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

DE6OCRATIC sTATEsMANsHIP
Governor Tilden's letter of acceptance,
and Colonel Lamar's recent speech In
congress, reminds one Of the purer and
better days of the republic. These two
Democrats approach more nearly the
altitude occupied by Clay, Webster,
Wright and Marcy, than any other two
men of the present day. Mr.. Tilden's
letter is like the blast Of trumpet, stir.
ring patriots throughout the country
with fresh inspiration. Discarding all
rhetoric and glittering generslities, he
gives a clear and simple calculation of
the issues before the country, and with a
common, practical sense, and that bust
ness. like comprehension which has
made him successful in all his under
tskipgs, he suggests the remedy for the
evils that heset the country. The recent
speech OF Lamar has created profound
sensation throughout the Union. From
all accounts, 1t must have Deen one of
the ablest speeches ever delivered in
congress. Some writer has said, repu-
tation is like Gagged wild beast, which,
il you do not feed, it will feed
upon you. Colonel LsmaI's reputation
will never feed upon itself, He speaks
but seldom, but each new effort adds
additional lustre to his name. From one
extremity of the Union to the other
the press is teeming with the most
graphic descriptions of Colonel Lamar's
last great effort. A correspondent of
the New York World thus describes Ls-
mar and his speech: "rhe event of to-
day has been Mr.. Lamar's speech in the
house on the condition of the southern
States. For fairness CT statement, force
ofIogic and statesmanIike consideration
of broad subject it has been excelled
by no speech of the present session, and
it is difficult to see how any thoughtful
man who reads the speech can avoid
coming to the conclusions reached and
stated by Mr.. Lamar. As an oratoricsl
effort it was one OF Mr.. Lsmar's best,
and the house paid him the rare compli-
ment of gathering about him en- nlGste
as he spoke, Of listening intently from
the beginning to the end Of his hour and
a half speech, although it extended a
long half hour beyond the usual time of
adjournment, and of according him
warm applause from both sides Of the
house on his conclusion. The strength
Of the speech lies in its non.partisar-
ship and the strength of its logic. He
pictured the condition of the south as it
is. He quoted from speech delivered
by Morton In 1866, when he was govern
or of Indiana, wherein that senator,
who has been most bitter in his derun-
citation of the south for the friction
which has followed carpetbsg and negro
rule, protested against giving the euf-
frage Immediately to the black; foretold
what has since proved true, that, if it
was done, the preponderance of the col
ored vote in some States would certain
ly result in negro government in thCse
States; that this result would prevent
white immigration to the south, for no
white man, however strong an abolition
ist, would consent to emigrste to al
settle in State governed by the negroes,
and that conflicts and contentious must
follow; and, because of his belief that
this state of thins s would follow, MGR
ton recommended that the negroes
should be kept disfrsnchised ard
in a state Of probation ten, if
teen or twenty years, for the rea-
son that by that time white immigra-
ton would have flowed in to that extent
that the negroes would be in hopeless
minority, and they in turn would be
educated to an intelligent Use of the bal
lot. While admitting that irritation and
uLjustifiable collisions had naturally fol-
lowed the sudden ENGRAVING upon their
political system Of four million people
who had been their slaves and thereby
beca ne their rulers, he denied that there
was any wsr of the races there, or that
there was any sntagonism which
could not be speedily settled by wise
legislation, If it were not for the psrti- |
sanship which was using the present dis
turbed condition for a purpose" The |
south is proud Of Colonel Lamar. He is
a representative Of public sentiment in
the south. His utterances are Endorsed |
by the southern people, and yet for vile |
party purposes they are called rebelIious.
There is such general desire to see
Colonel Lsmar's speech that we will en-
deavor to publish it SO soon as it makes
its appearance in the Congressional Rec.
ord.