Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-19

county, gave birth recently TO four boy;
weighing respectfully eleven, nine, eigh
and seven pounds each. Atlast account
all were doing wei. a "rebel" frien
IL u elbow, who isn't yet completed,
-harm1nized," thinks it a great pit
that this increase of young soldiers wa
not earlier. and more general. The poo
fellow was thinking, with tender regret
Of the Lost Cause
DEMOCRACY OR DEsPOTTsM.
IL is very clear, from development
majem Congress, that the Ra6ical por
zion of that body regard the attainmen
aroertaiu p-rec0nceived objects as Of par
AMOUNT value and Importance TO the res
ta-ad0n of the Union, OF the maintain
auee Of tie Constitution. These object
are. the reduction Of he Southern insur
r-eeaulry States to the abject condition
of conquered Provinces and the subjec
r.en of the Executive branch Of the Gov
eminent % the unchecked viii of a sec
u1ual Congress. STEVENS resolution
f1i=d upon the House of Represents
lives with the indecent haste so graphic
ally -deliaeated in the correspondence Of
our inst page, with the open avowal
made 10y its supporters in the Senate, L
De found In another column on this page
reveal these ends so plainly that there i
DO mi,ra6ing the purpose.
This resolution, as introduced, Is q pal
pslievi1latilu Of the Constitution, which
eupaa-ica-r declares that "each house
shall Dee the juI-eof the elections, returns
and Publications of lis 0lrn members
Bat what cares the Radicali~m which
Just now happens % be in the ascendant,
for ia Instrument that, years ago, it was
n the habit of d-en5uEciug in terms of
bitter l7-,tft-2 IL was opposed TO the re-
-1lrsof-he CGusrftudJuthen. Feeling
a strong enough 10 throw OFF all dis
-l-ls it makes the open issue Of con-
teur-gaus disregard Of its provisions
now.
That issue IS one Of the most vital i'm
r--luaa that has ever come before the
De- NJ The United States It is more
vital Indeed, than the issue of the sup
preston " die so-clIicd" rebellion y for,
u. probable that, had the war
a-ei by the acknowledgement Of the
Confederate Government, the influences
oE peaceful intercourse and commerce be-
tween the tvo.S-cri0ns would, in a very
few years, have urged them back
into one Government again. with
aIclu-es OF future disagreement provided
against But in Hs issue, between
d5u0crelc government, under the
guidance and restraints Of the Constitu-
giru. and the unchecked dicta Of a Con-
ssanal OIzarehy, spurred forward by
the passions evoked by a tremendous
Civil War, there is no e~ventualty butan
i--elievl5.e dasp0t5sm or the restoration
of democratic principles, The CoNsTI-
-UTIoN once broken down, and the viii
of an accidental majority Of Congress
overriding the traditions of the past, the
road Is q short and rapid one from the es-
Enlistment over US of the qualified des-
psJ-u Of the VIII OF the Few, 70 the es-
ra5l-hmenJ over us of the absolute
Ge-potism Of the viii Of the One Who
shall I'm like manner seize the reigns
o. power. Ancient and modern
nations are uG Constructive Illustrations
and warnings OF the rapidity and ease
of transition. The former and the
present Empire Of France isl demonstra-
zion u he facility, and the certainty, of
such @ result ta people who are too in
EFT. lr Jack the wisdom to exert that
aa5t vigilance" which Is the price
uE liberty
-IeSiv for RS, we have on the side Of
the pe-perUa-t1n OF free, democratic,
e1s 5Hq7 Government q brave, true,
honest man. who is at once the Chief
Magistrate under the Constitution, sworn
preserve intact all its provisions
s1I at tle sametim me a Leader Of the Peo-
le, whose voice viii be h arkened to
t-- people. or and with them in every
feeling sentiment and conviction Of his
ua-lra-a I~eveler, but a leveler UpUGTd8,
bv bringing the humble, and the poor.
and Che ignorant, aD 70 the standard of
TIE Justly proud, by The stern endurance
and se~If-sacrifcing industry which over
comes poverty. and reuds aSsUnder the
aT igl5ranee-We have in ANDREW
@ great captain in this wal for
-Ls reservation and perpetuation Of the
Constitution. We have but TO stand by
% win the victory, and so come into
The Inheritance Of fathers.
The people OF the South do and will
stand by hmm, la this conflict between
and De,P0tism-in this war
a the modern radical OHgarchs against
.hs Constitution OF the first conservative
-eve1-9nists. Radicalism is treading q
rand dangerous path. lie Is in the broad
glWay which has been marked out by
Le -lge- OF The Republic. It isthe high
way of houor and o fdUty. 1t viii prove,
u the end, the road of safety.
Here, I'm the south, just at this time,
md under present circumstances, we are
.1uarles 10 render this brave, r a up
lal's OF s1e Constitution, any material
.a.r aI aid. We are, nearly al Of Us,
llcii-eJ rebels, as things now 20.
cur PRAYERS and best wishes 20 with
and in our political feebleness we
invoke those who have the power, TO
@ him. We lift up our hands
70 lha brave and the gallant
who, iu the conflict Of bat
a and amidst the vicissitudes Of this a.,
Civil War, have learned to k1oU 5
E what the South is-whO Z
seen and known the val0r Of her I
men and the more than Spartan devo- :
ION ri DEER Wuue1-aud invoke them, 9
IS they value the USI0N they have shed s
heir blood la-, as they would preserve q
Dat liberty Of which they have ever re- \
ariad the inicnas the egIs and protec- r
a- they would transmit the freedom {
ron by the FIRST Revolutionary Fathers to
e.rchIdren, t0staBd5y ANDREW JOHN r
1N. the constitutional Pucsidentofthe Re J
raie. against this usurping congress
.HaI OI4a1cby Or mere partizan dema- y
l--e upon whose garments no smell e
e ue Gre 0lthe battles they helped to a
-aTas can De found. We appeal TO !
great Northwest which wa the
.glt arm and the sword Of the Union,
la. . brave sons see Q it, that that Q
Mon snail Ho, be made, by these nous :
lg politicians ~ New England, an in 4
rument Of THAR seryitgde As well as p
Ir e
The S5url, in sincerity and good faith, =
aiIes CD return into that Union Of free n
esl1Ican States which constituted us q
be- people. She accepts, frankly, that
.teraulaton OF the Constitution which d;
r5idz utterly and forever, the entertain y
eBt Of any supposed right Of arbitrary Oh
cess.oa. she yields, without murmur- p
to that destruction Of her social
boz system which was a logical Sc y
Of success fu revolution. She IA
ready and willing to perform all her p
.atfgl duties in and 30 the Union. But CT
e does not wish TO End that Union a
sln OF any a Of the coordinate 81
.1a-tn1cuts Of the Government, and ar