Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-16
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The following editorial from the New
York Times viii be found encouraging read
Ing Just now, while yet the stencil o tbs
Chattanooga convention fills the ar, and will
prove 10 our people that the north Is tired and
I Wearted OF carpetbaggery and sectional strife
for partisan purposes, aud inspire tuem with
esh hopes that the days OF real paternRl
peace draw nigh space:
There eau be no doubt that the negro must
be protected In the exercise Of his Just rights,
and thst any attempt to begin the long
threatened war OF races must be suppressed.
| Probab y the fate OF the negro would be very
hand one Ii the RepD blican party were re-
moved from power. Yet the attempt 10 make
uss OF him for eleetlOneering purposes cannot
be too strongly condemned. The business Of
manufacturing ''outTsges" on the negro is
| which no Republican leader or newspaper
ought to cOun enRnce. If the negroes are be-
/ Ing III used anywhere, II is Necessary TO re
| port these outrages. We have been called upon
I 70 fulhl this dtsagreeable duty before, and We
| should be only too happy 70 think that il
/ would never be forced upon us again. But to
| sit down and invent stories of murders or TO
1 exaggsrate the rumors which como in all
] sorts Of wild shapes from Alabama or Loulsl-
ana this Is a work which we should have
thought no man Of ordinary humanity would
be wi ling 10 undertake. The attempt TO SET
north against south, or white against olack,Is
not only not lustihed by the plea OF "poliu-
eel necessity but that plea only aggraystes
the eifepse. The sooner the whole country
Is at peace the better Wilt be Tor the people
As we pointed out the other day, we cannot
afford tOhaye large section Of the Union
lying in stale of prostratiOn, not 10 say OF alb
peroUs, we derived practical advantages from
her Prosps rity. The southern people came
here tor many OF the necessities and almost
all the luXuries of life. That source OF trade
IS gone, and can anybody suppose that the
mercantile community does not feel the loss?
The effort 10 excite fresh ill-feeling between
the north and south is therefore, short sighted
viewed merely in its relation to our own IN
terests even If we did not choose TO consider
Il from higher ground: Yet this @ Is the i wo, 4
which We see gong on IN some quar-
ters, and II Is sald 10 be justified by the
news received from the south. But we
have noticed one very curious fact, and II
Is this-the reports OF 'reign of terror,
and all the rest of IL, never come from the
State in which the said reign Is said 10 have
broKen out. Al Lost all OF these bloOd-and-
thunder stories are, oddly enough, dated from
Washington You read In The headline,
groes Butchered." Rnt, when you come 70
look little lower down, you fnd that the
dismal tale is dated from Washington; and
tins, we must confess. strikes us as very sus-
picious. Some weeks ago we dispatched sew
eral special CORES i,Ondents 10 Alabama and
Douisiana-nen on whom We knew that we
could depend. We have received and placed
before our readers three or four letters from
them, but although they show (what we all
knew bsIOrel that southern society Is utterly
disorganized, yet we cannot see any evidence
OF a reign OF terror. We instructed our cor
respondents TO hnd out the Truth, and put II
down On paper, no matter on which side It
told-and we hope they viii discharge that
duty properly. II they do, we shah hear OF
the ''reign OF terror" when they Lave found
do not seem 20 have come across II. Assured
" we shall not believe such reports on the
strength Of ram-shackle letters dated from
Washington. A few days ago the BUentng
Posi- stated that q circular had been Issued by
the Indiana Republican committee, Of which
the following is copy:
ROCKS OF THE REPUBLIcAN HTATKl
CENTRAL CoMNItTkE,
INDTAEAPoLIs, September ), 1874.
Editor Of Union, Rensselaer,, Indiana =
DEAR SIT desire TO call yOur attention 20
the horrible scenes Of violence and bloodshed
transplring throughout the south, and suggest
that you give them as great prominence as
possible ia your paper from this time until
THOMAS J. BRADY, Chairman.
This circular. II is said, has been sent to all
Republican papers bat we are happy 10 say
that we have not yet been favored with one,
perha ps because we are not q sufficiently re
Iiablen organ. Yet the idea which suggested
Il is evidently not confined 70 Mr.. Brady. We
doubt, however, whether II VIII awaken any
response in the public mind. IL Is a little late
In the day for that kind OF business. All par
ties ought 10 labor alike Tor the establish nent
Of permanent order and good feeling ~ the
south. To arrive a. that end VIII tax the |
energies and wisdom OF our best statesmen |
for many years TO come, even II they are as |
sisted by Democrats as well as Republicans. |
Al rest IN n dsy-soRrcely, we sometimes
fear. in our time. We can Imagine /
no more inexcusable piece or Work than that /
OF endesvoring to add 10 the difficulties with /
which the question Is already surrounded. /
The Democrats cannot hope to set IL at rest, 1
for they will always lack the confidence OF i
{ ile people Of the north iu approaching IL.
They can only address themselves 10 it IN one i
way, and that is a way which would at once L
arouse the bitterest opposition Ia this part of /
the country. In fact. the eOntiDued existence K
OF the Democratic party is one OF the greatest L
misfOrtuDes against which the south has 10 |
contend. IL can never do them any good; IL /
is always trying to use them Tor elecJioneer-
ing purposes and thus IL manages to stir up
fresh III feeling toward them. It will never L
be allowed TO attempt the publication OF the 1
south. And IL IL were out Of the way, Repub-
iicanA on their part would treat the southern
question aside nom electioneering ISSUES,
and We do not believe we should zee any
more circulars like the one above quoted.
1t Is the duiy OF the Republican party even
under the present circumstances, 10 deal with
The subject IN this spirit. II began the recon-
struCtiOn policy, in history II will always be
Tes cnsible for a. and Il ought not 90 cease ~
iaDOr 70 render II successful. such a task
could not possibly be accomplished q. the
very first attempt; 10 h a work which must be
done by degrees, patiently, laborousiy, con-
II mistakes have been made,
they must be repaired. A perfect project for
restoring peace, order and prosperity to the
soul would have called for something more
than human ingenuity or wisdom 10 devise.
We need not be ashamed TO scknovledRe that
much yet remains 70 be done But 10 ao-
kno Wedge that fact, and 70 study how to con.
sn upon Us, fs tho nTEt step toward sueoesA
We shall Rever have q nnited county VIII ls
one section y The population ~ Dezaa hound.
od On 20 crQeh the clRsr section. f'RftV inasr.
exrs and ldlitics sff5Td no sxcuse af crims
Of that kind.