Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-25


THE incendiary message Of Gen.
Grant on the Southern ~Outrages''
subject, is m~iserably supported by
proof. He has gone back even to 1865
through the dusty pigeon holes Of the
war Office, and has brought to view
all the Iong-f0rgotten falsehoods which
the carpeters had piled in, in the year
! 1861, and 50 on. By supplying and
confounding dates he has made the
| old stories fresh and instinct with life
again. In answer to this message the
Patriot quotes Clayton, WarmOth and
Scott, as follows. Gov. Clayton in his
message says:
You assemble here under very pro-
pitiOus circumstances.
Our State credit has been established,
comfy and friendly relations exist be-
tween Us and the other States Of the
Union, our relations with the Federal
Governments are harmonious and salts
factory, LGJg and order, peace and Secitr-
tn Trigu throughout our borders. Under
the benign influence Of our free institu-
lions and the faithful enforcement Of the
laws, Old feUds ere rapidly dying ont, cd
aHiHJSiticS are being forgotten, and old
~pTejUdicey erGdlcGted.
Governor WarmOth, of Louisiana,
says in his message of the 18th inst.
A growing spirit Of harmony and good
will between the different classes Of u
people has been %strikingly evinced dur
ing the last year. It has been seen in a
strongly pronounced disposition on the
part Of all good citizens in most parts OF
the State, without respect to partisan
differences, to preserve order, enforce
the laws, and render obedience to all
legally constituted authority. The de-
vices and Vaccinations Of eVIlly disposed
dsmagoEuss and restless and irresponsible
parties who seek to profit by times Of
alarm and violence have been set aside
by the good people of this State who are
most deeply interested in its peace and
prosperity. The result has been hat this
disposition, aided by the sRlutary laws
passed by the General Assembly and by
Congress, have secured, during the last
fall, the most quiet, pesceable, and or
derly election the State has witnessed for
many years.
Governor Scott, Of South Carolina,
in reply to a resolution asking why
he does not order out the militia, says
in a message Of the 10th instant:
cannot say with truth, upon any in
formation in my possession, that in any
section of the State the laws are not exc
cuted, for not q single case has been re-
ported in which the officers Of the law
have been resisted in the discharge Of
their duties. There is no invasion which
I am called on to repel, no InsurrectiOn
which I am called on to suppress.
Also:
I cannot bring myself to contemplate
the uss Of an armed force to punish indi-
violations of the law in a time Of
profound peace. Such q remedy would be
bad as the disease, and would be g public
declaration that there was no civil gov
eminent in South Carolina, and that We
are living in a condition Of social anar-
chy.
And:
I would call your attention to the fact
that all the cases of reported violence are
individual violations Of the law that none
Of them have assumed the character Of
public combinations against the law and
that they are all within the regular Ju-
rlsdic-iOn Of the criminal COurt Of the
country.
To the testimony Of these may also
be added that Of Alcorn, Of Missis-
sippi, who has found the civil authori-
ties amply sufficient to preserve order;
and also that Of Bullock, Of Georgia,
practically given in the fact that he
has given certificates of election to the
members Of Congress lately elected.
And the testimony of the House Of
Representatives, which received these
Representatives elect, is to the same
purpose. The truth is that out
have been steadily diminish
ing, that diminution keeping pace in
the South with the wane Of the Radi-
cal power.