Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-03
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THE special enemies Of the South, and
the real foes Of the whole country, /. e.,
the Republicans, are beyond question the
most shamelessly dishonest Of ell politi-
cal organizations ever known in cur his
tory. There is no falsehood, supposed to
be promotive of their success, from
which they shrink. No sooner Is one
INSCRIPTIONS device exploded than, with
undated e~ffscntery, another more base
still, is substituted in it's stead. Since
the conclusion Of the war they have
maintained their ascendency over the
lNorthern mind by DANGEROUSLY charging
upon the people Of the South hostility to
the Union. Their reconstruction meas
ures, the most infamous expressions ever
concoeted for the ~enslaving of freemen,
we're erected on 2 foundation Of malig-
nant misrepresentation of the sentiments
of our people ia this regard. The pres
ent csnvass hss, since their nominations
az Chicago, been conducted on the same
line. But recently sninterview between
a distinguished Federal Commander and
the representative men of the South il
likely to result In such an exposure OF
this calumny Oh the South, that they be-
gin to fear the recoil. Nothing daunted
however, with all the resources of "artfuI
dodgers" they now say, thst the assu-
RANGES of Lee and others DO not reach the
point or cover the questions at issue.-
They say that they do not mean to deny
that the South is sincerely anxious for
~peace-that the people will treat kindly
and justly the negro-aHd that they are
now true to the Union and obedient TO
Federal authority, though the reverse of
this is exactly what they have been wri-
ting and speaking ever since the surren-
der Of the Confederate armies. That
paragon of political consistency and in
tegrity, Raymond, of the New York
Times, claims that the real question at
issue is whether the Scatb is wiking that
the ~c0nguering North shall dictate the
terms Of peace, and that the leaders of
Southern opinion have given no pledges
to this effect. This is put in such con-
nection as to show that the writer meant
that our people had not assented to the
reconstruction a~bominstion, or agreed to
give their votes to the Republican party
and policies. Hence she milk in the
cocoa nut"
But without coEceding that the North
can constitutionslIy or lawfully occupy
towards the South the position Of con-
queror, or claim tbs rights Of conquest,
we can say that the North did prescribe,
aud the South accepted at Appotomax
Court House and Greensboro, the terms
of peace. Then they were defnitively
agreed upon. These conditions did not
embrace the reconstruction iniquities.
Certainly the South did there and then
accept at the hands Of the North the
terms Of peace. So this man Raymond
said in the Philadelphia Convention in
1865. Even under the lsw Of conquest,
the cOnqueror cannot, after once agree
ing on terms of peace, at his pleasure
and will, from time to time thereafter,
prescribe other and additional terms of
peace. II such doctrine were to prevail,
the Republican party may again propose
other and additional measures of oppres-
sion. Having already DISTINGUISHED the
whites of the South, on this prin-
ciple they may next year proceed
to the eoBfiscation of their property, and
their exile from the country. Then, il
our people Object, they may be sgain
charged with r~ecusaucy, and the point
again made that the question is whether
the coRqueTor shall prescribe the terms
Of peace. The people OF the South never
have yet, and never will agree that the
terms Of peace shall be their OtOa RUIN
and e]7aslaVement. How often does Mr..
Raymond desire to exercise the
right Of debating the terms Of
peace? How often snail encroach-
meats on the liberties OF the South be
made, under the pretext that the IN
qusror must dictate the terns of peace ?
We will remind the freemen of the
North, that whenever the citizens Of a
Republic consent that the freedom and
franchises Of a portion of their W
peers ehall be abridged, they only invite
their own doom and show their Own
readiness TO be enelaved.