Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-23

prerogadve ola free State, viz: the right
OF representation condition which
! Iowa has, al the ballot box, Indignantly
discarded and Connecticut not less EN-
phaticallys As long as this soiecism is
allowed 10 exist and this monstrous in
novation finding advocates in a large
and hitherto dominant party, is permit
ted 10 control the country, the Union Is
practically gone. Suhiugated provinces
We may have, but moi glorious states Of
a once glorious Union.
As the moderation and cOnciliatOry
spirit of Washington would have saved
MS ia the beginning so it alone can pre-
serve US the form Of government for
which we went to war. Once admit q q
idea of conquered provinces ana the
Mon is gone hopelessly gone. The
! shadow of it does not even remain. The
South is victorious, even in hereouquored
and Impoverished condition. Failing to
achieve her own independence, she has
effectuallv sgbV erted our once glorious
Government, and left us not so much as
the shadow ofthe name. if the argument
Is pressed Ia its Just conclusion 10 is
the abandonment Of what once was
and the substitution Of a strong cel-
tral despotism for the mild and benefi-
cent Union our fathers gave as. For
surely that is not preservation which
gives us back not one ray Of the original
light that made up the milky way Of
freedom, but which, leaving eleven Of
the States out of the Odd family home
stead, gives us lon lien thereof only those
whom we would make our slaves if We
had the physical force. In this mad cru
sade of the equality OF She negro, whom
after All these men would make only the
D.
that 90 secure their own brief hold on
power, they advOcate "A policy which is
below die contempt 0f freemeu,
Happy 81 IS for the country, one man
ia our midst is bold enough and patriotic
enough 10 take His stand upon the Con- (
s.iWuon, and his appeal is 20 the c0un- I
rrv-a man who has caught up the spirit I
of Washington i'm The first moment OF /
pause in the conflicting elements. In I
his noble message he laid down the pos /
ufate that the Government owes 10 each I
State the eni0ymeut OF a republican form
of government, and that no man or oil
earchv of men wJgd be suffered To in
terfere with this right. san more enl-
phatica!ly, in a late speech, he says,
80 The Government. in the assertion OF
its powers and in the maintenance
of The principles of the COnstitI-
with the strongarm Of physical power has
putdown the rehelli0n. Now, as we swing
around tlee circle of the Union with
fixed and Uualrerable determination tO
stand by it, We find the counterpart of
Or the duplicate Of the same spirit that
played 10 this feeling and these persons
in the South. This other extreme which
stands in the way must get out Of it,, and
the Government must stand Uusbakeu
and uum0ved Ou.it- basis The Govern
meut must bee preserved These words
deserve % Toe written on every column
II the noble temple OF freedom, and en-
graved on the great popular heart. M
uan could have uttered them who was
Iot a man of granite, and who had not
lreathed the spirit ot Washington. No
nan who has the l0idue~- 30 after Them Z
"a the very face OF the wild, rampant op-
position that Is now sweeping over the
ligh places of power, viii ne false To the
lledge hs makes. Tie stands on imprgg-
lahie ground. and ann wholly mista-
zen if yae people dn NOT give a cordial
udor-emeut t1 Lis policy. lie views the
resent in the lighj of the past, and all
history echoes the wisdom of his views.
10 restore harmony Of feeling, 90 pour :
81 over the troubled waters. To- deal ten
lerly with the masses who struggled iu
what they believed 90 he "a righC'ui cause, o.
md struggled with q ga!antry and a har-
iihOOd OF spirit that nothing Uut num-
iers and tE- Tigors at blockade could
ublUe should be- the aim of all. They
cceut the issue Of tha appeal TO arms, e.
most unfortunately made, and are pre- 2
Jared to give tIRIe allegiance t0the Govern
nentwith every guaranty that treemeu
ould give 1r freemen desire. The Pres-
lent Is willing % see them take their
lace- I'M the family homestead. ltseems
% Dee not less fortunate that tny distin-
uis.3sL historian of Massachusetts, is the
dv0cate of the same broad and coucn-
ltory measures. He lays on the altar Of
us country the fruits Of his ripe learning,
% tie warnings OF Roman history, 10 /
-hich we might add the not less instiuc-
i've Teachings of English history in the
olicy that was ultimately pursued to-
.ard the Scots, ia the day, subsequent To
ienry VIII Standing as we do near
be- grave of Washington, with his c0u1-
els as fresh in our memory as the day.|
hey We're first givel--,uudm- iu view
li- cUliuszal proportions as. man, his
nriVaLed patriotism ,uis proi0uudkn0Wl-
igeOf human nature, his thorough COM
rehen-ion Of thp delicate machinery To-
Government which he So powerfully
ideG In establishing, in his superiority
. those low, vulgar, paitry sect1nalismS
.hich would divide North nom -uath
nd East from West, and keep them di-
ided, IN his just appreciation of the low
~ spirit that i- in reality the only en-
uriHg cord of the Union, may mot hope
bat you at least viii respond to the no
Ie sentiments OF oU Chief Magistrate, w
nd bid him God speed in his work of