Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-17
The Currency QuestiOn-Repeal OF the
Resumption Authorization the
Ruin of the Countrywide
tiOnaI Banks.
CIyII.Seryice acknowledgement OF
the Administration In
Public Officials Demanded
A Bright Future.

II the Union. MI. CAluWelli olteA oAo'
,ussing the growth of the country, H.
crease of expenditures by Repuolcan
and proposed reduc'
ions by the present Democratic mouse
Of representatives, passes TO the supJ3ct
of "Our Domestic Relations" unuer |
which head we find the following:
However much OF error, MI. speaker,
you may predicate of conduct prompted
by q conscientious faith liz the peculiar
theory the practical asser'
ton OF which precipitsted the war, the
sentiment OF the world Will
pause before giving its assent 10
harsher Characterization. And L peg
you, sir, to bear in mind that through
out this long and at times stormy ses.
sion you have heard no utterance from
the lips Of those who trod the perllous
and bloody path of revolution inconsls-
tent with the Cft-rt psated assertion OF
the utter abandonment of the theory of
where are daily seen the
senators, cabinet ministers, and generals
of the extinct Confederacy. An ltiIirg
zeal, q per:ect self devotion TO the trans
action OF the public business, com.
manding ability, often painfully promi-
nent, in debate upon great historical
and constitutional questions have with
all generous minds placed the sincerity
of the avowal beyond questi u. How
much longer, then, shall the public pa.
thence be abused by partisan cry that
would by cowardly implication 1mI u'e
TO such public servants either dishonest
or unpstriotic motives? On the tWen-
ty.fourth of the last month q political
convention met at the capital Of great
and Furnishing State in the west and
adopted q series CT resolutions, enc OF
VIII oh was the following:
ResoEUed, That the policy Of leniepcy
by the Republican psrty toward the
people recently in rebellion against Fed.
eral authority having resulted in death
by violence of at least five thousand
Unionists, white and black, siGce the
commencement of the present policy OF
reconstruction; also in placing in power
in the lower house of congress a pOlit-
ical party nominated by ex-Confed-
crates; and finally in RELOCATING back
into the control of disloyal whites nearly
every State reconquered 10 Federal au-
thority by Federal arms, it is the duty Of
the executive branch Of the government
to extend especial care over the Union
men throughout all the south, so that
there, not only in name but in reslity,
American citizenship shall be as secure
as it is in foreign lands and upon foreign
seas.
A leading journal of that State, pub
lished in the city of Chicago, is authority
fer the statement that this resolution
was received with more demonstration
of approval than any other one of the
series. The reading of it was interrupted
by applause, and at the conclusion o. the
Lkl, L. k,n
large crowd Of spectators applauded most
earnestly" When thu formal vote on
the adoption of the entire series was
taken there was only one negative vote
in q delegated emblsge of more than
ak hundred men. l have not quoted
this resolution for the purpose of COM
menting upon the grave issues it pro.
sents when considered as involving the
personal honor of several millions of
people, for mel cannot live nor
States exist without dishonor in the
daily commission of murder and treR
son. I might be inclined to speak of the
COOL calculating malignity that could
prompt the publication of such an in
dictment against a whole people did /
not find q fit retuk to hand, admins
tered at Graceland on Decoration d9y by
a citizen of Illinois distir guished for his
charity, his humanity, and his genius.
Said Rsv Robert Collyer in his address
on that occasion:
iI notice that in our race in the old
days there has been great faculty fol
forgivirg 10 my own mother-counlry,
where they used to come to the death.
clinch sometimes and fight it out with
fear ul havoc, they never cherished theiI
bitterness very long after they were
through with their fighting. The white
rose and the red would Irvine together
about the door OF the cabin and the cas-
tie. The cavalier aud the puritan would
sit by the same fireeide. 1t is human
| instinct to have it out and then shake
hands and be friends. 1t is what we
must do to for the living and the dead
| / count every attempt to rake up the old
trouble violent, bitter thing, unworthy
Of our nation and our great Anglo Saxon
family, and I am ashamed Of the men
of my own State who could cay be
thing that has just been said in oul
own State capital, that they might add
wer nwood to gall. We are one family
north and south. We have one destiny
in our heart We can only work out
that destiny Though peace and goad'
will. On this summer morning ss We
stand together the dust of these brave
dead men il rising. The sun cannot tel
which Is rebel dust and which is loyal
1t is all one to the sun. Toe rain cannot
tell as it falls so sweetly on the graves
| 1t i. all one to the rain. 1t blends il
the grass, blows in the flowers; it blends
all together, for so God wills. It canno
be otherwise in our hearts il we are true
We must be great as God, as meet anC
| nd tnn
der. We are all one family, kith anC
| nourishiDg the grand sweet charity
which can be the o. ly worthy feeling o
q generous and victorious heart"
To this brave, true hearted christian
man "every attempt to rake up the OLE
trouble is violent, bitter thing, unwor
thy OF our nation and our great Anglo
Saxon family" Speaking with espe
cis reference to the resolution which
have read, he SAYS, with an emphasi
that does him infinite honor:
81 am ashamed of the men of my owl
State who could say the thing that ha
lust been said In our own State capital
that they might add NORWOOD t,
gall"
And here, Mr.. Speaker, would con
trast with the noble utterances of thi
christian hero the Language Of the Ma
tional Republican convention. Profess
ing indeed "to deprecate all sectiona
feeling and tendencies" it hailes tina
profession by repeated and false allu
sions to the unhappy past:
1.-THE Democratic party is the same q
when it sympathized with treason;
makes its control of the house of repre-
sentatives the triumph aid the opportu
nifty of the nations recent foes; it re
asserts and applsuds in the nationa
capitol the sentiments of unrepented re
beIlion; it sends Union soldiers to In
rear and promotes Confederate soldier
TO the front"
Here is violent, bitter thing" TO
it Is an attempt ''to rake up the ole
trouble" at once unworthy Of our ma
ton and our great Anglo.Ssxon fami
ly." And yet, sir, it is not improbable,
that "this thing" or its like will be sale
as often as the exigencies OF party or tn
needs of the partisan shall exact. 1t Il
not improbable that TO sympsthie
and antipathies engendeTed by the diff
ferences OF the past the demsgogue viii
in all future time appeal. AS they are
doing now, so will they hereafter con
stitute an instrument euited to this ne
farious purpose, But it will be the high
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