Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-01

views within h lines OF the hepuDlical
party or by some act Of revOlutiOnsrI
violence. Against the latter danger vi
are protected for ct least another year By
the fortunate circumstance that the Gov
errors Of all the great central states
having at their command all the aYslls
bic militia force Of the country, are thor
oughly 10 sympathy with Congress snc
would bring q powerful and wen organ
lied body Of troops to its aid IN case o
an outbreak. This consideration hai
made the result in Ohio, where alone
Governor was elected this month, oneo
great importance. II the DemocrsSlS
| candidate had been elected there MI
johnson might have felt more as,
posed 10 try issues with Congress than ne
will.feel now. lL
And again;
The moral effect Of defeat this Fall is,
uDon the whole, likely TO be healthy e
the Republican party. Its leaders vii
surely see the necessity OF greater discre'
ton, Of using wiser means TO attain the
desired end, Of abandoning schemes O
4 local and private advantage, and OF con-
centrating sill the power Of the party
upon the main issues. The last point
has become plain TO them, and it is cleal
that some minor issues are to be a0an'
doned. Whether PennsylvsnisDs car
reconcile themselves to the obvious de-
| termination Of the West to resist any
further increase Of the tariff, and whether
the West can refrain from tsmpering
with the currency to the ruin Of the East
are questions yet undetermined. A wise
f~orbesrance upon all questions uncOn-
nected with reconstruction, and 3 vigor-
Gus enforcement Of the policy OF recon-
struction already i~aaugursted, VIII YET
I give the Republicans 8 victory in 1855.
The completion Of reconstruction will
remove one OF the embaTrsssmens OF the
/ Republican party, though it may also
DEPRIVE il Of 8 popular issue. The work,
when accomplished, cannot be easily IN
done, whereas the process keeps the
country in 3 disturbed state, The efforts
Of Mr.. johnson TO hinder its completion
do not help his party but 50 long as its
success remains doubtful, there will be 8
good deal Of natural yscillstiOn in the
midst OF well meaning men. Success Is
the final test Of ali such experiments ia
government; and until its success has
been demonstrated, many supporters OF
the Congressional policy will hesitate at
each new step that may be required. 1t
seems probable hat the re0ent elections
will make Southern Republicans st once
more prompt and more moderate than
they might otherwise have been. They
will see the necessity Of msintaing har-
mony among themselves, and OF finish
ing the work OF reconstruction without
delay. The colored voters willnOt reject
the aid of white SOutherners when Of
fered in COED faith and by 1865 the Re
publican party may be assured OF 3 real
and lasting majority 10 several Of the
Southern States. Unlimited success in
the Northern elections might easily mis-
lead our Southern allies into 3 TuinOus
intolerance, OF which there have already
been some indications. We believe
that the late seemingly untoward events
may thus be fruitful Of good to the whole
country.
What remedy, then, is there for the
wretched condition Of affairs in the
South? What preventative Of the i'm
mensely greater Hood Of evils that
threatens to descend upon It with the
crushing momentum Of an Alpine ava
lanche! DespOtisms can be established,
and negroes be made citizens, and ruin
be wrought, and ten States be devoted
to the internal Gods and made Provinces
Of Hell, outside Of the Constitution"
in defiance OF its plsinest Limitations
and prohibitions, by al ~encroRchiDg
Congress contemptuously putting aside
8 feeble President, and legislsting with
the omnipotsnce, ~insOlen1y snd without
right arrOgated 70 itself, Of the Long
Parliament OF National Convention. All
that mischief and evil could be done, as
it were, in & breath, a. the work Of evil
is always done. The work Of ruin il al
ways swift, and that Of reparstion slow.
" Necessity, the tyrant's plea, excuses
the devilish deeds Of those whose
"in~ordinate desires
And upstart passions catch the government
From reason"
and compel them to substitute the AFRO
q Of their own licentiOus will in the
stead Of Isw and the Constitution, under
the specious plea Of saving the Common
wealth, which their measures ruin and
1t enables them, also, using the fierce
and swift violence Of arms, while the
dsluded people 50 reduced to seryitude
applaud, to subdue rational liberty, and
to give to revolution the impetus and
velocity Of the lightning and the momen-
tum Of the tornado.
But when the Necessity that justified
in the eyes Of those in power the Oppres-
sion Of constitutional Liberty by the o
licensed will Of q popular majority, and
made the persecution Of opinion by them
seem patriotic zeal, the same people
which gave away their rights 50 incon-
siderately, and enslsved themselves to
designing men in endeayOuring to subju-
and enslave Others, finds that eve
when the Constitution is again en-
throned, the undOing Of the mischief is
perhaps impossible, and to wrench power
from the unworthy hands that held it Isl
slow and tedious process, when the only
remedy is by the ballot.
II tie Conservative majOrities IN the
North wait until they are represented in
the House Of Representatives and the
senate, and can repeal the noxious laws
that have planted the heavy feet Of
Military Despotism "a the necks Of a
once free people, to uphold negro gov
srnments over them by bayOnets, Il WII
be too late aud We shUdder and turn
away our eyes from "the dread exuber-
apce Of wo,D Of the dark sad future Of the
miserable South. We cry with DANTE:
eOfH-gtsrT'd folk!
g Revond all Others Wrelchedl who ABIDE
8. IA such a mansion ~ scarce thought hnds
words
aUh! bow severe Gods Judgment that deals
" sscb blows in stormy vengeance 2"
How then can the South be rescued
from
atbss depth that opens to our view.
Moistened with Tears Of anguish
this hideons and CHASTITY future, Of an
archy, commotion and blood, that men,
aces the whole nation with ruin, and
the slow process Of ordinary re-
formation il impotent 10 avert? How
the malefactors be deprived OF the
Of mischief, and compelled to de-
sist from their unholy purposes, who,
like the lost archsBgel think that
TO reigu is worth ambition, though In hell"
md who may truly say, with him,
aTo do ought cool never viii be our task,
Bat ever % do III our sole delight"
What p~eaceable and constitutional
means sre there, by which, not awaiting
he e~xpurgstion Of the House and Senate
" the slow succession Of their members,
be will Of the true people OF the
North to save their brethren Of the
south from the terrible &te that threat
ms them may have effect?
We can see but one,-tbe exercise Of
he power Of instruction for when new
constitutions have once been made for