Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-27
wOMAN's RIGHTS IN nEnPHIs.

The tablet appeared yesterday, and
Is certs nly suggestive Of the progress
siveness Of the city that gave it birth.
The most advanced notions Of wo-
mans rights, and the broadest theories
OF personal and local independence
are approved. 1t suggests the i'm
practbIlity of two central govern
ments necessarily hostile to one an
other, and therefore consolidated and
costly, and would have about half
dozen unions or considerations. It
sdverts to the origin OF the word
radical" and declares Itself SRA
dish radical to the core, and from
the spirit manifested by the editor,
the 7a6lePs Zaotto VIII be "root hog
or die" The Union which we have
deemed a solemn fact, is pronounced
gigantic faisehood. The necessity for
the perpetuated potency of statehood
Is asserted, and in this consists the
force that can perpetuste common
central government. Whenever the
Union becomes the State, centrifugal
forces will be developed stronger than
the Union. Geographical necessities
define properly philosophy of gov
eminent adapted alike to dwellers |
within the tropics and in hyperbOrean |
regions. The difficulty does not con-
sIst in the unwIsdom of our form Of |
Union, but In It's perversion by selfish,
grasping ambition. Many evils that
now result from the fact that New |
England is the Union will be dissi- |
pated by the removal Of the center OF |
wealth and population, and thus of |
representation, to the Valley of the |
Mississippi. Just now the the tenden-
cy Estates in their prescribed orbits is
centripetal; when st. Louis becomes |
the capital, or when ''the west" con-
trols the government, the tide Of
opinion will be turned backwards,
and all forces will be centrifugal. |
There is stability In nothing of hu-
man clsation, and it were wiser to
await the coming Of the refiuent tide |
than 20 mad or be overwhelmed in
the vain effort to set up fran barrier |
OF denunciation or even Of bayonets.
Purity Of government has been found |
only in restricted territories. This Wss /
once an accepted maxim; but steam
has annihilated distances, and the
reason for this integrity Of law
makers, consisting in the pTOx-
Unity of the legislator and the sub
ject, Is no longer wanting, however
extended our geographical limits. The
evil of the hour consists rather in the 4
monupollEatiOn Of wealth by the few,
and these few, controlling millions Of
mODey-and thus of peOple-would
WELD all political as well as financial
forces OF the continent. Very oer-
tsinly, the editor Of the Tablet Is sd-
dicted to thinking, and to political
thinking; but it is useless to think,
however wisely, II thoughts evolved
be lmpracticsble. However bad q
government, it often costs more to re.
form it than the revolution is
worth, and there is eyer-such
is the cOrrupting force OF great
chaDges-danger that the new govern
ment, as we see In America, is mn
nitely worse than the old. Therefore,
che unquestiOned wisdom in politics
Of the msxim which we commend to
the 2d6let-feStiBa leTte. 1be sen
teneas OF the Tablet are compact and
foil Of foTcs aud significance, and we
would faln hope that this new Journal /
viii sRbserve every great and good
purpose contemplated by the accom-
plished woman who conducts it with
infaite taste, tact and intelli-
gsnce. The Tablet Is edited by Mrs
Elizabeth Avery MerriwetheT,
woman whose personal worth and
kindness Of heart Is as striking
and original as her genius is con-
fessed. II she advocates Women's
rights 1t Is because she deserves every
right and would WELD them well. The
Tablet under her guidance viii never
utter a sentence that adopted in do.
nestle or public life would lessen our
for the sex she represents
and for whose advancement she tolls.
We wish the Tablet boundless sue
oass.