Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-01

a moderate republican paper IN New
York the Posi-, under this heading la!
avery sensible article, in which the an
swer TO the inquiry Is given thus; We
want a country in every part Of which
every man shall have free opportunity
TO follow a peaceful andhonest industry
inwhich anshau be protected alike in life
liberty and property and that Is al,
absolutely. that any man in his senses
can or does ask To attain this, the
primary and fundamental condition Is
"that the Constitution Of the United
States shall be acknowledged in every
state and district Of the United states
as the Supreme Law Of the land, against
which no one shall raise the hand Of
armed rebellion, aud in a word with
which ali state and local laws shall be
made The Post should ave included
g5Bgregs in the list Of acknowledges of
the supremacy Of the Constitution. The
"Rump Of that body exhibits the bulk
ofthe opposition to the supremacy Of the
Constitution now existing any where in
the country.
The Post j. ont Of humOr withthe DEM
agogues and towards who would substi-
tate brute force for moralsA and intellectual
force. If speech is Free says that pa
Der, and if these laws are vigilautly
executed, We can give any odds to the
sdherents Of privilege and the lovers OF
oppression. II is only by their own de-
E.rrH~ in arrah % naa. ~La# H1a Frf.HnH= Of
liberty can be beaten. Men act and
speak IS though the ghost Of slavery
frightened them more than its bodily
presence. But are not these fears ridicu-
lous9 They are alarmed at the bitter
ness Of the prejudices which exist in the
South, and truly these feelings are de
plorable but has any government ever
conquered the hatred Of its subjects by
force Have the AUstrians COerced the
love Of Italy by stopping the mouths Of
the Italisns2 Have the English pro-
dueed loyalty in ireland by holding
down the Irish with q superior force? Is
the Emperor Of France more secure on
his throne to-day because be allows no
Frenchmsn TO write the truth abOuthim,
and refuses 20 the French people the lib
critics which they desiree Men here think
il alarming if they read Of some drunken
ex-rebel going about in Confederate gray
snd shouting for JEFF. Davis; II a SouIn-
ern general receives honor at the hands
ofaHy body Of the southern people ii is
thought another evidence Of disaffec-
@s--.H - =L---r~ n-hrHn n-n- n~r.-la=
hatred Of the negro we are % quake in
our shoes.
at seems to us that these are mere
childish fears. Just now, in ireland, the
English have forbidden the wearing Of q
shamrock and the haunting Of Irish EN-
blems. ButsupP0se they had said, Put
out your emblems, cover yourselves with
the shamrock, would they not have done
far more TO allay irritation? And sup
pose they had added: You Irish shah
be in every respect as free as We are; you
shall not pay f0rourc churches and priests
YOU shall not be any longer subject to the
acknowledgement which has driven three
millions Of you TO America But y0u
must keep the peace Would not that
have been wiser and more effective than
10 cram loyalty down their threats with
bayOnetse
"The old method or suppression has
been often tried. and has always failed
Let Us Try a new plan. Let US say to the
Southern people, You shall be in ali
things as free as we are; You shall he rep
resented in Congress you shall say
what you please, shout for whom you
please, wear what colors you like, elect
whom You Ike: we only require that
You shall grant the same right 10 Us, that
You shall keep the peace, obey and en-
force the laws, and protect all Others in
The rights which YOU demand for your
selves We believe there is common
sense enough among the Southern people.
ana sts-te=manship enough among their
leading men, TO accept and fulfill these
conditions, and where they find it diff
cult at the moment. to receive kindly the /.
assistance OF the general Government
And If there is not. we are strong enough {
10 enforce these simple rights, and we are !
bound 70 do 50 with the utmost vigi-
lance. S
"What remains % be done, over and +
above this, can be best done by private G
effort. II there are poor aud helpless I'm
The Southern States, the private beney- {
Of the North can better feed and
and educate them than the Gov
eminent. n public opinion is to he en- q
h~Ehtened, let BEECIER and CURTIS, IL
SUgrNER, PHILLIPS and GARRISON 20 f,
through the South their presence, their v
speeches there viii he more powerful :
than an armed host in allaying hatred, n
calming evaporation, and producing q
and o~rotherly feelings. We make m
the mistake, Ia cur treatment Of the re- ii
construction question, the same p~erilous 81
error which we make IN the conduct oil r.
our local sfTaiEs-we put the whole duty +,
Oh the Government but there a. here. if i
The work is 10 be ehectually done. we :
must put u wi hsnds 10 itr Il
There is more good sense in these sug- /,
Of the EueRing Posi-, than has a
been spoken by the entire Radical party
Ia OF out Of Congress.