Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-31
~ RrGINNING OF THE END.

uhsn the war closed, in May, 1861 we
ii k,.w and we said, that it was but
tbs beginning Of the end. Weary not
- - carnage and death, but OF Gov
o-.y,entsI and military usurpation ana
weston. exhausted by q leres en-
10 which no people had ever borne
half a. long. impoverished by 8 oonln-
nal drain upon their resources anu 'ne
.,D-onri.tiou OF their very earnings 10
~ rsss Of the war, and deluded by Inc
relief tbst although President LINCOLN,
a G-sneralissimo OF the land ana naval
go of the United States, would make
NO terms with their leaders while 'ney
we're in arms, yet II they laid them down
Internationally, and relied upon tue
-,,noperor's generosity, they would De
r,igersauv amnestied, and their states
- oDce resume their positions In the
Urion. with no other penalty, st any
etc than the emancipation OF their
slaves and the securing to these OF the
rights OF resident f-eemen not possessed
Of citizenship, the men Of the soutn'
,os-Iv all Of whom were in the armies
Tsf5 down their arms and returned 10
their homes without waiting 10 be sur
rendered. or, remaining, surrendered 81
discretion. Sixty or seventy thousand
men in arms so disbsnded on the west
side OF the Mississippi, who retiring into
Texas. could only have been overpoW-
cred after a long, bloody and exhausting
usr. their leaders actually sending to
New Orleans to find some GeneraI 10
whom they could surrender.
In trusting to the generosity OF the
they Leaned upon 3 broken
reed. and it has pierced them to their
death. Not because the Northern people
are ~treAcherous with the %treachery, vim
distive with the ~malignity, Of bAseness'
msrqiless with the savage cruelty Of fear,
or sordid enough to be willing to accept
the brutal negro a. a political equal, ID
order to use his savage passions, appetites
and vices as instruments Of q selfish
greed for power that pays it possessOrs
with prohts As iniquitous As those Of the
mopev-changers whom Christ scourged
out OF the Holy House Of the Temple
hint because the Radical leaders and their
Prgrorisu bands Ore ell this and more,
the people Of the South have been be
trsyed, and lost all when they surren-
dered withou. terms, and plGced them
selves. naked and ~deienceless, in the
power Of men without good faith, justice
or generosity. Whist had the South to
expect from men like SUMNER and
STEVENS?
The following paragraph, Of the cor
rectness Of tgbich, creep: as to one State,
,es hare no dou5t, proelaims to the people
Of the Northern States the entire success
Of that plot snd conspiracy against con
stl,utiouaI liberty, the peace Of the coun'
try. aud humanity itself, Of achieving
whose success that people have been
msde the blind aud deluded instruments.
WASHINGTON, October IS Intelligence
hiss been received 10y the Union Radical
CongressiUna Committee from the South
erugtates that have not yet held elections,
which indicates that IN all 0f them the
Copventiouists will be successful.
We have 10 doubt ws repeat, that this
"a tr,ts. except - to Arkansas. 10 i've Of
the ten Provinces that compose the
dominion Of hell, Louisiana, Florida,
Mississippi. South Carolina, and Ala
hama. the negroes registered are largely
in the majority, and will all vote as the
few Radicals direct, whose slaves they
now are, and whose masters they are
hereafter TO be. POPE has left nothing
undone that was necessary TO give Ala
hama. and CiR leave nothing undone,
that is necessary to give Georgia, TO the
negroes and their white Leaders and the
President is poweriess to interfere a.
also is General GRANT, even if ne desired
TO do 50.
The following paragraph tells US all We
need 10 know rs to the PachAlik Of our
PoPE5
THE COMING ELECTION IN GEORGIA.
Promifaa al GeorgiaDs have within q
dsv or two represented to the President
and Gen. Grant, ia q written petition,
that Gen. Pope has 50 distrietsd the
State Of Georgia, Ia HE election order for
: STATE convention under t-hsrecOnstrue.
fion law, ss to give the control Of the
convention, and through 1t the State, 70
Inc negroes and their few Radical sssO-
cistes. The Executive and Gen. Grant
are asked to interfere and change these
orders so that q fair election may be
held. and the white registered voters
allowed something Of q voice Ia the re-
Accumulation Of the State. Gen. Grant
RENTED TO the memorial for bis interpo-
sition, that lis powers, under the recon-
~atuuction law, were OF q supervisory
nature, and confined TO removals OF
state officials, and that be could DO
nothing with sny election order. The
President, also, informed the parties thai
he has DO right, under the supplemental
reconstruction set, to change the orders
OF Gen. Pope, or any other District COM
mAnder.-AeD York World.
In North Carolins there is little doubt
thst the engineering Of sCHoFIELD will
produce the same results as in Virginia.
There will be a white majority, but the
will Of the Military Commander will
ace To C that the Districts shall be 90
arranged a. to secure majority Of Radi-
Gals aud negroes in the Convention and
the President, sworn to support preserve
and defend the Constitution, is power'ess
as a eunush 10 interfere. He cannot
venture, as JACKSON did, to defend the
Constitution As he understands t. or
even as the Supreme Court has decided
it. He must wait for . new decision, on
very MISTER Of the reconstruction
which may be made during the
but spreiv not until II will be