Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-11
We COME 10 THE DEFENSE or KEEL

tropolitan journal whose sole intent ant
purpose is to make money, honestly if
can, but money anyway. The IRA
l1nche, like its able, brilliant and pol
ished proprietor, is neither one thinl
nor the other in politics. It is for Gree
ley,yet is anxious that Alcorn should tall
Grant, and it would have its readers be
lieve thatitleans DemOcraticward, Will,
it denounces the brains and the talent
the genius and the ability, the decency
aud dignity Of that party, because of it
connection with the wal on the Confed
crate side. Yesterday it INDUCED n o
its whims in a lengthy editorial, il
which it heartily abuses the men o
IS50-6l, Kellar, its editor, included. o
course, we don't suppose, Dor would We
have u readers believe, that Kellal
knew anything about it. He would
hardly consent to abuse Of himself. We
suspect it came from the pen Of the edi.
tor who inserted the Banners article on
Colonel Haynes, which Kellar utterly
repUdiaUsd; and We therefore, reason
ably, look for a change in the corps.
Kellar will not, in the light Of the
past, permit one Of his subordinates
to talk in this way with IMMUNITY. The
author of the Raleigh resolutions can
not stand many such digs as this in his
paper:
This is the verdict Of these elections. It is
the verdict OF every election held since 1860.
70 is the protest Of the country not against
the Democratic masses; not against the south ;
not against the men who filed the COnfeder-
ate armies, but against the partisan managers
two great sections into the throes Of a long
and bloody war, and who to-day demand in
dOrsemenU by restoration TO leadership. This
ceived.
Thus we have it that the Avalanche
thinks the partisan managersO Of 1s6O-61,
who to-day demand Endorsement as
leaders, are responsible for the defeat
ia Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
which it is so anxious to believe in order
TO find an excuse for the abuse Of these
leaders. In this it is wrong, wholly
wrong. Indiana is Democratic, Ohio
U by gains, and Pennsylvania, if
carried against us, was so by frauds,
which viii be the subject Of official in
vestgation. It is wrong, too, in view
Of the Independent candidacy for Con-
gress Of its proprietor whose personal
organ it proposes to be. 1t is wrong,
very wrong. For that matter, it is al
ways wrong, it makes a point Of being
wrong; but this wrong to its own pro-
prietor strikes US as its grossest wrong.
Here we have it slapping Kellar IL the
face with his Raleigh resolutions Of 1860
and 1851, and telling him he is response
bic for defeats which it assumes, the
wish, no doubt, being father to
the thought" And further, it
commands closer attention, and tells
US that we can only have peace, recon-
Citation and union " by determining by
our voices and votes, that the old seees-
sion leaders Of IS60-6l-the old partisans
who brought on the war, and forced the
people to fight it out-shaI mot fill our
Congressional delegations" Kellar was
one Of these partisan leaders then, and
now is a candidate for Congress, ergo he
must be kept at home 70 edit his AUa-
.alche in place Of the man who scandal
him by thus HbeIling him in his
'wn paper, his own orgaas We must
lOt hear this old secession leader, the
Of the Raleigh resolutions, this
Did party leader who is strutting anotb-
r brief hour on the political stage of
So, as one of the authors Of the woes
he avalanche imagines for Us in the ,
great States Of Ohio, Indiana and Penn
.ylvania. We must retire him into pri-
rate life, this terrible leader of
.S6O-6l, this fearful fellow Of
ecession record; this man who Y
leven years ago reported these resolu- I
ions for a dissolution Of the Union he !
LOW champions with a loyal zeal I
utstripping the loyal ~carpetbagger B.
1ewis. Read these hot-pressed resolu- !
ions by kellar in lS6O-6l; !
The Committee on Resolutions in the mean r
lille made their appearance and reported the i,
blowing: 4
The recent disruption Of the States Of the v
mon, brought about by the uncOmuromising 0
osullty OF the Northern States, having led 10 :
le permanent establishment Of the southern
onfederacy, and believing that the interests a
Z Tennessee are indissOlubiy united with the q
sceded States; be IL, therefore, a
LeesolueA By the friends Of Southern rights y
shelby county, That We viii unite with Z
" ulends IN other parts Of the state in d
Oliucal communion with the seeding
-ates, and hat we accept the constitution OF
southern Coniederscy, as furnishing a
Of sound principles, upon which
Dou and true men can safely stand.
hesouea, That the administration party Of N
sHuesaee, by whatever name they NAV de- v
re- 70 be known, or whatever shades Of opin-
20 they may advocate, do not, in our opinion,
present the true interest Of the state, nor
I'D such an organization ever be successful
y~indlcaiing the rights and honor Of the
ate A
ResolUed, That al efforts at a settlement a
wing failed, We hold II 70 be the duty OF the
Jvernor 70 recommend % the Legislature Of
snuessee 10 take, at its next meeting. steps
2 the-passage Of an ordinance Of secession,
solving al connection with the Northern
ack Republican COnfederacy, with a view
uniting with the southern Coufederacy,
nich ordinance should be submitted 70 the II,
sales Of mess pork for December, q Ii,
There was nothing done in meats. "a,
] quiet %s1niner, 1899 winter, s5s9sfc. O =.
s%zso1551, mat the idea Of a Middle State BIZ
nfeqeracyi as advocated by political leaders W,
- @Aa4.aHEH 49, 10 NAAa AIAAEAAAANLNAOl Oh -
cry Ieumesaeean who regards the present or Al
safety Of her institutions. til
fcsOtdeG That lhham @. Harris, Governor Of Lei
3 state Of Tennessee, and ". J.. Avery. our
2 Representative IN Congress, by their "
and patriotic course, have en- uC
AIRED themselves % the advocates asd sup in.
rters Of southern rights, and that they viii -
Ty with them, whether in public or pri- III
q life, the confidence and gratitude OF the m
1ple whose principles they have 50 faithful If
served.
Here We have not only disuniOn urged II,
US, but Isham Harris, against bo
the Avdl0nche's spleen and ven wi
} Is particularly directed, commended ert
bis "statesman-like course" All ~
too, by Kellar, the independent wa
MEDIATE fer Congress, whom the AUa- ha
iche, his W paper, insists must stay an
home as a disorganizer, and one OF "a!
authors Of the assumed losses in In mf
ma, Ohio and Pennsylvania. It is NJ
in, then, that Kellar is doomed. TN
len bis own household turns against 10,
D, he ought to quit. He must con- TO
himself undOne when his personal bis
an, the AU0lonche, which he owns, 70
has edited to feed his personal am to
Ons, turns against him, and tells him eve
as a '6l-disorganizer, be is a failure eve
a dead duck in l72. an!
ma
DREW AKIN THE sarru ~