Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-08
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lHeLnDNEAAAE bHAAAG@ 0NE -
r5urtry on January Sth. The paper
concludes s. follows: Every person
tom a portion Of the United States,
VIII geeIs the importance OF endeayor-
ing 10 check the DOWNWARD course 10
which the majority of Congress n
their supporters are 50 evidently urging
me country and It's hallOWed institu-
tons, is cordially Invited TO attend"
Whenever the South is in s eondi-
ton TO enter into any political alliance,
and it will be wise aud therefore profit
able 10 do 50; and whenever, II ever
the Democratic party Of the North IS in
condition 10 offer Us an alliance, piedg-
ing itself to the support Of such meas
Ures as viii make thst alliance desira-
bic and d~eservedly SO, to Us, we should
doubtless think the step 8 proper and
and 3 wise one.
But we hsve very grave doubts as to
the wisdom or policy OF any present
organisation in the South, for purposes Of
political action. hand in hand with any
psrty in the North.
For we are not in condition 10 enter
int any political alliance, because We
have no political rights, We cannOt be
permitted to be hesrdiu Congress. Ten
uessee Is e~ndeayoriDg 70 deceive herself
into the notion that she has sneaked into
the Union. and j. represented in Con-
rzss. She has not done 50. She Is not
il the Union. The People Of 4 State are
the state, and the majority OF the peo-
ple of Tennessee are foreigners in their
own state. A negro is not q member Of
his masters family, because he is per-
united TO eat in the kitchen the scraps
from the family table. Better be a Pro
vince forever, than such 3 state ia such a
Union.
We cannot vote. We are Pariahs, if
NOT Helots. II " offer TO unite with a
usliticsl party in the North, what can
We put into the capital OF the firm !!
Not votes-fOr We have none not
Dower-for We have none not infu-
eace-fOr any action on our part would
iuiure our ally, and bear afruit entirely
different from that intended. II We
could receive anything from such an
alliance, we should obtain it by false pre-
ences for we have nothing to give in
return. A political allisuce means
united political seton and We cannot
act. We can only talk.
Neither Is the Democratic party Of the
North in any condition to make an ALI
suce with as. II would but seal its fate
nv doing 20. I'll Is odious enough Of itself,
10 the besotted worshlppers OF Moksnna.
il would be more Odious II allied to Us.
There is no state, we believe, except
that small snadeful Of earth called Della
ware, in which it is in power. Every
where else it is q minority with no
present hope Of a change. What can IT
ofer uso Certainly not votes enough a.
1he polls to carry any Northern State,
nor enough in Congress to carry or defeat
snv measure whatever.
Untu The Southern Provinces are
recognized as in the Union and their
people have 3 right to vote, we cannot
see what they can effect by playing at
States. Certsiuly no poorer amusement
could be imagined. Nothing is more
pitisble than fer u TO pretend that be
s. somewhat, when he is nothing. So
long as the large majority Of our people
are DISTINGUISHED, incompetent to bold
the pstuest Offices, and branded without
conviction Is criminals, We can see moth
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ing but folly IN the se~lfdelusiOn that
would aus them TO imagine Themselves
sin free, entitled as citizens 10 be heard
and considered in respect 70 the affairs
Of country ia which they live as strsn-
germ but not Of the commonwealth.
We remember to have heard Of tive
novs whose father, Boosting Of their
a. srnartness, % said they had nee made
twenty dollars each, by swapping coats,
vH,iIe shut up BY themselves in q room.
Tbe fruits Of 3 union Of men who have
NO er to act, with any party in the
N,rtb. woaId be no more real.
The Democratic party does not dare to
~ that il it can succeed ii will remove
IA disabilities Imposed on Southern men,
81 omen the doors OF Congress and the
.aces Of the country 10 ali such men,
wbstever their course in the late war,
the South may please to select.
When that Is distinctly proPOunded as
Of their creed, We shall begin 70
5nov cur latitude and Longitude. With
ont 1t there ought TO be no alliance be-
tween Us and them.
Our people have stopped low enough
.ud long enough, to be laden with their
cauel-load Of dishOnor. Il was too
,oueb. when Mississippi solemnly de-
-,srad her ordinance Of secession null.
nd void. south Carolina refused to DO
"a and would no more than Fepeal her
o~r5inance. is Mississippi any more ac-
oentable 70 the Radicals for thus "crook-
i,g the hinges Of her knees, and vot-
i,g nipe-tenths Of her SONS rebels, trait
ors and felons, sud sUultilying herself d?
SENECA says " The wise mar lives As
loug as he ought, not as long as be can.n
:, II should be with a State, which
rather than consent 10 her own shame,
49,
ouzbt TO say, with CICERO, " z rita,
o,llHl ca nan pyucedt, ta5aqUam theatre,
ccedBlH.'
Until there is 3 party IN the North in
favor Of the old constitutional principles
by which the country p~rospered, and
which sxe now sinking one by D cut
Of sight, like stones in the sea a party
that will neither give the right Of SUI
frage to the negro, nor deuy ID to The
white man a party thatcan carry some
States, and give some assurance that
with our aid il can prevent ul-messures
and enact good ones in the Congress efl
the States, the only true wisdom for the
South Is 10 maintain a " mastery inao-
tlvitv.n There is great force in iDertja
For o own part wear frank to say
that We do not think the south ought h
desire TO return TO the Union, at present
On ann terms. 1t viii be far better II
her states quietly accept the Territorial
condition, abandon ia great measure the
cultivation Of cotton, grow an abund-
ance Of cereals, engage in raising stock.
invite emigration ron Europe, open
their mines, pat to use, By establishing
,,.,ueaetories, their abundant water
ou,er and 50 defy the malice Of fate
ma laugh at that Of their enemies.
psasmitted now into the Union, our
viii he Ina a centemptible mino-
- inpotent % binder the adoPHen Of
.vea the most aboBinable measures,
nd yet Jointly Responsible VIA es ar s