Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-17
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statesman looks 10 the future and pro
4 vides for it. He rises from his reflections
{ n direct and save what can be saved, il
/ the wreck Of Revolution, in times lik,
these. Indeed we are only amazed 81
the folly Of mankind 90 where we VII
/ to the. past or the present. This land 4
mot exempt from this rage OF human
folly, and love our country intensely s,
we may, and do, there are in our patti
vast Obstacles 70 success-to unity, 70 co
operative action in this great Republic
Of ours.
When one set Of Instructions disap-
pear Others are created and thrust in the
way Of our advancement These do moi
come necessarily from incongrulJy, bul
proud man himself Man himself Gre
ates evil and continual disccrd with one
another in every relation in which ne
placed and then has the audacious ei-
frontery TO call il unavoidable, necessary
evil This aptitude TO strife displays
itself in every state, and in none more
than in a free and democratic govern
ment. The past records and the pres
ent ratify it, in the attempt now making
to reunite and fraternize The country IN
one recognized nationality. And why ls
this?
Answer that We who have misled and
set the nation against itself say no
longer that YOU were born % rule. the
STATE when y0u auesO inadequate 70 even
command national peace. We speak not
in any partisan sense, but to men-to
American men, WIG now live and be
hold the present fratficiu8l strife In the
halls Of the Northern Congress.
Two months have come and gone since
il met 10 sIlaE and settle. Eleven States
are unrepresented, and refused 20 be re-
c0gnizad, in this session az least. This
conclusion is reached by the majority Of
each HOuse-that majority has forced
upon its deliberauonsa q joint committee Of
fifteen which sits in secret and draws its
vital breath from the partisan caUcUseS
which have superseded all congressional
action, and thus placed the nation under
a cloud, and destroyed the character Of
respect usually attached 10 that great
body Of deliberate craftsmanship. We
need not narrate whatsit has so far ac-
eomplished for the good Of the nation,
for we have not discovered the first sensi-
bic act in its proceedings that is calcula-
ted % do aught toward tranquilizing the
country or reuuitiug these StaJes.
Tn short, 30 has done nothing but 10 Oh
struct the action Of the President thus
far, and is not likely TO DO any other
thing Of Importance during its present
sitting.
This is q Congress Of the so-called
Union party, and its claims 10 be so called
are founded upOn the fact, That these
men first seized upon the Northern States
As a basis Of polgical action, and then
ir0ve the South out Of the Union in spite
# Union man-then made war TO keep
hese states in the Union, and at last
Dvercame them and restored the author
ty Of the Government in all the States
nd alas behold the conclusion Of these
O-called UniOnists. that eleven States |
lave now ahsOlved their relations to the
ni0n, and are henceforth 10 be governed l
= mere dependencies Of the United I
,Jates. Such is the conclusion 10 which I
We are forced, through the deliberations /
f these sO-caIlcd Union men.
Nevertheless. there are a few men, like .
lOolittle in the Senate, that see whitheE
re are inevitably tending, through the .
madness and the malignity of the radi .
ais. They now discover that It is not .
asy 20 control such infiamable cOmbust- 1
bles as follow in the track Of Thad. Ste
ems for be is a machinat0r Of the ruin
Us folly that We now witness in our
Ongress.
But shut out eleven States from this
0ngress and what will become Of it?
We should say 10 the South, forget not
our prudence, nor your loyalty. Go
ONE and wait for better times and bet
.r men. Madness viii not always last.
e shall do better next time, and so be
8tient. You can afford % wait under
le guidance and irmness Of the Presi-
snt, who has given you peace and civil
1verumenr in your States. Cooperate
ith him and be viii stand by you. He
- done nearly everything in his power
restore You 70 all your civil aad pOliti-
Il rights. He viii soon, no doubt with
Jaw the military rule now existing over
lu, and you viii then possess all the
gLts secured under Constitutional Gov
nLeuJ except that representation
bich belongs 10 you in the Halls OF
1ugress, and the fusl participation in
derai power. All this viii soon come
ick 70 YOU, and the more patient you
e waiting the sooner il viii be restored
trough the action of the North.
However, this l. not a fiartering pros
sct to look upon Yet it is, neverthe-
So. before Us al this time.
This Congress ID under The incarnation I
radical, ami this ghost Of Glsmember-
euc must ie cast out from the temple Of
u liberty, OF the nation viii fall TO ruin. |
be seeds Of future contention are being
antec, which viii spring up armed men,
Id hew and hack our liberties into frag-
ents. Il needs no seer 70 foretell, for
e waylaring man cannot err therein or
u 70 see it.
De IocquevIle, in sketching the out
les Of French history, marked the ten
.ncy Of events 70 dangerous innovation I
10 encroachment upon the part Of the
gislauve body Ia France, long after the
evolution had ceased, and the tendency
the enactment Of saugUinary laws.
pr times but verify these appTehensiOns,
ID when reading this chapter in De
'cqueylle, some months since, we pro-
Duneed that that chapter would reap
ar in our own country with redouhled
rec, We now see in full De TOcque-
lie is dead, bat his philosophy was ,
lnded on human nature and survives
m. God grant Unat these chickering's
ay soon pass from Us, and that a fun
10 just sense Of constitutional obliga-
'n may return 20 this nation in time 10
We and keep US from destruction and
.rioual suicide.