Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-20

have steadfsstly refused to compromise
with tyranny by becoming active partic
ipants IN the wretched work Of Recon
struction, look on and See with a right
sous indignation dangerous to utter in
words, their beloved State scourged like 5
common malefactor by the obsceneinstru-
ments who are the ex~ecutioners that do
the viii OF a shameless Congress; when
they witness, without the power to pre-
vent, the dishonours, the infamiess the.
ignominies, the sordid Oppro6riums
depicted in the paragraphs that we have
quoted, they have the right to say some
whataltering the noble words Of MILTON,
spoken BY him with reference to religion
"This we maj conclude to be 8 high
hoEour done Us from God, and q special
mark Of His favour, whom he hat
selected. amid these amazing changes
and connections, to stand upright and
steadfast to the end, dignifed with the
defence Of Truth and public liberty
while Others, who aspired to be the top
Of zealots, have not only by their late
silence and neutrality belied their profess
sion, but foundered themselves and their
co~nsciences, to comply with enemies in
that wicked cause and interest, which
they have too often cursed In others, TO
prosper now in the same themselves"
Let them be sure that good viii at the
last come out Of the present evil. Those
who have doubted whether there wac
that virtue and intelligence Of the people
Of the Northern States that would con-
strain them to interpOse in their majesty
TO stay the mad progress Of an insane
political fsnaticism that strikingly re-
sembles some Of the moral epidemies Of
the middle age; who have doubted the
capacity Of men for seIf-governmenti
who have despaired Of seeing the people
Of the South learn wisdom and be
strengthened and increased in manliness
by the bitter experiences Of adversely,
who had almost or wholly come to be
without hope or faith,-those who have
said, 4" there il no remedy: the disease is
mortal and eats out the vitals Of the
commonwealth" need doubt no longer,
need despair no longer. The people Of
the South are wiser and stronger; they
appreciate and love the truth st last, and
have learned to discriminate between
the demsgogue and the patriot, and be-
tween license and liberty. And the
people Of the North have shown that the
Constitution is not for them dead or
effete, and that they are not prepared to
tear the Ship Of State from her safe an
ehorage and sail out upon dark and IN
known seas, with lunRtics for pilots and
Chimpanzees for crew.
To give additional impetus and ire
sistibility to the immense reaction that
has commenced, to complete the demoli-
ton Of the faction that rules the country
to plumber, to ruin and to dishonour it,
it was only necessary for the work Of re-
construction TO 60 on, according to the
scheme resOrted to by Congress; for just
such Conventions to assemble as that
which has gathered together in Alabama,
obscene hordes Of adventures who are
strangers to the State, paltry pettifog-
ging political sharpeTs and ignorant ne.
groes, to riot and revel in every species
Of raving insanity, dwelling folly and
pitiable idiOcy, the apes spite and ma
Lightly with the apes lmbecility Of in
telIect. No Republican who respects
himself can long follow the lead OF men
whose measures result in consequences so
contemptibly absurd, and at the same
time so disgustingly infamous as these.
Like sulphune acid poured upon the raw
flesh, these hideOns ~mOekeries, these
scsndslous burlesques, these ETetehed
and shameless rascsIities, burn Radical
ism to the bone, and it already bowls
and shrieks with the torture Of the richly
deserved punishmen OF the damned. The
miserable authors Of thess infsmies talk
Of treason and they themselves reek
and sweat with it. They are the enc
mies Of Constitutional liberty, criminals
who deserve the seourge and lash Of bis
tory to be written by anew TACTTUs; and
their punishment, like CAMS. will be
greater than they can bear. The day
will come when men will tell the WADEs
and SUMMERS and CGLFAxEs, as Lord
BALCARRAs told ARNOLD, after con
temptuously receiving his nre, 81 leave
you to the hsngnsn." The night Of q
despotism is passing away the
Of evil and deEilish mischief is
irawing to close the Dawn begins to
ylow on the horizon, and the Genius Of
he Constitution, breaking Ike sAAPsQs
when be woke In the lap Of DELILAH,
he withes that SORCERY had bound her
limbs withal, prepares to smite with ir-
'emediabIe ruin these plaques Of hu-
nanity, already dismayed, snd trem-
oling with terror, with shuddedng
lorror pale, and eyes sghsst," az the
majestic movement and whitening indig-
latiou Of the People. Verify, the voice
t the People Is once more the Voice Of
foDl