Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-15

OF men il has been alike Incorporate AM
relentless. The most extreme theories O
the widest and mOstimpracticablet thso
rizers have been forced upon the part,
> as the basis of its creed; and the Oldest
strongest and most devoted and efficien
men Of the party have been spulned ant
s. traduced, with reckless violence, II the,
failed or faitered in giving their assent
n The truth is the republican party grew
= too strong TO be wise. II had so muel
faith in its position that il lost all pru
= deRee in defendiugit, 1t gained so muci
pnpular strength from the result OF tht
war, that ii Seit Itself invineiBle, and be
= came presumptuous. All questions o
policy were treated with contempt. It
leaders felt that any ticket they nigh
g, nominate was sure Of success, no mattel
= what might be the character Of the men
< or the nature Of the measures to which
they were pledged. The first result o
/ such a course is 10 make the psrty which
adopts ii corrupt-and the next is Ia
make it weak
From she National IntelligencertC Conservative
There is a deep significance in the re
suit of the recent elections that should
r not be lost upon the people. 1t means
more than appears upon the surface
When, in the elections last year, under
Z
~ leaders, the vUciferOus cry OF prevent
the rebels from seiZing upon the govern
ment,n the appeal to blind humanity to
help the poor negro, the use OF power and
i influence Of public money TO an alarming
and incredible extent, republican vic
: ttories were achieved In the various states
L Of the north and west, the result was
claimed by the radical leaders as an in
dorsement Of their negro suffrage propo-
sitions brought forward in congress, but
J. never formally presented to the people.
Upon the reassenlbing Of congress this
- was the chief argument employed TO en-
), force obedience to the dictates of the
radical chieftsins on the part of all
weak kneed y republicans. They were
told that the people mad declared in favor
7 of negro suffrage, and the congressional
outline of q plan Of reconstruction, and
| they must obey the will Of the people.
Since then the reconstruction meas
ures of congress, the question OF impesch-
ment, and the heextensIOn Of negro suffrage
10 all the states have been presented in q
practical shape. These were the living
issues in the recent elections. Upon
these the fight was made in all the states
in which elections have been held. Upon
these j sues, thus practically and tsngi-
!, bly, presented for sn expression Of popular
/ bAftLiihLlr TIE FGShilG Al
der tones IN Connecticut and California,
, in Msine end New Jersey, in Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio, in Indiana and Iowa.
1 Wherever elections have been held the
! result has been q popular condemnation
| OF all the measures Of the radical leaders,
in the face OF an army Of OflicehOlders
and al ineXhaustible money chest, with
which it was attempted to intimidRte or
bribe the people to sustain the radical
programme.
From the ClIIcsgo Times ADem.I
Had the proposition been sustained,
every "Quashee niger y in Ohio, though
lhuabie 70 read unable TO tell his own
name, and endowed with less intelligence
Than a well trained bsboon, would have
borne on bis face qualification 10 vote
THAT no white man could presume 10
challenge. But a white man, unless
liable to produce iDcontestihle proof OF his
/" lpvaity,n according 10 the jacObin
meaning Of the term, would be excluded
ffrom the polls, thC0gh he might be the
| most intelligent citizen in Ohio, and pay
a larger amount in taxes than all the
Ethiopiaus IN America would sell for IS
recruits to tue army o. the negro mon
arch of Abyssinis.
| The result in Ohio, as in all the states
/ where elections occurred on Tuesday, is
/ an indication that the " sober, second
thought " has begun TO take possession
Of the American popular mind.
Prom the Chicago Republican lRad)l
The republican party has experienced
! reactions - before. This is very mild
I and light visitation TO that which IL en-
| du~ed in 1852 II wss struck with q
blast in that year, which its OppOEents
claimed would send il 20 the bottom, but
il quickly Iighted up, and sailed tri-
umphautiy into port.
/ From the Missouri Republican (Dsm.)I
About the most striking political revO-
IludUn ever known 10. this country was
! Witnessed in Ohio on Tuesday. The state
] has been regarded as one Of the most |
| firmly attached to the radical car. Her
I public men, such as Wade, Chase, |
| SrheDck. Ashley, Garfield, etc, have /
! been looked upon S. the most advanced /
| Of their party, Her republican newspa.
| pers have always ranked in the lists Of /
the most extreme organs. To doubt the /
fidelity Of Ohio TO the principles of /
liberty, fraternity and equality was 1
equivalent to questioning the cOnstancy 1
Of the needle 20 the pole.
Prom the New York Hs-ald>l ..
We are hurrying on to cur political
Niagara; cOppeTheads radicals and all
the fanatical elements are sweeping
down the rapids. Up to the time ihst
congress passed the constitutional
amendment, and including that action,
the people were satisfied. But when
congress, mistaking the will of the ma
ton, loses its balance upon its giddy
summit OF power, then it is proper that
the people should again rise and assert
theft viii The people, watching with
I - nj fhnir |
social and progressive welfare, see no
hone unless they draw the curb upon the
pOwer they have invested with the au-
thority. The situation is easy Of ansiy-
sic for, with all the fiBely-wSven radi-
cal theories of black and white equality,
we want % see those practical results
which demonstrate that our legislative
action has been productive Of good.
Search where we may, we can fi8d no /
evidence Of good results; the attempt TO
reconstruct the south has gone on from
lad to worse, until the ten unrestcTed
states drsg Ike dead weight upon the
progress Of the nation. Here, in the
great republic of the nineteenth century,
we go back for preeedents in govern
ment and find that the Roiuau system is
The only one 10 which We can adapt our.
selves. Thus &c is an open aeknoVledgF
ment that our territorial extension i'm
poses upon us the necessity of great
central force, governing through pro-
consular organization, all the states that
can in any wey make a healthy oppOsi-
ton 70 its power. This principle once
well rooted, il takes no prophetic bCsin TO
predict the succeeding phases which st
tended the same system in Rome.
From the New York Worid.I
The news from Pennsylvania which
we published yesterday confirmed our
expectatiuus; that which we publish this
morning from Ohio fiils the measure OF
our hopes. The people of both these
states have east the msjority Of their
votes for the candidates Of the democ-
Faey. so say our latest dispatches from
Ohio, and they can not be far wrong. At
the worst our victory is all but over
whelming. Beyond all question, too,
siH the people OF the Empire state IN No.
yember roll up q majority, doubling, yes,
trsbling, their joint msjorities. Six mil
lions of people have spoken. To these
the four millions of New York viii Join
their voice, and this is their response 10
Maine and California:
so Jura answers frsha her 1ofiy peaks
Bsci- % the toyoes APPS, who cal on her
From the St. Louis BenocratI 4
john Morgan is in the saddle again.
His ride through Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Iowa, has not resulted in the capture of .
those states, though il has caused loyal n
men no little discomfort and alarm. But
we trust il will only rouse the spirit oil
the north, and that when the great battle :
comes those who fight fer the flag will Z
strike harder blows, ss they remember
the rebel raid and the insolent rejoicings I,
which followed it.
From The Chicago Tribune.l t h
The public ear will bestunned sor a !
while with copperhead cries Of reaction
over the petty "gainsp in. the odd year s
preceding the great presidential cam
pzign. 1t win be proclaimed In peoples z
faces that II Is mighty revolution. !
which has now attained the resistless :
force Of an avalanche" A party fun OF /
hungry, famishing demAgogues can hard I
~ be blamed, perhaps, for making the q