Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-02

yituperation showered upon them since 1t
has been discovered the South cannot be
Mahonized by official patronage has not
tended to modify their resentment to the
party which once held them in cruel
bondage. The South feels that until
the Democratic party completes the
work of regeneration it will con-
tinue to be the football Of the Stall
warts Gratitude, affection, self-interest, all
alike dictate the firm allegiance of the South
ern people to the Democracy, and it is safe
to say that not single electoral vote from
the South will be lacking to the Democratic
candidate for the presidency in the next cleo
ton. The Republicans now offer all the
Federal offices to the Democrats If they
will turn traitors and call themselves either
Independents or Republicans. There is no
difference, in effect, between the two terms.
Whoever is not a Democrat in the South is
an ally of the Republicans, and may as we'll
take the name which fits him with the place
he wants. The people Of the South sympa-
thize with the Democratic party because it was
their friend throughout the reconstruction
era. To that party the South looked for pro-
lection and aid, and such aid and protection
as the Democracy could give, were never
withheld. Looking over the history Of the
country for the last seventeen years, it is
seen that the Democrats-the Northern
Democrats who CALAMITY fought to suppress
the rebellion-made the cause of the con-
quered South their own. The handful of
Democrats in Congress during the darkest
hours of Grants usurpations, struggled
bravely TO prevent the passage of the pro-
scriptiye laws which ruled and ruined the
people, and with eloquent words reached
ears which were deaf to our appeals. The
South has to thank the National Democracy
for home rule and that peace and prosperity
which have superseded anarchy and
straints, the exposures and the bitter
war made by the National Democ-
racy gave the Southern people the
chance to regain possession of the State gov
ernments in the hands of adventures and
robbers. But for the Democratic party the
South would to-day be in the hands OF
thieves, sustained by military power. To
DecOue fsepuDllcdn Is 10 clOtne ones sell
with the stencil of Ames, of Clayton, of
Moses, of Kellogg, and the robberies, the
insults and lawlessness which made the South
a hell on earth. The South will not turn
her back on her friends and sell herself to
her enemies, the infamous. gang who, in the
days of good stealing, had one hand on the
throat of the people and the other in their
pockets. Why.make change in the poll
tics of the South? 1t is wisdom to let well
enough alone. Under Democratic rule the
South is peaceful, prosperous, happy.
Taxes have been reduced and law and
order prevails. Then why turn out the
Democrats and inaugurate the Repub-
licans? The recent partisan prosecutions
have again solidifed the Southern Democ-
rscy. The softening and healing effects OF
the few peaceful months that Garfield served
"a President, have in short time been dis
.ipated, and in future elections the South
will remain true to the party under whose
rule there has been tranquility prosperity
and happiness unprecedented in the history
Of the Southern States.