Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-02
THE MEMPHIS
CRERn.

Here lie the platform Of JacobinIsm as
laid down by the New York Tribune,
the platform defeated in Ohio and Penn
~sylvanis, and which courts defeat in
New York: DC
The platform adopted by our Conven-
ton meets squarely every living issue.
1t is not encountered by the reiteration
Of principles which were once in conflict,
but which success has changed tOaxiOms,
and made the common property of all
parties. Nor does 10 venture upon ground
where any who have been true to Lib
erty and Union during the past six years
need not fear to tread. It's resolutions
may be condensed as follows, viz: !.
Fidelity TO Human FREEDOM. 2. Impair
tisl Suffrage, 3. War against corrup-
ton. 4. Reconstruction through JUS
tee; State repOse through econ
omy. 5. Economy in administra-
ton equality In taxation and NJ re-
pudiatiOn Of our debts, State or
National. @. Endorsement OF Congress
In its policy OF rec~onstructing the Union
on the basis OF equal rights for all men,
and q pledge 70 stand by them In all
measures needful to secure liberty .
peace, even to impeachment. 4 Fidelity
10 Southern Unionist. s. Thanks TO u
soldiers and District Commanders.
3. Endorsement Of Stanton, Sheridan,
and Sickles. 10. Protection 20 our natu-
ralized citizens in foreign lands. II. In
dorsement Of the official course Of Gov.
FentOn, and thanks to Senators Morgan
and Conkllng, for firmly resisting the
Presidents usHrpatiOns. II. A right 70
recreation OF any day Of the week in
every consistent with public
decorum and the respect due to public
worship.
With every one of these principles,
except the last, the Democratic party is
either openly or secretly at war.
This faction. for which the Tribune
pettifogs, is faithful TO Human Free
dom " by creating five Military DespOt-
isms, under which men have no rights
whatever. It is in favour Of " imperial
suffrage" by DISTINGUISHING $1,000 white
men in Tennessee, and thousands else
where and by giving the power to the
negroes and q few Radicals in the unre-
constructed States to d~Isfranchise all the
Conservative white men in each. It'wsrs
against corruption" by being the patron
Of every species Of corruption, and itself
the most corruptive faction thatever ruled
= country. It's reconstruction through
JUSTICE is reconstruction through rascal
ity and fragrant outrage and villainous
frauds Of registration. It's economy" is
the most lavish and wasteful and corrupt
expenditure. Its endorsement Of Con-
gress is an endorsement Of military despo-
tism, of interference with the proceedings
and process Of the Courts, Of trial Of citi-
zens by military commission OF negro-suf-
frsge, Impeachment Of the President; and
ihs fidelity to Southern UniORists means
the maintenance in power Of q few cor
uorsnts by the aid of negro msjorities,
and the continued s~ubjugation OF the
white race. It would be a disgrace to
human nature il 8 faction with such a
creed and record should be sustained by
8 majority 81 the white men Of the
North. In the language of General
GORMAN, there would be no hope for q
country ruled by a party that sets at de-
fance the highest obligations Of the Con-
StitutiOu in time Of peace, that 1t may
weave 3 net to retain power; that dis
sewers the Union Of States in the name
OF loyalty; that makes the military su-
perior to the civil power; that a~brogates
the writ Of liberty in the name Of lib
erty that sustains 8 standing army for
political purposes in time Of peace that
imprisOns the citizens without q trial by
jury; that brushes the white a. to
build up the black race; that increases
our burdens, without pointing out any
object, but holding political power"