Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-25
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statesman Of Georgia are always re-
spected by the American people. His
speeches in congress and in New Hamp-
shire, pending the election last spring
attracted much attention. General Cor.
don is recognized as a representative
man of the reconstructed nationality
and everything that falls from his lipc
has an important bearing. General
Gordon made a speech in Alabama, 6
few days since, from which we make
the following extract:
Seeing many colored men present, be
! then turned to them and asked: Who
| is il that for the sake of retaining theiI
hold on power poison the minds of the
cOlOred men against their former mas
ters and friends, and with false prom.
ises control their votes and keep up con.
tentiops and strife between the races
Who is it that in the guise of kuklux,
murder the colored man in the darkness
of midnight, and herald abroad the ia.
famous crime as the deed Of lawlesE
Democrats and true southern men, in
order to keep alive the fires Of animOsity
| knowing their lease Of office depends
upon the continuance Of unfriendly
feelings between the sections? The
Radicals. He then told the colored men
no longer to be deceived. You have
I. had Democratic rule here in Alabama,
Iand they have robbed you of none oil
! your rights. Here the interests Of the
white man and the colored man are
Identical; a good government for one is
a good government for the other; the
same sun shines above the black man
and the white man, and the genial
showers water alike the soil Of the one
and the other; the same God rules above
them both, and they could live to-
gether in peace but for the Radicals
who sntagOnize the races. He called
upon them to pause, consider, and
be free men, and to suffer them
selves to be no longer marched to
the polls as dumb-driven cattle to the
slaughter; for the time, ignorance and
vice may hold sway, but ss certainly as
that God reigns and rules the earth truth
will ultimately triumph and intelligence
reign, not to the injury Of the cOlOred
man, but for the common veal Of all I;
and here alone is safety for the colOred
man. He said that as an excuse for the
preparation Of many of the outTages
which had been heaped upon the people
Of the south, the Radicals gave out that
we were diSLOyGJ-and pray daSloyGL to
Whdt? To the Radical party to
wrong and oppression-to corruption
in high places-tO robbery and plumber!
Aye to be loyal now, one must not only
believe Grant to be a statesman and
Beast Butler an honest man, but that
Henry Ward Beecher Is an innocent,
prosecuted saint! He concluded by
stating there were but two remedies for
the disease that now sfflicts our unhap-
py country. Either We must return to
government, the govern
ment of our fathers, or drift on and on
in this line until we drift into the port
Of empire. "But, thank God" he said,
''often the folly and extremity OF rulers
is the peoples opportunity. Let US re-
main firm TO principle-Our honor yet
remains. Already we have a pyramid
Of glory that rises in beauty
and grandeur toward the heavens,
whose summit now kisses the stars, and
is forever crowned with sacred memo.
ries and deeds of valor. This gives us q
hopeful outlook. We have faith in the
final triumph of truth and right, and zoe
are right. We have hOpe-hope in our
brave men and true women. OF all the
thoughts that cheer our souls and fill
them with ecstacy, there is none so
sweet or so cOnsoling as the thought
that we never knew q southern born
radical woman. Angels of mercy, they
stood by our dying heroes and wStered
their wounds with balmy tears, and, as
in the cTuciixiOn OF Christ and his buri-
al, With sad hearts they bowed to what
they couldD not avert, so now in memory
Of the cTucitiXion of liberty, they an
nuslly strew the graves Of our departed
heroes with flowers, and pray for res
toration Of fraternal feelings between all
sections Of cur common country. Now,
by the memories Of the past; by the
love Of county; by the love OF your ma
tive State, of your wives and children,
and hy all your hopes Of the future,
stand firm and all will be we'll"