Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-25
aEMPHIS APPEAL
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, NOV. %, 1873.
HoN. Il. ~. EWING, AID TIE U. >.
DICTATORSHIP


FnrroRs APPEAL-In your issue o.
Sire rbirreeutu instant, there b. an editoria
article commenting upon me speech o. lion
b III Ewing. delivered ar n "a rdesDoro on the
ninth instant, y l5ell p Co. 49, 20 90 III
injustice. This, have no DOUBT, was IAf IRON
sl5ur Intention. The mistake on your par
fIrirfuatad dou btles=, ia The fact thai YOu had
access only 70 synopsis OF ms speech, Put
Tfshed IN the Nashville BGfs1er. This synop
SIS COZ q column end a halfs Of speech r.
tairing more than three hours In It's delivery
was made wltholf Mr. rs supervision, ans
may have been misleading IN some Of ia
Eenerallties though In tae main. well done
heard The whole Of Mr. Ewtug's spr ecb, ant
upon tie matters criticised by you, he wa
PARTICULARLY cautious and moderate. His BuSi
son was this: That there had been bad faith In
che assuTo 9tlou Of = right Of reconstruction in
regard 10 the rebellious states, maintainins
that they were entitled 10 restoration rathel
than reconstruction: hut that reconstruct ior
having tslken place and been lequlesced IN
sloula not now be farther questioned or dis
furbed; that the thirteenth. fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments 90 the constitution had
been probably Improperly oolA.he e. al ne
states not being represented out that lhey,
200. had been acQuiesced in ana We're now
sl> binding A. other parts or the CONSTITUTION
were. Indeed. rLat 30 far as the present sen-
Grafton was concerned there was perhaps an
implied obligation that they should Lot De
Questioned even IN O. legitimate way. Dat as
legislation Of congress under cover ana pre-
tense Oh theSe amendments. and which they
al ID not iusti Legislation really IN evasion
and violation OF the cOnstituuon-such a. tha
enforcement acts election acts, extension OF
Jurisdiction 81 Federal courts eic.-these
Should. he thouehrin proper time, be repealed.
lie was particular % cay that nothing should
A1 done Tor vengeance OF N a spirit OF con-
rrsdlction, but after deliberate cOusidera-
ton, and with sole view 20 the general good
OF the whole people. he counseied the cul-
llnes however. not sparlng TIE cofE1pli9ls
aud usurratiuns % those Ia power. teenns
canylnced tnat, u you had heard tne Nio y,
speech, you would not nave als.1Illi e. -
q I venture 10 ask that you give this "a place
m your paper, IN the interest OF Justice 70 1le
OF whom ia your editorial you nave SPOKEN
In n-E' 'slni'' AouTs' 's2iee'- = NJ B. BUCK.
aIuRFEEEsBoro. November22, 1874.
We find place for the above in Justice
To 8 gentleman eminent IS a statesman,
the report Of whose speech 81 Murtrees-
b1ro came 70 US a surprise beyond words
u characterize. because We had learned
b. regard Mr.. Ewing as 3 gentleman
above suggesting or cOunteusncing leg
fzlstive vengeance, and too polite TO
give the enemies we have recently 50
handsomely defeated whip by which
We might be whipped back again to sub
lection 70 their repTessive measures and
thieving ways. We are glad that Mr..
Buck hiss svsiied himself of our col
umus to set Mr.. Ewing night before
the people % Tennessee, because since
We were made the medium Of misrepre-
zeutstion Of him 81 8 time when he de-
sires TO stand fairiy with our people a. 8
candidate for the United States senator
ship, this note Affords Us the opportunity
OF Withdrawing cur structures, and Of as
serting that there Is not one Of our public
men in full sympathy with the
Democratic party who is not pledged
with that party TO the maintenance of
the constitution as it Is, and the pTeser-
va-ion OF the rights guaranteed to all
the people under that instrument. as
10 the measures OF which Mr.. Buck
makes mention IS being uneOnstitution-
s., We think their sbrogStion may be
safely left to the Supreme court, where
some, If not al, Of them are certain,
sooner OF later, to he tested, or their re-
pssl by s congress brought 10 a sense Of
justice by the public viii expressed at
the ballot-box. They are not questions
10 BE- obtrudsd upon the politics Of the
country a. this time calculated, q they
are, 10 give rise, ia the people Of the
north, 10 fesrs Of our loyalty, and re-ex- I
cite ia our own people q feeling which I
Cimehss s0bered down, ifnot wholly Oh I
liberated. We still think, therefore, that /
While not A. mischiev0us In its
tendencies as we at frst stated,
1ir. Ewing'- speech was III
timed and iuoppartuue. At any
time II j. s hazardous thing in S states
man TO express himself As to
measures Of reform, il is always more
81 10 project measures Of repeal. such
a course generally ends in = revitaIising
or the party of opposition, and is sure 10
FL s6e foT the party responsible for 1t an
labor and undue amount Of
trouble. The Democratic party for the
past Few years has frequently been set
back by the uttersnces Of over-zealogs
and indLcreet Leaders. We have de-
Jsrmiued that such shall never occur
again if We can prevent il. Hence our
review Of Mr.. Ewing's speech, and our
fresh guarantees to the people OF the
whole Union that the Democratic party
o.. Tennessee means 20 observe the con-
sdluu0a and laws IN their entirety and
integrity and .medItstes neither q rev0lu-
ton nor a c05gD d'ctgt through congress.