Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-13


It is not alone the reaction that has
commenced and is daily gathering
strength and vehemence in the North
ern States against Rsdieslism which en-
courcces us to hope for a brighter future
FOR the South than its gloomy present.
We believe, sis0, thstits people are being
gradually strengthened, purified and
made wiser by the trials Of adversely,
without which results, 8 restoration to
ma,erisI and political prosperity would
be Of little value.
Recovering in great measure from the
panic which for q time seemed TO have
unnerved its people and sunken them in
despair. to such q depth that they were
ready to purchase a d~ishonorable sdmis-
sion into the Union by c~ompiiaace5 OF
which they never could have ceased to
rspsnt aud be ashamed, iii now, we be-
Iisvs. becoming resoiute 70 endure to the
end, rather than TO becomes an accompiice
in the uuholy work Of destroying the
Constitution to which they have sworn
obeI euoe and allegiance, and Of invest
Ing an Ignorant and brutal race with the
rights Of citizenship and suffrage, and
making the descendants Of African bar
bsrians. themselves only semi-civilized,
ifeven that, the political equals Of the
children Of the white men who founded
its once proud, free, sovereign and indie
pendent States.
If this be ever not soft our ardent
hopes delude US into vain beiief,-if the
majority Of the people Of its States are
still in favour Of uniting with the negroes
to pull down the Temples Of Constitt
t1usl liberty aud erect new and barbaric
edidces or their ruins, still we cannot be
mistaken IN this,-thst resson, argument
and the truth, and honest words, plainly
bat d~ecorously spoken, 90 weigh more
than formerly with the people, and are
more highly valued. 1t is proven to be
possible, however it may have been
doubted heretofore, to influence the
people, the plain men Of town and coun-
try, by appealing to the nobler and better
impulses OF human nature, and present.
ing to them the best instead Of the worst
motives Tor their action. Political dis
cussions have risen to q higher level and
are assuming q tone more worthy Of in
teligeut ffeemen. This was necessary to
TIE salvation Of the country; for its
calamities were chiefly owing to the
mode, the tone and the spirit IN which
political controversies had long been
conducted by Legislators, Ststezmen and
the Press. Habitually the appeals Of all
these had been made to passion and
prejudice, and 20 the worst motives that
sctuage human conduct. The business
Of the Press, especially, seemed to have
become the maligning Of men, and
making them think worse instead of
better Of each other.
We do not care to engage in the un-
gracious task Of adverting more particu-
larry to the past Il is more pleasant TO
contemplate the opening dawn Of q bet
ter day. The Press Of the South is now, {
for the most part, engaged in asserting
great principles, 10 sppealingt TO the high i
impulses Of patriotism and manliness, /
in encouraging our people to endure all
that q malign fate can inhict, Of indig- G
nifty and injury and suffering, rather than g.
b kneeI 20 receive the yoke OF d~ishonour. 6
Argument and the truth are everywhere a
being substituted for ]vitUperstion and b
Misrepresentation, and the people appre-
,iate and approve toe change. They are d
earning to distinguish their true men c
Ind statesmen from the p~retenders, the g.
Incapable snd the shams, potent always C
or evil and p0werlsss for good. They d
zee 10 what excuses OF tyranny, TO what il
Iubridled outrsges, the license % unruIy o.
democracy lasds, when the sslGtsry safe G
Of constitutions al liberty are swept 8
WAY, aud the viii Of the people" not ia
onsltu-ioraIiy expressed, but raging
.vgr che barriers Of the Consultation, and a
egarding private rights and the public Ia
Is worthless impciiments in It's p
7sy to attain its lawIess purposes, Ia
is the law OF the land" Hereafter II
hey viii dread tho tyranny ofthis brute 10
over Of mere numbers, g. the fruitful I'll
Of despotisms; equally with mill T,
sry power the enemy Of civil liberty. m
Hereafter, We do believe, they will e. 10
sem and value more those who frankly RI
peak the unpalatable truth, than those tn
no hatter them to effect unworthy OBJ dc
and deiude them with poisonous iii
,phistriss. They think more, they reason, tr,
enquire; they are earnestly seeking X
know what it is just, and right aud 20
lanly for them to do. The ordeal un
which they are passing is terri tic
e; but it il sslutary aud beneficial. rai
be people, as well as their leaders, had un
landered far from the truth, and wor- by
false Gods. To learn to distin- sps
liSl the true from the fslse, and 10 pre- {
2 the right to the seemingly profitable, sci
ID principle to ezpedieDcy, was life for Nj
EN-. and the contrary Of this, death. to
csIamiHes Of the South are the nat En-
and inevitable consequences Of its pui
,ors and for these errors the Press Of usu
/. country must bear lis ample share OF int
possibility, aod is bound to make 50
lnement by becoming at length the mil
de and tescher OF the people, and no VIII
lqeg their mislesder. That it must L
en- err. is inevitable but he who Bho
ties for tie people TO read is only con
trout excuse when be conceals the bea
OF does not believe what he says, as I
justs6es. or apologies for the wrong. ent
e Press, like the man, is responsible, as wit
5 been well said, "not for the right mel