Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-10
BY TELEGRAPH.
Noon Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, January 9.-Atthe ban
quet 8ell heTe yesterday, the anDiyer-
sary Of the battle If New Orleang, letters
I FROM prominent statesmen were read.
The fOllOwing is rom Mr.. Psudleton
C.*c;SSIT, ONO, Jsuuary ). lens.
J.. y. Hover, Isl Washington, b. C.:
Ag DsGr ,S:r: Iregret l Cannot par
! tiCipzUu IN your Ceiebrstiun Of the stli
iu6lGlt. Il viii be ~ OcJasiCn 81 un-
usual interest. The attempted African
izstioE of ten Southern States under
false preteBse, the reconstruction OF the
Union, the utter suOveTsiOu Of the csuu-
try to accomplish the end the prUd.gaev
and cor upton prevailing Ia many
b%rsncues- of public service, have
brought their proper results. The
re3ClCn against Il revolutionary VIC.
leUCe and liceHas OF ths yast lew,
year, las II last commenced its pro-
grrss, AID Will be aided hy the worthy
contemplation OF The life and character
OF Jackson Of his feFyent patriotism of
his psr-i-tent energy; Of his any slding
course Vi fidelity. lie nl4iutaiGei tue
rights and dignity and equality, aud. al
he sam lime enforced obedience tofhe
Constitution. il will be well 10 remsm-
Der by whom and Tor what purpose the
aEHh E1LGlE . AhE wa q A1A- y - lDlEHL
and side by side with that recollection 10
piace the fact that the States tlIen saved
rom = foreign fee, il new governed by
military power ia order to compel ifs
people to adopt a Constitution which
they do o approve, aud establish insti-
buttons which they abhor. The retro
speCt viii evoke sympathies aud awaken
se~usibilities in the midst OF which We
may hope that hatred and bitterness and
vengeance will melt away, ana that
kind, ess and goodwill and charity will
cement the Union by the lies OF interest,
affection and cOntentment, which alone
cEn effectUally constitute the United
States one people. Very respectfully,
GEORGE II. PESDLETON.
Elk President Pierce in q letter con-
tra~ts the present condition of the country
with that when Jackson was President.
and particularly the time which is hu-
initiated under the reign OF ab~olutism !;
says he hopes the day is not remote
VIXEN the Union shgll be restored, and
each State standing forth as the co equal
Of every STATE, with their dignity, equal
ity and rights urimpsired; and thinks
he observes marked aud cheering indlcs-
tions that the people are rising Ia their
majesty 10 deliver their country from
misrU.e.
Hon. John Quincy Adams writes as
follows to the Banquet Committee
g. There never was 3 time in cur annals
when IL was more important to awake
the dormant seDsibilities Of mutual good
will and national fraternity. It cannot
be that the generous and magnanimous
men Of the North can much l0bgsr cher
ish or endure the dOmipation Of a vim
dictive passion or r~etributive revenge,
ia dealing with their vanquished and
bleeding brothers at the South"
he offered y q sentiment the poetry
81 the end of President Lincoln's inau-
gural 1.-THE mystic cords OF memory,
stretching from every battle field and
every patriotic grave 10 every living
heart ard ~hssrthstone all over the broad
land, will yet swell the chores OF the
Union, when again touched, az surely
they sill be by the better angel Of our IA.
ture.h
TX Gov. Perry, Of South Carolina,
says The Southern heart Is crushed and
broken by terrific calRmitiss, social and
political, and appeals at this time 10
avery generous and manly feeling Of the
North. A large portion OF the Southern
psople we're opposed 10 secession, and
did all they could to prevent 80 dire 6
calamity, They have suffered the de.
structiou OF their property, the loss Of
their homes end the death OF their sons
and husbands, aud now as n reward for
their devotion to the Union srs doomed
70 negro supremacy and the baFbafous
vices Of thgir fBFmer slaves, stepped Ia
ignorance snd vice. Self dsfeDce and
sel G-preservstion viii force a war of races
the most unnatural and horrible that
ever desolsted the face ofthe South. The
Southern peoie are poweriess aud help
less st this time, aud their only hope
is q returning Of iustice on the part
Of their Northern and Western brethren.
They expect nothing from The present
Congress. The leaders OF the Radical
party have shown themselves insensibis
TO Justice, honor and patriotism, and
so'e purpose is to perpetuste their
power BY the destruction OF the
Constitution and all principles but rebel. /
lion. Liberty is first 20 be crushed out OF
the Southern states, and then, wtththese
Afrlesnized, rotten boroughs, thsy hone |
to control the white reoe North. They
wili hold IN their hands twenty. four /
black Senators and eighty-five black /
members OF Congress. Are the North.
arn people willing TO submit 70 such 2
.zoverpnsnt. and be controlled by such
40 AfricsniEed Eouth I pray Gud to
avert such a calamity. have not yet
.ost hUpe and faith in the North, the Eass
and the Vest !
NEW York, January ga Nashville
to the Herald states that a riot
the whites and blacks occurred
II Pulaski, on the evening Of the 7tli,
,esultipg IN the killing Of two negroes
md one white man, aud the wounding Of
i've negroes. It Is fsaredthe riot will be
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