Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-02
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IlE NDFLUELu lDAALaAnH III 49, -
si5ped Southern presses Of Radicalism
sre fond Of accusing the South Of con-
tumscv and q factious spirit in respect
TO reconstruction. They ssk what the
men OF the South propose to offer to the
people. while they advise them not to
~co.operste in the dirty work Of recon
~struction. PropOssi-whst opportunity
hiss the South had to propose any thing?
How can it propose any thing now
Has Congress ever indicated a willing.
ness to listen to any proposition As
the Telegraph lat Washington, Arkan-
sas, says:
UTbere is not the remOtest prospect
anv where, that any suggestion on Their
part. Of terms of uniOnt even 'recog-
nizing sll the legitimate results Of the
war differing an iOts from h severe
aud degrading demands Of Congress
would be received otherwise than win
scorn and contempt"
What can any one advise the people
OF 1.-THE South to do, except TO bear oP-
preston bravely, to protest against it,
and to refuse to submit to conditions IN
1T 10 have been imposed, and which no
generous conqueror or lover Of liberty
would have imposed upon them? What
could be said to them, when they seemed
about to yield an obsequious and servile
obedience 70 all that was demanded by
arrogance flushed with victory and bent
on degrading and humilisting them,
other than this
In taa abea poyturs haUe " nI5rH
To adore thr c1HQufrOrf
LuaEs, 6rLssg or BE- nrsueT JalIen'
The Telegraph well says that they
have been /" threatened with bitter curses
and ranker humiliation il they do not
ssccept the situation with smiles, and
glorifv the hand that smites them; il
they do not cover their heads with ashes,
d]epounce themselves as felOns, bssely
give over to Acknowledgement and pOltti-
cal infamy those whom they most loved
and trusted, become the subjects Of
slaves, sud transfer oil their once besuti-
fuI country to the domination Of the Afri-
can race
And it fOrcibly adds
After the surrender, the terms were
accepted st once and unanimously. All
over the South, we were ready, and has
tened 20 return 10 the Union and renew
eur allegiance to the Constitution. How
was il in Arkansas Did we not accept
the Radical Constitution framed In "a
and wish % 20 with the trainers OF IL
hand in hand, Is equals into the Union ?
Did not every State in the South hasten
10 organize its government under the
PROCLAMATION OF the President? Why
was not the Union restored? Simply
because Congress had not exercised the
dictAtorial right which it claimed, to
prescribe the terms. II interfered, and
restoration was arrested. "It may be
FOR wears. Il may be forever
When Congress interfered, did 1t COB
suit the South ss 10 the terms which
would give the guarantees" It pro-
fesssd 10 wish Did 1t care to hear
them? 1t did not. There was he
second error. Congress did not treat the
people Of the South as fellow citizens, to
be conciliated, but as conquered slaves,
10 be Inundated. Congress dictated and
nut forth the constitutional amendments
and arrested reconstruction until they
should be accepted. Ii had almost sue
eeeded. Thank God 1t failed The time
will come. If ever the Union lie restored,
and the North and South become one
people, when every patriot in the North
will ioin in this ejaculation. For II II
had been accepted We WOuld have pre-
scented to the world the singular spectacle
OF 8 united nation, protesting harmony
eight millions OF whose citizens were
branded with disgrace by the hands OF
the Others, and had accepted the brand.
Could such be brothers with the rest d?
Preposterous Thank God this degrsda-
ton Is not upon US, and we pray Him It
may never be!
The UrOnq Of Congress was double. II
demanded concessions Of our civil rights
OF representation which the Constitution
did not authorize IL to demand. IL also
demanded our confession Of moral tur-
pitude. The mistake Of Congress was
only single. II il had stopped with the
demand Of q modification OF our rights
Of representation, 1t would have sue
eeeded Even with that the Union
would hsve been restored.
For the people Of the South were really
anxious for restoration. So anxious for
Ii, that they would, for the sake Of hdr.
NOM, and to do what they could do,
have agreed to give up the negro count
10 the basis II Federal representative,
until they might find 1t safe 70 admit the
negro to vote.
But the people Of the South could not
yield their honor. They could not plead
guilty to crime. They could not accept
the brand Of infsmy TO be borne, ss rep
r~esentstives Of All, on the broWs OF her
greatest men. They could not fix it
there themselves. The thought is
shocking. Then came the rage Of
Congress, because the South prefer
red 70 lose ali its representation rather
than accept the stigma. Then came nail
itary tyranny, and despotism, and arbi-
inaictiOn Of ~degrsdstions which
would have been sforetime inconceiv-
able-with harsher terms and conditions
almost brutal. We submit 70 the power
which we cannot resist, but still reject
the terms. We only refuse TO barter our
the faet that we have nothing to propose.
The New Orleans Tines, a. to the
same matter Of contumscy, says:
The old fable Of the INSCRIPTIONS wolf
satisfied his conscience and Justified
NJ vioIeuee toward Observation-Disclosures !
~ the nretext that the latter had mud
Sisd ne stream from which be drank, at
4 point below that Of his accuser and de-
v6urer. has d new and striking i~lustra-
Tor id the course Of the Radical majority
fhs North toward the people OF the
military districts. Posterity will find it
i~ffieult 10 realize that in 80 en-
igbtened and moral IN sge, such
apologies could be set up for sets Of
injustice and oppression.
The Southern people, having been con-
luered II q gigantic war, IN which DO
easansble man will presume to question
he sincerity Of their motives and con-
gictinns, however unWise and disastrous
be course they pursued, are required Of