Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-14

honored and gloTifed by being their
! PIetorisn Guards and JauissRries? Are
/ they the kind of men whom freeman
is born to elevate? Is that the only mis-
sion and service to humanity, for which
/ God created you? What do they say Of
one another? In what colors do they
paint eseh other? II the devils whom
( Milton represents as assembling at the
call of Satan had fallen out and discussed
each others characters, what could they
have said Of each other, worse than the
Radicals and Radical journals of Mem
phis say OF those who were once held to-
gether in a common piracy, "by the
cohesive attraction Of public plumber?
What do IOe want, but just government
and equal laws, and honest and respect
able men to administer the government?
If you are willing that the blacks should
vote, you are not willing that they should
rule. II you enfranchiso US, we can
change nothing without your consent.
We can elect nobody without your help.
You seem to to be inssnely afraid that
the "rebels" will obtain the control Of
the State Government, If they are en-
iranchised. How could they do it, IN
less by the sid OF your votes
Do you think shat if we sgere to be-
come possessed Of the powers Of govern
msnt, we should ostracise and prosecute
you? You need not fear that. Those
who faced the storms of Federal bullets,
and even those the bones Of whose child
reD, slain in battle, bleach unburied, are
only too ready to forget even treachery
to the Confederate cause, and to give
Office and do honor TO the time-server
and the Spectator whom the misfor-
tunes OF his country made rich aud there
fore respectable. II We are placabIe
enough to forgive and even honor them,
sheuld We retain malice against those
who have been only hostile to us and not
treaeherous? What Confederate soldier
refuses to take Federal soldier by the
hand? What friendships are so warm
and true as those between brave men
who have fought each other manfully on
many fed OF glory?
Union men of Tennessee, proud of
your race and blood you are helping 8
few mean men to ruin the State, to /
bankrupt it, to load you and your chill 1
dren with an intOlerable debt. You are
helping them to carry forward measures
that are sure to re-light the flames of
civil war. For WHOSE BENEFIT? WHO is
To REAP PROFIT FROM IT? For what sort /
Of creatures are you running the State (
Why will you not take Us by the band, I
when we hold our hands out to you, and I
offer to renew the bonds Of the ancient
We, the rank and file of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES party, are
not working for the benefit of political
adventures, shsrpers, aud bats that fit
about in the dim twilight between prin-
ciple and expedleney. As God ig our
Judge, we seek only the permanent in
terest Of the State and the country, the
of the old landmarks, the
return Of the old good humor and good
We care nothing for the
offices and emoiuments that the people
nave in their gift. How many Of us,
how many of you, want office? You
are working, az we are, for a handful of
men, and these, on cash side, are work
ng, mauoe1yering, wire-pultiDg, man
aging and ehicanibg for themselves, and
or themselves alone. Read the rs: of
he names Of those who are, like the
,roupiers at Rouge ct NOR, rsking ia the
moneys on the political gambling table.
low many among them do you respect? I
Cor how many would you shed tearor
lesve a sigh, if they were dead2 To
low many of those who legislate for
'Ou and govern you, would you entrust
cur lawsuits, the conduct Of your bust
less, or the custody Of your moneys
% you think that the blasphemous
larson and political Harlequin who {
lays the role Of Governor, gives you
etter Judges, by appointment, than you
r We would elect? Are you satisfied /
With the bankruptcy Of the State, with
be loss of the school fund, with the new
urthen which the establishment of a :
landing army of vsgabonds, black
yards and worthless negroes is abaut to
impose on you?
Do you not know that we zge weary
strife, sick OF the sight Of blood stand $
lg in pools on the ground aud reddeniDg
lerivers, Of ghaslly wounds end mutila- q
ons, Of severed limbs, and the bones of q
cad heroes bleaching in the sunlight
lat shines sadly on the bsttle-felds OF
Do you not know that we a
re ssdder and sieker still, to see in office I
nd TeapiDg rich hsrvests Of profit of 4
Factions and tribute from US and you, :
Re men who were false to US, and Y
ouid have been false to you, if the c
'use We fought for had succeeded; the Il
mps and catamites OF power, the
helps of the hy@as, too eowsrdIy to
sht, and who receive insults with
Iuanimi;y, and meekly bear the II
Irthen of the whole worlds con. 4
Imely ? q
Why, for whose profit, for what benefit "
yourselves or your children, do you ?
AIT disturbances, anarchy, bloodshed +? :,
That do you expect TO achieve in the d
I'd, with the aid Of negro votes ? What e
ave you to gain, what have you not to p
Sc, by tho continuance of discomfort a.
I'D hste and the Unsuitable longing for b,
venge of the oppressed by the rule G
ignorance which impoverishes the . .
ate by improvident legislation, and Is
evstes to office men whom you cannot a
spect? d
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