Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-03

republic and without pretending to de
eide mon their importance, II IL only
. Justice to the American people to inquire
serigusly into their origin. The main
difficulty, II We are not mistaken,
is that the people have no conn-
deuce in the integrity or the
ability Of the executive. Men who DO
not make up their minds hastily are
speaking with great plainness OF impend-
ing public danger. They, too, rave no
faith in Mt. johnson. They doubt has
temper; they distrust his talents they
dread his Obstinscy they are fearful Of
bis rashness; they are not sure OF MS
sobriety; they suspect the servant oy
whom he is Immediately
and the dark threats OF his hangers-Oh
are not calculated to stimulate their con-
fdence. They belleve that our liberties
are in danger, and, thinking 90, they 90
right to say what they think-they
would be dumb dOgs indeed, il with sueh
opinions they held their peace.
This has not even the merit OF origin
atty. We wonder that the tribune
should repeat, in q diluted form the stun
and nonsense Of Senator THAYER1 OF
Nebraska. Mr.. GREELEY well enough
knows that " the people" do not believe
that their liberties are in danger OF any
usurpation by the President. They have
No idss Of ANYTHING Of the kind. Presi-
dent JOHNSON is as perfectly pOwerless
a. = kitten in s consumption; and this
is perfectly well known by all Radical
ism but it is necessary to OeisbolF him
continually in the North, because hOstii-
ity to him is the only issue really svaila-
bic that gives that scared faction the Op-
portunity tc continue the old exaspera-
ton Of the Northern public mind.
1t is quite true that 1.-THE general
mindu In the North, is in a most APP
prehensive and unsatisfactory condi-
ton" Anybody a see that; but the
cause 70 which the Tribune attributes it
is not the true ons sad has but an in
fnitesimsl influence.
As to the reconstruction acts, the Pres
Hent is not interfering with their execu-
ton. He has transferred Generals
SICKLEs and SHERlBAEs and put in com
mand instead Generals CANaY and
HANCOCK; but he has not removed
General SCHOFIELD or General Pope to
another spkere of usslessness nor has
he directed either q tke new command
ers to undo anything that has bvss done,
however unlawful, or TO disregard the
acts Of Congress in any way. On the
contrary, be has given them express
directions to be governed in all respects
by these acts. Congress could not ask
for a more faithful servant TO more obse-
quiously execute its sovereign will and
pleasure.
All the noise, therefore, about the
Presidents course in the matter Of re-
construction, is mere bOsh, and the indie
cent jubilation over SICKLEs and SHER-
IDAN is simply what it was meant to be,
q coarse and vulgar insult to the Presl-
dent. Any one would suppose thst some
wrong had been done these officers by
the Presidents exercise Of the power and
discretion Of transferring them TO other
commands but the truth is that all the
honour paid to them is intended TO NOR
tify the President and ths Tribune,
especially, cannot conceal its ~eXultstion
Of the uncomfortable feelings which it
suppOses the demonstrations cause him.
As to the probability Of the Presidents
resisting an attempt to depose him, the
cause Of the general apprehension and
uneasiness is 10 be attributed to the prob
ability, or we might perhaps say, GER
tsinty, Of the attempt being made, and
not to the probability Of his resistance.
He q no more resist than q fish tan
gled in a net. He is as helpless as a
child. Resistance would be g mere farce,
in which he would be only ridiculous.
The uneasiness and apprehension in
the general mind are due to altogether
different causes. It was once probable
that the Radical leaders in Congress
would impeach and depose the Presi-
dent and so they would have done, II
matters had gone 50 as to make 1t neces-
sary or profitable. But ANDREW JOHN
SON has proved infinitely more service
able to them than o. themselves,
either BEN. WADE, or THAD. STEVENS
or Commonplace COLFAI could pos
Silly have been. The noise about i'm
parchment has been kept up, and the
Of completely in the assassination
Of LINCOLN renewed or limited at from
time to time, TO keep the President
whipped in and to the track. He has
observed the old maxim of sailors in the
navy, "Grumble you may, but go you
must (" he has grumbled and recalci-
trAted and banked but at last has faith
fully executed the reconstruction acts.
The offices Of the country, with few ex-
ceptiOns, are In the hands. of Radicals, Of
his enemies or the lukewsrm. He has
relieved Congress Of the odium which
many things that he has done without
waiting for their action, would have cast
upon them II they had been constrained
to order and legslize the worst outrages
Of power. And be has now become their
principal capital, their platform chiefly
consisting Of opposition 20 hiLl, and
CoLFAx having condensed it into the
proposition that the President
to be hung.
Rsdicaldom and it's largest Prince,
RAscaldom, do not in the least intend to
kill their goose that lays them the golden
eggs. There is no danger Of impsach.
ment; and II there were, there is no dan
ger Of resistance on the part Of the Presl-
dent.
1t is the condition Of The finances Of the
country, the production Of the South con-
diminishing, the Danger Of repu-
j~latiOn, and the contamination OF negro
supremacy In six or eight Southern
States, that have filled the Northern
mind with alarm and apprehension.
They are alarmed and anxious, because
hey are not as stupid as the
oxen that bear patiently the yoke
md chew the cud. They have
least the instinct which warns the
Indian kline OF the coming Of the
and they stand, like them,
In herds, uncertain which way
run. They are frightened; and that
coming which will Brighten them far
Then, as fear is always cruel,
hey win turn ssvsgely upon their lead
Uho are no CUTLER than they, and
end them. The day Of the revenge Of
he South is ct hand and no political
ohemes or combinations can long delay
Is coming. Nekom Adondi. Il Is God
PhO will Avenge.
II
THE New Orleans Bulletin tells the
blowing pleasant story at the expense
( q lady passenger en- one OF the boats
hat cross the lakes; She had arisen in
be morning and had commenced Dress h,
the ladies' cabin, OF course. OBJ /,
the door to be partially open, she !