Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-13

sacred and valuable boon to he per
manenuy ~ieopsrdized IN providing
for a passing emergency. 1t is time
that the American people open their
eyes to the dangerous character Of
this tendency, and that neither agreat
name nor an object appealing 20 our
sympathies should be permitted to
disguise it. As for me, I have seen
the working Of irresponsible power
ana personal government IN otnef
countries, and l may assure my con-
sttuents that while I am a citizen OF
this Republic / shall struggle 20 the
last gasp against its Introduction
here.-CgFi Schurz at s.. LOUIS,
Ex-senator SchurZ had been laboring
for that object he could not have bet
ter succeeded, in so short a space, In
giving the creed of the Democratic
party, and we are surprised that he
should longer hesitate to cooperate
with a party whose principles hecher-
ishes. The Democrats war with Rad
icalism because they prefer freedom
before despotism and right before
wrong. They join Mr.. Schurz in a
desire to see the country return to a
I" constitutional government" and to
rescue the cOuntry.from the grasp Of
the assassins Of liberty who have fat
tened upon iIl-gOtten spoils. Mr..
Schurz has seen enough Of the work
ings OF despotism in other countries
to know that the Radical party
is swiftly travelling the road to despO-
tism. He knows that the President
is surrounded with favorites, and that
he is not one Of them; and he further
knows that all history proves that
whenever these exist in a Govern
ment, there exists a court, a throne, a
despotism. The Government may
still be called a Republic, and the
Executive a President, but these viii
no longer be things, they viii only be
names. When a President is seen to
have favorites and h~atterers about
him, il is proof that he has begun to
be corrupt. A corrupt political at
mosphere alone could engender or
tolerate such UerD5in. But, suppOsing
him to be at first pure in motive, and
that a deficiency in dignity Of charac-
ter, merely, has exposed him to this
degrading state, how soon do we see
him Influenced by bad councils, and
corrupted by bad examples? Even
Nero began his career in virtue, and so
did Alexander. So low and corrupt
are that class Of men who lay and
fawn at the foot Of a throne, that
is not one solitary instance in
history in which they have not been
worse than their masters. Indeed,
they have more mower than their
masters. Like a serpent, they Splals
aysd lick the object Of their worship
until they reduce him down
10 the right dimensions! Never
IS it that the monarch, 80 be-
and belittled, rules the
nation. Tyranny is multiplied in
the land, and the poor people must
meet a petty tyrant to goad and op-
press them in every department
IF the government. These vile
Tretches also become notorious
their rapacly. They know that
heir reign may be short, and there
ore make haste to fill up their time
n prescription and "spOils," and in
he use and abuse of the public treas
ire. Despotism, when once estsb-
has extraordinary means of
ustsining itself, and now that des-
is abroad in the land, we hope
Scburz and the friends OF lib
will unite in a war upon the
who would break down and
''the safeguards Of our com
lon rights and liberties contained in
he Constitutions |,