Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-17
PURIrAN AND NEGRO.

W. take the following from the New
YORK Herald. That political journal,
with its usual ssgscity, has discovered in
what direction The popular current Is
"a and has at once, boldly and IN
besitsfinglv, taken the lesd in the move
ment Of reaction, of which the words
that head this article are the wsr-cry. The
fsnstieal fools who have forced negro
suffrage on the Southern States and
m~etsmorphosed them into negro democ-
rsefes in embryo, f~ostered and nurtured
into tropical rankness by Military Des-
potism. deluded themselves with the be-
lief that the people Of the Northern
States were willing, not only TO see the
negroes Of the South rule the whites, but
also 70 submit 10 the imposition Of the
nest Of negro-suffrsge in their own
States. to accept for their own Represen-
tatives and Senators at Washington, the
grateful companiOnship Of negro Repre-
seutstivss and Senators from the recon-
strueted South, and 10 permit 8 Presi-
dent and Vice President to be elected by
the votes Of negro or white Electors,
representing negro constituencies. The
People Of the North, We begin to believe,
are not so blinded by passion, as to be
willing to submit 10 all this, to crafty a
combination Of fanatics and knRves, the
leaders Of the Jaeobin faction, held to-
gsther bv the cohesion Of the public
plunder.'
The reaction has commenced The
two hundred thousand floating votes
which always shift from the wsvering 20
Che winning party, are ready st any
ONE to desert the Radicals and
there are thousands upon thousands Of
Republicans who cannot be dragoOned
into responsibility for the creation Of ne
gre democracies, that are TO send negro
members 20 Congress, and vote for Pres
ideut.
The Herald knows al this, and writes
as follows
The result Of the election in California
il the knell Of the republican party, an
nouuciug the absolute reputation by the
pegple Of all the dangerous notions that
constitute it, political programme, as
well As the Reputation OF the dangerous
men who are its leaders. Parties that DO
longer have the will Of the people behind
them may liuger feebly on the stage for
a while. but their end is not distant.
When all the successes Of al organiZa-
ton must be secured by corrupt means,
when its triumps are due 10 bargains, not
innate force, when its purposes are not
the peoples purpose it il evident that its
real power Is gone, and that IL must be
hustled from the sight of the nation.
Since this Wa written, the Radical
majority in Maine, which last year was
y. 25s, has been reduced to about 10000.
That 10 Vermont has also been reduced
and St. mas become more than probable, il
not quite certain, that New York and
Pennsylvania will both repudiate Radi-
calism.
The Herald thus continues:
We have been four years under the
thraldOm fixed upon u by another cor
rLpt Casiiliou-that Of the Puritan and
the mig seT-1llY this vas a more afro
eious bargain than the other, a. the
national purpose that has been BETRAYED
was one nearer the national heart than
any mere choice Of q magistrate, how
ever high. With all their might. with
all the emphasis Of ballot and bullet,
the people made their will apparent,
aud the politicians scOrned it and
traded 10 away in their games. To vim
dicate the will Of the majority and main
tain the existence Of the nation the peo.
pie made every sacrifice that il In q peo-
ple's power. With an unlocked for ex-
erciss Of strength the nation put down
TIE greatest rebellion OF which there is |
any record, and then required Of the
dominant party only that il should pscifv
the country and restore peace, eXaeting
from the conquered merely such q guar
antee a. would theoretically provide
against the recurrence Of the war: for,
practically, the nation looked upon tbe
defeat Of the south In the struggle fairly
fought out a. the best Of all guarantee
for future peace. And what did the
leaders in view Of this plain purpose ?
They ignored it entirely, treated the
known will Of the nation with an in
sultiug indifference supposed TO be char
scteristic only Of Cesarism. Between
Puritan and Niger was made the bar
gain 20 give to the half civilized slave
supremacy over his former master, in
order that the political balance Of this
brutal, ignorant aud unressOBing vote
might retain the Puritan IN power. That
is the exact present position Of the radi-
cal party. In accomplishing its purpose
thus far Il has traded away every title
Of principle il originally had from the
sources Of power, and has reduced the
business Of government 10 a grand
sWindle, filling high places with cOrrup-
ton beyond all parallel. Will the peo-
ple submit? viii they consent to see
the principles upon which the nation
stands traded 10 and fro, between scOun-
drels 10 whom the gamblers, thimble-
ringers and pocketbOOk troopers Of our
streets are, by comparison, honest
dealers ? VIII they see the very heart
aud life Of the nation rotied out, that a
craven, brutal people, TO whom slavery
was more 3 benefit than a degradation, |
msy be set in power above the white
men of the country? California answers
And in her voice We may hear
what is to come from the people Of New
York aud Pennsylvania-the doom Of
the political traders. The people are no
longer 10 be deceived by the ~shibboleth
OF party cries that have covered with the
name0f freedom all this atrOciOus schem-
ing. They willmake q salutary example
Of the schemers.