Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-11

, riveD to Us to try Us, and it shall onl,
: Tanoain Dermanent with US when W
.s orove ourselves worthy Of it II eve
n the time came when the Democrat
psrfy has been called upon to prove tru
10 itself now Is the time. The evils tina
! have so long oppressed the people tn
o Democratic party endeavOFed in vain {
( | remedy, but it was feeble and powerles
TO prevent or to check these evils, and
therefore, for whatever there is Of evi
in the government to-day We are no
= responsible; for all those evils the Re
] publican party is justly held responsible
, There are but two great parties, an,
there can only be two great parties ia th'
country. The American people to-day
have Withdrawn from the Republican
: party and put their faith and reliSnc'
IN the Democratic party. Tit
people have said you have beer
deprived Of power, and now we re-
store you to pOwer-give you the con-
troll OF the government, believing thai
your professions will be kept. We be-
lieve, powerless IS you have been 20 eff.
feet good, you have shown your desire
to throttle evil. You have shown YOU
professions for the right; we take you al
your word, and we trust you once more
I = q
And yet, joyful and grateful as I am at
the result Of the elections, l still look
| forward with anxiety lest the party, 10
! the flush of its triumph, may forget the
conditions under which the power was
| rendered to Us, and the conditions under
which it can only be held and cous0li-
| dated for the good Of the entire country,
| and for the generations that are to come
| after US. The first great thing to be
| done is TO see that the agents who eXeT-
! else the power shall be men fit to be
| trusted with it. Cheers. The class Of
men we want now throughout the cOun-
tTy-the men who shat take the coun-
/ try in charge-We must see to it that
| they shall not be self-seeking poll
ticians nor professional politicians, but
/ that class Of men who care only to be
good and TO serve the State. The next
house Of representatives gives q Demo-
cratic majority, and gives to the old
party the control of the purse Of the
aatioR-a power which they have been
| deprived of for many years; also the
| power of investigating into abuses-nOt
/ tie form Of investigation with pot of
/ whitewash, but an Investigation that
viii lay sI abuses bare aud exposed to
the anger Of the people. And when the
American people come to know the Sc
Cre's Of the departments At Washington,
there will scarcely be found man bold
enough or shameless enough to vote for
the restoration of power TO a party that
has forfeited sll claim TO the respect or
confidence Of the people.
Hon. William Eaton, senator-eIect
from Connecticut, in a few pointed
words, indicated his policy, aud the pol
icy Of bis party. He said:
He believed it was Centennial Dix
who said, "1'he man who pulls down
the American flag, shoot him on the
spot" yet it WIS only ten DAYS ago q
msu was arrested in his own mouse by
one Of the hired braves Of the govern
ment, and, when asked for his suthori-
y, clapDed BIS hand upon his sword and
said, There 3 my authority" The
man who did that ought 0 be shot upon
the spot. But, thank God, that SORT Of
thing : over, aud now, in this country,
men are free. Give the Democratic par
~ power, aud Ia twenty years every
debt Of the government VIII be paid,
and the taxes reduced each year, and
each step taken one ia advance to spe-
Gle payment,
This wss a scathiDg rebuke TO the
despots who are ruling the country by
the sword; the corrupt dynasty at WASH
ingtOn, who have used soldiers to drive
out a legally eleeted State government,
and ordered them,to shoot down the citi-
zens in the street il they failed to obey |
the usurpers. But it seems the south is |
to furnish, as formerly, more than her
share Of statesmen in the |
Democratic galaxy; for the most elo-
qUent, wise and prudent counsel has
from our own section since
the recent triumph OF the Democratic |
party. They had 3 grand jubilee at
on the sixth instant. Senator |
Gordon made speech which ought to
be needed by every southern Democrat.
He urged the southern people TO pru.
ience and forbearaEce, as these were the
of politics. We make the
extract from his eloquent, pa
-riotic speech;
One boon 1 ask IN this hour OfyoUr de-
iverance. l ask you to commission me,
in your name, to pledge, upon the floor
81 the senate, your fidelity to the Union
under the constitution; your acqnies-
ceuce IN the laws passed in accordance
with the constitution, good or bad, until
lawfully repealed; your support Of all
rightiul authority; your cordial friend
ship for every man and sll men of all |
sections who will aid in re storing peace
10 the sections, justice to the States, lib
srty to the citizens, purity to all the de-
Dartments Of the government, and the
tOlits SUP remscy over presi-
Tents, congress, and parties and people.
Loud cheers. l thank you, my cOUn-
rymen, for that response. You are as
in triumph as you are great in
diversity. You cherish malice to none,
md are hostile only to thieves, usurpers,
md tyrauts.
The people Of Georgia and of the
whole south will make the pledge which
Senator Gordon suggests; for all that
hey desire is peace, restoration and lib
ration from usurpers and plunderers.
The southern people see and feel and
Know that their deliverance is near.
They have heard the muttering thun-
ieTs Of the people. They see and hear,
wen in Massachusetts, the tread of the
army that is marching to their deliver
snce; and until the fourth Of March,
-S77, however great their wrongs and
they will possess them /
elves in patience, knowing that any
Oily, Impotence or imprudence will only
1rolong their bondage. In al quarters
IF the horizon, the signs assure them
hat ihe day Of their deliverance, which |
hey have yearned and struggled for
trough many dark days Of storm and !
il close al hand. These
.heerful auspices must not be
.IOuded by acts Of violence, Il
which, however great the pTovocation,
ne fatal to their interests. Senator
eaton, in the extract above quoted from
lis New York speech, said that the
military satrap who clapped his hand
IpOn his sword, aud said that was his
for his unlawful usurpation,
ought TO have been shot down on the
pot" II this had been the role in the I
outh during the last ten years, heca-
0mb Of slain Usurpers would be rOtting
nd enTicbing the soil Of the south. But j
he usurpeTs will not be molested by
he southern people. But they do ask
heir removal Give them an oppOrtu-
iity to manage their own State govern
ncuis and send honest men to repre-
ent their interests in congress; this is j
a the political reconstruction that is
leeded, and another reconstruction
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