Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-07
Profession AxD Practice
4 Lesson Of the Hsur.

FROM the New York Times lst
The nOisest bravler for what he CALI
liberty j., proVerbially, the greatest ty-
rant in his own practice. In the same
I way, the pE arisaicaI stickler for propriety
in speech and action is apt 70 be most ull
/ mindful of his duties in regard 20 both
4 when they interfere with his own partic-
! uiar pleasure.
Take one Of our Northern disuuionists,
I Of the radical stripe, a. an illustration of
Z the former Of these aXiOms. Estimate
/ him according 10 his talk, and no more
I determined liberal walks the earth. He
/ is the incarnation of liberty He revels
! in an atmosphere Of universal freedom
! he would have every man his own mas
! ter. lie would have speech free a.
/ thought, and conduct free aseither. But
I gainsay an utterance Of his lips, question
I the infaliihiliiy 0f bis intellect impUgn
I the SoumdueSs of his suggestion, or seek
courieousiy to thwart his policy, and the
champion ri liberty and equality, forget
ting his pretensions, forth with becomes
veTiIable despOt. Freedom Of debate
he denies you under the pressure Of % the
previous question Freedom Ofiudgmeni
or action he restraints by the terrors of
the party whip. You must think in the
groove hc marks out speak the speech
be dictates, vote as he prescribrs, and do
all uHcompiaiuiuriv, or the thuuderbOlts
Of bis wrath are launched at your de-
voted head. On the instant, you are
fool, or q lsnave, or traitor, OF tyrant,
or a usurpeT, as 20 this preacher OF lib
erty may seem best. Even the doctrine
Of equality ceases tD be available for yOur
protection. You area white man, unfor-
tUHateiy, and this apostle OF freedom
D
fers them upon the negro. We no longer
live IN a Republic resting upon human
equality. The poor white is the bottom
Of the social pyramid; the lucky black
forms the higher and superior part. As
thus interpreted and managed, Congress
becomes c0utriVauue Tor the benefit Of
the blacks, and the blacks only. White
mems reIuOustrancc- are tTampiCd under
foot; white mems claims are spurned
white mems interests are disregaTGed.
such az least is the gospel Of Liberty
and Equality, as IL is expounded uOw-a-
days by the leaders Of the faction who sit
IA Judgment upon the unrepresented
Southern States, and threaten with rev.
oiutien the administrators Of the Cow
eTnmeEt who dare 10 dery the radical
bchests.
As q second Illustration, take one OF
the wandering demagoglles who go about
assaliing President johnson, or one of
The newspaper pharisee- who pretend 10
be shocked when the latter opens his
mouth to rehuke his rcvilers. Accord
ing 90 Phillips or Garrison, the President
Is neither patriotic nor polite, Accord
ing 30 the Tribune and papers Of its class. /
the President IS guilty Of a miSdemeanor
when he makes poiiteness subordinate o.
ffraHff.r. COMMITMENTS lrffanrHfunf-
truth. Sjft the diatribes Of this order of
the Presidents accusers TO the bottom, I
and what TemsiHs9 The patriotism
which the President is asked 10 initiate
turns out 60 be rank disunion-disuniou
a. rank though not 50 pluchy a. that
which inspired the late rebellion. The I
pOljteEess be is required 10 copy proves I
10 be thepoliteness ofthe hypOcrite, who, I
under the guise Of occasional severity I
feeds a temper verging on the brutal, /
For an unusual plainness Of speech, be I
is abused without stint by men who for 1
twenty years past have been known az Z
common scOlds. Tor this mfalIsringde-
yotiOH u the Constitution and the
Union, he is maligned by taikers who
are only less Of traitors than jefferson
Davis because they have lacked his cour-
agerand opportunities. And the Jri5Ls1c,
WHICH lHcclS MNtn triitlaLl0n OF efifFit 7
because Of President JOhnson's pointed
exposure of hisantsgonisis, prints all the
abusive Orat0ry Of Phillips, Garrison a
CO., without a rebuke; gives Prominence /
to their railing acquisitions without re-
ciTculates their ISLANDERS
without correction and their threats
without 2 warning, Nay, this very vlr-
tuous journal goes further. Not content .
with the coarse diatribes produced 70 or /
der 10y Phillips and Garrison, il origin I
ates Infamous SANDERS in its own col |
umns, and exhaustsits inginuity IN man /
ipulsting these inventions, with view I
70 effect. Our city c0temporary does not I
pursue the disgracefll work alone. In 4
Massachusetts ~ IN Illinois, in 81 Louis .
a. in Washington, sheets which have set 4
themselves up as models Of purity, pa
tri0iism and principle, are endeavoring
b serve The radical disunionisls and 10
thWart the efforts Of the President. by
cOining and circulating ISLANDERS so base
that they Disgrace even the papers which /
print them, and fslsehoods 80 hagrant