Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-29
d sorrHERN MEsInERs OF oON

weight to the following editorial in
that D Of the thirteenth instant, on
the admission OF Southern members Of
Congress;
ave have a word Of advice to give to
members elect to Congress from the
south, and especially 10 such members
as may not feel able to take the oath
prescribed by the test oath enactment
we viii not call il a law as applied to
members Of COngress-of July second,
eighteen hundred and siXty-three, and
this advice is, that they shall not press
for their seats, under any circumstances,
until after the organization OF d House.
"The embarrassments of the situation
are peculiar. and naturally grow out Of
the state of things that follow the rebel
lion; and this state of things 10 which we
refer is especially disclosed by elections
in both sections of the country. On the
heel of the war little else vas TO be eX-
pected than that those candidates should
win, on both sides of the line, who have
been more or less identified with the
ultraisms Of the rebellion. The storm
cloud is vet warm with the lightning.
Statesmen long estranged should meet,
talk, mingle, exchange views, sentiments,
professions, disclose feelings and policies,
and intermingle such amenities as belong
irresponsible gentlemen, andnot rush ike
belligerents at once and ~vehemently, to
any ultimatum. AS v%ictors, a conque-
rors at every point, rs the overwhelming
power. il becomes the North 10 receive
the representatives from the South with
all the distinguished consideration that
belongs TO the situation, and which has
ALWAYS graced the close Of civilized wars,
a.. HH.m annNmnf of EfgfnrE nhUrrna Mil.
responsible posts, civil and military.
This much is due from the North to the
south as gentlemen, and this much il
due to the dignity of the Government
and to the records of history. Certainly
we cannot afford, on an occasion 50 in
tereSting as will be the assembling of the
next Congress, on the close Of the war,
and under the dawnings of a peace that
we all fervidly pray may be immortal
we cannot afford, at such "A time,
70 present a spectacle ~disgraceful to
civilization, and to the sublime
part that America is enacting in the
ewes OF all the world. And such a spec
tacle we will present unless the represen-
tative statesmen shall rise, in this par
~ticulRr, t0 the full altitude of the situa-
ton. How r~eproachful TO US would be a
record of sectional hate, of bitter and
narrow prejudices, when all civilized
mankind are looking either with atiec-
tomato interest and hope, or with deris-
ion, envy, and hate, on the result Of the
experiment to consolidate the Union I.
Now that the party elections are over, if
we are doomed to differ, let the difference
be on high and cOmpromisable State
grounds-grounds that are rational and
fairly debatable, and such as can be dis
cussed and submitted TO the ultimate
tribunal with the calmness Of argument,
while we shall despise the rage of sec
Ji0nalism, and the empty noise of mis-
chievOus demagOgism.
"IO the South we respectfully say that
perhaps a certain degree of self-respect
and manly pride impels them, while
yielding no right, to remain for a rea-
sOnable time on the outside of the Con-
grcssionsl body, which, in sense,
may be compared TO "A court or TO q COM
mission Of gentlemen, 70 whom their
case, TO a certain extent, is referred
by a large portion of the public senti-
ment Of the country. Nothing should
be committed on the part of the
South which can 20 TO disclose
that it is lust for power or office
which induces her members here;
but, on the contrary, that they as
sembae here and knock at the door of
their fathers house as erring sons, who
desire 70 meet once again, never to sepa-
rate, around the family altar and hearth,
in the home Of their love and Of their
choice, the home chosen for themselves
and for their children and for their chill
dren's children. To this end the de-
mands Of a noble pride can be rec0nciIed
with every amount ofc0nCessiOn on their
part which does not yield constitutional
questions that, in their gravity and
importance, concern the Government
itself.
And the course which we have sug-
gested is due from gentlemen on all sides
TO the President OF the United States.
who is entitled 20 be relieved of every
needless embarrassment. Let ii never
be forgotten that Andrew johnson stands
forth not rs the head Of any perishinE
party whose organization is based on
heeting events, but that as President he
is the representative Of the Constitution
and the father Of the whole people. He
cannot afford TO be angry with the excit-
able and the eTring, nor can he quarrel
with the political elements which are
just a natural in the present state
of Dur political world as are th&aws
that regulate the material universe.
III AAEaE AAAAEa bE AK Ebb a. Wei a. AANE D
tide. The stOrm-tOssed ship will con-
tinue 10 rock to and fro on the waves
long after the "let loose winds have re-
turned to their prison. And as the Pres
ident is the representative of all that Is /
majesty in authority under the trying
circumstances of Our case, s let all con
ceTned remember that authority is
neither noble nOr commanding when it
10 involve itself with the con-
passions of men. Ii is for the
President to remember the value Of
the supreme law, so well set forth by the
poet:
AHthe ambitious for the Hr7ne will fight.
For where none has the hIe an have rqhl.
Thus, while we cast a bloody tyrant down. 4
By blood we raise another 70 the crown.
An men who love the country, and
who hope for the future safety and dig
litv of the institutions on which the
most precious hopes Of mankind depend
All such men must rally in aid Of the
restoration policy of tie President. If
leed be, North and South must make
cheerful sacrifices Of nOn-essentials and
II cOllaterals. The watchword- better
now than hereafter-must be the Union.
Liberty and Union, now and forever,
me and inseparable.'
Then, if, after all these important aids
hall be brought TO the President by the
and best of Il countryis sons,
Vorth and South, there shall still remain
n obstinate un-American, warning fac
ion, powerful enough to ohstruct, for the
ime, the great object Of allour sacrifices.
he popular corrective is NJ hand, and
here need be no doubt that il will be
Ummarily applied.
For ourselves, we insist that if the
resident shall proclaim the South 10 be [
acOgnized, that the Clerk of the House ,
hall enter the names of all the returned
outhern members on the roll, and that y
Ich shall retain their seats-unIess plain y
sasons, founded on necessity, shall APP {
ear to the contrary-withOut reference .
, the test act. But we must prefer that :
ne Southern members, underaI III circum- T
ances, shall wait outside of the House v
II a reasonable period after its Organiza- ,
on-and this for the reasons which we =
ave cursOrily given.n
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