Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-15
1910.

the Democratic political ring to the
highest bidder, it need not fear that Il
viii encounter any opposition from
Mr.. Davis, or, indeed, those who, like
him, firmly believe that ill-advised
eXpedieney is only too apt to make
those who resort to it contemplate in
the end.
From the Louisville Jefersonian Demo-
crat.
The stilted COtlFier-JO Journal sought
to render its flimsy journalism still
more acceptable to the political inf
deity of the times by a labOTed as
sault upon Jefferson Davis. 1t is as
spitefui as a fretted pOrcupine because
he declared his unfalterable conviction
that principles correct in their philOs-
Ophy cannot be permanently held in
allegiance by the exercise Of force. 1t
protests furiOusly that it does not deny
his right Of free speech, but questions
only the prOpriety OF its exercise. But
| it is not sincere. If Mr.. Davis had spO-
| ken in TQUOT OF accepting the situation,
all the Journals which have denounced
him recently would have filed their
columns with panegyrics. 1t is not
that Mr.. Davis spoke TO the public, but
the sentiments which he uttered that
excited the Courier Journal.
Horace Greeley, who took an active
part in pushing those measures which
destroyed the equilibrium Of the States
in the Federal Onion, thereby putting
itin the power Of the majority states
to repress the minority States, and,
finally, by oppression to drive them
to secession in the last resort, has
lately Iectured in various cities of the
Southern States, and gave his opinion
Of political issues freely. What sensi-
ble objection can there be to Mr.. Davis
giving mis- opinion upon the same
questions" Who Is afraid of Mr.. Davis
opiniOnS Is that a free country
where certain men cannot freely eX-
press certain OpiniOnsS The mere
fact that in an open quarrel one side
got the best of the Other by striking
the heaviest blows, does not deter
mine the philosophy OF the questions
at issue. Who viii deny our cOnclu
sion2 VIII the Courier Journal will
the philosopher OF the New York TIi.
5lneg
From the Meridisn Miss J szsJte.7
Mr.. Davis is a representative man
OF the South; by him we were willing
to be judged in the past; by him we
are ready to be judged in the future.
We must have right to speak freely
and frankly; we can never triumph
through silence, deception and fraud.
That song was sung in 1866 and 1868
and resulted ia fastening upon the
South the most infamous rulers and
governments that ever existed on the
face Of the earth. We must cling to
truth, and success is as sure to follow
as the night the day. But the poor
miserable demagogue who edits the
Citizen, SAYS JEFF. Davis sis damned
in history" Mr.. Davis will have one
of the brightest pages in history; the
materials are rich and abundant, and
his name and fame will live in the
hearts Of freemen, and in the strong
records and deathless monuments that
Outlive pillars, Obelisks and Crumbling
mausOleUms.
From the Trenton (Ienn.) GszsIts.1
This old political fossil and turn
coat, this senile mOUutebank, has re
Gently emerged from an Obscurity to
which a just and appreciative public
had long since consigned him, and
nauseates the public again, true to his
instincts, by Obuuding his fostering
carcass before it. Having been seized
all Of a sudden with q cdcOetbsS Scri.
6elldi, he rushes into print and pub
fishes in the Banner, a paper always
too ready to lend its aid in such mat
tiers, a illumination disparaging to Mr..
Davis before the Southern people.
a Ia
TO charge that Mr.. Davis instigated
the article in the APPEAL rejecting
upon him (FOOte). No one knows
better than himself that Mr.. Davis
would not COndescend to hawk for
such small game, but like the proud
American eagle scOrns to prey upon
pUtrid carcass. He says:
"Let me tell Mr.. Jefferson Davis
and his satellites that 1 know them
only TO despise them. Ny character
is not in reach Of such arrows Of defa-
nation as they have at their COM
mand, and that it Is not even in their
power 70 disturb my, serenity for q
moment"
Not in their power to disturb his Sc.
renity, forsOOthl Then why this i'll
tempered tirade9 He knows them
but to despise them? Well, that is
really crushing, but We hope Mr.. Da-
Wis and his satellites will survive it.
Why should Mr.. Davis be the only
follower Of the Lost Cause who should
not be allowed to express an opinion,
and only an opinion? Have we not
elected rebels to high office in the
South, and are there not now in Con-
gress seventeen rebels, sO-called? And
there is not q word Of objection, but
the moment Mr.. Davis, after being
called upon to utter his sentiments,
opens his mouth in defense OF the
South, the whole pack Of quasi patri-
Ots are at his heels.