Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-25
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are too little regarded in determinin
upon the adoption or rejection Of a par
ticuIar line or measure Of party policy
It is little the habit in ours, st least
much to debate the effect which the Pre-
posed course viii have on the public o
private morals. The esgerness and e1
Cftement Of party contests for supremsc.
do not allow time for that. Abundsn
instances will readily suggest themselve
to every one, in which measures an
policy Of remote or recent adoption O
practice may be argued to have beef
calculated to blunt the individual sens.
o. hono-, to diminish the Erd0r Of patri
otism, aud lessen the regard due to puolit
and private honesty.
But there has never been, in the his
tory Of any country, in any age, an in,
stance so astounding and detestsble O
the utter disregard Of all consideration
Of decency, justice and love Of country
on the partofa faction resolute 70 remain
in power. as that exhibited by the Radi
cal conspirators against Constitutions
Liberty, who are engaged in the
devilish work Of putting the powers Of
government IN ten Southern States in
the hands OF al ignorant aud british
horde Of negroes, and investing them
with the power OF DISTINGUISHING nine
hundred and ninety-nine thOussndths Of
Of the white men Of these same States.
IfMmrON had foreseen what is now
being enacted, when be wrote Paradise
Lost, he would have assigned the author
ship Of the scheme TO the "Stygisn
Council" held in Hell after Satan and
the angels had been
" Hurled headlong flaming froa the etherea a
SKY.
uwith hideous ruin and combustion, down
"T0 bOJt1u=less perdition there todWel
ain adamsntine chains and penal nre
When "the Grand Internal Peer" were
scheming how to revenge themselves on
God, by causing Him
ITO prove mans Zoe, and with repeutug
Abolish His own works.
OF mankind in one roo: and eartn with Hell
To mIuKle and Involve.
Among these, STEVENS is a" the mighty
Paramount"
"hy merit raised
To thai bad e~uineuce;
and the New York Tribune is their al
organ.
In 8 recent article, that journal at some
length announces that, no matter what
may be the result Of the Northern cleo
tions Of the present year, yet to be held,
its party, which creates despotisms and
calls itself Republican, will not pause or
falter in the work Of Reconstruction. 1t
says Is exultiDgly as BeeIzebub an
nounced the ruin and dAmnstion Of the
world Of man
The Democratic party al as well re-
peal Emancipation or the Declaration OF
Independence as impartial suffrage.
Whatever may be the course OF future
elections, reconstruction will, beyond
persdventure, go OIL in the manner en-
acted by Congress, and a refusal 70 CO.
operate therein by the rebel vote Of the
South will only result in their self-exclu-
sion from all offices and power In the
State and National Governments. II
they by their inactiOu voluntarily hand
over the government Of their States 10
The blacks, theirs be the blame. We
have reason TO believe the blacks alone
would prove quite as good Governors g.
the whites alone have been. They Ger
tainly could do no worse, either for the
South or for the Union.
shame should prevent these malefac-
tors from abiding to the Declaration OF
Independence, as If the words would
blister their tongues. By hat instru-
ment the Colonies OF Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia,
with nine others, declared themselves
to be free, sovereign and independent
States; and they did not lay aside their
attributes Of sovereignty and i~ndepend-
enc when hsy, - States, entered into
the constitutional compact Of 1857. 1t il
the Radical faction that has repealed the
Declaration OF Independence. 1t is it
that has robbed these States Of that
which they forced England to concede
10 them, and is now making the negroes
in each Of them the rulers Of the white
race, over the children and grand
children Of the men who, IN I776. sent
rice to feed starving Boston; OF the
countrymen Of MARION and WASHING
TON.
And this they ~avowedly do, as the
Tribune in the same number admits. be-
cause, II the negroes are not made the
masters In the ten Southern States, as
they are ia Tennessee, these States.
uniting with the Democratic party Of
the North, will defeat Radicalism and
elect the next President. Their faction,
il admits, is but a minority Of the white
men Of the North and Of the Union,
and 1t requires the negroes to make them
the majority.
Notwithstanding all the s~ickening cant
their hypocrisy about human rights,
his is the true secret OF their action and
obtain these black votes they sre will
.ng to bring upon the South IRENE
liable ruin, and reduce the white
descendants Of the Englishmsn who
who fought at Crecy and A1incOunt, OF
he Irish who fought at the Bayne and
Fontenoy Of the Scotchman who fought
Il Flodden and CullOden Of the Teutons
Fbo bled on a thousand fields, each Of
which was glorious enough to satisfy
he ambition OF q nation, to q
,ondage IS degrading, il not as wretched,
q that Of the Hebrews in the land OF the
Iitzraim. Never was IS base and afro
ious 3 policy determined upon from as
ase and sordid 3 motive. There are
words that can adequately character
.e either the deed OF the motive. They
re worthy Of each other, and more IN
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