Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-26

be q false one, they sre lost beyond re
demption. To 3 people, also, as well q
10 s man, the moment sometime come
when il should die, or at least accept tn
apparent certainty of death, rather thai
consent to fts own dishonOr and degrade
ton.
The purpose OF Malignancy Is to fore
the people Of the Southern Provinces {
dor the constitutional amendment, t
consent to universal negro suffrage Z
unite with the negroes In making constl
tutlons and establishing governments
and to put themselves, bound hand an
foot bv consent and cooperation, in tn
power Of the African race and OF III
handful OF loyaIists who are expected c
use and manage these
Not even the mslignancy aud cold
blooded atrOcity Of the measures en-
acted and threatened by Congress, ar
80 remarkable as their devilish inge
nuitv, and their skilful adaptation Il
effect the ends at which they aim. Thel
have omitted nothing that could be de
vised to alarm, seduce and divide tn
people of the South. By giving tn
right 10 vote for delegates to the Con
veutions that are TO make Constitutions
to every adult male negro, leaving u
the voters TO determine whether AM
Convention shall be held; providing
for s complete registration Of vSters
and making negroes competent to sit II
the Conventions as delegates, while they
have prescribed in advance what shall
be the setion of each Convention sne
the nature Of the Constitution framed
by it, they have carefully and com
pletely prevented the possibility OF the
exercise Of any free-win by the true peO
pie, the white race, OF the South, anC
left them simply the P-iraege Of regis
tering the ediets of their masters, and
becoming, by their folly in eonsenting
and cooperating, responsible fer the
horrible and hideous consequences.
By thus making the results,-negrC
suffrage and the constitutional amend
ment,-inevitable and unavoidable, Ms
lignancy supplies the plausible argu-
ment, that there is no dishonour in &C.
cgDting what we cannot avoid that the
negroes viii vote, and Constitutions be
made, and our leaders be disfranchised,
and the Mongrel or Mulatto States so re-
constructed be admitted into the Union,
whether we take q part in the proceed
ings, or are wholly inactive; and that
therefore it is demanded by policy and
wisdom snd regard for our own Interest
and the interest Of our States and peo-
Rle. that we should not without an effort
permit the few malignsnts among US to
possess themselves OF all the powers Of
the State, by obtaining the control Of, and
using, the negro vote.
It has been shrewdly calculated by the
malignauts who enacted these measures,
that these argsments would divide our
people, and lead the majority Of them to
sccede TO all the terms, present and pos
sibIe in the future Of reconstruction. 1t
Is evident that TO some, perhaps TO q
considerable extent, their expectations
were w~eI-founded. We see not only
Governor ORR and Ex-Governor BROWN,
but men In whom the South has long
eonhded. in Virginia and Mississippi,
using the arguments We have outlined,
and urging the people to accept the &C
cursed thing, lest some worse evil should
befal them. We see m-fseling engen-
dered, imputatiOns Of evil motives made,
discord and ~dissension growing up among
ourselves, s possibility, growing daily
Into 3 probability, If no more, that the
Reople will follow these leaders, whose
fidelity TO the South during the war was
unimpeachable, and some Of whom
fought gallsntly for her Independence,
and achieved renown and will make
the new Constitutions their own volun-
tary act and deed with what, we do in
deed believe, viii be the consequent deep
damnation Of their States, instead Of
merely submitting in dignifed silence To
the yoke imposed by force, as the Ro-
mans passed under the Samnite yoke
when shut up in the Casdine Forks.
In this, IS often happens, the very
virtues and known honour Of those who,
themselves in error, do in all good faith
and honesty mislesd the people, will
prove more fatally injurious to their
country than the dishonesty and pOliti-
cal vices Of the corrupt and unprincipled.
For the people, respecting and sdmiring,
trust them and 70 them, few ia num-
Der Is they are, Others, not honest, ally
themselves, and lAbour s-trsnuously to
shape and mould, to create, indeed, pub
lie opinion. 1t has been significantly
suggested 10 the Senate, by Mr.. Wilson,
of Massachusetts, that his party " are IN
position to remove the dtgfr0nchisenent
from eUery leading re6e DAO WU noU
turgi iR and help them 10 organize their
IN the Provinces" This Is to hold
o1a the g6Hering prizes Of Senatorships
and seats IN The House, and diplomatic
other official hOHoUrs, TO those al
ready elected OF looking to be 50 bereaf-
ter, who viii "crook the pregnant hinges
Of the knee, that thrift may follow fswB-
We do not say that any already
elected 70 Congress viii sccspt the bride
Tor we do not even know Of any member
.leet Of Congress in a Southern Province,
Who has urged the people to Sign the
,ovenant that is 70 be their ruin, since
he Act Of Congress has offered the
,ribe; and if We did, we should not
.bsree At random that a consideration so
.ordld governed him.
Bat the clause Lead Us not into temp
atlonsi IS the wlsest Of all contained In
he Lords Prayer. The bride offered by
WILSON'S pregnant hint and much more 4
definitely, no doubt in private, 70 such !
5 are puTchaseRble and Werth the pur- I
.hasing, is a large one. There are men 1
whom it will buy and we think we 5
.ould put our finger on some who are Z
in the market, though as vet ]
hey are mute. ,
Already there is q proposition Of GER r
ain members Of Congress to remove a
rom JOSEPH Z. Brown, Of Georgia and !,
ROBERT PATTON, Of Alabama, the dis. :
70 bold Office. The CHICAGO >
thinks that this "soiH shog 10 !
he So1ah the spirit Of Daagnanisaity in i
ghich they may ezpect TO be met by he >
,soDle Of the North" :
II we were honestly Of opinion that I
ne people Of the South ought to engage "
in the work Of MANUFACTURING =,
States, we should fervently be- !,
eeeh Congress not to display its magma |.
unity al our expense, by removal Of .
liabilities. The man who receives th.t .
award may a. well resign all expeeta- =
on n being afterwards respected bv his
eople. Justly or %uDjustly, he viii Be
med 70 pave acted and eounseued ei
iii this rewasS' IN view. The psopls Il