Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-01
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- MEXICO AND THE SOUTH. -
The pen Of the historian can not fail tc
draw, IN emphatic periods, a striking
parallel between the present condition Of
the Southern States and that Of Mexico,
! A letter from Havana to the New Or.
leans Picay'gs thus portrays the late
election in our neighboring country:
The elections for President and Chief
/ Justics Of the Supreme Court lesve very
| little doubt Of JuRrez and LerdO Tejads
! having been elected, although the RESULT
/ has not yet become known, and returns
from only two or thres States received.
| The nOn-recOpstructed We're either not
/ allowed 10 vote, or else overswed by the
bristling bByonets OF Juarez and his
miniOns, The State OF Jalisco, which
otherwise would have gone byVa very
large majority against Juarez was
carried by his party, because
Gen. Corona had detachment
/ timidated all those that desired tovote
the Disz ticket, OF else some person
! standing by noted their names for future
reference, and, in Mexican psrlance,
that means confiscatiOn, either " ith or
without cause. Porf1rio Diaz carri ed the
State-Of Vera Cruz and Jaurez the City
Of Mexico. The amendments to the
Constitution are Jiefsated BY q large ma
jOrity. In the Capital the vote wits 5527
for and 7477 against the amend ments,
1892 voting blank. ..... et.ar.
If this description bad been written
with regard to the late Virginia election
it could not be improved. The rnilitary
power Of ofSCHoFIELD, aided by the Loyal
League, has given the matter of States
andStatesDaenp over to negro domina-
ton. 1t isdemoDstrsted, by this election,
that the South is in the hands of
Is ignorant, reckless and uuprincf-
pied q set as ever ruled Mexico,
or as now perpstuates the reign
OF Mongrelism in that beautiful country.
The edict went forth from the Radical
Congress that Virginia virtue, states
manship and chivalfy should be obliter-
aled, in the Government, by the devilish
policy of JacObinism and fit tool and
usurper was found in the person of the
Commanding General OF that Satrspy.
He Kept the polls open all night, in one
ward, to elect the Radical candidates to
the Convention. Negro Vigilance Com
miiteess are permitted to exile honest
and respectable citizens, without his
interference. And yet this is mockingly
called a Republic When did even de-
graded Mexico stoop so low as this ?
Alas for the Old Dominion The resting
place Of WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON,
MADISON and RANDOLPH has been Mex
icanized, or what is worse, Zeginesseeized,
or what is yet more deplorable, both
Africanized and reduced to the domina-z
ton of petty military despot, who evil
IDENTIFY regards the negro as better than
the white man. Those whose brains
have been crisped by the sunshine Of
forty centuries in Africa, y as q Northern
remarks, are hereafter TO
rule the most heroic and chigalrous
peSole under the sun, unless Ghe people OF
the North interfere, with their puissant
arms. and stop the degradation. Let US
hope that, under the inspiration Of recent
events, the shameful and degrading
scenes, held in store for Us by Radical
malice, will be get spared US. and that
the rising tide Of reaction will sweep
away and overwhelm in its torrent the
wretches and recreants 20 human pro-
yress, who have attempted to insugHrate
such infsmies in our midst.