Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-07
MEMPHIS APPEAL
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1853.
TIE RESULT.

The election result just obtained
has its foundation in the sense Of JUS
tiee of our people, and the conviction
universally entertained that no once
enfranchised citizen of the State
should be deprived of his vote, except
for crime duly ascertained in form Of
law by a jury. 1t has also its founda-
ton in the adherence of all right
minded people for maladministratiOn,
inefficient administration and reck-
less extravaganza, unblushing frauds,
bribery, and criminal prohigacy and
decentralization, which signalised the
last four years of Radical rule, and such
a snever before was witnessed, At least
in Tennessee in time of peace 1t was
not for SENTER or any man on his
ticket that the people voted, however
deserving they or either of them
might be. 1t was for measures
not men, for reformation, for
equality, fair justice, ard true
Republican Liberty, that the peo-
pie Of Tennessee yesterday
pronounced in thunder tones by a
majority which may reach sixty thou
sand. We rejoice with all our heart
in the grand result. We have sup
ported the cau-e-nOt Senter--and for
this we rejoice. Our county CT Shelby
has given its glorious majority of four
thousand for good government and
measures, against bad government and
bad measures-nOt for once Of two Radi-
cal candidates for Governor not for
any men, except as protesting fidelity
TO the public will for completes eforma-
ton. 1t has not declared for uni
versal suffrage" but for the re-entran-
chisement OF its Illegally diSfrsnchised,
unconvicted and law-abiding people.
It no more declared for 4" universal
suffrage" than for universal enamel
patton, both of which Except only as
10 the disfranchised whites
was already an accomplished
fact, which needed no new
election and no vote to estab-
lish il. What measures shall be
adopted by the newly elected Gov
ernor and Legislature, or what by a
lawful convention of the people of
Tennessee, if such should be held, re-
mains to be seen. We are assured
that nothing will be done which shah
in the least infringe the rights Of any
citizen, white or black. 1t is for jus
tice, equality, liberty and the good of
all that the State has spoken. And
If Northern men (some Of whom We
have elected to office viii trust the
honor of Tennesseeans, and their good
sense as well as to carry out their own
purposes, they will be more than sat
isied that it is well for them as it is
for the State that the days Of carpet
bag rule are numbered. They will
see here that that which most pro-
notes the prosperity of Tennessee will
most promote their WI as citizens or
residents Of the State. Hby.gones are
not by-gones, it will be all the
fault of those who desire misrule in
order that they may fatten OH the con-
tinued public calamities. Whether
universal suffrage, to which as right
in principle we have never consented,
will now be perpetuated by the action
Of the State, or the adoption of the
fifteenth amendment intended for that
purpose, remains to be SEEN. Wheth-
er in any event, suffrage will be fur
Their modified or restricted is also in
the future. But we shall have equal
justice to all and injustice TO none.
And we may look for a steady and
permanent policy which will induce
the investment of capital from abroad,
encourage immigration from all quar-
tiers, and open up to US the road to
wealth, prosperity and Happiness.
Justice without insult to the van
quished-temperance, dignity and in
tegrity to the victor.