Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-20

1. !.
General Pope, distinguished before the
war for digging an artesian well in the
Staked Plain, and failing to persuade the
water to rise to the surface,-not more
than respectable in his profession as a
subaltern; who announced on taking
command of the Army of the Potomac
to prove himself q military failure, that
mis- headquarters would be in the saddle
and Of whom some malicious Editor, not
having the fear Of military commissions
before his eyes, has said that his great
deficiency was that he did not know the
difference between his Headquarters
and his headquarters, has recently been
letting loose his opinion of the Hon. B.
II. HILL and President JOHNSON and
matters generally, to that WILLIAM THE
SILENT, Of Orange, Of our day, UNCLE
SAM GRANT. Wewould have given some
what for a glance at General GRANTS
face, when be read T" Our Pores" letter.
It is & gem in its way,-a gem of purest
ray serene," worthy at all points Of one
Of the ~jack-booted and spurred legislators
for the South.
This is what General PORE said to his
superior Officer, in the pIenitude Of his
wisdom
"In my Judgment, the condition Of
affairs in the southern states, even should
reconstruction be satisfactorily accom-
plished, will of necessity be a reproduce
tion, in q more or less modified degree,
Of what noW ezist5 in Tennessee, unless
some measures are adopted TO free the
! country Of this reactiOnary party.
| Whilst they remain in the country eXer-
! eising the baneful influence which they
undoubtedly possess, there can be no
peace. ] believe in Alabama and
Florida thare is less danger to be appre-
hended from them than in Georgia, but
in all these states SO much of the danger,
riot and disorder which disgrace Tonnes
| see is imminent, that it seems 20 mt il
would be wise TO use all practicable
measures to remove from the states in
{ progress Of reconstruction aus which
now endsAgss Pennessee's loyal govern
ment.u
Undoubtedly the condition Of affairs in
the Southern States reconstructed, will
of necessity be a reproduction of that
which now exists in Tennessee, negro
votes, snd II necessary negro bsyonets,
perpetuating the Acknowledgement Of q
majority Of the whites whose fathers
laid the foundations of the Government,
and would much rather have helped TO
sink the country into hell, if they had
foreseaG that the day would come when
the negroes would be GusiT PQ,iticsl mas
tiers, and such pitiful petty tyrants IS
POPE, SICKLEs and SHERIDAN would be
invested with all the powers of the Sui
tans snd Cars and Caliphs, over their
uafortunats ons There jg not a power
ever exercised by the nObiss of France,
over the peassntry Of the country, even
the claiming Of the first fruits Of the
m~arrisge-bed, that any one of the
YicerQyg Of the South cannot ex-
ercise if be pleasss, and be evonerated
from responsibility for it by act Of Con-
gress, rewarded by 3 vote Of thanks Of
both Houses, and ~eulogized for the Wig
our Of his administration in that respect
by the pieus and ~puritanic journals OF the
higher civilization, beaded by the New
York Tribune and RaTps7ts Weskl4
There is not one Of the Pachas who play
their fantastic tricks in the FIVE military
districts, who cannot, If he will, with
perfect impOnity play the part Of a
VERREs, and be praised snd rewarded
forit.
But PoPE proposes "to free the coun-
try Of t~aFbEleut and disloyal bodies Of
men belonging 10 The ~Fesolonarg party
His apt use Of words is admirable. The
r-eacti0nary partyu Reaction against
what? He proposes that they shall not
be allowed to remain in the couatry,
" exercising the bsnefI .nlasnca which
they undoubtedly possess" At frat
blush, one imagines that POPE, speaking
OF bodies Of men," means to allege
that the country infested by nina sYsrms |
also with bands OF armed indictments,
and that these are especially abundant
in Tennessee. But when he speaks Of "the
influence " which these "bodies Of men y
undoubtedly posses, we begin to catch a
glimpse Of the true meaning. 1t would
be wise, he thinks, "to use all practicable
measures TO removed from the Statesin pro.
gress Of reconstruction causes which now
endaHgerF nessee's loyal government. -
We had not supposed that y Tennessee's
loyal government was in any danger. /
It does not apprehend any personal VIC 1
Hence, we believe. Those who rule here /
in Memphis go and come, we believe,
without apprehension, certainly without
interruption. The Conservative press
uses nothing more dangerous than argu-
ments. There are no turbulent and
dislOyal bodies of men, organized in
and we do not exactly see
how any causes" that endanger the
government here are to be exiled,
nntil Congress enaets q law to author
ize it.
PoPE has already announced by q
semi-imperial ukase, that although he
has succeeded 10 silencing all the civil
officers Of his satrapy, they will persist
in giving aid and encouragement to anti
reconstruction newspapers, and has there
fore ordered that these contumacious
shall be deprived Of all the
emoluments Of the State or Municipal
Advertising. This is Is bis order, minus
The preamble which reeites the reason
which we have above stated;
HThst all advertisements or other off,
,.al publications heretofore or to be hers
,fter provided for by the state or NUM-
,lpal laws, or ordinances be given, BY
ne proper civil officers whose duty it Is
a have such publication made, 10 sueb
newspapers. aSd such only, as have not
.op0ead and do not oppose rseopstruc-
ion under the acts Of congress, nor at {
empg 10 Obstruet, in any manner, the /