Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-22
MEMPHIS APPEAL
SUNDAY MORNING, DEC. 90, 1872.
THE IlfPOssIBLE EMPIRE.

pire in the United States; and the idea
of Grant, the ex-tanner, ex-wood hauler,
ex-Demoerat, ex-soldier, who destroyed
the "imperial head Of the rebellion Of
Southern aristocrats;" the idea Of "the
man on horseback" who led the Dem
ocratic bows Of the North and West,
against the oligarchy of the South-an
Emperor Fiddlesticks! Why, we new
er had a more thoroughly Democratic
President than General Grant. Witness
his respect for the constitution and the
laws in his treatment of the PROSTATE,
the beautiful South. Witness his desire
for st. Domingo. Read his last message,
and say if more Democratic scheme
could be suggested to Congress than that
Of his continuous land-lOcked naviga-
ton from Maine to the Gulf Of Mexico"
Why. the immortal General Jackson
himself would have been taken little
aback by this modest proposition, Of our
worthy President, to inter-"loek' the
States with this stupendOns work Of in
ternal (external) improvement. OF
course the States have no right to open
their lips in the objective mood. Why,
but the other day a learned counsellor
IN New Orleans, arguing lin behalf Of
the United Ststes) in the case Of War
moth rs Pinchback, declared that the title
Of citizen Of one of the States was
a "mere local distinction" the United
States citizenship being the suH1Dluni
jus! And why not? Have we not out
grown the swaddling clothes Of a mere
Republic Of States, iBlperiltnl IN inlperio'
Is not an act Of Congress Of greater ju-
dicial dignity than the provision of
State Constitution? Is not the will OF
the President potential in deciding
which is OF which is not a State Govern
ment? Suppose, in the case Of Arkansas,
for instance, that the President should
see fit to recognize the Baxter govern
ment as the legal State authority, what
does it signify that a large majority OF
the people Of that State declared at the
ballot-box that they wanted Brooks a
the Executive head Of the State? Then |
have We not become a powerful and |
wealthy people with a record only lack
ing three years Of being covered With !
the moss Of a century, Are we not rich,
and is it meet for a people whose nose
has been lifted from the grindst0ne to |
brook the plebeian insolence of the De-
mocracy? Democracy! Why, the very
name has a vulgar sound, and smells OF
leather. We beg ten thousand paTdons.
We forgot the lanyard in Galena, Hi
nois; but our honest indignation at the
presumption of people who carp at our
manifest destiny, betrayed US into this
tda-talizing allusion.
Shadow Of the Empire, forsoothl No,
sir; General Grant don't work that way,
he simply wants another term; just
another; to make it three, and then
who knows? He is a Democrat now;
how would the imperial purple change
him? We know not.
aIIe would be crownd:-
How that might change his nature, there's
II is the bright Cay that brings forth the adder;
And that Graves wary walking"
HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNEss, ULYSSES
THE FIRST, EMPEROR OF THE AMERICAN
STATES OF THE NORTH It hath a no.
BILE sound, and would look magnificent
~, over the broad seal of the Empire,
spread upon the face Of a commission of
our Ministers PlenipOteRtjaTy to foreign {
courts. Then there would be the Prince
Imperial Fred, and the Princess Nellie
from all We can learn, Miss
Nellie, to do her justice, is a princess by
a right higher than any which could '
spring from her papa's elevation to the {
American throne-her letter to the [
queen Of England, if her own, showing
ler to be a sensible, high-minded, re-
publican girl. The Emperor par eUcei-
ence, Napoleon the First, was once q
-ed-hot republican.
And TO speak the truth OF Cesar,
have known when his affections sway'd {
More thsn his reason. But 'tis common
hat iowIiness is young ambitions ladder, T
y hereto the climber upward turns his face;
lie then unto the ladder turns his back,
.oOks in the clouds, scorning the base designs 5
By which he did ascend; 50 Cesar may r.
But we will never believe ii of General I
9rant. Seriously, we would like to ask n
his simple question: What does it mat b
er to the people who are oppressed, 4
round down, robbed, insulted, and '
yrannized over by a scouDdrel horde, h
yho are eountenanced by the Govern q
nent, whether that Government wear b
be slouched bat Of the republican or 5
be diadem Of the monarch? Surely [
be people Oftbe South have no reason 1
o be in love with the republicanism Of 1
which General Grants Government is q y
ype; nor could they find it in their 1,
YARN and grateful hearts to curse the o
imperial scepter whose waving brought 4
hem peace, local self-government, and v
rulers. Blessed would be a
nat day which would restore to the 1
outh the Government Of her own COM a
etent and honest sons, or the Govern a
lent Of an imperial aristOcracy, if you n
lease, but still Of men cultured in juris- O.
high in honor and honesty, a
nd in sympathy with that high stand j.
ID Of courteous ethecs which has ever Il
zen portion Of the political and social W
'eed Of the Southern States. There Of
ever was a people more loyal to the pl
ne principles of republicanism than N
lie people Of the South. It was a South az
n man who led the rebelliOus colonies al
victory against England. It was te
Outhern man who wrote the Declaration DO
Independence. 1t was Southern man ri
no fought and won the battles Of the d
sople against the United States Bank, of
Id the corrupt monopolies ofthe money tv
men ofthe North, in the grand old days n
Andrew jackson. The South has il Az
strated her devotion 70 republican TO
but If in the name Of re- tn
she is to queneh her thirst nj
ith the Marah waters Of despotisn, she ii,
ay hail relief at last, though it come IA
ring the imperial purple of an Empire IN
hose shadow is merged in It's substance. "
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EDUCATION "a
Whether deliberate, intentional, I'M dI
itigated Misrepresentation may be re- b.
d on to achieve its ends, is a problem ia
hich the Nashville Banner seems de- bi
rmined to press to a ISOLATION. In its hs
ma 81 Ur,rrs9ox- lost II cave. n