannot be gainsaid. Once more then our r. |
mon humiliation and disgrace, we implore you /
as respectfully as IN the hour Of your political |
triumph to listen to our suggestions. We DO |
not come with TeprOaches, but with entreaties /
Follow the pathways marked out by the Cousti- |
tuition, and we shall be exricated from our peril
GUS position. OL the other hand, if you viii /
still be governed by those who brough, Us into /
our present condition, You viii learn too late |
that there are yet deeper depths Of degradation !
before rs and greater mi5eIies to be borne lhan 4
those which now oppress MS. Nay more, the /
President of the United States appeals to Us all /
in his communication with the loyal men of the |
border States, when he says he is pressed to VIC
late his duty, his oath of Office and tha COnsti-
tuition of the land-pressed by cOwardly and |
beaItless meu, living far away fIom the scenes Of
war, laitening upon the wealth coined from the
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localities where official Investigations show that
this people and government have been robbed /
by fraudulent contracts Such men demand |
that those who have suffered most in the contest,
who have shown the highest and pUrest patriot
ism under the terrible trials Of divided families,
of desolated homes, of ruinous fortunes and of |
blood-stained fields, should have a new and /
further evil inflicted upon them by the hands OF
a government they are struggling to uphold. |
Fbo boG, Of "a nd 10 will
lieve the President from that pressure.
NECESSITY FOR PARTY ORGANIZATION.
An attempt is made to close the ears of on.
friends to or appeals, because We
act as a political organic ation Can we do other
wisel Would no. the d spersion of this ancient
party, identified as it is with the growth, great
ness aud glory of our land, be looked upon as
calamity, even by our opponents Did not
shadow fall upon our country when 1t was torn
apart at Charleston, and do not men of all par
ties point down to its disruption as one of the
causes of this unnatural wsrl Is it not just we
should have a representation in the State and
national governments proportioned to our con-
tribution5 to our armies and the treasury 1--we
elect ali of our ticket at this time, we shall have
no more than our proportioned share OF political
power 1t may be said we should meet without
regard to political organizations, and nominate
officers This destroys the object of such or
ganizations They would cease to be projections
against abuses of power or the inroads of cor
rHption. Let the two great parties bs honest
and honorable enough to meet IN fair aud open
discussion with well defined principles and poll
c es Then each will serve our country as well
out Of power in power. The vigilance kept
alive by party contest guards against corruption
or oppression This watchfulness is most needed
when unusual expenditures of money present
unusual temptations to the corrupt and selfish.
For another reason we cannot disband cur or
canization. The Union men Of the border and
more Southern States, without d stinctiOn Of per
iy, implore US not to do so. They tell US tri-
umph Of our party now would be worth more
than victories upon the battle fed. II would
reassure their friends, 1t would weaken their op-
ponents. Every advantage gained over abolI-
tionism puts down the rebellion. While they
and we know there are many just and patriotic
Inen in the Republican party 1t is still true that
its success gives power and influence to the VIC
lent and fsnaticsl, and that their party action
always goes beyond their party platform.
Every fair man admits there is no way OF cor
recting abuses but by change Of political lead
ers. The Republican party demanded this when
they charged abuses upon Democratic admins
tration. They should eoncede the principle
now.
Experience shows that frauds pracHced by
Political friends are not punished by men ia
power 1t is conceded that gross frauds have i
been committed in different departments of gov
ernment; that they have brought distress upon
our soldiers, defeat upon our arms and disgrace
upon our people. But not one man has been
punished, or made to feel the power of that pre-
rsgative which is claimed to be an incident of
corruption that has done more to destroy the /
national power than armed rebellion has gone
unscatbed The sentinel who slept upon his |
post has been sentenced to death the official |
who closed his eyes to frauds, which destroyed |
armies, is quietly removed, by and with the ad- |
vice of the Senate, and represents the nations |
character at the capital Of a friendly power |
Citiz sns in loyal States who became the OBJECTS |
Of suspicion, or Of malignant assaults, have been
seized at their homes, dragged to distant pms
ons, without trial and without redress, while |
each convicted pIunderer walks freely and bold |
lu arno-,r the manila ha has robbed and WrOngsd |