Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-01
MEMPHIS APPEAL
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1873
4 REuAsH OFRADICAL ISLANDER.

a REHAsH OF RADICAL ISLANDER
We publish in another column Charles ii.
Aliens reply to the aDimadversions OF the
APPEAL upon his recent letter withdrawing
from the DemocratIc-C Conservative executive
committee of Pamela county. 1t VIII be seen
that Mr.. Aliens rigmarole is nothing but
rehash Of the Radical address issued by the
Republicans of congress the morning after
the passage of IPotter's resolution. Mr.. Al
len is to be congratulated on his success as a
retailer of Radical ISLANDERS, for his letter is
nothing but a repetition of Blaine and Hales
address falsely charging the Democrats, who
have given peace and tranquility to the south,
with determination to ''Mexicaniz }" and
.'revolutionize" the government. Mr.. Allen
intimates that the APPEAL was 'brlbed to |
attack him. In this he fatters himself ex-
ceedinely The comments OF the APPEAL
were not inspired by the Democrats of PIANO. |
Ia. In reading Mr.. Aliens letter, published |
in the papers hostile to the Democratic party, |
we saw that he had adopted the Radical
lingoIand was grossly incorporating the
Democratic party, and as a matter OF duty to
our Mississippi readers exposed those mlsrep-
resentations Mr.. Allen ticks up the spittle
of Radicalism about Bourbon Democracy"
This is a stale device, which has been used
10 exhaustion by Republicans and treach-
erous Democrats against those who Will not
i1in the Republicans in warning upon north
ern Democrats and in sustaining an admins
tration which secured power by cheating the
American people out of their liberties. Rely
D. g,Ieahoo5S Mr. ALIENS lot-
ter is nothing but tissue of mi5representa-
tions. He says the Potter resolutions at
tack the settlement made by the torty-tourth
congress-" This is not true. They do not
contain a word attacking that settlement.
On the contrary, Potter himself, and the Dem
ocrats in and out Of congress, expressly and
emphatically disclaim the very purpose with
which they are charged by the Radicals and
repeated by Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi. From
Maine to Texas the Democrats unite in de-
clarlng that they do not intend to disturb
HAYES. that his title is impregnable, that it
has been confirmed by those who had au-
thority to confirm it, and that action could
not possibly be revoked by any power on
earth. The States had voted, the forty fourth
congress had counted and declared" the
vote according to the constitution, and had
then adjourned sine die. There was no pos
sibIe means of reconsidering the facts de-
clared by that congress. This is the acclaim
of Democrats everywhere. Yet Mr.. Allen
Joins the Republicans in asserting that the
Democrats are attacking the settlement"
which made Hayes President. The position
of the Democratic iparty.is simply this: 10
permit Hayes to remain In his seat undls-
durbed until the fourth of March, 1881, but
at the same time to make a thorough In
vestigation into the alleged frauds which
leading perpetrators thereof have con-
fessed to having committed; and next, to
ascertain how far such men as Sherman and
Moves visiting Statesmen" .and prominent
ofice-holders under the government-were
responsible for the frauds, with the view OF
impeaching and disgracing them if guilty.
We can conceive Of no more despicable or
degraded condition to which a government
or people can be reduced than that of tamely
submitting to crimes and wrongs that strike
at tie very root of their social as well as po-
Iitical organizations, and confessing to lack
Of the requisite nerve, manhood and sense Of
duty to investigate and expose them 1t will
be seen that Mr.. Allen goes off into full
some panegyric on Tennessee's renegade son,
David NJ. Key. After years of robbery, plum
der and persecution, in 1875 the people of
Mississippi rose in their majesty, and under
the Democratic banner swept the State by a
majority of forty thousand. 1t was battle
for life and liberty. The victory was fairly
and honestly wen by exposing the corrup-
tons of the carpetbag thieves and appealing
to the interest and the patriotism of the col
ored voters. To save disgrace, Ames fled the
State The Republicans charged that the rev.
olution in Mis- sissippi was the result OF fraud
and intimidation. Morton introduced in the
senate resolution appointing committee of
investigation. David NJ. Key, who was
then United States senator from
Tennessee, voted for this resolution,
thereby declaring that he believed the people
of Mississippi were outlaws, who had achieved
their liberation by fraud. Key was the only
Democrat in the senate who voted for this
infamous SANDER upon the people of Missis-
sippi, and Mr.. Aliens praise OF such man
partakes of the servility of the spaniel which
ticks the hand that chastises it. Keys let
ter, which Mr. Allen extols, is the product of
an ofice-holder who would have been kicked
from the cabinet if he had not consented to
malign the party and the people he has de-
serted. David NJ. Key is as much of a Re-
publican as VS. O.. p. Morton, with whom
he voted on a resolution slandering the peo-
pie of Mississippi. Key has already sub
scribed his portion to the Republican cam
paign fund, and the special dispatches to the
western Democratic newspapers assert that
Key was compelled to write the letter, which
Mr.. Allen regards as the spontaneous gush-
ing of patriotism, or retire from the cabinet
This letter, written by man who was will
ing to see the Radicals retained in power II
Mississippi on the ground that the people
had stolen their victory by fraud, is an impu
dent assumption of authority. He seems
to think he is a sort of godfather
to the southern people, who hav,
repudiated him since he intimateC
by his vote in the senate that he be
leved the people of Mississippi wer
capable of carrying an election b.
fraud. 1t is not surprising that
Mississippi Democrat who has the stomach b
swallow Key should sustain a fraudulen
President. Mr.. Allen has credited Haye
with honors which he does not deserve. Haye
gave the south home-rulel This Is a ricl
joke. The southern people secured thei
own liberation in spite of the opposition G
Hayes. Grant removed the troops befor