Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-27


their own party. II proves what the
Democrats have often asserted, that
this Union cannot be "pinned to.
gether by bayonets." The laws Of
eternal Justice forbid the use of force,
the gibbet and the jail, in a country
where the people are not slaves, but
who cherish the proud majesty of SELF
respect. The South is already more
loyal to the Government than her
slanderers, and she can be perfectly
reconciled by justice, by giving to her
all her rights-her rights by nature,
and her rights by compact. The Rad
ical organ Of Virginia, the Richmond
State Journal, truly says:
Speaking calmly, and as one who has
studied the matter deeply from every
standpoint, and with all the facts before
US, we believe the Southern people have
been guilty Of fewer excuses than would
have been committed by any other race
on the face of the earth, similarly situated
and surrounded. They should receive full
1 credit. ErS,f for those Outr2ges they might
have committed and yet did not commit,
while we are ~denounclng them for those
with the preparation Of which they now
stand charged. Their general good con-
duct, quiet behavior, and accomplishing
though proud submission, should be
weighed against their evil scts-and even
though the scales were equally balanced,
we would temper judgment with mercy,
and casting charity IN, bid them " go in
peace and sin no more"
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ship, and had it been needed and
acted upon, there would have been no
need Of reconstruction acts, and there
would have been a generous rivalry
between Confederate and Federal SOL
diers in advancing the greatness and
glory Of a Union that has been pro-
nOunced indissoluble. The manifest
determination on the part Of Congress
not to be influenced by the falsehOOds
of those who desire re-recOnstructiOn,
shows that the Radicals have learned
sOmething-that they have found out
that disfranchisemect, disabilities and
prosecutions are not the means by
which to promote love and loyalty.
Force, hate and harshness having
failed to accomplish its object, as is
admitted by the proposition to COM
mence the work of reconstruction
anew, it is now the obvious policy Of
the Radicals to resort to that other
and only alternative-amnesty, kind
ness and justice. -Four years of ex-
pertinent have shown that UsUrpation
and outlawTy only inteDsifes hate to-
ward those who resort to it, and it is
about time for the Government to try
pet names and the sweetest palaver.
In urging Cancellation and peace, the
Richmond Journal further says:
We trust Congress will do nothing that
may be likely to bring back the troubles
through which we have so safely passed.
The Investigation proposed will do no
good, unless the parties are to be pun
ished; and that we know Will not be the
case; for when, even under the s~trictest
military rule, has any n ever been pun
ished for q political outrage IN the SOUTH
And the same would be the result now,
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while we address ourselves to taking care
of the Lying present, and preparing for
our future which is 50 full of promise.
Either w mnst do this snd make
friends Of them-and thereby secure a
peaceful solution 10 the problem by q rad
icsl measure Of amnesty, which shall
sweep away all disqualifying tests and
disabling clauses, and place every man
in the country on an equal7 footing with
neighbor, or we must prepare to enter
upon the military occupation Of the entire
Southland hat occupation must be COM
plste and perfect to be effective; for if
protection to the person be the object, il
viii require a squad Of soldiers to be
stationed in the dwelling of every Re-
publican and q file of guards 70 sccOmpR-
ny him wherever he may go.
But we don't want the Republican
party to give amnesty, If it shall be done
grudgingly, or in a bungling, ungraCIous
which will rob it Of al the
ard grRcss Of a free-will Offering,
do US more harm thsn good. We
want it done grandly and mGgnanimOus-
~, freely and unrsservedly show this
that you have confidence in them
that you arc willing to trust them-snd
hey will not betrey that trust. They
Will not prove themselves ungrateful.
We must either have real peace or open
Ind -undisguised war; and as we believe
{ is better for the Interests of the whole
that we should r~e-establish
friendly relations with The people Of the
south as coon as pOssible,ou voice Is now,
IS IL has been from the first, for peace ;
nd we believe IL Gttainable through a
amnesty that shall restore every
nan in the South to ali the rights OF
American citizenship At sll events, we
hould rave 40 more tinkering, patching
r msnding. Let 10 be either peace or
var.
We have no fears Of the "Open and
.ndisguised war" to which the Journal
efers. The Radicals, with all their
tupidity and fanaticism, dare not en-
er upon such a crusade; and the peO-
lie of the South, sitting by their des-
lated hearths, and revolving the sad
nd bitter memories Of the past, have !
ut one thought, and that is, by the !
lbor Of their hands and the purity OF
heir hearts to give bread to their chill
rem and protection to their women. ]
rushed and broken as they are, this
work enough and noble enough
yOrk for them to do. They have 4:
we'd for four years through a war Of !
artisan plumber and petty pecula- {;
on, and they can endure still a little )
the gives that have been fas- !
3ned upon their wrists by brute force ]
nd devilish malignity, conscious as
ley T that, however temporarily )
the day of ~deliverance, vim !
ication and triumph will come at {
and come with the ehulgence of ]
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