Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-25
ID ans AouTm REsPoNsIRLE.


Is THE SOUTH REsPOEsIBLE:
In our issne of Mondsy we psblished
some remarks upon the last notorious
effort Of the Tuscaloosa Monitor, that was
fortunate or unfortunate enough to meet
with the dissent OF the Avalanche and
tae Bulletin. The latter in its remsrks
upon our article takes issue With Us upon
our objections to the South being ssddled
with the responsibility OF the Monitors
artistic skill, and the AUdjonche objects
to u remark that such papers are pub
hshed fierce and vinGictiYe," because
there is money In it, and charges Us With
reflections upon the patriotism and char
scter o. Mr.. MULLkLY which that gen.
tiemsn himself would be slow TO assume.
In answer TO the Bulletin and its glo-
ri6cation Of Gen. THOMAS, we have
to say thai 1t will hardly succeed in
making this community believe that it,
or the people Of the South generally, is
responsible for the wild utterances Of a
paper that is limited to six hundred sub
seribers, as the Tuscaloosa Monitor con-
fesses; and it viii find it much more diff
cult to persuade US that the few evil
dences Of discomfort that outerop, as a
result OF the tyranny Of it's own party,
will justify the misrepresentation
which chiefly compose the report OF
Gen. THOMAS. While we depiore the
heated and hasty words Of the Monitor,
we are not unmindful that, on the other
hand, Radical .msleyOlenee, passion and
prejudice, multiply occasions for such
utteranees, and sIe, after all, responsible
for them. r fscting, too, upon the
present condition of affairs in our
own State, we CAL well excuse the
article Of the Aualdnche Of the 22d,
70 which the Bulletin refers as q
sample Of the style of journalism to
which we object. The subject Of that
srticle-HAMILIoN-is q blot upon the
body polite, and by his bss de-
served the reprobstion Of this e0mmu-
nifty. Such excavations Of public men
when deserved are j~ustlfsble, the Ian
guage in which that excoriation is ad-
ministered only being 8 question.
The conduct of Governor BRowNLow
has had much to do In oeessioniBg the
patronage of journals such as the Ia
Crosse Democrat, In which the people,
hsrassed and annoyed, prosecuted and
hunted down by his bitterness, have
found the passionate uttersnces Of their
hearts echoed In language which
they would be fsr from select
iDg. And though we shall 10
tinue TO sDimsdvert in proper spirit
and becoming words upon such articles
as those Of the Monitor, when out Of time
and plsce, we shall yet despair o. any
result following, until BR0wNL0w and
sI that ilk are laid away in the retire
ment and oblivion from which it is a
pity they were ever drawn forth. Like
begets like, and 50 long SIS Rsdicaiism
exists We expect to read such frothy and
effer eescing fulminstions, and in just
such words, as characterize the Monitor.
AS to our position in regard to Mr.
MULLALY we have only to say that we
had no reflections to make upon his
course as a patriot or q man. Ia both
characters We admire him. But from
the course Of his journal We totally
dissent. Whoever will take the trouble
to read the Record and Hndi'
closely will find articles that
hardly comport with any other. than
that style OF journalism that is INSIDE 10
pay. They are not only sensational, but
many respects r~eprehensible and such
as few men would care to put in the
hands OF their daughters or their wives
for freside reading. When the Bulletin
ass ers that the South is responsible 70
such it utters q libel upon the taste, the
discrimination and culture Of our people.
What the metropolitan, Record vas
turing the war the Record and WndicG-
or is not now. Then it Yves an able,
iignifed, h~igh-toped Democratic jour
1sl, dealing strong and powerful blows
or tbs South and her p%ensecu.ed people.
Vow It lie q Democratic organ but oh
low fallen from tie high estate that
Won for it sn honorable renown among
he sblsst vindicetoTs of craftsmanship,
light and justice. We say fallen, az to
he words it uses and the expressions
hat have disguised many OF its enee
,est friends.