Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-13

policy of JOHNSON, and by a return
to the landmarks of the Constitution
alone, can this country return TO a
condition of security and peace. The
great champion Is needed in the ma
| tional arena, where he can now do
more for his State and morefo the ma
ton than any living man in theland.
We shall have nothing but plumber
and oppression, Wall street gambling
and bribery, ~peeulations and govern
ment abuses, until the Constitution in
all its length and breadth is re-
stored. as we trust it may be
in part through the instrumentality OF
ANDREW JOHNSON, placed in his seat
in the Senate, from which he was
wont to grapple with the giants of the
oIden time. As referring to the pc
Rod ofM VI JOHNsoN'sa administration,
we append the following paragraphs
from an able article in the October
numbero of the XIX Century, a MONTH
ly magazine published at Charleston,
South Carolina:
1.-THE passions of leaders, and their lust
for a continuance of the power which they
had found so sweet, determined them to
intiame the passions of their people and
to blind them TO the real questions at is
sue. President johnson had carried out
in full the views of Mr.. Lincoln, and had
reorganized the Southern States on the
basis which Mr.. Lincoln would have es-
tablished had he lived. Conventions were
assembled in the various Southern States;
constitutions established, under which
members of Congress and Senators were
elected, and the President Of the United
States declared, by proclamation, that
peace reigned over the entire country, IN
which declaration he was at that time
heartily Joined by the present Radical
President of the United States, then the
| General of the armies.
s.This had scarcely been done, however,
when il was discovered that if the people
| believed that the war was ended the pow
er of the Radical party was gone The
preservation of that power depended on
continuing before the people issues which
were really dead. The Republican party
| never had any idea of emancipating the
slave. The platforms of that party, the
declarations of its leaders, the votes of its
standard-bearers in the legislature Of the
nation, the solemn assertions of Pres
ident Lincoln himself at the be-
ginning of his administration, all
| alike prove that the abolition of
slavery was nothing more nor less than
a military necessity, growing out of the
war. Nj. Lincoln placed it on that foot
ing in his emancipation proclamation.
Wendell Phillips, a true, talented and
genuine abOlitiOnist, who al all times
sought the means to effect emancipation,
had, previous to Mr.. LineOln's prOclama-
! ton, taken the same ground. In that
war more Democrats than Republicans
took the field. The negro, therefore, has
no thanks to give TO the Republican party.
| He can thank the war, the two hundred
thousand men of his race who entered
I the Northern army, his usefulness 10 the
South, and the necessity of weakening
our people during the war by destroying,
il possible, the labor which furnished food
for our armies.
''While the negro had nothingfor which
to thank the Republican party, still that
| party was in power when the war began,
and remained in power until its Success
full termination. It, therefore, saw that
if it could stife the voice Of the intel
lectual man at the South, by deluding
the negro into the belief that their former
masters are their enemies, and the Radi-
Gals lnElL lTlEnAl.s lAEN COuAus AnIOuku
negro votes, return their tools to Con-
gress, and increase their strength by the
votes of the representatives of the
States formerly known as the Con-
federate States. By continuing agita-
ton IN the North, by declaring that the
war was not over, that the rebels were
still in rebellion, that murders of " loyal
men " were being daily n hourly COM
mitted, that q Northern mans life was
not safe in the South and thai slavery
would be restored, they determined TO
preserve their power, and thereby retain
the purse strings Of the nation and con-
tinue III course Of u~nblushing corruption
which has disgraced the Republican party
wherever N whenever il may have
been in power. The handling of three
thousand millions Of national debt, with
the patronage, wealth and corruption
which il offered, the preservation of huge
old m~OnOpOlies in which they could OBJ
tain a portion Of the plumber, and the es-
adjustment Of new ones, even though
established at the expense of the life
blood Of the nation, were temptations
which could not be resisted, and TO carry
Out these schemes a new lease Of power
had to be obtained.
How was that power to DO retained2
II the reconstruction measures Of President
Johnson had been carried out, the issues OF
the WdT WOUld hare been dead, and the IN
teuect Of the South, combined Tith that OF
the North, UOUld hare been turned tOlcdrd
reiieUiRg the country Of its burdens, redac-
ing speedily the national debt and national
taxation. Taxation, the currency, the
tariff, our commercial relations and inter-
nal improvements, would have created
new party issues, and the Republican or
Radical party would have been dead for
ever. This was seen Immediately after
the proclamatiOns of President Johnson,
and a conspiracy was formed to destroy
him, to humble the South, to throw the
power in the South out Of the hands Of
the intelligent leaders into the hands of
carpet-bag spectators, whose only use to
the Radical party is their servility to party
and the money which it places in their
pockets"
Against all this ANDREW JOHNSON
stood firm and unmoved by influence
or brides, and unawed by threats
through the years of his presidency.
He understands it all, and is its sworn
foe. He knows, best Of all, how to
foil the conspirators. He cannot go
back on his record. He cannot fail to
strike against these crimes for the al
tars and fires of his people. He will
stand in the Senate a faithful guardian
of the State which has honored him,
and a HERCULES for the Constitution
and liberty, and rights of the people
Of the United States.
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