Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-10

perhaps hoped that GTenfel would be
sileDeed? Did he never remember that
he ordered that the United States writ Of
Habeas Corpus should not be obeyed by
the military officer in charge Of Mrs.
Surratt? He has escaped. Is It mol
time for him to begin to do justice to
others, and % atone for that great and
fatal error, as far as a:enement is posi-
sibIe? Why does he not pardon the
iIlustrious ehieftains of the South, Lee
Johnston, Beauregard and others, who
have so faithfully kept their paroles and
the terms of their surrender? Is be
afraid to do it2 Is he afraid il vii De
an injury to himself, to do what Is de-
mauded by humanity and justice Like
DEMOCRATIC LETTER FLI9H CALL
FOJ.SLH-
The following 20 O. q letter from
Col. Thomas Dslegste at large
from CAR: the National Demo
cratic &C elton ms been forwarded to
the A. SAL for - 'blieatiOn. The writer
has been the frst to announce to the
people Of California what is therein COS
tanned, and the contents are therefore OF
interest
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. I
SAN FRANCISCO. May y, lS5s.
Augusta Belmont, Eq., Chairman OF Demo-
cratic National Executive Committee Ne"
York
Sir: Ihave delayed an answer to
your note of March I'd, until subsequent
- ~ Srafa flnnUGn-
ton, that met in this city, and finished
its business about q week since. It's SEES
sions we're most harmonious, and the
BODY made many nominations exceed
ingjy satisfactory. The most eminent
men in California, if 1 may be allowed
to use the expression, have been selected
as standard bearers, and there Is nothing
left but to ratify the nominations at the
polls next November. This is a foregOne
conclusion.
fucIose in this communication for
ysur perusal, as well as for the gentle
men associated with you who are IN
charge Of the great and I u National
Democratic party, report oI
the proceedings Of u late
State Convention. Oregon and Nevada
are on u side. This may seem a little
too confident, but my prediction is based
UPON the several elections that have ia
ken place in the States mentioned during
the past few months, and particularly
the very recent one in Virginia City, IN
Nevada, where the Democracy were cue
cessfuI as they were on every occasion
referred to.
The negro superiority Of which you
speak, is only talked of in this State, by
all parties, with the contempt and deri-
sion which the hypocrisy Of its advC-
Gales in Congress deserves.
The negroes in California have more
good sense than their false advisers IN
Washington and 81 eEhere. They do not,
8 race, demand the elective franchise,
or aspire to social equality. They
are as fully protected in their
civil rights as white men are, on
the Pacific coast. We know that
the Union DestructiOnists in Congress,
claiming and usurping all the powers
Of the Government, aud forcing the ne
groes upon the South as the rulers OF the
w~hites-Would never consent to such s
degradation Of their own peopleat home.
This political eXpedient originates III
pure malice, as matter Of TeUeRge, and
exhibits the maliguity Of the dominant
power, unrestraiDed by the Constitution,
the law, morality or religion. ClVL
revolutions, without the use Of arms,
may be justified upon admitted priuci
plies; but the Rsdicsl party, in It's con-
tinuOUs revolutionary proceedings out
every principle Of government by
pretending to ecure what 1t IS every dsy
destroying. This party action IS without
parallel in modern history, and tells a
wOful story against liberty and proud
republics.
Let the Democracy unite upon = leader
at the National Convention, and the
American people, including what you
properly call the Conservative element,
viii retrieve the character Of the nation
by a restoration Of its principles, and be
more together.
1 will be in New York in time to meet
you and u colleagues at the National
Convention.
/ am, most respectfully, yours,
THOMAS HAYES,
naTa-gFa 20 the NnHf.r-I EamografIp t'guy9n-