Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-08


, 8 better country. Had he anticipated
anything of the kind he would have OPP
, posed his selection as elector. However,
as he had been selected, he deemed It his
/ duty to do all in his power, In coDjunc-
tion with others, in the present canvass,
which involves the most important cr'-
sis ever before the American people. 1t
was usual for persons to believe that every
, QuadTennisl election was the most i'm
, , portant crisis IN national affairs. While
this was the case, yet 1t was undeniaSse
that the present election is, above all
. others, one of the greatest Importance,
and every patriot must feel that the lib
critics Of TIE country are in the utmost
peril. II ever within the history of the
country there was a time requiring pa.
triots and men who feel an Interest in
the success of republican principles and
the perm anence of American liberty to
be up and doing, surely 1t is
now. Like Mr.. Young, he hardly
deemed the occasion fit for him to
enter into an extended argument, for the
convention had other work to attend to.
He would enter the canvass with q
hearty good will and determination.
The people sfe not situated now as in
the days OF the Wing and Democratic
canvass, when every contest was knight.
ly and manly. The Democratic party
does not unfurl new banner, nor is it
new party, for its creed is co.equal with
The freedom OF the country. IIs origin
and creed antedate the governments ,and
are co-equal with the Declaration Of In
dependence. To this party is due the
present elevation and status Of the
country, for whenever and wherever
the gov eminent had been ssssiled, then
and there the Democracy threw itself
recklessly into the breach. Mr.. Clapp
took brief review OF the different par
ties that had figu red in uadonal politics,
saying that escn had successively fallen
beneath the triumphs Of the Democrat
ic party. First there was the American
party, represented by Mr.. Hamilton,
and embodyirg sristocratic ideas, which
were distasteful to the people. Upon its
ruins came the Whig party, represented
by the gallant Henry Clay. This
party never Stunned the f1ell Of
debate, and while Is fought many
contests, winning some victories, all
Of its battles were manly. With its
measures Of public pJlicy-the national
bank and the protective tarif-the old
Whig party went under, and many, if
not most Of its glorious flowers, went
with the magnanimous victoIs after
ward. Next came the Know Nothing
party, the least said about 1t bsing the
better. This party was founded upon
prejudice, waged war against the for
eigners and held its night-oath con-
claves. The Democracy tore the mask
off of Know NOthingism, and held up
its hideous face to public gaze, etfectu-
ally killing 1t. There is now another
party, founded on prejudice and section
alism, composed OF every ism and schism
| that ever appeared in this country, and
held together Only by sectional hate and
Of today. They; the people were
warned by their own sad experience,
and by the prophetic admonitions of the
Father Of the Country to "beware Of Sec |
tionsl organizations" They now have
to contend against this party, which is |
waving the 'bloody-shirt" IN one hand |
and rune the other up to the elbow in
the public crib. Morton and his ilk
make @ great cry sb lut the Confederate |
congrass, and say, II Tllden is elected, the |
devil will be to psy. That is true, for the |
devil will be paid. WHAT objections have |
they against the Confederate congress
1t is because this Confederate congress,
uuearthed their Iascality. Was there in |
this congress any man who raised Sec
iional voice, who uttered a disloysl |
word, who claimed for the south any |
measure of sectional character? No, |
not one. Knowing that this mass OF |
seething corruption existed, this con-
eress appointed investigating commit
tees, ana when the odor of the crimes
was unearthed, when the stencil arose
into the nostrils Of the public, the cry Of
Confederate congress- arose. He would |
avail himself of an opportunity to dis.
cuss the issues of the day. Since the
surrender there had not been a public
meeting or assemblage, nor single ex |
preston on the part OF any southern |
man hostile to the Federal government: |
The Republican party refused to take |
their words or their acts ss an evidence |
of loyalty, tut take US now as rebels |
plotting treason and crime, and hold us |
ut the point OF the bayonet. Eleven |
years have passed since the surrender,
and il in all this time the Republican |
party is not convinced of the loyalty OF
the south, when will it be convinced? |
If after all the southern people have
done be no evidence Of their |
sincerity and devotion to the govern.
ment, il the Republican party is not yet |
convinced, they never will be. The |
only thing now left for the southern |
man was to cast his lot with that party |
(the Democrstic) to accomplish the res. |
Goration of frstei nal unity. That party |
which, irrespective of religion, sectional |
antagonism or race, has always defend. |
ed the American flag and been the |
champion of liberty. But the RepubIi. |
can party had done worse than to hate |
and mistrust the south. 1t had epdeav. |
ored to excite an antagonism Of race be- |
tween the white people and the negroes |
for the base and criminal purpose Of re- |
tanning power and pefpetuatipg their in |
flence. 1t was sectional party in every |
sense, and, unlike the Democratic party, |
which takes the foreigner by the hand |
and asks him to participate in American
citizenship, aud says 10 Jew and Cen
tile, to Catholic and Protestant, you
shall all be at liberty to worship as you
please and 10 free manner, as cur fore. |
fathers and founders of this government |
intended. Toe Democratic party points |
out the true interest to the negro, and |
does not rob him by a freedman's |
savings bank. 1t does not stig. |
nstize any race or people, nor |
does it SEEK to infringe upon
natural or race affinities, to abolish |
cial equality, but leaves thtss to affini- |
ties and preferences of feelings. The |
Republican party had resorted to this |
pr judice of race aud this forced equal |
ity only as an eXpedient to perpetuRte |
their power, and for no other purpose |
than to antagonize the race. II devolYed |
upon US to use extreme caution Snd Cir |
cumspection, and give no occasion to in |
trOduce among US soldiers while our |
army is being cut TO pieces by the Indi- |
ans. Let us receive them with open |
arms charact sristic of southern gentle. |
mep, and they will learn that the men |
they are to guard are better than the |
men who sent them here. Let the ne.
gro understand that u are his friends, |
that our interests are identified, and that |
We are ready to assure him the enjoy |
ment Of all his rights. Let the colored |
men know that as long IS they array |
themselves against the white men, II |
any collision should occur, such will not |
be by the white men. Let che negroe |
be taught that tine prejudice which the |
Radicals keep alive in them toward the |
white people of the south is for the pur. |
pose of filing their own pOck- |
cts with filthy lucre at the |
expense Of the colored man. |
The Radicals north are always bowling |
about intimidation, when il Is well |
known fact that three fourths of the in. |
Limitations here are by negroes, who |
keep others of their race from voting
the DEM cratic ticket. These persecu- |
tions for opinions sake have been by
colored men. They know II, and yet
not single Republican paper or speak
or north has ever uttered protest about |
these intimidstions. Let q collisio oc- |
cur, however, between one white man
and negro, and Immediately the out
rsge-mill will be grinding and the
bl0Ody-shirt waving. We should take
the negro and guaranty 10 him the ex