Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-24

1.-THE Radicals in the South have con
stantly, upon every occasion, in ever,
convention, in season and out of season
d~issvowed the doctrine of secession anG
charged it upOn the Southern Democracy
They did it yesterday. They will do i
to-day. They will do it tomorrow, anC
tepeat it the next day and the next. Be
cause they disavow, it is no reason for O1i
avoYal."-U Union aud AHeTicdH.
That is true. 1t is "no reason for on,
avowal " of belief in the soundness of th,
theory Of the right of secession TO say thal
the Radicals disavow belief in Il. That ii
a mere party trick on their part, meant e
affirm that the Democratic party favor,
secession. But, when they affirm it, they
affirm a falsehOod. Present the naked
abstract issue. /" Has a State of the Union
a right pesceably to secede from that
Union without the consent Of other
Ststes?" and we venture to say the pro-
position would be negatived in Tennessee
by three to one. But even If it
should be affirmed, as theoretical opinion
what then? Even that would practi-
eally make no difference, because the Sc
e~essionists Of Tennessee have with a per-
fectly unanimous voice, accepted as a re-
suit Of the war, and pledged a faith never
broken and honor never ~disgraced, to
abide by the conclusion enforced by
arms, that secession should not in future
be asserted by them as a right, or hence
forth be attempted. To say that future
secession by Tennesseeans is possible, or
in accordance with their wishes under
such circumstances, is 70 SANDER and
charge them with dishonor. That iG what
the Radicals are doing now ''upon every
occasion, in every convention, in season
and out of season." And that is precisely
what Andrew johnson is doing, when he
declares it necessary for an honorable
people to make a solemn declaration to
the world that they iOai keep their pledged
1dithg Like the Radicals, by insisting on
such necessity, he is now declaring to
all men that the people of Tennessee are
not TO be trusted, unless they hold a con-
vention especially to adopt his GreenviIIe
resolutions and swear to the world that
they will never more secede or violate
good faithi he charges the State with
dishORor, by pretending to a neces-
sity that the State should disavow
a future dishonorable actionl He thus
assents 70 the possibility of its dishonorl
This is he worst Of Radicalism, and it
would be with a vengeance, IL in this par
ticulsr matter Andrew johnson waa a ran
resentatiys Of any buthimsslfand Brown
low. He is In this a s'anderer of te STATE |
not a mere bolter. And it is for this
reason that we shall not deign to mi,ee |
matters, and shall strip the lions skin
rom his shoulders. In his unhappy sen-
slbiIty be may continue to bray. But he |
braying VIII prove harmless. There ia a
fable OF the Lion and tho ASS, In which !
an arrangement was made that all the
beasts of the field should be invitad "a,
festival in n grand Temples: Tint
on the given signal the ass should scare
them all out by bEaying, and the lion
should slaughter them one by one as thew
came out. 1t viii be Remembered. hat |
when this was fully accomplished, the
ass came out also, and said to the lion.
didn't l bray well2" and that the lion
"yes, / shoald have been scared
myself If ] had not known it Wes an ass
was braying." That is pretty much
case with Andy now. The Atti-l
in which he has placed him.
self is SO ridiculously unrsason.
and absurd that we don't know
but the whole State Of Tennessee wouldl
be scared If it did not know precisely
what an ass it was that was brayIng. AS
is, all is safe enough. Andy can never
convince thepublie that the State Is in
'ebeIlion; he can never hurt John c.
Brown; and he can never yet 10 the
Certainly, We concur with our esteemed
'otemporary, that the disaYowaI of se-
,es Jon by the Radicals is no reason for
'ur aVo'eal of it. There is no good reason
why weshould avow what IT Ia
alse to say We entertain. If Johnson
md the Radicals will Islander us by say