Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-17

VI LHb WOAlu AOL q pAACCa 4nCg AoN
second to Others in the acquisitive
faculty, and they are not less anxious
for wealth or honOrs than Others. But
~falsehood is impossible with them.
The universe is too poor, with all its
stars and spheres, and fruits and har-
vests, and gold and precious stones, to
purchase from them the inward con-
seriousness Of personal honor and
integrity. The vulgar maxim
that " every man has his price," is
true only Of such as are purchasable,
because they are without any shield
Of integrity. Such as these can be
easily purchased, and are often bought
in the market at low rates. A pur-
| chasabIe man will take for his infdelity
such price as he can get, whether it
be much or little. When once a mar
Yields principle and offers himself for
sale, no one need fear to approach
him with what he is able to pay,
even if it should be but a small pit
lance. Thirty pieces Of silver will
usually be sufficient; and, when once
a man turns Judas in his heart, even
less will answer, when the demand for
his intamy is not great, and he has
few or no competitors for the Occa-
sion. For Achan an ingOt of gold
was sufficient, for Butler a few spoons,
for Arnold a fit Of envy, and
for Forney and Morton McMich-
ael the pleasure Of pandering
to passion and party strife. Such
men as these, who truly would rather
"reign in hell than serve in heaven"
are the bane Of this country, the foes
Of peace and the effective stirrers up
Of antipathy, prejudices and bitter
ness among our people and sections.
They sickle not about facts and
truth. They make facts to suit their
purposes, and give cOlOrings to suit
their wishes. They are for party
against the country, and they have
their reward. No well informed
Southern man can read the
following editorial article, which we
give entire from the Philadelphia
North american of the 18th
without seeing the Gnimus
to falsify for a contemplate party
price, or being ex~asperated by the ev-
ident disposition to malign at any
and every cost to the harmony and
well being Of the country. 1t is the
treason Of treasOns which undoes the
well being Of men by infaming their
passions with alsehood and bringing
them in collision with themselves,
who, with a mutual understanding
and right view Of facts, would
be friends. Under the head Of {" South
ern ureconcilabIes, " the North Amer5
can says:
Great complaints still continue to reach
US lr0m the South, whenever q State cleo
tiou Is held, Of the terrorism exercised by
rebel bands at the polls, the story being
much the same as the Kansas struggle
familisriZsd us with. It is not necessary
10 20 into details, since il is the same old
narrative of fraud and outrage, OF armed
uObs and proving baudiIti. What was
seen OF the operation Of the southern
code Iu Kansas appears 10 haze been only
a fair sample Of southern Institutions"
and now that Kansas is out Of the ques-
ton, the same system is discovered in
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and whsr-
ever else a State election is to be Il" car
ried."
As general rule, the colored voters
stand firmly together and adhere to the
Republican standard. But all classes of
whites, high, low and middliEg, are com
plet6ly c9wed by these rebel terrOrists.
Social OsIr2cism, business ruin, secret
Outrage, and insult aud injury in every
form attend any white man who, at the
South, undertakes TO stand mp ~res0lutely
for the Republican cause; and when we
consider what it is TO live in g community
cut OF from all society, 20 have ali the
most valuable business patronage warned
away from q mans store; % be followed,
d0EEsu and aggravated everywhere, we
cannot wonder az the difficulty eXpsri-
eucad 80 the south ia maintaining q Rs
publican party in good condition.
We DO not feel like begging these rebels
70 dssist. They feel strong now in the
hope that the Democratic party is about
20 recover power, and that their favor is
necessary 10 the success Of that party.
The issue s. oE8 we do not care to sbirk,
On the contrary, we accept it fairly and
present it TO our readers Of all classes.
We have done our best 20 overcome the
troublesome spirit Of the South. Wehavs
not been severe ia our policy. We have
spared all the traitors that broke their
0aths Of Office and Joined the rebels. We
have prosecuted none. We have couhs-
Gated no rebel property except slaves, and
We have suspended their own franchises
only because they were using them 20 re-
ward rebellion and to onvert every
rn.#Ln-.
lied agency Tor resistance TO the national
authority. {
We have relieved them Of military {
pressure; we have given great and vslu-
aBl8 aid 20 their ruined railways, and
hav5 thus restored them to usefulness. .
We gave the conquered rebel armies their (
and arms 10 20 back home with. :
and recommends industrial and sgricul- /
,ural operations. We have established s
eoasting lines Of steamships 10 their ports, [
stimulated railroad building; authorized {
he establishment Of ali the banks under 8
national system that they can posi- :
want; relieved cotton Of taxation: :
given substantial aid in the reorganiza- /
ion OF their labor system, and invested U
of dollars In southern factories, v
trade, railroads, etc. But, despite all b
his, we make no progress in overcoming .
rebel spirit. The southern press is a
vast engine Of mischief, that seems to be
N the hands Of enemies Of peace and 10y
We might have gone further at the
,lose Of the war than we did. Instead Of
giving back 20 the rebels their estates, we
have cOuhscated them all. and di- s
them up into farms and sold them. =
Il wa earnestly proposed in Congress Z
% DO this, and we had the power and 4
'ould have saved ourselves a great deal g
lI trouble by using 10 thus. We could
saddled upon the conquered States
whole burden Of the national debt,
relieved the north Of the crushing
sEatiOn 10 labOred under, by levying the
whole revenue upon rebel estates, and
6llng them out for taxes without the
iced % cOnhscatiOn.
We did not do these things, not because
We had any fear on the subject, but be-
sua8 We were deslrOus OF cOuciliating
be South, and hopeful Of doing 30. But p
ur mercy has been misunderstood. Our
lemency has been abused, and we have m
the modification Of seeing the old 8
errOrism restored. What would be the "
8ndition Of things At the South IL we 4,
.ad a Democratic President and Congress
leave our readers to imagine. Per
ans such a crisis is needed TO arouse the
North Onc8 more to action. IL re- g
uired the imbecility Of Bucbanan's ad-
Illustration 70 bring about the election u
& Lincoln, and 70 unite the whole North. N
.hase Southern politicians, who fancy .
bat we Republicans have exhausted our -
ss0urcss against them, may possibly pro
Oks as to bring forward measures that -
been held in reserve. IL they doubt =
they have only TO watch attentively :
be- political movements ct the North and
} Congress, and they may discover some
lings Of which they Do not now seem 20
. aware.
The complaints the writer refers to
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