Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-17
MEMPHIS Appeal.
"a l'ass5 THE soUTH. -Ef
Kindly words from tIze PrOvi-
zE-HH dence, r. L., Herald.

"Let US hRve peacen ssyB Gen. Grant.
Assume this utteranee to be sincere.
Saws Gen. Lee; Whatever opinions
may have prevailed in the past in regard
TO African slavery or the right of 4 State
to secede from the Union, we believe that
we express the unanimous judgment OF
the Southern people Whea we declare
that they consider that these questions
we're decided by the war, and that il vas
their Intention In good faith to abide by
that decision st the close OF .Lhs war. Tbs
Southern people laid down their arms
and sought to resume their former reIa-
tons with the y Bited States Govern
ment. Through their State Conventions
they abolished slavery and annuiled
their ordinances of secession, and they
returned to their pesceful pursuits with
s sincere desire to fulfiIl all their duties
under the Constitution of the United
States, which they bad sworn to support.
III then action in these particulars had
been met In aspirit Of frsnkneFs and cor
diality, we believe that, ere this, old irri-
tstiOns would have passsd RWay, and the
wound inflicted by the war would have
been, in 8 great measure, healed, as far
as we are advised. The people earnestly
desiFa tranquility ard the restoration Of
the Union. They deprecate disorderand
excitement as the most serious obstacle
TO their prosperity"
Concede to this the same honesty OF
purpose that We yield TO the sentiment Of
Grant. We have, then, from the two
military leaders OF the North and South
the expression of desire for union, fra.
ternSl feeling, the prosperity and sec0rd
of the whole country. In this wish the
great majority of the people in all sec
fTnn OF1i.y ganazriNTs than
aside from the political exigencies, real
or fsDeied, ST certain politicians is, How
shall this result be brought about? We
have always been Of the opinion that had
the intercourse between the North and
the South been more Intimate, the rebel !
lion never could have tsken place. 1t
was stimulated and rendered possible !
only because the two sections did net |
fully appreciate one smother, and be- |
cause hot-headed men on the one side |
and the other fOstered prejuiic,s and pas /
sions inimiesi to peace.
Taking things, then, az they are to- |
day, is 1t not beyond all controversy, the /
duty of every wellswisher of bis land, to I
seek rather the topics which make for /
conciliAtion than to strive 20 make either 1
the Northern or Southern people sppesr |
to be still contum acious or the one side |
OI d1LOlAl ESkAN15hkC Ob AAAD tNAE14 ]
Not that facts should be ignored, not that /
any palpable purpose of strife or oppres- /
sion should be slurred over, but that /
whenever and wherever u word can be /
said, or an act done tending to
the restoration Of the st0tU quo ante bel.
llsnl, that word should be spoken, that /
act done.
In the lowest view OF the case, 1t is as
Important to the North as it is to the
South, that the latter section OF the
country should return ID such 3 stste OF
prosperity as viii enable it to pay its
just proportion of the taxes and add to I
the msterisl wealth of the nation. Mr..
Secretary McCulioeh has borne his testi-
mODy to the value OF the Southern pro-
ducts to the treasury, even sinee the war,
and no intelligent man needs to be told
that the prosperity Of the South is almost
synonymous with the prosperity of the
North.
On the other hand, the South is low,
in need OF the capital of the
North, and that which would st once
and inevitably follow it, the Industry OF
the Eastern and New England States.
There never was q time IN our history 1
when the co-opsrRtion of tho citizsns OF
the East and South would SO immedi.
Ately and certainty rebound to the bene-
ht, pecuHisfy and political of each and
both. There is here an abundance of
money, and many intelligent and indus
trious artisans who would gladly secure
larger wages for themselves and better op-
pOrtunities for their children than New
England affords to them. The
South is rich beyond computation iU
natural resources. II it be true that there
labOF is welcome and eapitai safe, then
there can be no doubt that many who
are just living here, might speedily ac-
Qdire competence there. That there Is
in the South kindly feeling, and a de-
sire for the presence OF the industrious
Northerner, is indisputabie. BIZ. T-F
We have been gratified by q visit from
Col. CraDdaH, native Of New York,
but now resident Of New Orleans, who
has confirmed our convictions of the
state OF public sentiment South. The
Colonel is on q visit here for the purpose
Of encouraging emigration to his part OF
the country. His arguments are, that
land is very cheap, that the old system
OF lsrge Plantations Is abolished, that
white lsbOr is welcomed and made prof
liable, and that once 1t is shown by ex-
perienee that tnese things are SO, the
restoration Of the Union, really and psr.
manently, is secured. We think be is
tlsAts AuO WINE We auNiSS 10 QuiA0LlC
on the part Of those settled
and doing well here, we believe that
there are very many that will do well to
examine the subject deliberately and i'm
And we feel coUfdent that
Col. Crandsu will do a good work
for mis- own section as well as ours, even
II he should not gain q doaar's invest
melt or single immigrant. He viii
dissbuse good many minds Of false inn
pressions; be will secure hearing not
TO the political press, and he
wih convince honest men who have been
misied, that, however they Rasy have
viewed rebels ana the reb slli0B, the time
has come when II ie alike the interest
and the duty OF all to be candid, eenciii-l
atory and catholic, In their ideas aud so-
ton.
GERREUA SS7rNRs