Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-01
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pm ouon. Nor can. any doubt that
- exposition of the Constitution
were adopted and acted on by the people
Of the United States, We should have an
immediate return to those hsleyon
days Of prosperity, harmony and peace
which raised our country to such sub
lime hight OF power, up to the accession /
OF Lincoln to the Presidency. Bat we
do not anticipate any result so fortunate
as this for the people OF this country.
% Heresy and seBismn have bIoome1
and matured IN fruits of evil and corrup-
ton too apparent to expect such happi. /
ness. II is a much easier task to destroy
than to create. And when we eontem-
plate the gigantic proposition to rebuild
from the broken fragments Of q once glo-
rious fabric, an original structure OF
and to fssten each con-
part Ia It's first place, without
lis grand proportions being msrredi the
heart is almost appalled, at the magni-
tpde Of the undertaking. And this is
the case, when we come to
consider that no Government, which has
ever yet lost its original form and spirit,
has ever been restored. In contemplating
the fall Of nations and the progress OF
revolutions, no fact is more apparent
than this. Yet 1t does not follow that
some changes may not be adopted, some
rights restored, which may ameliorste
the sad condition of things, and restore 1
q share OF that pristine vigor and pros
perity which were inherent in the old
Government. The wonderful energy OF
the races which inhabit our country,
their native love Of right and justice,
their restlessness under the rule of cor
ruptionists and tyrants, and the awaken
ing Of the masses to the true intent Of
those, who have so basely betrayed
them, ,foFeshadoW an Improvement of the |
theories and practice upon which We are
to be hereafter governed. Ia this con-
sists the advantage Of a great and ortho- |
dox.work ike the one OF Mr.. Stephens.
The people may not adopt the precise
ideas and doctrines IN toto which are so
ably set forth and demonstrated by his
pen. Bnt they will be the better pre-
pared to appreciate the heroism and sim
cerity Of those who so nobly eontended
for these great principles, and they win |
at least be better disposed to compromise |
with them and to partially adopt them
perhaps to espouse their substance in |
The conduct of the Government here |
After. In this view, and further
IS a vindication OF the motives, !
snd as logical demonstration |
of the eoundness and patriotism |
1f tie men Of tie South, in the late
Struggle between thestates, 2 this work |
3 lr,reluabie, and viii stand sssa text /
book for future generations, wherein may /
De read 3 devotion to Constitutional Gov
,rnnent and the true principles of the
Union, on the part Of the people of the |
Confederacy, which no sophis-
.ry can shake or ingenious malice can
destroy. Such work was needed, and |
Is author will receive the thanks OF all |
Who vslue the great Federal system as /
,ontradistinguished from the National
,ystenr ard OF all who wonld rescue |
rom attempted obloquy the devoted men |
who, through four years Of fiery trial,
viudieated their claim to sublime ps-
.-iotism and heroism.
"a ro~sTrr1-rrosFAr. V1rEV OF THE LATE 1
NAE BETVEEN rHE STATS; It's Causes, Jh4i- I
ac.sf t'oUdu and esults; resented IN So (
Ter Il. STEPHENS. Times change, and men eiteu I
shRnge with them, eut principles never. In
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