Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-11

Arguments or appeals, however potent
or convincing, are not facts. Results
are, however, overwhelming and the
most stoIid intellect cannot resist them.
So faith and hope, however well
grounded, are not realization. Hope
deferred makes the heart sick" But
hope realized, anticipation, which comes
to pass, justihes the reason, confirms the
Judgment and vindicates virtue and in
telligence, beyond all cavil.
We have waited, how long can only
be measured by events, never by days,
months, OF years, for the return Of rea-
son and the ~vindieation Of right. Bot II
has come at last. Read the ~teIegraphiC
dispatches, 0 skeptic ! and judge FOL
yourself.
Ohio, the great central State Of the
Uniun, the home Of CHASE, WADE
BINGHAM aud STANTON, has rolled up q
clean majority against the Radicals This
vote does not indicate sught else than
condemnation Of the Radicals. We &C.
| eept it~as such. Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM OF
Mr.. PENDLEToN would not claim il
otherwise. It is q condemnation of negro
suffrage. It is a bold proclamation thai
this Is 8 white mans Government. II
is q condemnation of the Congressional
plan Of reconstruction. It is a q'aetu'
to military despotism. It is q olsen
thralment Of minorities from proscrip'
ton and persecution. An English
journal-the London Tules-fully aPpre-
ciated our situation when it uttered the
following significant words
The whole southern population, II we
NAV trust the accounts in northern jour-
mails. has been driven to bay, and states
which assisted to make the constitution
are demolished at the fat Of q congress
in which the majority OF a section have
obtained the exclusive representation. In
this anomalous state the government OF
the United States must remain until the
people consent to listen again to the in
terpreters Of 3 written law which was
supposed TO be incorruptible. With an
introversion Of the protecting power
which might be amusing TO the cynie,
we find q negro candidate for congress IN
the state Of Georgia promising, If elected,
to " do al he can TO smeliOrate the con-
dition Of the whites" Could we find a
more striking commentary upon the
work Of reconstruction done by congress,
or upon the condition Of the south, than
that which this single sentence presents ?
From this hopeless, helpless condition,
Ohio, with other Northern States, has
freed US, by the late elections. We were
powerIess to help ourselves. We can
therefore appreciate the assistance rem
dered to US by our Northern brethren.
Ohio has indeed, in the Language of the
"Crisis,U served notice on the world
4" that the dreary pestilence Of abolition
'' fanaticism has terminated"
The same paper states the true issue
when it announced just before the cleo
ton:
The abolitionists to perpetuate their
power, would debase the constitution,
destroy the laws, corrupt the ballot-boZ,
and hazard a social war, to get negroes
to vote their ticket. On the other hand,
the democracy appeal to you to sustain
the constitution as our fathers made it F.;
keep the races separate, a. God designed
they should be put an end to corruption
and tyranny, and maintain the true
principles OF republican government
throughout the land. They appeal to
YOU in behalf Of patriotism, magma
nimity, purity and liberty; while their
foes appeal only to ancient ~preiudices
and unmsnly passions.
The effect Of these elections, in Ohio
and Pennsylvania, viii be felt not only
in those States, bat throughout the
South, and sl over the civilized world.
The South will be reunited and re-
obligated to the people who have thus
appreciated and proclaimed them to be
freemen. The result of these elections
will be a new bond Of Union. Upon the
principles which are thereby proclaimed
the Union may be perpetual and repub-
lican government become a reality. Be-
fore this new proclamation We we're fast
drifting into anarchy or q despotism.
But a load is lifted from the shoulders
Of every man in the South by the results
announced. An incubus has been re-
moved from every mans breast. A
new destiny is opened up before US all.
Ohio and Pennsylvania are not alone
effected. Tsnnessee's fate has been more
certainly decided than By her O00a e5ee.
ton iB august last. We feel now that
BROwNLow may rave and the "loyal"
negro Legislature may howl, but they
must obey the wiU Of the Northern States,
their masters and d~ictGtOT5. These
States bsve suOkau. LET them Obav-