Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-05
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THE POLICY AND DUTY OF TIL
SOUTH.
mo. s.
IT il u firm conviction that thos'
men who in Congress and the North are
foremost in proposing schemes to abas'
and degrade the people of the South
are actuated by a deliberate pur'
pose TO goad and provoke at least loca.
disturbances, and, if necessary to the
fpl attainment Of their ends, a general
resistance against intOlerable outrages
T-Dssrrectfous and the renewal Of hOstil-
tiles. iustfying the re creation of an i'm
mems army. which, but for the Presi'
dent would be still on foot, composed
chiefly Of negroes, would give the hater'
of the Constitution as it was, a lease for
wears Of power, insure the election OF a
President Of their choice, initiate the cur
renev. and enable them and their rela-
lives and friends to smass immense
wealth by speculation and the
public plumber. And, when the
last despairing walls of the Southern
people had ceased, and the work Of desc
Iaton so well begun by SHERIDAN and
SHERMAN and a host Of Huns Of less note
was complete, and the cslsmities Of Po-
land had shrunk into insignihcsnce COM
Dared with ours, a general cOnfiscation
could be enacted, the machinery Of courts
civil and military could be put into Ope-
ration. and everywhere the work Of stran-
gulation could go on unimpeded by Pre-
sidential pardons. The power Of the
President and the Supreme Court to pro-
tect the Constitution would be swept
away forever, and the S~aturnalia Of the
new Reign Of Terror would crafty the
CHEEvERs Of New England, as well as
the SUMMERS.
No one can say that in so believing We
do the leaders injustice; for every man is
Justly deemed TO intend the natural con-
sequences Of his acts.
The people Of the South can a
themselves from this utter ruin only by
prudence and patience. The least indis-
erection ia action will be fatal. They
must give no occasion for the employ
ment Of troops 70 suppress disturbances
Tor the Committees sent to Memphis
and New Orleans show how eagerly
every such occasion will be awaited Of;
and the nature Of the testimony taken,
at least at Memphis, and the hideous,
Ioathsome, leprOus, putrid nature Of the
principal female witness whose infamous
perjuries were accepted as Gospel truth,
show how unscrupulously the facts in
every case will be perverted and a fes.
tering and venomOus mass of lies in every
case be accepted and endorsed as his
tory. How easily testimony would be
found or purchased to convict Eve the
innocent, the subornation Of CONOvER
makes manifest. How swiftly a Military
Tribunal would convict and sentence,
the records OF the Military Commissions
prove.
We must bear the pitiless peltings Of
the storm as best we may, believing
that =" there is a God, although the devil
seems to reign" We must ohay the
laws. and look to the courts to vindicate
the Constitution and the rights Of indi-
viduals which it guarantees to all. Re
sistance would be madness: and we are
that none dream Of it. There are
no organizations, snd no two men con-
suit together with any view to any resis-
lance whatever, in any county in all the
South. "Be ye wise as serpents and
harmless as doves.D. The reign OF in
Justice cannot last forever. Now it is
hat the phrase mastery inactivity"
becomes pregnant with meaning. 1t is
not the government of the United States
hat is stamping on US, but only one de-
partment e~ndeavoring to swallow up the
Therefore we conceive it to be the
present duty Of the Southern States to
-smain entirely quieseent and let mad
and folly u their course; to besr
with e~quanimity what they can neither
void or remedy; to have no part or lot
d removing the old landmarks and
hanging the nature OF the govern
nent to oppose nothing and approve
lothing, and let no share Of the respon-
Utility for what may happen, rest upon
themselves; to contract no alliances
With any party in the North, and
can on no broken reeds to seek 10 take
part in the national legislation TO
i've no Just occasion for the establish
aent Of a military despotism; to con- !
the emancipation Of the negroes as
fnality, for the disastrous consequences I
{ which they are in no wise responsible. !
)efeat by superior numbers in the field !
o more settles the right than defeat by 7
majority at the polls. The minority is i
o more under obligation TO abandon its a
in u ase than in the other. =
is rs little required 10 assist the major 4
TO ruin the country in case, as in ?
le other. 1t Is bound TO submit to the I
scision, and allow the majority, unhin- I
cred, to carry out its plans in its own 4
ay. To prevent this it can only resort J
argument and reason, and it may re- =
ri to these or refrain from it, as il \
1t is surely under no obligation C
demonstrate, when remonstrance will v
3 met with insult; or to tender advice =
.at it may be received with silent con- 3
mtt. Let the creditor have his pound q
lesh, Is near the heart as he chooses G
II a 50 written in the bond" He has !
Il purchased or conquered any title 10 n
e opinions and the soul. p