Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-15

nerve the arm of every pa
triot of the land, for no tyrant
has ever more manifestly abused the
power conided to him for the public
good than has the Radical party
none has ever rendered himself more
justly amenable to popular indigna-
ton and punishment. They have
trampled the Constitution under their
u~nhaIlowed feet. They have over
thrown the public laws and time
honored, chartered institutions. They
have cruelty wronged and oppressed
thousands upon thousands of innocent
men. They have, by trickery and
violence, forced upon the people Of va
rious States rulers whom the latter
Justly and cordially despised. They
construct and overturn State govern
ments by their own despotic edicts,
regardless of the Constitution, and the
will and rights of the governed.
They have made Tennessee for four
years a Pandemonium-robbed the
taxpayer, stolen the school fund, en-
franchised the negro while driving
the white man from the ballOt-box.
And the knaves call their course
'~'progress''i Cromwell called it the
Lords work." when he put his feet
upon all that was best and noblest in
England, stabbed his dragons in her
churches and cathedrals, and filled
the Parliament of Westminster Hall
with a set of ignorant and canting
Jewelers.. Marat preached fraternity
when the heads ofhundreds ofinnocent
women were falling beneath the gull
Iotine, and little children were hung,
shot and drowned in the name of
liberty. If resistance to the course
which the Radical party is, and has
been pursuing be not the privilege,
nay, the duty, of the people, then the
teachings of all history are wholly
false-snd the principles for which
our fathers fought were but so much
clap-trap. Despising a consolidated
nationality, and believing in State
Rights, a General Government of linn
tied powers, with three branches in
dependent of each other, we shall CO.
operate with the grand, heroic, ma
tional, old Democratic party-ever
the party of the country, Of the Con-
stitution and of Liberty. 1t still
Iiveth. Its work is not done; its
glory is not dimmed; its scepter
is not forever departed. Born with
the Republic, ever true to it, bearing
it onward in its strong arms, and
guarding it by its enlightened and
patriotic policy for seventy years, in
honor, freedom, prosperity and great
ness, it is the only historical party OF
the country; it is the only guardian
of the Constitution, it is the only hope
of liberty. 1t cannot die and the Re-
public live! They are bound in Z
common fate as they are linked in a
common history. If Democracy
means nothing else at present, it
surely means to be an enemy of the
Radical party, and that simple fact
will lead every patriot into its
ranks. The question-fOr the South
ern people to determine is
Will you support the Radicals who
have oppressed you, who have spread
over the whole country the black
mantle of tyranny, distress and fear?
Or, will you join the Democrats, who
everywhere in the United States, are
striving to save us and themselves
from the evils and terrors of misrule?
What other party can the South look
to as the party of selfpreservation
than the Democratic party now strug-
Cling for the restoration and perpetu-
alton of the august principles of the
Constitution? In this organization,
we firmly believe, is the only hope Of
the country. With all our heart,
then, while d~iscarding dead issues,
let us take care Of the living
principles of the Constitution by
standing irmly with that great po-
litical organization which now, in
every State, is making such a gallant
fight for their rescue, maintenance
and nnrnatuatiOO-
NJ. c. GALLAWAY.