Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-15
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To Messrs. A. II. Moss and J.. :. HUBBAkD.
PITEOUs PROTEsEATIOE.
: The New York Tribune, on the morn.
ing of the late election, made the fol.
. lowing appeal to the deluded worshipper'
2 Of the Radical Mokanna:
= Republicans We have been unfairly
p. held responsible for the errors and foiies
/, of an administration which has betrayed
, the trusts we reposed in it, and has al
$ lied itself in principles and measures to
the Democratic party.
e We have been unfairly and dishonesty
( held responsible for burden Of taxation
5 which is the result OF a rebellion inaugu-
rated by the Democratic party South,
and sustained and kept alive for two
2 years longer than il would otherwise
have lasted by the aid and comfort
given IL by the Democratic party North.
, We have been unfairly held response
} bic for the fact that the Southern States
. are not vet reconstructed, though we Of
fered them reconstruction if they would
return, without negro suffrage, but with
such q representation in Congress as the
number of votes entitled them. This
policy they treated with scOrn.
We have been unfairly held response
BILE for the fact that reconstruction at the
South is in the control OF the Republican
party white and black Of that section
the Southern Democrats having failed to
vote.
When q rogue has been convicted of
some despicabIe offence by jury who
could find no excuse for acquitting him,
aud in spite of all the ambidexterity
of his counsel, he never fails to protest
his innocence as long as the rope allows
him breath to do it with. He is always
{" as innocent as the babe unborn" No
wonder the Tribune protests whimper-
ingly against loading the Jseobin fac
ton with any sins that are not its own.
1t is not responsible for anything gene
rous and humane in the course Of the
Government towards the people Of the
South.
It is not responsible for even the par
tiaL observance ofthe pledges Of its Gene
rails.
It is not responsible for the discontinue
ance of martial law anywhere; for the
restoration to the people of the Northern
States Of the privilege of the writ of Ha-
beas Corpus; for the cessation of mur-
/ ders by unlawful military commissions;
| for the re establishment Of civil govern
ment, the restoration of the dominion Of
the laws and of the blessings of peace
and order in the Southern States.
It is not responsible for the wise en-
deavours Of ANDREW JOHNSON to bridge
over the deep gulf of blood that fuctu-
ated between the North and the South or
for any other thing, wise or manly, that
he has done.
It is responsible for the civil war. 1t
is irresponsible for the public debt. 1t is
responsible for the multiplied robberies
Of the public treasury. It is responsible
for all the evils that affiict the country;
and the principles Of the Democratic
party, if they had continued to govern
the country, would have prevented all Of
them.
It is responsible for all the corruptioDs
and rascalities that have msde the body
polite rotten and offensive. tits respon-
sible for the permits given individuals to
buy cotton from the enemy, aud pay
for it with clothing, supplies and NUM-
ments of war, for the troops in arms
against the Northern States.
It Es responsible, above all, for the post
ponement of reconstruction and the
creation of negro States. 1t never pro-
posed to the South the adoption Of any
terms whatever, accompanying the pro-
posal with a pledge that if it accepted
them, its States should be admitted 10
representation on the floors Of Congress
On the contrary, its game always has
been, " Heads, l win; tails, you lose"
The Tribune prets8dS to desire to see
peace restored, and harmony re -estab-
lished between the North and the South.
But at heart it approves Of the ideas Of
that blasphemfng reprobste, BEN WADE,
who says, "a Let there be a war of races
in the South. Let the blacks go to the
wall, If they cannot maintain their rights. |
Let the Southland reek with blood II
is nothing to me. Reconstruction shall
go ON His words are, as reported by a !
correspondent Of an eastern Journal
1 asked Mr.. Wade if be had read Tom
Ewing's letter on the lesson of the late /
elections. He said he had read only a |
short extract from ii, but could hardly /
make out what the old fellow was dri- |
wing at. "Old Tom isn't the best politi- /
cal guide in the world Of late years, and /
/ don't think what he says will have |
much effect on the Republican party. |
He went off with the johnson brethren,
and we haven't been taking advice from /
such sources lately" WELL said 1, |
&" the sum and substance of the letter is,
that the Radicals ought to back down /
from their reconstruction policy, and /
abandon negro suffrage in the South, /
because it has been voted down in OhiOn
" Never in Gods world" #" said Mr. Wade. |
4" So far as my vote goes, 1Ue JCiU neUer
abandon any thing LUe' ge done there, but /
lCiH 90 further and make it lcOrss
TOR the rebels if they don't 6ehGUe
Themselves better. 1t Is simply absurd to
talk of making States without the negro
vote in the South. You can't do it.
You might as well let them secede at
once and set up for themselves, as to let
the white rebels get control Of everything
down there, as they would do under
JOhnsOn's policy. We couldn't 90 back
on the negro il we would, and l wouldn't
II 1 could. They talk about q war Of
races. 1t will never come unless the
rebels bring it about; and if it does come,
let them fight it out between them, ana
let one drive the other out if they can.
That's none Of my business. As a Sens-
tor, am bound TO see that there is Re
publican government in these States |
That's all I've got to do with it. If they
can't agree among themselves. so much |
the worse for the side that gets whipped
that's all. But we will give them
Republican form of government in spite
of the devil and all his angels, including
Andy Johnson"
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