Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-28
sEMPHIS APPEAL
SaTTRDAY M0KNIAG, SOW. g. 1879.


PaFadoxical as this advice may seem
it is replete with wisdom. With few
Insignificant exceptions the Democratic
party in all parts of the Union hsyl
counseled discretion, Cancellation AM
prudence. The Radicals predicted tina
ouaawTy and prosecutions would follow
the triumph of Democracy. But every
thing ia the south is serene since th'
elections. 1t is true, the carpeibaggers
who have SO long Plundered the south,
are reluctant to give up their grip upon
the threats Of the people, and they pre-
tend to see visions Of rangers, in broad
brimmed hats with snakes around them,
leather Jackets, six-shoOter and circular
saw spurs. mounted on prancing horses,
escorting them out some moonlight
night to a lonely blackjack thieket.
But the country has placed proper es-
innate upon these outrage stories. They
are coneocted by the 'truly loyar' for a
purpose; but they have been used to ex-
haustion. The south is more tranquil
lied to-day than at any time since
the war. II our people will pur-
sue the same wise policy OF con-
citation their ultimate deliversnce
is assured. "HRsten slowly" should be
the motto Of every patriot who desires
to see the country reconstructed in a
common brotherhood. II there be q
''tide in the affairs Of men which, taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune" there
is also a tide in the affairs Of parties
which, if taken, leads to destruction and
ruin. There will soon be an ebbing and
flowing in the Democratic tide, and if
our friends are not prudent the re-
ceding waters viii leave them high and
dry upon a bleak and barren shore.
Great men and powerful parties are fire.
quently toppled over by insignificant
causes. Great results flow from trivial
incidents. Chicago was destroyed by
the kick of q COW. A crust of bread
choked a famous philosopher of an
tiqUity to death, and grape-seed, lOdg-
ing in the windpipe of great historian,
cut Off the supply Of breath necessary
TO the proper and healthy action Of his
illustrioUs lungs. Pyrrhus, after con-
quering half the world, in the moment
of victory, was knocked on the head by
an old and tOOthless nag, who, standing
On The roof Of a dilspidsted house,
dropped a tile on the pate Of the
mighty warrior as he entered the
gates Of 8 conquered city. The pun
mel Of 9 saddle bruised the fat psunch |
OF William Of Normandy, and he speed |
Ly became food for worms; while q
slight arrow-woUnd in the shoulder ex-
tinguished the vital spark Of that terri |
Die and royal thunderbolt, Richard Coeur |
de Leon. A Jest has sometimes kept
nations pecking at each other for years,
while question Of etiquette, respecting
the wife Of a secretary, is said to have
been the real cause Of the dissolution of
General Jackson's FIRST cabinet. Wei
trust the Democratic party will remem-
Der these things, and do nothing to pre-
vent that success pressged by the recent
elections. Any act Of folly will produce |
reaction. The Democratic party is on
trial, and its success depends upon its |
good behavior. We must show by our |
acts that while we despise some Of the |
laws Of congress, we do not defy or dig
O6ey any Of them We must demonstrate |
that there is no law OF congress appli-
cable to any southern State that cannot /
be executed in all Of them without resist
anee. We must show that we have no
hostility to the negro; that lie is TO be
protected in all his rights. Let Us do
these things, and two years from now
The Democratic party viii have al easy
road to victory.