Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-09
SUNDAY APPEAL
OFFICIAL IOUREAL or TIE CITY.
SUNDAY uORslss, i: APRIL .. 1871

No ONE BOW regards the recon-
~struction acts as +" accomplished facts ~
except the mistletOe Democrats. They
invoke the party, upon which they
are a fungus growth, TO "accept the
situation" because it is folly to war
upon " accomplished facts" but the
Radicals themselves do not " accept
the situation" or regard their recon
%struCtiOn acts SIS " accomplished facts -
for they r every day changing the
" situation snd accomplishing f"
new " facts.D The Radicals do not
intend 10 " accept " any " situation "
longer than party interests require
submission. Nothing with them are
" accomplished facts when the ext
gency demands that they should treat
them as UnaccOmplished frauds. After
the Democratic party in National Con-
vention declared the reconstruction
acts as " unc0nstitutional, revolutiona-
" and void" the soaptail Democrats
would have members Of Congress to
peLure themselves by voting for and
sustaining demonstrations mes-
sures, and thus become a party to a
'reyOlutiOn.n Talk about " accom-
plished facts" and " accepting the sit
UatiOn, when the legislation Of Con-
gress shows that the Radicals do not
intend to let the question of recon-
~structiOn rest, and that they are pre-
pairing to make its agitation the bases
Of the canvass of 1872. When and
where is this invocation to accept
the situation" and the inexorable
logic Of "accomplished'facts f" to end?
Suppose the Democratic party stulti-
fes itself by accepting a situation"
which they have solemnly pro-
n0uBced unconstitutional, Tevolu-
tionary and void, are they to ac-
cept' the Ku-Klux bill, the new recon-
s~truction act which passed the House
Of Representative on Thursday last,
as another accomplished act'? We
have said, and recent events prove the
truth Of our assertion, that there is no.
sppeasing of fanaticism, and that one
submission to Unconstitutional and
revolutionary" acts is only an invita-
ton to another. Infamous as are the
reconstruction acts, which We are in
vOked to regard as accomplished
facts, - they are less Questionable than
the new reconstruction bill. But what
matters that? The stomach that gulps
down measures stigmatized as "un-
constitutions evOlutiOnaryan void"
viii have no difficulty in swallowing
the Ku-Klux bin which passed the
House Of Representatives on Thurs
day. How long will it be before the
stulh6ed and %trait0rOus pens that sac
cept the situation" which the old re-
construction acts would impose, viii
be twaddling for q recognition Of
the new reconstruction act as
an accomplished fact?" How
long viii it be before Nurse Pipchin
viii seat his little Paul Dombey in his
high chair and order him to black
guard the APPEAL, to call il an old
woman, a Bourbon and a Ogy for op-
posing this last bill Of denominations?
Is the Ku-Klux bill just passed the
House q "new issue" or a " dead
issue?" Are those who oppose il to
be dubbed as BOurbOns who refuse to |
" accept accomplished facts" and
thereby furnish Beast Butler with am
intuition TO war upon the South?
The true and reliable Democracy of
the Union regard this last bill as they
do the first reconstruction acts, " I'M
constitutional, revolutionary and
void" and they Will oppose
both. Mr.. Cox, Of New York, gave
a just pOtraiture Of this atrOciOUs bill,
when a few moments before its pass
age, he said its object was to
the waning fortunes Of the Re
publican party-that il proposed to
inaugurate the worst code Of laws ever
known, a code that did not originate
on earth, bat was born Of hell and the
devil, because it proposed first to hang
a man then try him afterward. This
Ku-KluX bin was shom OF a few Of its
monarchical features; but as it passed
it's still a mOnstrosiy. Itassumes to /
set aside the constitution by authoriz-
ing the President 70 use the army aud
navy without the call Of the States,
whenever in his Judgment any state
is ia rebellion, and it then defines as
rebellion any attempt 10 'inture
persons holding federal Oficesv" The
kings Omceholders are sacred per
sons, and, no matter what outrage
or crime they may do, must not
be ~interiered with. There was
no necessity for this abominabIe
bill which strikes down civil rights
and Is a death blow to liberty. All
the troubles IN the South have been
occasi0ned by the reconstruction acts.
The passage Of the Ku-Klux bill
shows that the reconstruction acts are
.silures, and yet we are invited to sac
,ept' them as accomplished fact"
Radicals have ruled the long
ssc, there are to be fOand the greatest
Jutrages. Human nature is the same
every where and at all times, and as
original reconstruction acts have
.ailed 20 tranquilize the South, the
last viii produce renewed strife, dis
cord and hate. for the history Of the
world shows that peace has never
been established by prosecutions.
The soap-tan Democrats viii no
doubt advise the South to accept the
situation" which the Ku-Klux bin
imposes, as opposition will be but
ting against accomplished aots;D
but We would say to the South and
to the Democracy Of the Union. i'll
you would succeed and restore lost
liberty, ana preserve the Constitu-
ton, accept" no Radical iniamv ss
accomplished fact.U Already
the danger to u Institutions IS be-
coming so deadly, and the annibila-
ton Of vital rights is progressing so
steadily and ruthlessly, that the coun-
try is becoming alarmed. To COVER
is to yield everything, The usurpers
have falsided the Democracy long