Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-03
WEATHER oB-EKvATIONs.
WAR DEP'r. SIGNAL SERVICE L. 3. ARlfT. [
MONDAY. December 2 1878 10 q M. Z
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

The political Literature. authorized by the
constitution, and promulgated by the man
who exercises the functions Of President by
fraud, will b. found 10 this mornings
APPEAL Il had been announced by the
" stalwart" Republira-s that the President
had arrived at the conclusion that his policy
Of " Cancellation was a failure, and that he
would hereafter adopt an extreme course
toward the south. Ia view Of this expeeta-
ton, the message may be considered as nod
crate in tone. The couGtry will read with
unalloyed satIsfact on the Presi9ent's recon-
mendation Of a national quarantine. 1t will
be seen that he earnestly recommends " that
congress Civ to this subject early and careful
attention" Ia order that there may be per
feet concord and harmony bs,ween the Fed
eral government ard the States, the Presi-
dent suggests that the natNaal saDi-
tary officer holl advisory Telaticus to
the State AMI muni,ipal authorities.
After discussing ths yelloU-feyer and
recommending a rational quarantine,
the President p!unges into the south
ern question, and repeats the stale
SANDERS Of the Radical press about intimi-
dating the negro at the late elections. Sim
ply because the negroes IN South Carolina
and Louisiana ethe- voted the Democratic
ticket or failed to vote at all, the President
refers TO what the "record Of the elections
discloses." II solid iouih had voted the
Republican ticket, the President would have
congratulated con ress that the right OF suf-
frage was rec and untrammecd in the
south, and as proc, would have referred TO
..r Af..a at,a.avl 49, ka efarfto, Isrol1sgr
Tie President CALI the attention of congress
q the election irregularities in the southern
States. To b, impartial, he ought TO include
the north in his lemarks for there are any
amount OF repo-Ls Of unia'rness and OF OBJ
struction to voting in the different northern
States at toe ate election, and at Brooklyn,
New York, It Is alleged {! at there was tam
peuug with tie Ike, g OF the tallot-box, and
ballot-boN stuftng is charged IN many places.
10 fact, we do not remember any important
elections when ike reports hsv, not been
freely ,ircllate in the patiian press.
Some Of the reports hav been true, as, no
doubt, that o. TIC case referred to in Brook
Ign Is, bot some hrd no Foundation, or were
grossly xaggeratej, az the reports from the
soutl have b'ea. VIII, ther, maxi a dis
tinc.ion between the two stc.ioasf AS the
old proverb oes, wha. is sauce 20 the goose
Is sauce for the gander. The outhern States
and people are on an equality with the States
aud people Of the north. Fedora troops, CO.
ercion, o. interference. If justi6able at all,
should be used in The north as we'll as in the
south. Nor are tie backs o. the south en-
titled 10 special protection any more than are
the white Of he north. The constitution
and laws Do not recogniz any distinction
among different classes % citizens. The idea
put forth by Republican newspapers and ora
tors that the negroes Of the south are 10 be
regarded as the wards OF thu nation and to
t,e treated differently to the whites is contra
~ to the constitutio ,, law, common
sense and tn equality of citizens
under our institutions. The south
il honestly striving 10 maintain the ascend
ancy Of the Democratic rarity, because our
people are stall ;, ring from he results of
the enormous theft a-d the monstrou' mis-
government which the Re gubiean' inflicted
upon u.s. But the mail vote n the eoath
shows that the prevailing pestllence, which
had not subsidized at the time Of the election,
vas the only thing that intimldated the
voters Tine investigation which Hampton,
OF South Carolina, aud Eich6ll1. Of Louisiana,
propose making Will show tEat the ogtcrJ
about new southern outEGSes, which the ne
pubseau papers raised just before the late
election, and most Of the charges since made
OF wrong doing. have very little foundation
in flct; they were fer tbs most part mere
..sAppaign stories," intended 10 excite the
r.u6l.e MAD in III. northern Staiesi h.auy OF
them have already been shown false, and the
fact that 50 ieB artes.s have been made
up to this tune, though tze Federal officers
have had instructions to 90 their aug, elbows
that the elections in the southern States, with
probably Insignificant exception, passed oil
an as orderly and quiet maaEar as in the
northern States. and tie President, in re-
hashiug the stale ISLANDERS OF the 'stalwart"
Republicans, has sunk the patriot into the
partisan. il will be seen that the President
discusses many subjects, some OF them of
considerable importance, and rs the message
Is not long it is resumed ths reader will
give il an at ent We perusal.