Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-16
TnE T;erE PosrrIoN oFrnE souru

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TIE TETE POSITION OF THE SOUTH
3'sere Is uEquestioHNbIy a we'll.
FrOu 1ded fear of Democratic restoration
fear o. f. justice 90 the cOlefea citizens,
Il payneaJ Of moBstrous rebel claims
Oi the terrible re2ctlol Of the susremacy
- party 10 Wnich the great body Of the
-bte Tlbslsi TOO real skeptics and enemies
= poPnl Y government, aud the foes OF
ne c9ninon-school system, al belong.
certainly Il is not these columns that
nave failed 20 expose those dangers
Blt The sOJeT practical question far those
tciO fOT any TeGSOa destrs the triumph =
ant success cf the Republican J1arSg is
tsis, 5rtetheT there are not Re;5ublicdas
enough 70 daermiae the result in manu-
ana tItHlspeHsdae Sales tChO, II the al
tern1tigs tccTC cIsTed them Of q simple
c37ttHudHcc y the present condition,
cct.a az Hs .nSdiOus dangers TO the Uerg
e-rists'tcc Of The government, On. q Demo-
Ct an restoration, LCOifld no. up0n their
co'sscicgcss decide that the eoverYa-
nlent cDud better staYld an open as.
saUt than n dry rot. We do no.
s.Y that this Is or is not cur own view.
We are cJnsideriHg the situation, and
We ask publicly question which thou
sands and tn0osands OF the truest Re-
pIb.icans in every State are aaking
Themselves, and the significance OF
Y Ticb Is is criminal folly 10 disregard
HIrpsT's HSsEy.
The questions 6cfOre the country are
reform. the currency and the south. The
Democratic party is plainly not one OF
reform oT oi bard money, and it II the
parry % oppression st the south. Is it
any wonder that Its most experienced
leader ssys, less than thret months be-
fire 10 Euminstes q candidate for the
Presidency, that it has not gained che
c1rfi 1eace OF the country ?-yIaTper's
Weekly.
HzyPer's Weekly is great power. It
is beyond qussticd the ablest of the
weekly jour-als Of the north. 1t is
conducted by man. who has made
himself ielt as 8 forceful, clear
c7gent and vigorous writer, who, though
not slways, TO our thinking, right, is, at
lest, slTays honest. AS q political lead
CT he is, too, one Of the foremost in the
Republican party Of New York, carry
ing, b. the example Of life devoted to
principle, and by 8 consistent and steady
advocacy Of the politics Of his party, as
well ss on account Of his great abilities,
a weight IN the counsels Of the New
York Republicans that no other journal
ist IN his S.ste besides Weed, Greeley or
RAymood ever has done. His uttersnces
on qoestons Of great public importance
aTe. regarded a5 significant Of coming re-
suits, tempered as they usually are by
convictions OF what is right and expedi- |
ent for party succ sss. He has also the |
ear Of the wealth and culture, and en-
! Joys the confidence OF the leading intel. |
iigences Of the Republican party Of the |
whole north, and speaks with the su-
thority OF one who has q support upon
which be knows he can rest secure and |
with confidence. This he proved in the |
recent Republican convention Of New |
York when he 50 nearly defeated the |
fdends OF Conkling by the Igtrength
and logic Of speech such IS is seldom
heard in wra1gling political conven.
lions. To such q man, welding such a |
power, much Is due. This we concede,
though his whole course as editor of
aaTpeT's Weakly has been marked by a |
bitterness toward the south, the effect OF
which we have been compelled to &C.
knowledge. Hitherto power against |
Us, it will be ssen from the above ex-
tracts he may Set be forced to become q |
power for u. As he himself phrases it,
he, and those who have faith like his,
may yet be compelled to choose be-
iWesn the openly GSSGultiag Democracy
and the dTy-rol R:pu6lieans. In other
|orjs, he and they may find it to be
their dH.y 10 vote foT Democrat of ma
uolal fame and high character for
craftsmanship in whom they have con-
fdsnce-s Democrat standing upon a
] latfo,m embracing hGTd-money, civil
serUics TcforH and guarantees for the
protection Of the negroes cf the south
rather than for Republican who shall
prove 10 be a mere link TO Grants sd-
la case Of such q resnls 2s
this last at Cincinnati, can we give Mr..
Coras The guarantees he and his friends
demand as preliminary 70 sn invitation
70 ''cOme over and help us?" Can we
assure him aud them that the negroes
have in the white people Of the south,
as people, aud not with isolated excep-
tions, rouger friends than they can
find at the north? Can we assure him
and .hem that we are for hsrd-money
currency aud for s deiinite civil-service
reform-such, fOr instance, rs he him
self suggested 10 the government when q
civii-ssrvice commissioner? We know
We can. Speaking for the Democratic
people Of the south, we feel warranted In
Esclaring with the pOsitlveness Of unde-
deEiAble conviction that they are pre-
pared to stand upon q platform Of civil
service reform, hard money, and the
same justice and freedom to the negro,
aud to the same extent, as the white peo.
lie enjoy. Genera Gordon, OF Georgia,
speaking with the authority OF s
Democratic leader, as well as
United States senator, in q speech
marked by the clearness and force
for which he is noted, recently spoke
earnestly In his place iD the senate for
civil-service ref5Tm, UtteTing IS b e did
so Only sentiments which are held in
by the largest number Of the
Democratic Tarty at the south. That
speech met, 20 far IS the press of the
south can express it, the unanimous ap-
proval Of the people Of the south, recOg-
niZi0g IS they do the value sf technical
and discipline in public
from constable TO President.
We sre, therefore, rs people and
party uuslte-sbly committed to civil
ervice Ie'Orm. And we are no less IN
alteratly committed to "hard money!
Ia ante Jel.UHl days 'hsrd money" was
a cardinal principle Of the Dsmocfstic
party, especially Of the southern wing.
Il was our b ast then, and 1t Is our pride
yet that our State banking systems af-
foTdsd no pTetext or foundation for the
wild schemes Which in the wealthy west
brought periodical destruction Of private :