Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-18
GENEROSITY IN vICTOnY.

The New York Tines Of August L,
1885, contained a eulogy on the North
for its moderation, coupled with an in
dictment for iugratitude preferred against
the South. Il deserves preservation and
q commentary and We accordingly sub
Join, with here and there a comment ia
terposed, a document peculiarly chsrae'
teristic Of the people for whom it was
written
"THE PRESENT. SENTIMENTS ANDTEACH-
INGs OF SOUTHERN LEADERS.
Admitting many honorable excep-
lions, we conclude from every soUrcs Of
information within U reach that pub
lie sentiment is still as bitter and IN
loyal as in 1851, and that cohesion in
that section Of the union but too often
means military superiority We have,
by public and private sdvices, the ever
recurring assertion that the people Of the
south are conquered, not cOuciliated ;
that they submit to force, not to reason :
that they are still truculant, ~revengeful,
and equal TO any retaliatOry action that
may promise success that they
treat the emancipation proclamation
as Of no effect that they retain by
force, and coerce by the old style of fog
ging, the men and women who now owe
them no service; that they look upon
with suspicion, and treat with the ut
most ~contumely, the nOthern men whose
duty or inclination leads them to their
vicinity that they almost unanimously
regGrd the oath OF allegiance as s thing
of form, only a soda powder after g grand
n-.-L -. I'll. H. - na waW aaHn -
Missile to break, but, in fact, a virtue
not TO keep as If il were taken under
duress, and that. therefore, The takers
were not only exeusable bat eommenda-
bic for breaking il. LOath as We are to
believe sueh q state Of morals ia 8 civil
lied community, we must confess 10 the
broad and d~isgraceful factor il is too
true-that thousands Of men have taken
the oath only for the purpose Of betrsy-
ing its spirit, in voting for most nOtO-
riOusly dislOysl men for Office.
''Since the close Of the war, there have
. been several elections in the south.
With q hberality that will challenge the
admiration Of the world, the government
has generously permitted the standard Of
suffrage TO be just what the seeded
states themselves established, with the
simple addition Of taking the oath Of
lQNAALFs
Did the writer Of these words suppose
that it was not kgOUn that in Tennessee
and Kentucky no man was allowed to
vote, who would not take an oath that
he had been in no manner concerned in
the REBELLION ? Is that a simple oath Of
Ioyalty'2 Is it a simple oath OF 10y
atty TO swear, under duress, to support
the emancipation prOclamations Of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN -? Must there alUqyS
be q lie, in every article written in regard
to the South in a Northern journal?
The Times continues
What has been the result ? In Rich
mond such VIGOROUSLY obnoxious men
were chosen 70 office that the COM
mspder there deemed it his duty to pre-
vent their accession to power. In other
states, some Of them protesting an extra
amount Of loyalty, men have been
chosen who not only favored and labOred
for disunion, but who Row openly de-
nounee the policy Of the government,
and, with characteristic effrOntery, pro-
claim null and void the laws Of congress
and the p-roclamations OF the president
most nearly affecting their social condi-
ton.
"There is 8 very widespread idea
among the southern people that the abO-
1,tion Of slavery is not an actual verify,
1bat Mr.. Lincoln did not really mean il,
and that by-and-by the good old tnstitu-
tjon will be restored. Hence most
licked maltreatment Of freedmen, re-
anal 70 pay them for labor, utter disre-
Cer6 Of contracts, the denial Of employ
Tent. and f0reible expatriation all with
- view Of showing the ignorant black
ebot his government liberty is worthless,
- flat his safety consists only in still
80 ever remaining, practically, s~tleast,
sIayo Hence the balf-eoncealed spite
@asinst the presence Of northern men In
~e.tbern cities the silent contempt and
oD-n viruIeuce with which they most Of
- compelled there by duty are
theA. ne solemn and often ridic-
49, rride with which the more
Davisites glare upon out
sfde barbaTians, q point 70 their
80 patterns, wherein the A@e-struck
-sn5er is expected TO see IN letters
~ Anne aSubdued but not conquered"
NJ Inc more moderate and more
Ir~rous eoquetFy Of the a
uAnfth The fragments OF the late demo-
zrtv. and Che hope that the said
seaders, with the aid Of the yet
Ens5 daugbfaees Of the north, may
snntroi the great legislative
s 80 nation. We read soft plati-
~ southern exchanges about
lotion stOea, and the heart
anes that necessarily follow
XALNU