Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-10

that in Texas are "eOmbined the worst
elements of southern character" A
probable condition Of things in state
where the sSrduous work of defending
1slionispl is performed by a Griffin, and
planned by a Sheridan. Those miserable
caricatures OF humanity who did not
permit great soldier to be deeently in
TERED by his friends, ought TO be ade-
quate TO the equally degrading task oi
recOnstructing Texas on btdek basis
/ Such psbulum as this, furnished by a
venal press, poisons the public mind
| against the return OF good feeling, and
is preparing il for any line Of policy that
a "loyal" congress may adopt toward
our southern countFymen. @
/ The people are beginning to think 1t
! both lawful and righteous to say any
thing about, take anything from, or do
/ anything to a rebei.n We do not
wonder, then, that we so often see their
| parlors ornamented with articles stolen
| from southern homes, which, as if apollo
gizing for the theft, they call trophies
| We do not wonder that ladies in Yer
mont join the mob in throwing stones at
a gefstlemGla, and so far forget them
selves as to call him bsd names. Nor do
we wonder that American mothers name
Thad Stevens !
We do not wonder that equality is the
watchword OF the hour, nor that con-
gressmen wax eloquent when they speak
Of the negro as a man and 81 brother"
No, nothing can happen that would
astonish us This equality of the
human species will prove the TrO-
jan horse of this republic. 1t
has been the stumbling block Of en-
pires. 1t carried the day in Rome, when
the crown was knocked down to the
highest bidder, and would leng since
have triumphed in England, had it not
been for the sagacity Of her statesmen.
1t stirs up the worst feelings of the human
breast, and wars with all that is elevated
and refined. Equality hates gentility,
hates order, hates laws, hates govern
ment. 1t arrays ignorance against intel
ligence, and batters down the barriers of
society. In the Roman empire it made
the unlettered barbarian the peer of the
gallant knight; in republican America
it makes a negro a man and brOtherW
The fate of the former, instead of being
a warning, seems to invite the imitation
of the latter! That man is morally in
sane who thinks that this regime of
equality can be carried out without rev.
OluuOn. Are not the seeds OF ulScOrd
already sOwn, and do we not see the tree
bearing fruit? VIII the white man
tamely submit to this doctrine? Can
the American people quietly accomplish
what mankind has failed TO do in these
six thousand years of the worlds his
tory? The egotist Of progress answers,
Yes; the unalterable experience of all
mankind gives it the lie! And the
north has the audacity to ask US to
help accomplish this impiOus under
taking. The question, then, is
what are we to do? My answer is, be
true to ourselves, true to our instincts,
true to the proud memories Of our heroic
ancestors, true tn posterity, that will de
mand of US an account Of the talents left
in our possession. Let US present the
world with the glorious spectacle Of brave
people remaining incOrrupt, even amid
misfortune. Let US persistently refuse to
forge the shackles aud rivet the chains
of despotism. Rather than behold the
high places of our states and nation pol
luted by the tread and torch Of the l8thi-
opian, let US prefer to see the bats haunt
and the owls build their nests in the
ruins of the republic. J. 5. q.