Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-01
THE OPPOSITION R

ENNL aI AL-eA 1EEN-Hl
On our first maze the reader will find an article
On the opposition party in the United States,
taken from the .1Iqutie Monthly for September.
Il Will more than repay perussl, and convince
all men If candOr and sense, that the only party
nossible now In the Uuited States is the party IN
nFessnt power: and that, even if that party is
Bsinc its mower to crush out rivalry for office in
the coming election, by placing a censorship on
the press. on freedom of speech and Of opinion,
they do 1t not from selfish purposes, but simply
for the good Of the country, which IN It's pres
eat strait cannot bear political discussion"
Il Is because the Republican party ROW IN
power sees that u~nanimity in principles can
alone save the Constitution, that they feel 1t ne
cesssry. at the present time, to stop the utter
snce of all other principles than their own.
Their SO doing may be attributed By traitors to
motives If ~sei6shness, 10 gdesire to crush rivalry
IN tbe bud. and to thus secure the re election to
the hiyh and paying offices OF the Northern
States for another four years. But 1t IS not u
s~potless men IS Secretary Cameron, Salmon L.
Chase Secretary Seward, John G. Fremont,
who can be thus maligned in motive to a people
so thoroughly cognizgnt Of the purity OF their
past patriotism as are the people Of this nation.
Another ~insuperable objection to the liberty
Of marty forming may be ound in the fact that
a cha, Ce of administration might be followed
bv q change of generals, which might prove Ia
tai 70 the country.
Remove from military command the sdyan-
cling genius Of Pope, the ever victorious JUG
| ment of Mcclellan, and what hope car the
country justly entertain OF a continuance OF our
past success in Virginia
We repeat it, for the sake Of the Union it is
that all journals that are not republican in party
should not be permitted 10 be at all, and are de-
servediy styled trsitorous.
AGAIN. what need is there Of any party but
the ruling party. Is it not tue great, sole desire
of the country that the rebellion be crushed out
at the least possible cost Of time, money and
life Aud is 1t not equally true that the PreseI t
party has made gigantic strides toward this
end with a remarkably small sacrifice OF time,
with an outlay scarce worth mentioning, when
We consider what the country has got for 1t, and
/ with a loss Of life noJ much greater than that
experienced by France in a five years war
against combined Europef Why spring an OPP
/ position 10 such q party at such q time Why
distract the country by having two candidates
for each Congressional district, and each Soma
t0risI chair, when a continuance OF our imam
cisl and military successes can be easily insured
bv allowing each Republican candidate TO be
elected without opposition?
Sure we are the party deserves thus much at
least from the nation on which It has poured the
blessings of its inexhaustible eOTnucOpi6.
HH HhA EAUHH h0lA4 AnA EAAA1 - 8~EA
can candidate for any once, must now be par
t~icularly devoid Of gratitude aud Of that dIsIn-
terested patriotism of which the Republican
leaders are themselves such shining examples
The man who would oppose the arrest OF all
men who DO not admire the present adminlstra-
ton. which has done SO much for the glory OF
America. and for white and black humanity,
must be . man sadly lacking ia true disinterested,
selfsacu6cing patriOtism-a man too selfish
10 sacrifice a few constitutional privileges to Sc
| cure the reelection Of the only party that has
been saving and can alone continue to save the
| Union, the Gag of our country, and the glory OF
a government based upon the intelligence OF a
people brought up under the free school system.
These axioms considered well, does 1t not
/ plainly follow that every man not g Republican
| is a traitor, that every Democratic journal Is a
| sower Of sediiOn2 Does It not clearly follow
that VaIlandighsm should be arrested, lest ne
increase the Democratic party to the detrlment
Of the safety Of the coming elections to the Rs-
publican party 2 On the same ground, should
| not the haJeas corpus, and indeed all Democratic
c~srcasses of all kinds be strung up, as all other
opponents Of Repubicsnism and loyalty 1--WE
are sometimes tautalOgicaD should be.
For the sake of that party which has become
the country, should not the Chicago Times and
| Cincinnati Enquirer be stopped, were it only to
/ increase the circulation Of the Chicago TTtbHat
and Cincinnati C0mmCrelGt, Republican, and
therefore, country saving journals.
We throw out the hint to cur psrt-We mean
to our country.