Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-13
FRIDAY, DECEMBER ID, 1878.
THE CONTAMINATION OF Jus
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Tue communication published in another
column, signed Justice, is written by an
intelligent Mississippi Democrat. In reply
we have only to say that the APPEAL is a
newspaper, and IN publishing the neros and
giving the various opinions expressed by the
public much appears which we do not in
dorse, no more than we indorse the views
of our correspondent condemning the speech
of Ben Hill, of Georgia, which was nothing
bat truthful, manly defense of southern
men from the most shameless falsehoods. If
the day should ever arrive when the Demo-
cratic party requires Thurman, Hill, Lamar,
Voorhees, and Bayard to sit with closed lips
and listen in silence to the traduction and
viifcation of the south and southern leaders,
then the Democratic party will have become
a trucking coward, unworthy of success and
deserving defeat and death. 1t is the bold
dash, the aggressive war of the Republican
leaders, that inspires their party with conf
dencc. The Democrats have been so screet
and timid that they have impressed the coun-
try with the belief that they wish to avoid an
issue, fearing discussion will reveal dam
aging facts Let the Democratic party act
on the defensive; but, since the revoutionists
have determined to revive the Sec
tjona war, let the Democrats fol-
low Thurman and Hill in carrying the
war into Africa" The article which our
correspondent criticises was published for
the purpose Ct showing the evils that might
possibly result from the election of Grant to
a third term, and to induce the people of
the north to pause ere they foist upon the
country a President whose tyranny and
usurpations would max possible the ex-
treme measures suggested by the South
Carolina editor. The APPEAL is as anxious
for perfect peace between the sections as is
its correspondent Justice" To secure this
it supported Greeley, and made many sacrifices
of honest convictions. The mighty voice of the
people, north and south, demands that the
great American brotherhood shall be re-es-
tabhshed. We see only one impeachment to
perfect peace and a loving unity of sections,
and that is the demand of the Radicals for
the southern Democrats to abandon their or
ganizltion and join the Republican party.
This is the only condition upon which the stall
warts will aceept peace. The south
is not rebellious; ii is not disloyal; it does
not propose to repudiate the national debt;
it does not intend to bankrupt the govern
ment with war claims; it submits to the con-
stitutional amendments. But it casts solid
vote for the Democratic party, ergo the south
is dlsloyal, traitorous, carries elections by
fraud and intimidation, and should there
fore be slandered, prosecuted and abused,
and sectional hatreds kept alive. There was
intimidation pending the last election, but
yellow-fever was the intimidator. In
August last about eighteen thousand
votes were polled in Shelby county.
At the election on the fourth of Novem-
Der the vote did not reach six thousand.
The excuse for raising the cry of intimidation
and appealing to sectional hatreds Is without
the shadow Of justice. Because South Caro-
liza and Louisiana four years ago elected a
solid Republican delegation to congress, that
was no evidence that the laws were obeyed.
Because these States now send solid Demo-
cratic delegation to congress, that is no evil
dence that the laws have been violated and
that the elections were carried by fraud and
intimidation.