Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-31
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The columns OF the APPEAL are open
10 a decent discussion Of every subject
that concerns the public interest. The
wiHp-. liberty is given 10 correspond
euts. even 20 the severest criticisms Of
the utterauces Of the APPEAL. This
policy We propose to continue, but We
must confess IL is with great reluctance
and much misgivings that We give
Mace 10 the communication Of our
Young friend, A. c. Lske, which ap-
pears iu another column. IL viii be
seen that he tackles the APPEAL, that
lf. usually amiable and serene DISPOSE
ZION mas lle5me Tascibiel broken out
E-t5 an eruption, hut we trust the hurt
VIII soon he healed. The language OF
our friend Lake smacks Of the fsnatl-
clzm Of the Wiunebsgo lunatics who
have made themselves the laughing
stock Of the American. people. Mr..
Lake i- too young to waste his clever
abilities ia cropping about in the shadows
~ the past When a Juvenile mind is
seized with n halluciust!0n aud be-
comes cl0uded with hypOChOndTia, 1t
finally settles down into melancholy
mouomania or the wandering rev.
cries Of a gloom that is hazard
austo the strongest mind. The smiable
sud highly gifted children Of genius are
subject TO alterations. Pope in the
prime Of lie courted not9riety by play
ing the fictitious part Of q misautbrope
before il became him, and Swift told
bim he bad not yet suffered enough in
she world 10 come q cynical scOld, and
We sincerely hope that the morbid de-
preston which seems to prey upon our
cherries correspondent proceeds more
from di70rdered stomach than any
delirium OF the brain. 1t viii be seen
tEst Mr.. Lake is riled because, forsOoth,
.le APPEAL noticed Thomas A, Hamil-
-1n. This gentleman is not now s citi.
zen II Memphis, but resides in st. Louis,
where he is quietly isboring for the sup
port u bis family, aud il is highly prob
sue, a. e matter Of news, We announced
hls arriva. iu Memphis in courteous aud
der8raus language DR.. Beecher is s.
retired citizen, seeking no Office, often
voting with the Democratic party, and
-Eeuo not see The necessity Of dragging
pie name before the public. The name
af General w. J Smith appears in the
APPEAL only 10 reporting his action In
rhe discharge Of the duties which
have been iuErUsted TO him by
the people Of Memphis We
have assailsd these men when
candidates. ana while the mad passions
born lu wsr made s pandem0nium Of
Memphis. But thank God, those dark
osy- have passed. The work Of recon-
ci,IalOu is gloriousiy onward, and the
Winuebsg1 fsustics, and such southern
extremists s. A. {. Lake, can no more
stop % than the brightness Of the moon
alu be d,mmed 10y the wolves that howl
att We don't propose 90 abuse Ham.
iItal, smith or Beechsr, and we ask the
Radicals % cease their traduCuOn Of
Jefer-al Davis, General Forrest and
other cherished leaders Of the south.
This is the sentiment OF every msn who
Es anxious for su undivided country;
who bates szctionslism; who wants to
bury out Il sight forever the sad mem
o-ies Of an uufortunste wsr, and who re-
yards sectional hate IS treason 10 the
great interests OF the country, whether
existing ia Rockford, Illinois. or Mem
uhis. tennessee. We must incUicAte
that patriotism which will cause Fesce
u grow between the sections, peace to
grow between the races, peace between
the states, and fraternal peace to grow
between all, just 50 the spring comes
90 coax the meadows or the early warm
G.yz persu8des All things TO grow. Nor
bid rhetoric snd fT0thy raviDgs about
the d8iug5 81 men on either side will
not restore pesCe aud fraternity between
w'lom fles The strifes and passions
Of fire past cannot be buried aud actual
reconciliation secured by warning upon
men on either side. such q policy leads
20 the defense Of the sssailed and TO
elimination and denominations. The
aRr1rgs oftbe poor south" must not get
Oh psr with the haunting Of the
srroo9y shirt" ia the north. II these
are forever 90 be the legends Of cur par
80 rqrrer- fl IL time 10 despair Of secur-
80 homogeneous people. We say to
r7 fsegd Lske, Jet Hamilton, and
s,itb and Beecher sionei and give US
...a+,.rg about the future and its gio-
Ti91s possibllities-thst Is what the
you,b oftha nation now needs. The BOOKS
- mar are now closed. Let us re-
n,.r,bsr nothing connected with H.
cove those robust qualities common 70
,la ,rbora land and indispensable TO 'Ae
..;o-,aI Greatness.