Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-10
THE MEASNEssEs er a nIsHTE Ma

! EUAl Lsle -laa-h 4AiT a Nf-lAA-At-AesI
After the tragedy comes the farce-snd
we sometimes wish that Byron were
living to Dour forth one Of the yias Of his
imperial scOrn upon the meeuness which
the United States is showing in many
matters He certainly could not pay Il
, even TIE equivOcEi compliment he be-
slowed on the younger Pitt IS one,
Renowned for running his country g71tls."
The isolated revolutionary example Oi
Johnny Tooke hoarsely bswling
through the American camp, beef,
beeft" has q thousand c0untsrparts ia
the present times. One could have
hoped, nay, We may say, have certainly
expected that a great nation after the
terrible 0rdeal OF long and bloody war
would have been thoroughly sub
limated and elevated ln its thoughts
and feelings-thzt after carrying death
and desolatiOu throughout the south il
would have been softened into . mag
unanimous disregard OF mere pecuniary
considerations, and have scOrned to tar
nish the lusIe Of great triumph by
searching and prying into every nook
and corner where perchanee some stray
bit Of property had ESCAPED the eager eye
and furtIve grasp of their ravaging
legiOus.
I
I false and delusiye. Even as John Sur
/ ratt is dogged and eh-sed to the shadows
/ of the pyramids, so does northern Gu
pidity take the wings of the morning 10
I follow up snd appropriate the ultimate
dollar OF 8 defunct C1nfedeTacy. High
or low, big or little-at home or
I abrOsd-it is all One-uOw they swoOp
dswn upon Frazier, Trenholm and
! company for a thousand bales Of
I eotton-snd snOn a major general tissues
| mis- rescript for the reclamation Of every
| -tavined mule which its reyrsaling
armies had first siezed, then per -ecuteG
and at last abaBduBed II l. in vain that
We point to our ruined homes eads, our
| feuCeless fields, our desecrated churches;
/ a vain do We ask for the restoration OF
| family portraits, or the memorials Of
I friendship, or even the c0nsee ated
! chsiiee. There is but one reply:
"To the vIctOrs belong ne spUI :, "
and from him that hatn not shall
be taken even that which be hath 2
| Can things ike these be done, and ye.
/ the nation prosper? Can country DO
truly great which gives way 70 50 mean
and mercensry a spirit as this Vii
ali this outcry about manhood suffrage
aud eQual rights utOue for 20 sOidid ana
selfish q lust Of gain Is L consistent
with true herOism ID rifle the pockets OF
he victims yUu have slain 2 Il was a
high compliment which Sir Walter Scott
paid 10 4 great chietJain when be said Of
hfm,
All the goid he dsiERs TO hoard,
Iulsys his helm, a-e E1its his sword -
but we fear that TO many q nortbers
general We can ouiy offer the inverted
phrase,
The only sllv 2 he can show,
~ as stolen Lr0lu al 40 eut ice
As between the savage who decorates
his wigwam with the scalps 0i his vic
TINS killed in open fight, and the peut
larceny hero whose only izurels have
been suatchsd frOm the slde-OOard ami
the china press, We would InhuIJeiy pre-
fer u claim ciuEeushIp with the savage.
Billy BOBlegs bore Benjamin Butter
forever
In saying this We would not be sus-
DesteG for al instant OF sBcribiug com
plicity on the part Of any cOnsl- -ersble
portion of the northern people with the
low instincts and felOn propensItles vi Z
his brxWlIng marauCer-UuJ q great nA- 4
ton Cannot consistently ulsc,Alm Ine I
acts Of such subOrdInsLes until &c ceases .
to play the scavengsr ltseii-and unless /
the contemplate practices 70 which We .
and steruly deuOuuoed, the world viii be 4
very apt u say, ia the bitterness OF lis /
joculsriLy, that the vulture rather than
The eagle, IL the appropriate emblem o. /
American character.
The most gorgeous and philOs0phic .
political writer o. the last century says .
OF the French republicans: III Is IN the 4
relaxation OF security, It Is Ia the ez-
DansiOn 81 prosperity, u Is IN the hour o
uiiaraJiUu OF the heart, and OF ITS sOftenlBg
into festiv.Jy auG pleasure, that lie real
character OF men II discovered II there Is I
any good in them, lJ appears then o. 1eV
er. Even wolves anu tlgtrs v he'll gurgt d .
with their prey, are safe and gentle. 1t I
il n such times that nOUie minds ZlVe al
the relns to their good nature. They IN
dulge their genius even u luLt mperancy,
in Kindness To the afflicted, iu generosity .
10 the touqGered iOrDeaiug insults,
forg wing injuries, 0verpayiug benefits. .
Full OF dignity themselves, they Respect .
dignity iu ali, but they feel IL sacred IN .
the unhappy. But il Is then, and bssk-
ing IN the sunshine Of uUmerlted mls
fortune, that low, sordid, uugenerous
and Sc fish souls swell with their boarded I.
pOisons it is then thai they display
their Odious spleDdoI, and shine out in
the full lustre Of heir native Eillsiny and
baseDess. To is in that season that no .
man Of sense or honor can be mistaken
for one OF them. II was ia such 3 season,
for them OF political ease and security,
though their people we're but just emerged I
from actual i2mine, aud were ready
10 be plunged into a golf OF penury
snd beggary, that your pbii0sophic
lords, but We let the curtain drop."