Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-18
mR. HAYEs's LETTER OF ACCEPT

Operahouse meeting, Saturday night
Captain Msccsbe msde point on Gov
ernor Hayes's letter Of acceptance, as
the nominee Of the Republicans for the
Presidency, that is worth remembering
during the campaign. He showed, first,
that Mr.. Hayes was in full sympathy
with, and committed to, Grantism, and
the Grant wing of the Republican party,
by announcing in his letter Of accept
ance that the platform and resolutions
OF the Cincinnati convention, including,
Of course, the resolution indorsing the
administration OF General Grant, and
commencing the same tsto the continued
and hearty gratitude Of the American
people, were Sin accordance with his
views, and that he heartily concurred in
the principles they contained" and
secondly, that Mr. Hayes's reference to
the southern States in said letter proves
either that he is in entire ignorance
as TO the true condition Of things in
the south, or that he has wilfully,
il not malieiOusly, slandsred the
southern people. In this letter OF &C
ceptsnce Mr.. Hayes, speaking Of the
southern States, says: "What the
"south most needs is peace, and peace
"depsnds upon the supremacy Of the
''law. There can be no enduring peace If
"the constitutional rights of any portion
''of the people are hd6ituaIy disregard
led. The welfare
"of the south, alike with that of every
''other part Of the country, depends up
ION the attractions it can offer to labor,
f'to immigration and to capital. But
'1sborers will not go, and capital will
''not be ventured where the constitu-
f'tion and the laws are set st defiance,
"and distraction, apprehension and
''slarm take the place of peRce-lOviDg
sand law-abiding social life. Toe
'moral and material prosperity Of the
''southern States can be most effectu
tally advanced by hearty and gener-
Sous recognition of the rights of all by
''sll-s recognition aOithO6 TeSeTVe or
deception. With such recognition fully
accorded" etc. The speaker showed
that the clear logical inference of thsee
extracts was that the southern States
were still in a state of war; that the law
was not supreme in the south, but
was and is ''set st defianes;;" that there
was no generous recognition Of the
rights of all, without reserve or excep'
tion;" that the southern people (mean-
ing the white people, Of course,) cha
bituaIIy disregsrded the constitutional
rights of "a portion" of their fellow
citizens, and that throughout the SOUTH
ern Ststes-in Tennessee, and here in
Memphis as elsewhere In the South
abstraction, apprehension and alarm |
take the place Of peace-ioving, law-abid. |
ing social Hfe." The speaker appealed |
to the Republicans OF Memphis, at least |
to the intelligent portion of that party, |
as to the truth or falsity Of these charges
thus unblusEingly made by their nom
inee for the Presidency. They knew,
SIS every man in the south knew, that |
these charges were false in the abstract
and concrete, and that Mr.. Hayes, in In.
Producing them into his letter of accept
ance, lent himself to the circulation of
a stale and disreputable SANDER on the
southern people; showed himself will
ing TO patch up the broken gear Of the
wornout "outrage-mill"of "the party"
and IL elected President Of the United
States, ready to enforce by United
States bsyonets the "disregsrded con-
stitutional rights" ''of q portion
OF the southern people," Either
this, or Mr.. Hayes is in utter darkness
as to the true state of society in the
southern States-sn objectionable iguor-
ance in view Of his late position as a
public man. Either horn ofthe dilemma
proves him unworthy of the high posi-
ton to which he aspires, and either con-
clusi vely proves that il elected President
he will be the willing or the facile in
strument Of "bloody-shirt" Republicans.
In view Of the fact that Mr.. Hayes's let
ter of acceptance has been glowing'y
eulogized by certain Independent jour
nails IS a very "brave" document, it
may be well for southern men to note
the IecuIiar complexion of its bravery
touching southern affairs.