Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-16

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zeal control in the Legislature of the af-
fairs Of this state, are being developed.
They are afraid to meet the issue fairly
aud sqnarely ON the proposition to dis
franchise two-thirds or fOur-fifths of the
people Of the State. They dare not ask
the people 10 endorse, as they do, the ex-
clusion Of their legally elected represen-
tatives in Congress. They shrink from
asking the people Of this State 10
solicit the indefinite rule of the Freed
mems Bureau, and the enlargement Of it,
powers, as provided for in the bill recently
vetoed by President johnson. While Sc
cretly desiring and laboring 10 assist the
radicals in Congress, under Che lead Of
Stevens, Sumner d Co, in preventing
the restoration Of the Government, they
have not the ~effrontery to demand
that the people shall do so. They trem-
BILE at the prospect Of rupture with
the President, whom they regard as
AN obstacle to beremoved, - and know
too well the current of popular opinion,
10 think Of invoking il against the wise
and comprehensive policy Of his admin
istration. They are conscious that the
oligarchial scheme Of government which
they have most at heart, and by which
alone they can retain Office and its emOlu-
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the hands of the people. They are en-
~deavoringt to evade the direct issue in the
election ordered by the Governor IN the
last Saturday Of this month.
We notify and fOrewarn the friends Of
conservatism, that every artifice will be
used to divert the minds of the people
from the real question, and that all dill
gence and vigilance must be used 10
thwart the artful maneuyers as now in
progress.
One Of the devices is to alarm the mer-
camille interest, and 10 awe them into
indirectly supporting the radicals under
the fear that the Legislature may retain
the two per cent. tax and impose other
disabilities, or that a provisional State
government, upheld by the military, viii
re-establish the trade-permit system.
This is intended for the regions of Nash
vile and Memphis, and for the purpose
of injuring Messrs. Lewis, POstOn and
Walker, who are candidates for re-elec-
ton. Another is 10 persuade every man
interested in a private corporation meas
ure that the disruption Of the House
Of Representatives has inflicted special
injury on him, and that the return of the
members who refused to be a party to
the monstrous ~iniquity of disfranchise-
ment, will finally defeat the bill. An
other is To allege that the action of the
minority has prevented the passage of
relief laws in regard TO the settlement Of
debts, and any possible modification OF
the tax laws. Another is to raise a
clamor in regard to the ~Penitentiary, the
Lunatic Asylum and other similar State
Institutions, and urge that the failure to
pass appropriation bills for their main
tenance is all due to the course pursued
by the minority. Another is to excite
the railroad interest, and make a special
plea that the suspension of the Legi5-
lature has entailed injury upon it. An
other is to urge that capital and immi-
grafton are deferred rom coming to a
State in which civil discOrd Of this char
acter prevails. Another Is tOcharge that
the course of the resigning members was
a mere political movement, and that
they would have recklesSly pursued it
even if il involved the destruction of the
commercial, internal improvement and
financial interests of the State in mass.
The copestOne Of this game Of intrigue is
to endeavOr Il elect, instead of the men
who fearlessly assumed the responsibility
of defeating the Acknowledgement bill,
men who, before the people, viii trim,
and tack, and "palUer in u double sense
upon that question, and endeavor to I'M
derrate its importance, but who, if by
any hOcUs DOcuS il were possible 10
fOist them into the House Of Repre- |
sentatives, would be found voting I'M
der the lead Of Fletcher, Arnell d Co.
We are careful thus to present the sa-
Iient side issues which are being cooked
up by the radical managers that the peo-
pie may have an opportunity Ofdetect-
ing their soBhisrry, for certainly 10 in
telligent man, be he merchant or any
thing else, can be deluded by them.
They are too transparent 10 deceive any
one who is not more than half willing to
be misled, and, exclusive Of the small
radical faction, we are not aware that
there are any Of this sort.
1t is in truth the nOn-acti0n of the
State Legislature which has produced de-
lay, and wrought injury to the interests
for whose welfare the radicals seem now
so SOLICITORS. The majority have con-
sumed the time Of the Legislature, and
wasted the public funds in the promotion
of political schemes TO the neglect Of Vi
tai matters Of individual and public con-
Germ. All of these matters have been
pending long enough to have been dis
posed Of but the majority have held
them as subordinate to their cherished
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aggrandizing their own political and per-
sonal fortunes; and now that the mis-
chief they have done has produced It's
results, they seek TO hold others respOn-
sible, and hOodWink the people into con-
demning the true men who sought to
prevent them.
We advise any voter whOisapprOached
with one Of these insidious appeals to
examine the facts, and ascertain if the
advocates Of the two percent. merchants
tax are not in the main also the adVo-
Gates Of the DISTINGUISHING biil-if those
most iuiberal to internal improvements
are not Of the same party-if those
who have raised most frequent objections
TO bills for the Incorporation Of stock
companies are not of the same class
if those who have manifested the
most sectional and narrOw-ipi1ded views
in regard to State institutions are not
those who would condemn their fellow
citizens to political serfdom. When thus
informed, let him ask himself II by a
vote which shall weaken the influence of
such men as Lewis, Steele, Poston, Wal
ker and their noble associates, be can do
anything which can possibly rebound TO
good Of any interest and whether by so
doing ms would not in that far, arm with
new power the Fengeiui and prQspriprige
whose evil Vaccinations have
brought about the present disOrdered
state Of things.
We repeat, and we intend to continue
TO repeat till the day of election, that
the paramount object is TO defeat the dis
franchise bill. Tie enactment of such a
bin would destroy the republican liberty,
and tasten upon the HegGs of this people
a yoke of the most calling tyranny-the
unrestrained will of q minority con-
by leaders whose vindictiVe pas
scrlpls al no eRorHity and whose
rapacity for Office and power ~disregards
all the limitations Of the Constitution and
the laws. In the shadow Of such a Gov
eminent no interest, private or
general, can nouulsh or fructify. It is
not in the midst Of popular discontent
and governmental disorder that the in
Of the great mass Of the people
its full profit. The effect is the
and 50 it will proveif the people
Of this State, or any portion of them,
NJ guilty Ct tAf folly Of lending
3ountenauce 10 the faction who, acct
ientally holding power, WELD il so ruth
.essly. Let the people keep the main
question in view. and lend no ear to those
who scatter among Them doubtfulvoices,
who would lead them into betraying
greet principles under the pitiful pretexts