Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-21


pose. as not many months ago were the
shame Of the State, "without pure OF
scrin To s,tBsist upon the fIlhGbitants."
"a the editor { f the Bulletin mad, that be |
should threaten thus? How does he
nronose that the State blsckguards shall
subsist upon the inhabitants? BY levy
ing forced contributions, as Napoleon
did: by being billetted on the citizens;
or nv the simpler mode Of stealing Whist
they need?
This punishment, mark you, is to be
inflicted on the peaceful people Of the
city and county. Who are certainly not
responsible for the organization or pa
rade Of the Ku-Kluxes. Subsist upon
the inhabitants! When a system Ct
lawlegs violence like that is attempted to
he mt in execution, enough will be fund
to resist to the death. Does the Bulletin !
suppose that the men Of Shelby county |
are so ehicken-Iivered that they will
tamely submit to receive in their houses
and feed and lodge, negroes or white
proletaries, sent here as troops to over
awe the Democratic organizations The
utteranee of such threat makes the ut
terer an outlaw. Has the editor cf the
Bulletin gone, as is reported, with an
other member of his party, to Knoxville
to procure the sending Of regiment Ct
troops TO this city and county?
The truth is that no violence is appre-
bended st the hands of the Ku Kiuxes.
Il ia not these who d" fright the souls Of
fearful sdversaries," but the Democratic
Clubs that are being organized every
where, and the spontaneous uprising OF
the white men Of the State, to concen-
trate public opinion and effect peaceful
revolution. 1t is imagined that the ter
rar inspired by the martial aspect Of
the troops of Brownlow will chill and re-
press the enthusiasm of the people, and
mt an end to meetings OF Clubs and
public demonstrations, through the fear
of violence and blOodshed.
The Bulletin is mistaken. The Dem
oerats of this city and county are the
Deople of each, and they are not to be
| alarmed by even Regiment OF half
accoutered, undrilled recruits, too lazy
snd worthless to work for living, and
| Of whom even FalstGff would have been
ashamed. The Democratic Clubs mean
! to keep the law on their side, and they
mean to be prepared to resist, and TO re-
| sist effectuslly any aggression upon their
rights IS citizens, no matter from what
quarter it may come. They have the
right to meet and to speak plainly their |
thoughts and opinions, to march in pro
cession, with torch-lights and music, il
they please; to gather in mass-meetiugs,
to arm for their common defence, and to
defend themselves; and they mean to do |
ii. They are not in the humor now, nor
Of a temper to besr lawless arrogance |
patiently; and we advise Mr.. Beaumont
and the Editor of the Bulletin to keep |
carefully within the pale of the
law in any proceedings against the
Democratic party of the county. IT the
Police do net, they will find their inter
meddling neither so agreeable nor profit
able as blsckmsilipg gamblers and pros
titutes. Free men are not as patient as
the comets and the Bulletin had bstter
economic its threats, and not bark be-
fore it bites. When it gets its troops
here, il may be safe in advising them to
plumber the people, and in telling the
people whom their scoundrels rob, that
they will be paid when they prove
their loyalty, and not till then"
At any rate, the Editor is bold man.
There are not many who would so fsr
presume on the patience and cowaTdiee
Of 8 community as to threaten to quar-
ter q licentious banditti upon them, !
without purse or scrip" to live upon !
them like the locusts of the apocalypse !
The Old Man of the Sea, who is riding |
the State to death, is also on the ram
page. He has been go all his life; for he !
delights, like the stormy petrol, in 8
tempest. Hear him rave:
Hitherto we have c0uBseled peace, Is
have all men of the Radical party.
These assassiBs have construed our
course to mean cOWaTUice. We no I
longer counsel peace. War is what they /
evidently desire, and in GODS name we
say LEI il come. On Gay street they
the Ashby sym pathisers) have the
majority. Q the country we (the Tsdi-
csls) have the msj0rity. Our friends in
the country tell Us they are al armed
and prepared to march into Knoxville
Oh short notice.
Let the fight come and that speedily, |
O.. vz-flf nd ali no INF
nal traitors aud sssassins who back
Ashby.
The Governor Will feel it his duty, and
he will be certain 10 discharge thst duty,
to arm and equip the loyal men at the
expense Of the Stale, and see that such
riots and mOb5 are put down, and their
guilty authors punished IS they deserve
to be punished. Tue cry OF tyrant, des-
pot ard bloody minded wretch, raised
against him, will not deter him from the
discharge OF what he believes to be his
duty.
" We will gut and Clean out the infer
nal traitors and asSassins.u Ia Louis
vile, last October, q gentleman informed
Us that early in the war Brownlow sd-
dressed a Regiment Of loyal TeBnesseeans
at or near that city, and told the men
that he hoped they would kill rebels
enough TO get gut-iat sufficient to grease /
hell a mile. We loatf,e the sentence as
we write it, and have RETAINED from do
ing so for months. We do not COM
ment upon 50 devilis'a and damnable an
uttersRce.
OF course the Governor can send his
troops here, if he will. We only advise
him to give them precise and careful in !
stTuctions not IT. the least degree to VIC !
late the law or infringe on personal
rights; and they will do well TO heed his
instructions, or worse will come Of it
than they hink. We have not lost all
rights, in osing the right TO vote, and
by the plain rights which the laws and
Constituf ion give US, the Democrats o.
this city will be quite certain to stand. !
They are not crsvens or dogs, TO be
dOmiv eered over and lashed by the
Editor of the Bulletin.
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