Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-13


The New York Herald without much
reason congratulates President Johnson
on bis last Proclamation of Amnesty.
1t Gays:
So far as he can, Mr.. Johnson has
given the finishing touch to the work OF
reconstruction. Ia the proclamation be
declares that the time has arrived when
civil lay should be supreme in the South /.
that there is no reasonable ground for
apprehending a renewal of the rebellion
that pains and penalties for oHenses
onmitted and long since eEpiated are
unnecessary, and that q continued mill
tary rule, denial Of the right Of trial by
Jury and suspension of the writ of hRbeas
corpus Ia q time Of profound peace are
preiudiciai 10 and In conflict with the
spirit of our republican institutions. On
this day, therefore, Jefferson Davis Is
the only man remaining unp2rGoned,
and be would probably have been made
a subject of Executive clemency had not
his Indictment for treason prevented 1t,
This latest official act of the President
Will be received win satisfaction
throughout the country, for although the
number Of persons benefited ~ the proc
iana5ion is comparatively small, 1t
SsIgng as they we're kept aliensted from
The mass OF their fell0W-citizens and held
liable to indictments and trials on
charges Of treason, 50 long was the work
of uacIfieatiCn Incomplete. Such men as
Robert Z, Lee Joseph +. Johnston and
other rebel Leaders are the true represent
tstives Of the Southern people, and II is
we'll that their disabilities have been re-
D,oved. al least to the extent that the
Executive can remove them. We have
nothing to fear from them ia the future,
and there is much to hope from men
vino. however mistaken their cause,
fougbt us with valor which has made
the name of an American known
throughout the civilized world as the
synonym for heroism.
We feel q profound pleasure that on
this day there dWelis no political paTlah
in the United States.
And the National Igtel1igenceT eestati-
caly cries:
Most fitting, indeed, this glorious ses-
son for an act of universal forgiveness.
Let no mans Joy, on reviewing with
pride niuety-two such days celebrated
Nv mis- fathers, and to be celebrated by
his sons forever, be disturbed By the
clanking chain about fellow citizens
neck, Long enough be has worn il.
They who stand already before the bar
OF judicial Justice await the determine
tion OF their country in the appointed
iury box. But all the rest should be for
given. Let the rebel who testified in
The storm of battle his sincerity and his
manhood to his cause, and who has len
puished for years, Impoverished, pltk
scribed, broken and BUNDLED, be placed
On his feet the man he has proven him
self to be. Let him go this day to bis
children and tell them he is again par
ticipant in working the political fsnrlc
which overhSngs their heads. Let him
tell them the voice OF the brave has al
last Deed heard, and the maiice OF the
ignoble at last been sileDced, and the
kaFNEsTY OF GOOD GOVERNMENT PRO-
CLAIMED TO ALL.
We congratulate the suffering on their !
relief. the proud on their restoration; the
honorable on the confidence reposed in
them by their country, and the humble,
who may happen to be included in this
evangeI, that our institutions respect not |
pereons. And most heartily do we con- !
congratulate all of our countrymen that
nothing remains in the Councils OF State |
OF the long, distressing and disastrous in
terval of civil strife since 1869. All is |
closed in the books Of the Government. |
The past YVES present in q manner-it is |
now history. Let it be seen and known |
as history, to be seanned by the histo- |
rian in the severest historical spirit, but |
BY a free and generous fellowship Of citi- |
zsns, viewed as a troubled dream that is |
past. Public business no longer knows |
q rebellion, save as the courts OF the land |
hear the testimony Of witnesses in sOli-
t.a1CrnfrRfy tha ioua of |
pesee, or as the legislature yields to |
grounds and reasons for new statutes, |
drawn from the buried bitterness Of |
past lamentation.
There Is no universal forgiveness. |
There is another partial and unjust am
nesty. 1.-THE amnesty of good govern
ment is not proclaimed to all. Jefferson
Davis is not the only man. by hundreds,
perhaps, remaining unpardOned. Brock
inridge is not pardoned. General Lee is
not, for he and many others stand in
dicted. The Herald feels too soon its
profound pleasure; for many political
Pariah dwells In the United States.
There are $1,000 white men who cannot
vote in Tennessee alone.
An Indictment for treason does not in
the least effect the President's power to
pa.don. Surely the Herald knows that
Andrew johnson was afraid to pardon
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Breckenridge and
General Lee; and that is the whole
secret Of the poor, miserable halfmeas-
ure he adopted. Why does be not defy |
scalawsgism, pardon all, and tell his
enemies to do their worst? What if they |
should inpeach and depose him? Men
have incurred severer penalties than /
that, for refusing TO coDesntto be robbed |
Of their rights end privileges, !