Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-23
WISE ~CoNQUEROKS.

.ssiduCUsly engaged IN luslslhB VI
savere snd Jealous policy OF a Con-
ous-or over the South, " in the cruoe
satflement OF their new acquisition" We
~ that subiugsted South have had IS
annie occasion as leisure TO think and
me- thought is a perl for gr0gts. While
thew have been accustoming the people
Of the South to 8 Military DespOtism, IS
., snnrentissage like that Of Rome
under OCTAvIUs, which prepared the
paople FOR DosrTTIAN and VITELLTUs, TO
reconcile them to the Government Of q
single will. and lesd them TO look upon
-srDbliesn government with contempt,
s. q fsilure and a fraud, We have READ
the grave lessons Of history, as to the
downfall Of other commonwealth, q
the processes OF their ~subjugation-
The leaders Of the Revolutionists CT
North pretend to desire the restora-
ton OF pesce AID Union. They lie
they do not wish it. 1t would be their
roliticsl snnihilation, and they prefer to
secure 8 larger lease Of power, at the
cost Of An eternal infamy. If they had
desired peace and g refrigerated Union,
tbe ureceUts Of reason and the lessons OF
history ~concurred to teach them how 10
effect what was 80 much to be desired.
ALWAYS in 3 minority, we have been
sIvysvs an unimpassioued spectator Of the
no,iticsl controversies OF the country.
We have never sworn by the words OF
any political leader. We are not now
the Seyd OF any man or party. We have
no political rights, and we want none.
But we do look curiOusly on, 10 see what
Is 10 be the result and final Outgrowth OF
the iuimitable folly and frantic idiocy Of
those who now sit upon the vacated
thrones Of the great Statesmen Of the
Past, and pretend to be the leaders Of the
people.
And. Of al that history has bsquesthed
10 Us, We know nothing more signin-
cantly appropriate now, than the fine
speech Of CEREALS, 3 Roman Procon-
sui. to tie Gsuls, made to dissuade them
from revolt. Speaking Of the Romans,
be said. and at the risk Of being deemed
pedantic, we quote the Latin: "Nos,
quamvis totes lacessiti, jure victoria i'd
soIum vobis addidimus, quo pacem
tueremur; nam neque quies gentium siGe
arms; neque arma sine stipendils
neoue stipendia sin tsibutis, hsberi
queant. Caetera in communi siti sunt
ipsi plerumque nostris exercitibus pTse-
sidetis; ipsi has alissque Proyineiss
regitis: nil seperstum clausumve.
Proinde pacem ct urbem, guam victories
victique sodem jure obtiuemus, smste,
colite."
"We,' the Roman Begate said to the
~subjugated Gsuls: We, although 50
often goaded by you into hostilities, have
by the right Of conquest imposed upon
you only that which was Indispensable
70 the preservation Of peace. For there
cannot be peace and quiet without arms,
nor arms without pay for the troops, nOr
DAY without tribute and taxes. All else
We have in common. Many Of your
selves have high commands in our ar
mics those Of your race are the rulers
Of these and other Provinces nothing
is barred and inclosed against you. Love,
therefore, and cherish peace and the
Commonwealth, which belong alike, and
by . title, to the victOTs and the van
quished."
How the heather Empire shsmes the
Christian Republic! Is nothing imposed
upon the conquered people of the South,
except that which was Indispensable TO
the preservation Of peace? Since LEE
and JOHNSTON and KIRBY SMITH sur
rendered, and a whole people voluntarily
surrendered the right Of self-defence, not
al armed squadron has any where IN the
South contested the will Of the victor.
We have willingly paid our tribute and
taxes. and submitted in silence to the
army and the ignomiuious ~despOtism Of
the Freedmen's Bureau. What have
ue had IN common with the c~onqUerOr2
What man among Us all who had soul
enough to fight for or stand by his State
in her extremity, has command in the
armjes Of the United States, or COM
mapds a Province, or eats the bread OF a
freeman in peace and safety, OTis deemed
worthy 90 vote by the side of 3 grinning
negro? What is there, which freemen
wish 10 live for, that is not barred and
incIosed against uss Do peace and the
Common wealth belong alike, and by one
title, 70 us and to our c]oDqUerors? Were
the Romans fools, then, and are oar Mas
tiers wise
We will venture 70 affirm, without the
least apprehension Of being e~ontradicted
By any one except the reckless conductor
Of some Radical journalistic nuisance,
that il the measures which now coDsti-
tute the policy Of Jacobinism in respectto
the reconstruction Of the Southern State
Governments, aud which compose its
most distinguishing sots, had been pro-
posed, one year ago, to the people Of the
Northern States, they would not have
had one vote In i've hundred in any one
OF them. Hsd such proceedings been
expected, the great probability is, that
the people would then have risen, as to a
man. 10 prevent them. The whole ma
Of Congress was altered, and it be-
g Club Of J%scobins, d~omineered
over by a new ROBEsPIERRE in the per
son Of srEvEEs, 8 SAINT JUST Ia The
nerson Of CoLFAx, and a CoUTHoN in
the person Of BUTLER and the whole
frame Of The Republic was changed,
these things could be done.
All men know by what evil arts Of the
Coaspirators, this equal usuTpauon on