Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-02

1 States are 10 be confronted Dy the
agents Of the President, it follows nat.
urally that they will be controlled in
his interest. But, be this as it may,
we suggest that this government can
not bear the strain OF such a power
usUrped by Congress, and exercised by
the Executive, and remain free. Prac-
tically, the government becomes a
despOtism the moment the power is
given to the President, on his own
Judgment and Of his own motion, to
control the ballot.bOxes of the cOun-
try. He might as well declare his
will directly as Indirectly by the on
troll Of voters. If he but possesses so
much pOlCer, he is in either case a des-
pot, whether he goes by the name Of
emperor, king, or president.
No more than the functions of the
tyrant was UsurpatiOn ever without
the plea Of necessity. But the neces-
sity in the present case is that Of par
ty, not Of patriotism. There is no
State in which the civil law cannot
be and is not enforced by the civil au-
thorities. In all the States many
criminals escape the best laws and the
best possible execution. But, lUHen
IN the South q criminal can be pointed
out By proof or probable reason for
inquiry as to his guilt, so that any mill.
tary force could or should arrest or
punish him, the ciUH J0t0s and The al
miniStrGtiOn Of them are amply SlB5-
Client for that purpose IN eUery Southern
State. The civil authorities, so lar as
we know, are not remiss, and do not
fail in rendering justice as secure and
certain as under a Republican COnsti-
tuition, and retaining the right Oftrisl
byjury, it is possible justice should
be made certain. II anything
more is asked, that is asked which
is Inconsistent with the Constitution,
the ~inalienable rights and the true
liberties Of a free people. Are the
people Of the Union prepared to sur
render so much? Are the Northern
States willing a precedent should be
established in the s%ubjugatiOn to the
central power Of one State in time Of
peace, which may be but the precur-
sOr Of the downfall Of another? What,
short Of downright instruction of a
State, and the overthrow Of civil gov
eminent therein, can warrant interior
ence by the military power of the
Union? II anything less, is it not
s~elf-evident that the Republican sys.
TEN Of organization is a failure; that
we are RENTED in time OF danger to
the sword, as the only arbiter; and
that the virtue, intelligence and lib
erty-loving and free-wiH votes Of the
American people are no more to shape
the future Of the Republic? Shall we
not, then, have lost the reason Of our
old fashioned boast, "This is a free
country" on which our American
'~'sovreigns" have so often consOled
and pIumed themselves? The Presi-
dent may not intend to abuse his
power, but il should be the business Of
the people to see that he nersr obtains Il.
It is nevertheless not only q re-
markable, but also a suspicious fact,
that the stories Of Outrages subside 50
regularly, as soon as Northern cleo
are over. and commence and
grow so amazingly whenever theyare
about to come n 1t is just when they
are needed for party purposes that
they become so formidable in numbers
and atrocity. How happens this, if
il is not the result Of a par
purpose, when it is absolutely
notorious that the whole body of the
property interest, ninety-nine out Of
q hundred Democrats, and all the
wealth, talent and influence of the
including without exception
every prominent Confederate leader,
are for peace and the efficient execu-
ton Of just laws? How else can it be,
in point Of fact the laws On the
books Of the Southern States
are as faithfully executed and iuries as
prompt to convict as they were ante
rior to the war? Those Northern
men who travel through the South for
business or pleasure, and not for par
tisan purposes, confess their astOnish-
ment to find on their return so
many frightful Ku Klux enormi-
hes have been committed where
they have been, and which they had
seen or heard before. Is it not
apparent that these outrages are
manufactured in the North, much
after the old style Of the a~bolitionists,
BY plunging through the years and
gathering all the odds and ends, and
ruths and untruths, to produce an F,
Impression, by a highly colored and
formidable aggregate for exhibition. {
The truth is not fairly stated, and (
much less is any palliation or excuse
such as the pilfering Of negroes, &
he robberies Of carpet-baggers as {
legislators and thieving officials, the !
grinding expressions, disfranchise- {
nents and abuses, practiced by {
he cOWardly camp . followers, J
lnder the protection Of the army !
md Of Congressional legislation, !
II other causes OF complaint, injury :
md evaporation. The tyrant re-
a plea, and he makes one. But {
hat which he sets up is . necessity !
which does not exist. We suppose {
dississfppi may be taken as a fair
Example Of the cotton States. Ger.
ainlv it is fair enough to take it as
uch. in view Of the late cutlery which J
.as been raised owe the Meridian
and other matters. And here !
5 what a Radical Governor and Sena-
or elect says about the subject;
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
JACKSON, Miss, March H. {
ION. A. Ames, United States Senate, and !
George s. Harris, J. /. Morphis and i. !
". Perce, House Of Representatives. I
Washington, d. C.: {
ann informed that dispatches have ]
,een forwarded to Washington, derO- s
from the power Of this govern ]
nent to enforce the law, ] desire to Y
sorrect that misrepresentation, and to s