Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-22

IsJal Journals, by those that favour mn
tsrv despotism and applaud the tefIloie
blrndergofth the men whOarelegisiatihs iOi
tbe min Of the whole country, we pro
pose to put ourselves, upon tha1 poin''
3 ricbt an the record" And IS II has
,o,-er haen our habit to conceal opin-
tons or to e~quivocate in respect 70
them or to anything else, Whist We SnAi
saw will be the simple truth.
We have serious objections 10 manS Vi
the terms in current user-to some Oe'
cause they are inappropriate; to Others
because they SEEM, when used oy u.s. u
convey reproach Of what Is laudaole.
We have reluctantly used the word
uC-onfederate," as q present Description
of those of the losing side in the late war,
We decline to accept the term rebel
and are equally sverse to the use OF any
vnrd as a distinctive title, that necessa-
rily keeps up q line OF demarcatioh De-
tween Conservative men who o desire
to set together for the maintenance OF the
Union upon the u~me-hOnOred, safe and
sound principles by which the Nation
and its government were so long glIneu'
The word /" Republican " is altogether
insppropriste, as the peculiar ueslgna-
ton of the party now in power IN Ihe
Northern States That party had nc
exclusive or special right 70 it at the be-
ginning; because there was not then,
mol had there ever been any ant-Repuo-
lican party in the country. 1t Is parlc-
uIarIy inappropriate now, when those
WIN claim it are doing their utmost, moi
knowingly, but blindly and blunderingly,
20 destroy the Republic and substitute
Tor il anarchy and military desPotismsi
70 eliminate in a monarchy or an En-
pire.
The word " Radical " is equally worth
less. 1t does not define the object Of the
party which has accepted it, nor express
its nature OF creed.
The word /" Democratic was imprOp-
erIy appropriated by a particular party,
or rather by W parties Of very different
principles, allied together under that
common name. The State-rights men
Of the South were no more democratic
than the Wings. Mr.. CLAY was unques-
tionabIy a. much in favor Of self-gOvern-
ment by the people, as JAMES BUCHANAN
was. and more so than Mr.. CALHOUN.
The name implied 8 clsim to- larger
IIberaIity in that respect, TO q higher
opinion OF the wisdom Of the people,
and q ~profounder regard for their rights.
SO that it implied and continually reit-
Grated q falsehOOd.
ANARCHY is defined to be, d" ciritas IN
qua hbid0 HlllttUdiRis pro iegi6Hs est:
yesgu5lica, qua m~uiGtudiRis GrBitrio Ggi-
fqttrr: 8 State wherein the passions Of
The multitude rule in the stead Of laws ,
a republic which is agitated by the
vhims OF the multitude. II these be not
accurate definitions Of what the United
States are, they at least express what
they will sOon become. The men who
have virtually snnulled the power Of the
veto and legislste in despite Of it, gov
erned not by reason but by passion and
who have arrayed themselves against
the Supreme judicial power, warning
upon It and bdeavOring to destroy it,
because It has decided a question Of Con-
s%titutional law and right in accordance
with all the presidents Of freedom, but
contrary 20 the notions Of the Congress
Of demagogues ,-these men may prop
erly and rightfully be termed ANAR-
cHIsTs, since they labour TO suOvert the
established system Of government, con-
eentrate all power in the hands OF a
revolutionary and tumultuous assembly,
and destroy the Constitution. We shall
hereafter call them by That name.
We have used the word " Loyalist "
heretofore, to designate those who have
no Just right to claim it for themselves,
and applying it to whom seems 70 CEN
sure loyalty and to indicate a contempt
for the truly loyal. No men, we think,
could be less loyal, 70 the Constitution or
20 liberty itself, than those who pretend
70 be so par excellence. We do not mean
even 10 seem to use the word as = term
Of reproach. 1t suits nOneO Of that party,
since their principles are eminently DIS
loyal. 1t suits many Of them still less,
because, II secession was treason, they
were double traitors, inasmueh as they
labored 10 bring about a separation OF
the States, and betrayed those that did
~separate, by abandoning and turning
against them, when they were struggling
for independence, even s ARNOLD
abandoned and betrayed the rebel cause
Of the revOlted Colonies Of Great Britain.
When he afterwards challenged an Eng
fish officer, and on the ground delivered
ais fire, the Englishman scOrned to re-
turn il, and told him that be left him to
the hangman. No turn-cOat Is q loyal
man, because loyalty is iealte, fidelity to
piighted faith, duty or love, the opposite
Of treachery. A~nciently, men were
loyal to the Sovereign, afterwards to the
Natioa,-in England and the United
States, 10 the Constitution.
More than half the men who now pre-
tend to be supereminently loyal, would
have preferred the claim for themselves
ofunwavering loyalty to the Confederate
States, if they had been successful
Some Of the most noisy and ~pretentious
accepted Office, civil or military, under
the Confederate government, and swOre
70 support the Constitution Of the Con-
federste States. These, no honorable
man really respects.
II we were not one OF a great number
Of men actuated by the same motives
and who pursued one and the same
course, we should not speak here Of Our
selves. We believed that a State had
the right 10 withdraw from the Union.
We did Dot think it either necessary o.
wise 70 do 50, IN lsO0. We thought that.
IN seeding by herself, South Carolina
acted not only rashly and improvidentIy.
hut ungenerOusly. We knew hat If sbs
and the two OF three Others that al FIRST |
seeded were let alone, TO try the expert.
u,ent Of 8 separate government
NO Others would join them, aud
,hsir people would soon weary Of it, and
rsturn into the Union. Il was q SUI
ureme folly TO attempt coercion since
that alone Induced Virginia and North
Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkan-
sss and Tennessee to withdraw, aud sep
grated tire people Of Missouri aud Ken
s,,.kv into hostile camps. We foresaw.
before the 4th Of March, 1861, that force
would be employed. Ii not only was
~. hut the very States that had refused
40 seeede were called uuon to furnish
,roops TO eoerce those tat had with
That presented a new issue |
believing in the right Of secession,
snd that there was DC right Of coercion,
and "a State followed our eonvie-