Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-31
sALEKATus; HAKER q, !. g =. sEAFs !; AND RE-


Radicslism is-or, at least, supposes 1t
self TO De--the grand catholicon for tn,
cure Of all Ills, moral, physical, and in
telleetusl. 1t Is prepared, with or out
out-and more especially without-invi
tstion, TO grapple with anything, from
fistula 20 Intervention, at the shortest
possible notice. Il concerns itself equal
ly with the affairs Of an individual anC
those Of nation. II intervenes in tbs
case Of Turkey and Crete; mediates II
the case OF Spain and the South Ameri'
can republics; renlOnstra tes IN the case
of France and Mexico looks after the
morals Of the Fetjee Islanders; and
makes an unequivOcal sort Of 8 damned
nuisancen Of itself everywhere where
/ there is or is not an opportunity.
These operations are the mission Oi
I Radicalism In the language Of that
/ inspired ism, this mission ia called re-
construction. BrRwling from the stump
esnting from the pulpit sniveiing every
| where, the Puritan goes about the world
4 on his mission Of reconstruction. He ID
not satisfied with Feeonstrueting even
| the world. Beeeber has reconstructed
hell. He has reduced the penal servi-
| tude in that sulphurous retreat from all
eternity to 3 limited number Of years.
He has annihilated the devil. Whether
/ this annihilatiOn Of Satan, and the re-
duction of helis penalties, is or is not
founded upon reasonable anticipation
that it may prove OF benefit to the party
OF which Mr.. Beecher Il a member and
an exponent, needs not, in this cOnnec-
ton, be topic Of discussion.
Nor do the world and the Internal re-
gions form an area sufficient for the am
H. . H., To-
structiOn. Faults have been found in
heaven, and a sniveling Puritan with
spectacles and umbrella, Is labOring to
reconstruct the policy, pOIity and general
ARRANGEMENTS Of the celestial regions.
Deity was once an awful Being, whose
name was only to be whispered with
reverence, and whose courts were trOd-
den with unsandsled feet. Deity has
been RECONSTRUCTED. He has been brought
down from His high state. Oncs a God,
He is now only q god. He is invited to
meet in Radical eaucusses. The political
situation Is freely explained to Him, and
He is informed which way He must use
His influence. He is approached, and
figured with, and His influence is be-
sought OF ordered precisely as if He were
no more than a ward politician Of little
more than ordinary prominence.
One would think that, having recon-
strueted all over earth, bell and heaven,
Radicalism would lay down its umbrella
and 20 into q virt1ous retirement, with
the Omnipotent fiat, at is fnished.n
But not at all. Puritanism is net vet
done recoBstructing. It is not satisfied
with what it has done upon the earth in
the way of intervention, mediation,
Sunday laws, prohibition, sumptuary
regulations, and other operations Of
similar magnitude.
Least of all is it done recOnstructing
the already much reconstructed and
much bedeviled South. It is not salts
fed with freeing its slaves, with enslav-
ing its whites, with destroying its
industry, with overturning aud upset
ting aud revOlutioni8ing and turning
inside out and upside down that unfortu-
nate region. II proposes to reconstruct
further. Having slaughtered the South,
skinned it, taken out its viscsra, and re-
moved its back bone, its designs further
changes. The Chicago Tribune sounds the
keynote Of more reconstruction. The the
OlOgy Of the South is to be attended to.
The way the Southern people hoe their
gardens and milk their cows must be
altered They must no longer be allowed
to eat hOminy and bacon. They must
be instructed in art, culinary matters,
= nd how to employ saIeratus In short,
in the words Of the Jacobin mouth piece
50 morals, manners, theology, govern
msnt, industry, and Bthetics" must be
to.
New England, we take it, is the model
by which the South is 70 be reconstructed
as a Puritan paradise. When recon-
structed, pumpkin pies, skim milk, and
windy baked beans creased with f1abby
pork, will take the place of the hominy,
the bacon, and the salerstus, in the con
verted South. When reconstructed, its
women will teach school, wear spectscles
and be barren. When reconstructed, its
men will hire niggers to do their fight
Ing, while they stay at home to take the
contracts. When reconstructed, its
preachers will be Serene HOwes and
KallOchs; its theology a mixture Of in
atheism, free love, blasphemy, |
,snt, rant, slang, and snivei.
When the South has undergone sll |
this recOnstruction it will be the most
desirable eountry-Of the kiud-neXt to |
hell and New England. When its ns-
ives all whine through their noses, |
vote the Radical ticket, and recognize |
he Niger as a man and 8 brother,-
hen viii the South be reconstructed, and |
another one Of the many Srduous labors /
Jf the Puritan will have been completed. /