Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-11

inflicted upon us in the days Of their
| power. Peace will come, too; sectional
strife ended, and the public robbers who
now swarm over the southern States
/ will cease their nefari0us occupation
I when ~ revoke the license which the
] Inappropriate legislation'i OF the lest
nine years has given them. But we
cannot reasonably hope TO accomplish
/ the object OF our mission without much
( labor and faithful exertiOn after the flsa
ehinery Of the government shall be put
Into our hands. Fifteen years of dOnai-
nation BY an anti-constitutional psTty
Z mas utterly oennoralized every branch Of
/ the public service. These corruptions
have benesac 60 numerous and % diver
siS lave sent down their tsp-rOots so
deeply, have been pFscticed so openly,
and have become Ia q certain sense, 80
respectable, that for many OF them a
mere change OF administration viii not
/ speedily furnish 6 remedy. But the
sbuses may be ended by the impulsiOn
Of the same moral force which carries
their authors out Of public hfe. When
Hercules undertook the task OF cleans
Ing the Augean stable, he did not use
the fork or the shovel, bat turned the
current OF river upon it, and go swept
all its filth into the sea. The stream Of
public opinion, II rightly directed, viii,
n ike manner, aid a Democratic adj
ministTatiOn. This hydraulic method Of
reform being unnecessary, the freedom
of the press and the untFsmelsd right
OF the people to speak their seutlments-
everything that lets the Water on
should be sedulously encouraged and Sc |
curely guarded. So may It come to pass !
in due time that we will remember the I
days Of the gag-laW, the practice Of kid |
mapping freedmen, and the murder Of (
innocent people by military commits |
sion, as we remember the years Of
mildew and, potato rot and ohOl- !
era to only shudder at them, /
and try to prevent their recurrence. III
l should close here you might nlisunder- /
stand me. Ihave not the least idea that 1
we ought to Unsettie anything which |
has been fixed and determined, or take 4
from any human being right vested in 4
him by existing laws We propose no |
counter revolution. While we mean 20 /
be just, We are determined also to be /
liberal in the brOadest sense of the word. !
The faith Of the government, no matter
by whom pledged, is irrevocsble. The
whole civilized world knows that the
public credit is safer. with US than with |
our opponents, and this is shown 10y the
fact that since the November elections
American securities have risen in every /
market. We submit to the amend |
ments OF the constitution, though they 1
were carried by fraud and force,
and the two last were in
tended to take away our inheri-
tsnce of self-gOvernment and give it 10 /
another race OF men without right and 1
ability to hold it or use it. Bat we will 1
execute the whole instrument, amend !
ments and ali, in way that will save
the rights Of the honest white NAH SIS l
well as those Of the abolidonists and the /
negro. Another thing: A large and /
most respectable body Of men, who IN
til lately acted with the Republican par
ty, voted for our candidates last month. |
We are not to forget how much we owe
them. The debt can be paid by show
ing that We deserve their confidence in |
our moderation and fairness toward ali /
classes Of the people. ] am faithfully
yours, etc, J. S. BLACK.