Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-21
80. a. ,Inl,llalAIaA Rerlsier.

FROM tlle MQbllt tAtdsl hhc2A7trAs
AN OPINION OF GOV. BROWNS LETTER
Ex-Goy. Brown, Of Georgia, has fa-
vored the public with a letter giving his
views of the situation and bis advice
how to act in It, The first he paints 10
colors Of desperate and midnight black
ness-that is to say, he pictures con-
quered people, helpless and at the mercy
Of consuer9rs who have no mercy, and
who are unitedly and savagely bent Oh
their utter ruin. Gov. Browns pre-
misses being true, we have an unanswer,
able argument against the soundness anu
wisdom of his advice, which is not only
to submit (which we must 10 tht
tyranny of the military bill, but to mas
ten into public meetings, state eonven'
tions, and specially convened leglslS
lures, to ratify, indOrse and constitution
alize the tyranny. Gov, Brown re-
quests all the newspapers that com
ment on his letter to publish It entirei
because he "does not wish to be mlsnn-
derstood.U We shall not publish letter
that advises a whole people TO sign away
their birthrights, and add self.stultinca.
ton and disgrace 10 their politics ana
temporal ruin. ;
Wa are not disposed IN circumstances
so serious and solemn to withhold the
truth from cur people, in diminishing
the reality of the dangers that threaten
The New York Times gives us warning
fbat If we do not accept the military bill,
if Is mildness to what we may expect
from the fortieth congress. Sweepie,
coufiscation OF propertv-division OF i
amongst negroes and southern loyal
lists u2Iands divided out in farms to
northern soldiers, which is expected : To
secure their support in body" Chlv-
aIrous army! All this is threatened and
iu the light of the present may come 70
pass without derogating from the. ialr
fame of the present congress. Nay, we
NAV have a puritan st. Bartholomew
and Dukes de Guise and GATHERINGS de
Mediei represented ia New England
garb. But can we help it ? Ii an inno-
cent man has to die az the stake IS it deba'
table whether he ought to bare his head TO
the stroke and perish like man, or die
like q dog? What guarantee has Gov;
Brown to give US, that if we indorse ana
ratify this monstrous wrong and on our
knees kiss the rod that smites us, We
shall be spared further infiietion? None
on earth. Then it is not debataele
question whether we should give our
assent to the cruel and inhuman treat
ment of our enemies. We have nothing
left from our terrfole struggle but our
honor. Everything is gone but our
character of manhood, and Gov. Brown
REQUIRES us to toss this too on the saeri-
fetal pile. The military law does not
alter the situation OF the south nor the
duties of its people. Resistance Is not
thought Of We have neither power to
do it ourselves nor, God help u.s. friends
to do it for US. A fragile pregnant woman
is not more helpless under the blows
of a strong beast CT e man, than we
are under the cruelties Of the domi-
nant party in this country. We have
but one weapon, and that is in firm
and passive endurance. Our only hope
is a trust in the mercy of God when man
shows none, and in the ameliorating
power of time, to correct and assuage the
mad passions Of the hour. Even radical
ism must at last blush at the cOwardice
that rains blows on u PROSTATE enemy,
and be shamed by the sentiment OF the
civilized world into some sense of mag
nanimity. Beyond this passive endu-
rance, it is too soon yet to determine
what our course should be.
From the Mobile (AlR.) Trlb1nel
THE SITUATION NOT so VERY BAD.
We have been carried along by such q
stream for several years past; are now
in the midst Of its waters, and may as
well make up o4r minds to be borne
along for some time 10 come. Eeople
have been In the same fix before our
time, and seem TO have borne it quite
Habits OF thought,
modes Of life, forms Of government, are
destroyed by tumbles over these revOlu-
tionary precipiees, but peoples them
selves survive them-climb up on the
firm banks, with the power acquired of
thanking God for the sufferings they
have undergone and the perils they have
escaped. The pTecipice Is put in their
way for the very purpose OF teaching
them hOiC to thank God occasionally.
Come the worst that may, there will
still be opportunities for making money,
and with them granted, hell itself would
have no terrors for most people. Bakers,
In Paris, with the guillOtiAe ready to
receive them for such offense, reduced
the weight of their loaves for the sake
Of q few centimes.
The next great war, growing out OF
the policy of the radical party, will not
affect US so directly as did the last war.
The next one will be civil war in every
sence of the word. 1t will be confined
to the north; and the part for US to play
is to wait, like a horse in his stall,
making the most of the leisure on his
hands, Tor rather his feet, and perfectly
Indifferent as to who his next rider is to
be. And it is certain that We shall man.
age to pick up a living quite as well as
we do now; probably a little better.
Many OF us may get fat contracts for
starving soldiers to death; others, COM
missions as quartermasters. Those who
sacrificed everything by being COnfeder-
ate quartermasters will stand the best
chance for the latter. Altogether, the
future is not so wholly black as it seems
at first sight.
The boil must eventually come to s
head and burst, and the sooner the bet