Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-27
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THE New York Sun speaks with in
dependence Of the new dodge of Gen
eraI Grant to 90 to war on the South,
since he has failed on the Alabama
and Fishery questions. Coming from
an able Republican source, its views
are not unworthy OF attention. That
paper plainly and sensibIy says /:
General Grant having thrown the
Republican party into confusion by
the d~isgracefUl manner in which he
has pressed his San Domingo job upon
Congress and the country, seems to be
casting about for some other ground on
which to rally his broken columns.
He has selected for this purpose the
alleged disturbances and violations Of
law in some portions Of the late rebel
lious States, and especially in rela-
ton to the elections. We warn the
Republicans that this question will
not afford material for restoring the
waning supremacy Of their party in
that section of the country. Candid
men at the North, while ready to adj
nit that society below the Potomac
and the Ohio may not be at all times,
and under all circumstance, and in all
places az peaceful and law abiding IS
in New England, suspect that the pic
ture is O~verdrawn, and that, too, for
partisan purposes; and, in view ofthe
events Of the past ten years, they are
rather surprised that society in that
section Of the Union is so quiet and
orderly as It Is. At all events, the
great majority Of those who firmly
stood with the Government through
all the late commissions, are decidedly
opposed to the passage Of any more
reconstruction acts by Congress, and
think the time has fully come when
the control Of the Southern States
should be cOnfded TO their own citi-
zens, without any exceptional inter
ference on the part Of the Federal
Government. 1t is now five years
and eight months since the rebel
armies were disbanded and after vex-
atious ana seemingly needless delay,
the last Of the Confederate States is
about to be admitted to foil represent
alton in Congress. Is it not time that
the Southern people were left untram-
meled to try their hands at governing
themselves? Ought not the results Of
the elections of the past autumn to
teach the Republicans that a long con-
tinued policy Of coercion viii finally
recOil upon its authors? Do they be-
lieve that they can forever PIN the
people Of the South down to obedi-
ence to the laws with Federal bayo-
nets? Is it not better to put them
upon their good behavior, and, as in
ordinary cases, let pains and penal
ties follow rather than precede me
commission Of ofenses2 Do the Re
imagine that by any system
Of legislation, or by any muster If
military forces, they can preserve to
themselves the entire negro vote Of
The South, and thereby carry the
old slavehOlding States for their
Presidential ticket IN 1872? or course
Grant, if he thought that by
30 doing ne could restore his furnished
prestige with the Republican party,
and revive his blighted prospects for :
denomination, would not hesitate to ]
raise false Issues in regard to the con-
1ition Of affairs In the South, and
that section Of the Union into !
renewed confusion. But il will not
prove 10 be a winning game for him, ]
while 1t may render it impossible for Z
he party to elect any one 10 the Pres
dency next year. Intelligent Repub-
leans had better take the manage s
nent Of the party into their own
lands, and not leave it any longer to {
man whose narrow vision does not :
.Ilow him to contemplate anything :
the promotion Of his own
elhsh eDds.N
=
IHE Southern Radical Omce-Seek- :
rs have rushed TO Washington and 7
re clamoTing for reconstruction.
They hope by hlsehood to manufac-
ure a straw bugabOo, and thereby
Lace the South again under military Z
ule and thus enable themselves once
more to rob and plumber the taK-pay- &
az people. The effort will result In ig- {
.Ominious failure. For four years, the r
.OUthern people have seen and felt
nd known that the cry for protection =
the "trOOly loil" was nothing but 4
be bugle blast OF the robber band; f
nd now, when a Southern man COM 4
1ences shouting for reconstruction, =
be Northern people begin TO snuff 4
.mee, thievery and pillage In the
breeze. Reconstruction Is the S
hibboleth only Of Southern freebOOt- Y
"a and buccaneers. Grantand mis- par >
= ought to be sick of construction. o
hey have tried it for four years, p
nd If the work is to be done over 4
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