Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-23
nnIraurTY OF VISION.

niast possible way of looking at aDu
uniting things, so that one is often puz'
9Iad 10 determine whether its PROPOSE
tioDs areduet to the verdsnoy O. innocenee
or TO that consummste knavery OF the
,o,;t;cian which imposes itself on men
for honesty. In a lste aruele
on the bill Of O%pprObTiums, 1t says;
aws hold that il Is for the people 81
so1tb IA beIp the nation out Of dim
%c,,Ities III which their treason and rebel
H. are the sole causes. Ihey cAn "
notbing without doing wrong 70 US Ahu
70 themselves. By the spirit IN Whieh
tbsv surrendered, the spirit IN MnlcH
after their surrender the penaitles o. tugll
C-iues we're in no case imposed by the
Government. they are bound to gave VI
- nc the Drize for which we fougnt-a
narfaet unioD. r~egenerateu natlODi lree,
dom and equality for all we are sIau
10 see that of the organs OF sOutheII
opinion some in part admit these sScIeu
OBLIGATIONS, and are anxious 70 DelieNe
that with reflection will come "lsu4n
and moderation. Let the rtDel $50
remember that this is the second tlme
~ iovaT states have offered them falr
terms Of representation, strict but noi
unkind. They rejected the constituents
as an insult, and threaten 10
defeat the intent of this law by refusing
to take any part in its execution. But
they are in error ifthey suppose thaL Oy
the Injury the north endures from theiI
indifference and inactiOn, it viii De dl-
yerted from q purpose which II knows 70
h. inst and generous, because mercy and
Justice in the highest sense are one
And in another place. the same paper
with equal naivete says:
The substance Of ex-GOv. Browns
address to the citizens Of Atlanta, Gal
is mat reconstruction under the late set
of mgr is to the south an inevitable
expediency. The north cannot be
escaped IN any event, he thinks, and
the south may 20 further in a course OF
Political chagrin and idleness, n isre
worse thar by accepting the wholesome
fnality Of the reconstruction bill. Con-
qress having settled the question OF the
Acknowledgement Of the black man, II is
for the south to accept the position and
act upon il, so that the ballot will re-
main in the hands of nine-tenths OF IT'S
white men. The difficulty Of accepting,
sooner or later, what is unavoidable
does not strike us as, philOsophicallyi a
very great one. Step by step the south
have conceded so many political mat
ters-of-course, shameful it would seem
only to those hidalgos who quarrel with
honest living, and fight and beg equally
on horseback. There will be many SEN
sible sOutherners who will ere long agree
with Gov. Brown, that, after having
done everything else, the south had
better take the last, best step, frankly
and in earnest, and return 10 its place in
the family Of the union.
1t is our duty to help the Nation out Of
the difficulties, Of which we are the sole
cause, is it Is il one of these Difficult
tles,' that the North demands we should
give the negro the right to vote? One
would almost think that there vas no
other use for language than to cheat
with it. What difficulties is the Ma
ton in, in consequence Of the war, out
Of which the Southern States have re-
fused to help it?
But the spirit in which we surrendered
binds us to give up to the North the prize
Of negro suffrage, for which we fought!
Can i~mpudence go beyond this? The
North never protested TO fight for negro
suffrage. 1t did not at first fight wen
for emancipation. And when the South,
after its surrender, agreed to recognize
It's late slaves as freemen, and to give
them all the privileges and immunities
Of citizens Of the different States, under
the Constitution, Cof which tIfe right Of
suffrage neve was Onel it conceded
all that the North fought for, and all it
demanded.
Sacred obligations The abuse Of
language never before attained perfec-
ton. The Tribune is perhaps sincere ;
for absurdity has never been, with it, an
objection to any opinion or notion. 1t
might as well assert that there is a 'Sa-
cred obligation resting on the South to
vote for FRED. DOUGLASS for President,
So that it is under any obligation to help
assassinate free government by putting
politiealpower in the hands ofanignorant
and british race, ready to relapse into
barbarism as soon as the salutaTy re-
straints Of seryitude were taken dM, and
a thousand times more inclined to sub
NIT TO a single will and support a Mill
tary Despst, than to sustain republican
government. What can a million Of
negroes, lately slaves on plantations, and
already demoralized by license, know or
care about the Constitution or Constitu-
tional liberty, and the necessary re-
straints that these impose on the people
and individuals? How are they to dis
tinguish between the Patriot and Dema-
gogue? Entrust the negroes with polit- |
zeal power! So insane a project was
never before conceived, so great a crime
never before meditated.
And we cannot do nothing, it is
urged, without doing wrong TO the
North Why not, when the North has
the power to do as it pleases? Our con-
sent, our active cooperation is then i'm
portant! Is is We who are to share the
and confer the right Of suffrage on
Da~rbarians? We are asked to do what
Ohio and other Northern States will not.l
themselves do,-to accept the negro as
our political equal. II not, c~onfscation
aud exile. II Congress has the power to
confer the right Of suffrage en- the negro,
and has done It, why ask as TO take upon
oar shoulders the oats OF the rank and
foul offence?
All history teaches us that political
power cannot, without certain ruin 10
he State, be conided TO the hands Of
Inch a race. Il is like trusting a monkey
with a razor. II the Northern leaders
intend TO perpetuate anarchy in the
South, In order TO make a permanent
military occupation Of the Provinces
necessity; If they mean to furnish some
ambitious soldier with a constituency
md an army that shall carry him into
maintain him in Imperial power,
hey have adopted the precise measures
Jest calculated and skiHfully planned 10
fleet that object. Letthem pursue their
unhindered by us, as thew are nm.
llndered by any considerations of ma. 1
or decency, -unembarrassed nv !
INVITING like conscience; bpt lat a. :
talk about Dtr obligations To III, q
hem destroy the Government wbicL
hey pretend 70 love and to desire to per- 9
To suppose US base enough IN /
3 willing so to purchase exemption from d
,bbery, and relief from military despot. q
is the bitterest insult they eould I
fer us. What right have they to ask Z
av thing Of US, except submission , c
What insoIenee is it not, TO tell us that
e wrong them by doing nothing f? II Il
' doing nothing we a ruin them. so f
iueh the better. :
And this Is the second time that the !,
oval States have offered Us fair terms II
representation, strict but not unkind in
rsr terms Of representation, indeed 4
at we shall be permitted to elect men, = =
re Of Congress, If we win agree never N