Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-24
THE EMPEREALIST.
Extracts nrOm the Second Num-
bSr.
1t Will Fight 1T out on this Line
From the ImpeFialist Of tho 17th.I
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When the Emperor Napoleon dissp-
proves Of the utterances Of any Journal
in his dominions, his police give it what
they call q warning" and if it shall
then disregard that notification, the con-
Germ in question is shut up, and its con-
ductors suffer fine and Imprisonment.
We, too, 10 this free Republic" for dsr-
ing TO print our opinions in plain words,
and not under the mask Of hypOcritlcRl
rep1btiesnism, have already received
our official warning that the publication
of the In1peTldliSt will not be permitted.
Nevertheless we shall go on, even if We
meet with as many obstacles as have be-
set the daring ROehefOrt and his Lam
jeTne.
We are the advocates, not Of despot-
ism, bnt OF Law, order, true freedom, true
representation, and the opponents Of p0-
litical hum bug, systematic fraud, organ
i iZsd lies and universal robbery. OF course
we shau incur the enmity OF the thieves,
whose organic alton We assail, and al
who are Interested in the perpetuatiOn
Of the evils for which We propose the
only sure remedy.
Mean while, we have transgressed no
lazy. and We shall do no one thing con-
trsry to the statutes of our State and
country, and we claim that freedom Of
the press which, after all, only the per-
fscted empire a. which we are aiming
will ever be strong enough to give with
ssfety to ITSELF We freely admit that
the present order Of things cannot afford
/ to have the pIess unmuZzjed. The re-
public is TOO weak and rotten to endure
criticism such Rs We are exposing 1t to;
but We did not expect that its legal rep
resentativas would go promptly take the
siarm. We did not know that they we're
aware Of their danger so Tar as we are
! concerned, they are helpless, for we are
stronger far than they are, and they had
better let Us alone.
THE HOUR AND THE MAN.
/ We have received many letters during
| the past week asking US to name our
candidate for Imperial hOnors. Many
| earnest enquiTeTs nave said to US: We
/ would heartily support the movement II
We we're sure that the man chosen 10
rule would be the proper man for the
| high and responsible office. To such
questions We have only one answer to
make.
Whenever 8 nation is ripe for pOliti-
cal or social revolution, it has never yet
failed TO produce the man competent to
direct the emergency. Let no one sup
pose that the spirit Of dead-levelism,
which We call equality, has so extern
sively and thoroughly permeated the
manhood CT America that there is not to
be found one American who can success |
fully WELD the powers and direct the
desunies Of the nation. When the prop |
eT time has come this man VIII be Known, |
and when the transition from the Rs
public to the Empire is fully completed, /
the moral and intellectual worth OF the (
country viii not hesitate to support and 1
sustain him.
HOW WE ARE RECEIVED.
Several OF the New York journals, for /
reasons known oeIy to themselves, have /
published the announcement that the /
[9perialiSt is dead. To such we would /
ssy that this Journal is not dead, nor can I
it De killed. Had it been the . weakly |
infant" which some Of our contempora-
Iies affected 20 consider it, the second /
number would never have made its sp-
pearance for no publication has met
with more determined and persistent Op-
position than this journal has encOun-
Lered u every side. Icehe first place a
large proportion Gf the neWsdealers re-
f2sed 10 Circulate It; and, though is was
offered 90 them Oy the various companies
rom which tneiT tables are supplied
they could ASSg be indaced to touch it.
This lasted fWsome days, until the de-
maads OF their customers forced them TO
abandon their foolish prejudices and
Eeep the ImpeTidList Oh their stands
a.3 nauy who were loudeat in their de-
uulVi0tien CT the new movement now
dad it prof able TO smother their indig-
nsti0n. We have generally found that
pstriOtsm,N as that sentiment 10 un-
derstOod in a democracy, ceases to be a
controlling motive the moment it be.
comes Unproftable.
Ia filing orders sent directly to the
publication Office, we have also encoUn-
tered many difficulties that would have
rendered the SUCCESS Of any other jlur-
nal extremely doubtful. In several in
= 5sncss large packages of the Imperial
ist, which we're addressed to news deal
srs in the West and South, have been
detained ~ pOstn asters snd handed over
10 the I liIed S.ates authorities. We
cannot learn the cause Of these high
handed measures, nor can We ascertain
on what authority our mails have been
seiZsd or detained. p ss.biy the author
ity to peTpetrate these msliciouI and dis
graceful outrages enanated from the de-
psrtmeus at WashiGg gton. II so, we ask
thst the matter receiva the prompt at
tentiOn OF our friends at the national
capital, We have also been hiLdered in
the publication of the second number, by
the threatening letters which have been
received at the publication office, voWing
the vengeance Of InOb IsW on the heads
of publishers and printers alike. This
MSS made It somewhat difficult for us TO
obtain g suitable force Of compositors,
and has also hi1dr5d Us ia Nifty ways.
We do not feel any anxiety with regard
to the safety Of cur person or property,
nor DO we appTeheud any demonstrations
90 the part Of the mob. Should such an
outrage be sttempted, it would but IA
ciitate the end desired, and the only
evils likely to result would reoJil on the
head OF the unhappy wretches who per-
petrste il. We are not alone ia this
great city, and We know on whom to
rely in an emergency. The tOesin had
better not be sounded by friends or foes,
for while lion sleeps, neither his claws
nor his faBgs are formidable.
We have mentioned these things in
order that cur friends throughout the
country may understand the difficulties
encountered By Us ia the publication of
this journal. Notwithstanding the op-
position we have met with on all hands,
however, we have secured the circuls-
ton OF many thousands copies OF The
IBtpeTialiSt, and fulfilled our promise to
set up the standagd Of the Empire be.
ittS LuS lCOplGs 1Das IL uLS JEGH SSuer- I
ally received is shown by the fact that
during the past week we have received
more than eleven hundred letters from
81 parts OF the country, expressing the
heRTtiest cnmmeId2tiOn Of the move
ment and iEclosing subscription or re-
quastiDg sample copies Of tbs IapeTialtst.
Many hundred correspondents have writ
ten Os long and coDgratulAtory letters,
accepting our bold assertions as the ex-
preston Of convictions probably enter
tanned by them. Many others have ad.
dressed rs letters for publication, but as
most Of them are too long for our neoes-
sarily limited space. we have been una.
ble to use them. We would take this
opportunity of saying TO those desirOus
OF contributing 10 our columns that, as
We have a large supply Of matter pro-
vided by our editorial staff, We viii rarely
find room for any bu. brief and pointed
lAtsIs and articles.
Altogether, We have been honored
with such reception as. few recent pub
licstiUUs have met with at the hands of
the press aud the public. We did not
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