Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-14


can be found in history as is now pre-
sented by the people OF the State of
North Carolina, the minority report
closes as follows:
This is the truth in a nutshell: That
Holden and his official supporters have
failed to maintain themselves by any
means, foul IS well as fair, in their State.
They have appealed to the popular cleo
tons n have been rejected with some
thing near TO unanimity by every tax
payer in the State, and now Congress is
asked TO step in and force North Carolina
down again under the feet of her Radical
masters, and we fear that Congress will
attempt to do this unwise and wicked
thing. viii the people Of the North, Iree
as yet, see this thing lone and sustain It's
promoters? We hope not. we pray NOT
When viii the men now in power learn
the truth Of what the greatest statesman
Of OGr country so wisely and well SAID
when similar attempts were made to gov
ern British India: at is the nature
of tyranny and rapaclty never 70 learn
moderation from the i~l-successes Of first
! expressions. Onthe contrary, all men are
| thinking highly of the methods dictated,
and by their nature, and attribute the
Illustration of their desires to the wasn't of
sufficient YigOr, and then they may re-
double the efforts which their impatient
cruelty is producing, as they must pro-
duce new disappOintments. They grow
irritsted against the objects Of their ra-
pacity, and bring vague fury and malice
implacsble, because unprOvOked, recruit
ing and reinforcing their avarice-their
vices. Nc longer human, from cruel men
they are transformed into savage beasts,
with nc other vestiges of reason left but
what serves to furnish incentives n re-
hnements of furious subtleties, the pur-
poses of which beasts are incapable and in
which iends would blush.
The minority report establishes
most conclusively that the State Gov
eminent Of North Carolina, under
Holden, was an organized conspiracy
against the lives, liberties and prop
erty of the people. Such a record Of
crime as the career Of these men fur
nishes is without parallel in this
country. Their iniquities almost ex-
ceed belief. Colored witnesses called
by the majority prove co~nclUsively
that four cases out Of six al
legged "Ku-Klux Outrsge5" were per-
petrated by negrOes, who assumed that
character by the instruction Of Holden
or his tools. AS he imported such
rUfhans as Kirk from Tennessee to in
wade parts of North Carolina, so he
adopted other instrumentaIities for
purposes equally criminal. He him
self was at the head Of a secret organ
ization by which the property of law
abiding citizens, who refused to obey
his political dictation, was destroyed
by fire, under orders from Raleigh.
All these troubles in North Carolina
have grown out Of Radical deviltry,
and it proves that the policy fOrrecon-
.structing the South is a miserable fail
ure. If there are dissensiOns, strife
and anarchy in North Carolina, it is
because of the Acknowledgement and
prosecutions Of the tax-paying people.
We are surprised at the moderation
and endurance of the people Of North
Carolina. Had BroWnloW, Barbour
Lewis & Co., still retained power, and
as a matter Of course, still found rob
bing and expressing the people, the
anarchy and outlaWry in Tennessee
would be far greater than that repre-
sented in North Carolina. This re-
sistance in the Southern States to
carpet-bag knavery and military des-
pOtism, indicates that the people are
yet too proud to become the sub
missive slaves Of villains and despots.
If ever our liberties are to be tr0dden
down, and the reins Of government
seized by the strong arm Of one man,
it will be, as it was in France, after the
storm Of the Revolution, when the
wearied and disheartened advocates
Of constitutional liberty gave in their
adherence to the despOtic rule Of a
successful soldier, in order to escape
from the IcentiOUs misrule of anarchy.
It becomes, therefore, the duty of
every good citizen, who has at heart
the preservation Of our Republican
institutions, to approach this subject
with a liberal and manly spirit-to
endeavOr to trace the origin Of the
mischief, and, instead Of c~ontentlng
himself with exacting legal retribu-
ton from the promoters of particular
acts Of outrages-to probe the evil to
the root, and eradicate it if possible.
Such an investigation would sound
the death knell Of Radicalism, for it
breathes and lives on strife, hate and
discord, and we will never have tran
quillity until the friends Of peace and
b%rotherly love ascend 'topower.