Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-07
ESTABLISHED
GRATZ BROWN.
His Speech in Springfield, Illinois, on
Thursday Last, Before a
Large Meeting.
The Political Issues Of the Day-RadI.
ealism and Liberalism in the
South COntrasted.


sTkINGrIEln, september Ex-Governor B,
'-fet- hrvWn, oi Missouri, addressed A meet
Ilg here Tonight on the raiiticai issues or tie
AZ Als0r ~ pressing the pleasure il afforded
.i IA lo aoureSs the people OF Illinois, state
p" nose record IN SIN, history OF the country
Sea - brilliant. He said that the present
.NSuonal Administration was upon trial be-
.-'Fe the country, and the Rrraignment chal-
(. 1grl is oction ~ al It's parts Il was placed
-N i9"st upon ucHnlUe pledges 70 Whal ~
would do AND whether confidence should
itIaln hc reposed therein. viii depend not
tlEon any profession that NAV now be made
i'W on the manncr in which II has responded
f'i the ust expectation of the people. Passing
over, ne said, some matters Of delinquency in
-iie administration OF affairs, in the way Of
---eping bad men in office and making APP
LSlntment- for unworthy reasons, although
-.fere Was ample proof OF these charges, he
'slled attention 10 The manneri in which some
rf the greatest Faen OF the nation had been
~-crirlcV0 by Jhu~c controlling the govern
E'ent- m the effort 10 perpetuste them
S. Ives iR power. When President Grant
V as iRaugurated, there were two great
HTOblens demanding solution, aS being
,1ssentlal 20 amy future political or social re-
-Hrm. The FIRST OF these was a reconciliation
- the sections that had been estranged bv
slf 4 century OF hostile thought. and by a
iong period of actual conflict; Yet who, in the
disappearance Of slavery, were both prepared
80 welcome with gladncss real peace thai in
Jlzed relmQulshmeut OF hatreds by all.
long with Jle restoration Of rights 10 all. IL
implied an equal freedom and guaranteed a
uOmlnon prosperity. The second question was
reconciliation of races. To accomplish this
9 required lessons OF forbearance, n recoguI-
ion OF many mutual dependencies. the Gus
ON or cooperating for the ends Of good gov
'rumenL and above all else "a strict avoidance
n any such classification as should remit
fhem back into perpetual anragDntsIn TO the
Sovernmeuf. Ike Governor preceded 10 re-
lev the manner In which the present admin
istrstion, through The Executive and its party
10 Congress, had carried out the pledge made
and fulfilled the expectations Of The people in
these regards, specifying the reconstruction
legislation the forcing OF carpetbag govern
menIs upon the South, and consequent in
crease Of the public debt of the South
prn States; the subOrdinating OF civil
authority to that Of the military, for
calculated 10 estrange instead OF reconcile the |
people OF the south. and embitter them to-
= ard the government, and affOrding proof
that the Administration, as a peace-maker,
had been failure. Passing 10 the question OF
the reconciliation Of the races. the Governor
reviewed al length the relations existing be-
tween the two races in the south, and the rel !
atlFe conditions in which they were placed !
by the war and argued that the question OF
harm onizing the two classes was one Of tho |
Teighuest Of al the public questions nov 70 |
- solved. The policy OF the inistration 1
Upon this subject was criticised as having
been throughout calculated 10 keep up the /
spirit of caste. and 10 STIR up strife and ill-feel
ing between the blacks and whites. He cited /
be refusal 70 grant amnesty 10 a large propor-
ION OF the v hites as especially calculated 20 1
ht'-p si-lNt I'M, spirit a. enabllng the colOred
voters 20 impose enormous taXes on the whites /
10 an extent that has ruined many sections l
and crippled nearly all Another feature Of /
the administration policy toward the two /
race-. wsrs hat ofisoiatinE the blacks by every
polidcsl and legal appliance OF legislation /
especially for the cOlored race, binding them 4
together for Political purposes, forming col
1ree regiments, and supporting martial law
bN colpred soldiers. neglecting white enroll 1
mentS when voluntarily rendered, and SINH
ar acts there cited aS illustrations OF this pol
icy. The results OF this policy in most OF the
southern States were cOutrasted with that 1
: lltch has obtained in Virginia, Missouri and |
tennessee under literal rule. showing that
whereas one had entsile6 poverty. death and I
disorder the other had produced prosperity
and peace. The duty Of the country TO the
,Olored race was discussed, the speaker argu-
ug that the safety OF the civil rights Of the
black man al the south j. bound up in the
very nfe-strlngs OF reconstruction; that his
constitutional guarantees, whether national
b. State, viii be strong only when the people
ll the whole land are in fraternal accord
hat hls sunrages viii be permanently safe
y hen the cOlored vote divides, never when
. lelded unlteuly As 8 caste. The speaker
'uucluded by urging that the only remedy for
be evils that afliict the country. and the
'uly escape from the contentious brought
bout by designing men, were to be found IN
be success OF The Liberal uarfv