Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-06
KEY AND THE CHRISTIANCY REsO-
LUTON.


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KEY AND THE CHRIsTIANCY REsO-
LUTON.
TIE vote OF Senstor Key, Of Tennes.
see, appointed 10 Ill Andrew Johnson's
. iscs, has sttrscted great deal more Of
attention 10 The Christisncy resolution
than otherg So perhaps, it would
nave received. Men s.e inqulring more
closely into its Significance and scope,
sad what Is likely to be its effect.
ihers HEe no sests in the senate or
house from Mississippi contested; no
uasn OF get o! men have made formal or
even Informal complaint upon which
such resolution could be based, and It
Is well known that Ham Carer, who
voted fos the Impeachment of Ames
and Alc-rn, who TejOices, no doubt,
ever the disCrace Cf Ames, rs well as
Bruce, who threatened Grant aud the
administration with direst consequences
o. the TegrC's open account, will.
iugly and, as the scientists would
ssy, spontaneously admitted Tat
The result of the election [Jbris-
tiaucy, Key and Mortor vsuId
have Investigated, wss tba. legitimate
outcjme Of the carpe .ba1sery and scala.
wsggery, wh!ch, Tor Tn years, has kept
Mississippi in 8 coydition Of chronic dis
quiet and Of aDpretensiln, least, indeed,
libsEiy shoUid never more visit her bor-
ders. i Mississippi, Why not iuvesti-
gate New Hsmyshire, where, it is
cnasgei ty tie New York Herald and
TiiJUBe, both loyal and both indepeld-
ent journals, that money was openly
and unaiasbingiy used for the corrup-
ton o' YotsrS, and, perhaps, the pUr-
chase Of those charged with the fair
condrct CT the elCc5ion? II Mississippi
is 10 be investigated, why not C)nnecti-
cut a most loyal and viItuous and prop,
er Stale, where the Democrats have for
years ted sway? In what does the
DHmocrscy Of any northern State differ
fram that OF the south that
i should be allowed to work it's pur.
pose and go ucc1sllsDged; and by whst
c!suse Of the constitution or by what
laFs-even these not yet swept away
by 81 honest supreme court-2re the
southern states 70 be subject to sum-
mary Investigations, ard the northern
DE allowed TO 60 scot free? Are we,
sure enough, to have an Ireland at the
south? Are we forever to be a bone Of
contention between farce psrtisans; to
be always the suti of debate; legisIa-
Eec foe as Ireland is-ss II country
wherein repOse, and peace, and quiet
never found lodgmenl? Are we to be
pushsd into 2 c3ne-, there to be stared
at, aud pointed az, SIS the 6efs NOR OF the
Union, whose s5TTogs and vain attempts |
20 ind q secure place in tie heaven Of "a |
more perfect union" is to be q theme for
rising ststesmep, upon which they can
Tghat their tongues and build for glory
and a nRrle? Is BoutweIl-once
pO0T, Bow rich, The implacable grocer of
GrotOG, whose Ignorance and chicanery
as secretary Of the treasury cost the
Union ms1y milli0ns-i5 be to be al
loved to stamp us sll as infsmous be-
cause we have lived with sIaves and
proh.eJ by slavery, and no answer like
Bayard's be made him for fear of anger
ing our masters? Are We to crouch
upon cur belIies and curse Ben Hill be-
cause he told the truth to Blaine, ard
bsspstier Key with praise because he
could listen 10 Boutwell, as be hissed out
his sbuse of "jhe-e very men fresh from
fields Of blood" compliment him upon
his nsgnsnimity, and vote for Chris
JiRncy's resolution. l. political success
thing 10 be p;ized above the honor OF
a whole people? Is this Presidency for
this or that mau a thing so momentOus
IN itself that the people Of the south are
to bee cJme selfaCcasers and indscently
ulite with Boutwell, and Blaine and
MoTton-the unhOly trinity Of party Of
thiefes-in 2 denuncistion of the acts OF
sovereign c1mmuuities, Of living and
dead Statesmen, and OF sCtiye politi-
csl lea iers wno refuse to stul-
tify themselves and sag they have lived
aud acted lie and now breathe false
hood? For this is what they would have
Us do. Il will not satisfy the thieves
now resEive under the declarations OF
the supreme curt that the force and
election bills are unconstitutional, and
that therefore they are shoTn Of q great
power for mischief ia the approaching
Prei ieUti1l confetti will not satisfy
them that cur EtaJes have solemnly
amendments and al the laws passed in
pursuance Of them. A the Knoxville
Tribune sdmits-a psper that, dealing
uni lstly by itssif, ind0rs5d Mr.. Key
{" The discussion in th5 senate the other
d" Day bstwsen Baysrd and Boutwell,,
L" with Morton 81 his bach, clearly indi-
"ca.es that the ad adniEistration Clique,
res'iz'ng their desperate condition,
have determined to make no defense
"Upon the charge OF corruption, but fall
back upon the bloJdy-shiTt ard the
southern outrage business, to win the
rex. csmpaigu." The south is to be
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slumbering rebellion, and we are to be
forced into submission to their will, and
scquiesce-ce in their uefarious purposes
or else b. he'd at arms lergth as rips
aud ready rebels. We must follow
Key's example, and concedipE
he msgDau'miiy Of Boutwell, wink5 st
the crimes Of 3 psrty whose leaders have
lived and tbIived en- robbery and theft,
or else prepare for Investigations. We
must, Mr. Key ssys, "sdmit that
a. the conquersrs have a right to enjoy
d" the results Of their victory, and thst
" the terms granted Us by the viciors
4" were mu,h more literal and magnan-
q imous than We hal expected" This
Is what ne mus. do or make ready for a
repetition of the Investigations which,
IS We have said, have been the bane
and cure Of the people Of the south-