Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-31
His Views as TO Grants Adminis-
tratiOn,
What he Thinks OF the Country
aud the Pe0pIe.
Suggestions as 10 the Future.
From the Cincinnati Commercially

! Dey SAID OF him many years ago, una
was before FOrney got to be dead duck
| OF Johnson became the great traitor,
| that any ore who gszed into his dsrl
eyes and perussd his pale face, wOulC
| have seen there an uDquenchsble spirit
and sn slmOsG fansticsl Obstinscy tina
! spoke another language"
GRANT HAS NO DEFINITE COURSE.
| He Gays that the reason Grant gives 81
/ much dissatisfaction in the appointment;
| of officers is, that he is not experienced
ia public life, and bss no chart or com
| pass to 90 by. Without a man has car
| dinal points laid OHt and q hsrbor to steel
| to, he viii become befogged and confused
| It cannot be said that he will lose his
| course, for he has no course to go by, but
drifts about at the mercy Of wind snC
wave. Grant, he says, is man picked
up for his great military popularity.
! The Radicals had to take him, although
/ they were somewhat in dou6t as to hiz
| being genuinely Radical, but to save
themselves from defeat they took him,
and his record as a brilliant commander
in the field elected him. He had never
held civil Office before-Dever had been
taught in the school Of experience, and
bl0nders might be expected ia the selee-
ton Of sUbOrdinates. But every thing
will come around right after while. The
mass OF the American people, at heart,
are attached 70 the = DniOn, aud the Con-
stitutiOn as no people ever were before,
and though they may be led sstray by
politicians for = while, they will see lhs
danger before il is too late, and rally to
the support OF the Constitution of our
fathers. He hes en- abiding faith in the
people, and q faith that has never been
shaken.
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR EAST TESNE 5sEE
AZ think,n ne continued, "thst we
have 3 beautiful country here in Z kst
Tennessee, but we need capital and en-
terprise. As soon as matters get settled
s little, believe that capitalists from
the North will come here in numbers and
help to develop the country; but the
people are so thrown out Of Joint, as il
were, snd unsettled politically, that men
Of capital seem afraid to come in here
but this state of affairs will nOt-cannOt,
ia fsct-last long, and, in nay opinion,
East Tennessee has S future as bright ss
any section OF the country. Oar supe
riOr soil and climate, together with our
great mineral weslJb, viii be- cure to at
tract immigration as soon So we become
8 little more settled in q political point Of
view. We want pesGe snd order in the
country, and more confidence in each
other. l have always been opposed to
anything and everything that would
breed tUmulC and disorders ia short,
have always been a peace man, and op-
posed TO war or tn Q shedding Of blood
when it could possibly be avoided"
TOOK DECIDED GROUND AGAINST The
WAR.
At the commencement OF our late IN
happy struggle took decided grounds
against secession bacsuse I knew it
would bring war aud bloodshe2. / said
to the people, let Us fight this battle il
the Union and under the Constitution !;
let it be q battle OF words, as il we're, ana
not q battle Of swOFds. l told the South
ern people that if they had been
wT0nged, they should seek redress in
the Union and under the Constitution.
For taking this stand and doing all
could TO Kill the secession movement
and make the people stand firm by the
Union, L was denounced Rs 2 traitor and
q tory, and forced to leave my home and
have my property destroyed. o. the
l2th Of June, 1861, left this home be-
cause l could stay here no longer. /
Was hOOted a. and iLsulted in every
possible way, snd my lie threatened.
Nov, some OF the very men who were
engaged iB this, some of the very men
who used to denOunce me Gs traitor
and tory, because ! stood up by the
Government, have since turned TO be
very loysl, and denOunce me as
traitor because l want 70 stand by the
Constitution. ss stood by the Union.
REBEL UNIONIsTs AND YANKEE
REBELS.
"There are two very bad classes OF
men in the country he continued, land
they are what might be called Rebel
Unionists and Yankee Rebels. BY q
Rebel UniOBist / mean q man who Was
very much OF q Rebel st first, snd wanted
10 drive every Union man out Of the
country, as tbey did me, aud who have
since turned 10 be so very loyal that they
are unwilling that an honest r sbel
should have any rights It all. We have
many instances Of this class of men 10
this State; men who deserted the sink
ing fortunes OF the rebellion, when they
saw that it was sinking, who are now so
wonderfully loyal - to denouDCe every
body as rebels and TRAITORS who do
not happen TO believe as they do. Iu
my opinion, as l said before, another bad
class Of men in the South are the Yankee
Reoels-thst is, men Of Northern birth
and education, who esppused the cause
of rebellion. When the worst came to
the worst, and we saw that there would
have to be war, we naturally looked 20
the Northern residents Of the South for
assistance, but ia majority Of instances
they went against their Government.
GLORIOUS OPENING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
"There never Wss,n he continued,
"sucb glorious opening for the Ameri-
can people, - there is now, II they viii
only let the past go and look to the fu
lure. Il We will Uut live together, hsr-
monize, and be friends, we will become
the greatest nation on earth. WHAT a
splendid Opportunity" he cOnti4ued,
+" FOR young men just starting oat in life,
II they viii only be true to themselves
and use reasonable industry. 1 don't
care whether be is at the bar, or at the
ploW, 8 mechanic, or q meiicsl student,
be lives in & golden age, and an age that
he can distinguish himself in il he will
only persevere in the right course.
Young men are sometimes discours ged
because they thiuk their reward for pa
tient toll is slow in coming, but il they
will keep right straight ahead, and not
allow themselves 10 be discouraged at
anything, there is always some one who
will discover their merit and lend them
3 helping hand"
INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY NECESSARY
TO SUCCESS IN LIFE
There 10 q great deal said about edu
cation, snd wealth, and family connec-
tion, ,Esnd all that, but it all amounts TO
nothing, unless young man is deter
mined TO make something out of him
salf Edueation Is, of course, q great ad