Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-14

We expected that our suggestion to
the law-abidiDg, sober, respectable and
substantial men Of Tennessee, in city
and country, 10 organize a Civic Guard,
to be prepared and able to defend them
selves and their homes against outrage
md piIage, and to preserve order by
~overswing those who are being leagued
and banded together in secret sssocia-
lions and by unholy oaths for nefarious
purposes, would BOT prove palatsble to
the Jacobin press. Accordingly We
have been fortunate enough to incur the
censure of the Radical organ in this city,
which, uttering a yell of mingled dismay
and rage, followed by an i%neoherent in
veetive, collapsed, like Grandfather
SMALLwEED, into helpless imbecility,
and sadly needs 70 be shaken up
In its first screech it uttered the word
'incendiary,i and then inveighed against
intended resistance to the laws Of Ten
nessee, threatened us with the vengeance
Of the law, and advised Us to observe our
parole. We do not need the advice.
We shall observe our parole, and obey
the laws Of the United States and the
State. We do not propose resistance to
either. Since when has it become IN
lawful or disloysl for the best men OF the
cities and the yeomanry Of the country
% keep arms for their defence, and to
organize themselves, so as to be able to
act together for their mutual defence,
and % prevent rioting and bloOdshed E?
We repeat our advice to the good men Of
the State, 10 arm and organize, 50 that
they may be able to resist unlawful out
rage, and efficiently to assist the civil
officers in maintaining order and enfore-
ing obedience to the laws. If they do
not, and that right soon, they will sadly
repent il. The negroes are secretly or
gained, are all armed, hold secret meet
ings, and can act, and it is meant they
shall act, in concert and Is 3 unit. This
organization has been effected with the
full approval. if not under the advice
and at the earnest urging Of those who
control the Radical organ, and Of the
other Radical leaders.
IL is understood, also, that four com
panies Of the State Blackguards are TO be
assigned 70 duty in Shelby county.
For what are they needed here d? There
is no spirit Of disorder to put down.
There is no ~disloyalty here, unless oppO-
sitiou 20 bad government and Usurpation
Of powers has become disloyaIty. What
are they 10 do here ? What have they
done elsewhere, these lambs Of BROWN
low? The Radical organ objects TO our
stvIing them cut-throats. To it they are
patriotic and g~rievously slandered sol
diers. Soldiers, indeed They stink in
the nostrils Of even the Radical party all
over the Union. They are a shame and
disgrace and nuisance to the State and
unless they are indeed cruelty Hbelled,
two-thirds OF them ought to be in the
p~enitentiary. While they are respected
aud admired by the Radical Paess Of
Tennessee, even such a paper as the New
York EUe7ing Post admits the truth Of
the reports (which unfortunately DO not
tell half the truth about the outrages
perpetrated by them under the pretext Of
LOYALTY It says:
The union men or East Tennesses aremakiug
O. serious mistake in gratfyi < their reveueerul
fzsiInss: they have even more interest iu tie
5aaeerYafioH or law s-G order than their enc
mics and they Will in tie end be the heavi.
81 Losers by heir ewn ohenses Their region
needs a larger population, more industrious
- skfuful memt and more capital but taev
gel neither while the laws are Violated
,1ere q they seem % be.
H.rlogeT. al Violence Injuries the violent At I
- IL bring, ou q reaction. from which thew /
H-flf es4fer: ii demoralzes thO-e who act IN hi. ]
$500 Lheir country aud themselves a bad /
line. II hinders tier advance Ia prosperity I
A 18th Is p~orpeiuates strife ana h.fred j
az fsmIy leuds. Let them take heed while Ii
az course. they VIII reply that they have suf
~foierzbie wrong ana outrage; they will
ltLt Ely add that the courts are not adequate I
pIgrir er as Of satisfaction. but We rust fhere ,
8-woug them serious ana InoHehlful men Of
are ,gho will use their influence 70 put a !
1unu - aud violent pIoeeedings and 4
EtYp 10 back 10 order The I
baeni aud iDdHsEr3ous end vs. weak, the
Pc ~ women and cnneltA seneI The most
E,m such q c1ndhlon q 9oN appears 70
$50 ii East Tennfssee
49, FoRNEY's Philadelphia Press
of the murders and other atroci-
oommitted By the State B~iaekguards
A s-s,n,1easant and indefensible out
. which. Though the legitimate
ance Of the rebellion il is hoped
wronged poor white men Of Ten
viii have TOO much magnan-
|itv 10 repeat The expressions Of the