Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-12
PEACE CONVENTION.
A New aud Significant MOVement-Cen-
VentIOn OF Republicans at Al
Isuta on October 18th.
The President and Several Members Of
his Cabinet TO be Present 70 Re-
Assure the Ssuth that
They Mean Peace.

The Washington correspondent OF
the New York Herald, by the way,
states that q convention Of southern Re
pubIicans of the southern states, includ-
ing Virginia, West Virgiuis, n sryland,
Delaware, North and South Caroiinai
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, tennessee,
Missouri and Kentucky, which Is 10
meet at Atlanta, Georgia, on the tWellth
of October, and TO be composed OF SOUTH
ern Republicans, representative men
who neither bold nor seek Federal
office, to discuss the questions at issue,
and to recommend the adoption OF
such measures as the peace anu
prosperity of this section require.
The movement meets the approval OF
the President and members OF the caol-
net, as g movement calculated to co
more to conserve the peace than any
other vet inaugurated, and has also the
Endorsement of the Republican congress
sional committee, as well as that of
prominent northern Conservatives, who
are anxious that the political effect OF
exaggerated outrages msy be stilled at
once, and the action of the agitators be
understood in its true light. Assurance
is further given that there will not be a
single Federal otiicehOlder in the con
vention, the object being to have fair
and truthful representation OF the pOiit-
ical and financial condition Of the south
ern States, and the reforms necessary to
make the work of reconstruction COM
pIete and satisfactory to the en-
lire people of the south and the
nation, Hence, il is proposed
-. - I,-ot-.. ,r,oll 10 NOT mara no
Iiticians, but such rs sre entitled to re-
spect and confidence by reason OF their
LOYALTY during the rebellion, and IN
biased now by either Federal appoint
ments or regard for Federal patronage.
The time when the convention IS called
is so near st hand that the duty OF
naming the delegates has been entrust-
ed 10 the State central committees or
their chairman. That the object OF the
movement may not be misunderstood,
or the meeting turned from the pur-
pose for which it is called, it is the in
tention of the President, Nlce-Pre5i-
dent, members of the csbinet-espe-
ciaIy the secretary Of the treasury
and postmaster geneTal-to be Ii At
lanta during the session OF the conven-
ton, together with leading statesmen
and capitalists who desire TO know the
true condition of the south, and who
hone TO assure the southern people that
they, too, have but one desire, and that
a united and prosperous country. Com
menting on this movement, the st.
Louis Republicdn calls attention to the
fact that Busted, Durell, Sheldon,
Sypher, Patterson, Bowen, ROdi Butler,
Spencer, Kellogg, Casey, Packard,
CLAYTON, Dorsey, Jack Mcclure and the
balance of that brood of the spawn Of
Hades are "Southern Republicans y and
that such men are to meet in Atlanta
aud deliberate upon the condition and
needs OF the south, whose throat they
have cut. The dispatches indicate that
a few northern Republicans Of the Zach
Chandler, John ShermOn, Simon Cam
eron and Garfield stripe, are also to take
part, and in these the Republican has
still less confidence. 1t says: Garfield
probably thinks now that he has secured
that "campaign document which be
clamored for when John Young
Brown, of Kentucky, was
euloglzing Breckenridge on the floor OF
the house last winter. The people Of
the south have a duty to perform. They
should hang their ruffisns, whose das-
tardly crimes serve such good purpose
to the managers of the Republican par
ty. But even the people Of The north
have also q duty to perform. They
should bowstring their Chambers, Cam
erons, Shermans and GaTfields, just as
they have already administered the
Spanish garTOte to Gag-Law Poland, of
Vermont. But, says the Nashville
Union and american, let us hope for
the best. A dozen such conventions
could not do us as much harm as the
Gibson-county massacre. II is against
ourselves that we should be most on our
guard.