Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-07

THE APPEAL Is rich this morning
with Interesting matter from politi-
clans in regard to the future policy Of
the State. In addition to the very
able letter from Gen. w. b. Bate, we
present one from our distinguished
fellow-citizen, Col. Robert F. Looney,
from which It will be seen that he re-
tires from the canvass for Congress.
Col. Looney had the most encouraging
prospects for a nomination, but he
could not take the iron-clad oath, and
is consequently under disabilities, and
withdraws his name from q contest in
which he would. in all probability,
have received the nomination. The
letter of Colonel Looney is the warm
gushings of a big heart. 1t will add
another leaf TO the crown Of laurels
with which his mother State will,
some day, deck his deserving brow.
From the commencement to its close,
the reader will be 7enchained by its
power and beauty, and will rise from
its perusal with the conviction that
the writer is deserving of the high
honors of which he has been deprived
by outrage and the most Infamous
enactments.
We have not room to comment on
the various subjects alluded to
in Colonel Looney's eloquent
letter. But there is one SEN
tence so just and glowing with truth
that we cannot refrain from repro
ducing it. In his letter Colonel Loo
ney says: "The old partisans, Wings
and Democrats, were side by side
when a fortress was to be stOrmed, a
battery to be taken, or q forlorn hope
to be led. They mingled their tears
over the lifeless form of their fallen
eomrade, and the old Know Nothing,
as he looked upon the foreign born SOL
der that gave his life for the land Of
his adoption, felt that he could dip his
pen in the blood that gushed from
the gallant heart and write a certifl-
cate of citizenship for the whole of Eu-
rope" This is an eloquent tribute TO
our foreign born population. Colonel
LOOney, at the battle of Shiloh, COM
manded a regiment of twelve hun
bred men, mostly made up of foreign
born citizens, and often have we heard
him and Governor Harris pay glow
ing eulogies to the gallantry and deyO-
ton of this regiment. It is a part
of the political faith of the for
eigner to sympathise with those
struggling TO be free. When
civil war was deluging the Southern
fields in blood, and the cry was for
help, many foreigners buckled on
their armors, took up their knapSacks
and went into the fight, and poured
out their blood like water to sustain
the country and the section of their
adoption. Colonel Looney saw many
foreigners yield up their patriotic
lives IOI A6G0On OA tAO Cdh6AAhu
fields of Shiloh, and he feels now that
the Southern man who can war upon
a foreigner is a base migrate who de-
serves to be forgotten of his God. The
blood must be sluggish which cannot
be thrilled by the handsome tribute
which Colonel Looney pays to the
foreigner.
Colonel Looney, with that fidelity
with which he clings to an old friend,
holds fast to the great Democratic
party. 1t does our heart good to see
an old Wing like him presenting the
noble spectacle of rising above petty
issues, casting aside all other consid-
erations and disregarding old animosi.
ties, and striking hands with the
Democracy.