Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-11

its leadership. but It's rank and ale as well
think too much h, Of the Anglo saxon race. have
lieve that one-half the American people are
1 POLITICAL sPoILsMES
and robbers. entertain no such opinion and
viii make no such charge Honest men may well
differ in respect to principles of government and
questions OF political policy, and there is no real
such differences are not only tolerated bnt re-
4 spected by popular Judgment and protected by
abrdge the right of free speech or free political
action IS an enemy to human liberty and free gov
eminent am not going TO maintain that all the
. political worth and public virtue of the whole
2 country belongs exclusively to the Democratic
ton however Ifuihf1Iy it might be done, that ali
the political rascalty and corruption that has been
| monopoly to which the Republican party has an
exclusive proprietary right. but may say. with all
respect for my friends here, that it seems to to
| have done somewhat larger business in that line
than any other party that ever existed in the
be accounted for upon the ground that it has been
e nveeS and ba0ds aI nss
than was ever used or employed for such pur-
pose before, While am not going to quarrel with
my Republican friends here or elsewhere, and call
| them thieves and robbers tfor personally they
make the effort 10 show that none of
port to which pG they so Strongly p insist
upon can be upheld and maintained by any
| evidence found in the facts of contemporary his
tory shan endeayor also TO show that the only
| evidence they can adduce to sustain their extrav
4
| fraudulent pretenses that a single ray of truth
Will penetrate and dispel. Let us examine them
| The claim that this government was formed after
| the ideas and in accordance with theories upon
| structure rests is contradicted by every tact Of
history. The Capitalization of power i'll the Fed
social and political SYSTEM the investiture of the
| Federal government with absolute and irresponsi-
| BILE sovereignty, and the imposition OF
DEPENDENCY AND vAssALAGE
| fhp States are he Tendencies of RenuI,Iicar
ideas and the ultimate results which would be ac-
mPnSheu oy lhe practle2t WORKINGS OF the theory
| of their application This was the form of govern
ilton in the convention which consummated the
Federal compact and made the thirteen indie
pendent colonies one confederation, the germ OF
future great republic But with all his convincing
Logic and persuasive eloquence be unable to
Madison, Jefferson and other such faf-seeing and
enlightened statesmen Of that day deeply imbued
with the spirit of genuine republican liberty. sub.
/ united another form based upon that broad and
| deep substratum of vigorous; newborn thought
yielding forces which overthrew the power
and ave sfgtS To that spiIt pew e w96a
/ which animated the patIiots of the revolution
thels Struggles Tor political ndependenee and
meeting the approval of the brave and sturdy free
in successful operation, end under il we grew and
prospered as no other nation ever did before, uu-
I'll we plunged in the ocean OF civil war and
were well nigh wrecked by the fearful storm that
swept It's bosom with resist.ess fury. Then up to
this time K publican IDEAS theories and agencies
| had little to do with the administration of the
government or the marvellous progress of the
country But they say the fun blaze of all their
| glory burst upon them in the starless nigh;s-the
dark and troubled days OF the civil war. 1 would
rejoice If this dark and bloody picture of death
| and carnage were never again presented to the
gaze OF the American people to revive hatreds and
1000 OCO graves filled by the victims of domestic
strife would be glad If the war and everything
suits could forever hereafter be left out eff the
discussion Of American politics. for 1t grew out OF
and which could not have been easily removed by
either party. and it brought about results not con-
templated or intended by The most ardent of its
advocates.
NEITHER POLITICAL PARTY
of the present day can truthfully be charged with
be given credit for any OF the results which
it accomplished. All Of neither political
or united IN is prosec@on but IL Mas
favored and opposed by parts of both. The
ever since its close that they are entitd to ali the
credit for its proper conduct and triumphant
mination but yet 1t is easily susceptible of proof
that there was nearly one-third more Democrats |
in the ranks of the Federal army during the eotre
war than there was Republicans And the same |
is true to its create. leaders and most success
tul generals The gallant and accomplished SOL |
Union for the herculean task of overcoming the |
South, and inspired them with confidence in their |
though George B. Mcclellan afterward became a |
victim to political and professional jealousy, he |
did more to bring about the ultimate overthrow OF |
the Confederaey than any general who led the |
Union armies during the war. The general who |
bloody field of Gettysburg was a Democrat, as was |
his no less distinguished associate, the dsshing /
and Adventurous soldier Who led his is coinmns |
through the hesrrof the Confederacy and planted |
ms ttandards in the sands OF the southern sea- |
shore OF the same faith, too, was Shields, Meagher,
the most successful and distinguished of all the |
milits ~ leaders OF the North. whose t1reless
shattered TO pieces the veteran legions of Lee. |
but foHe, fremont, Hunter. and a few more, be-
Republican party wsged the war for the freedom
OF the negro. If Republican testimony can he
Hretense, 1t was declared a thousand
times in every possible way and from
was undertaken for the preservation of the Union
and not for the freedom of the slave 1t was pro-
public speeches and official proclamations and |
messages-it was published in numberless mill
field that the social and civil status of the negroes
must remain in perpetual servitude far as the |
power of The Federal government was TO be exer-
cised IN giving them freedom. Repeated
ovERTUREs WERE MADE TO THE SOUTH
that if they would lay down their arms and SUD
nit to the lawful authority of the government the
shackles of slavery should be fastened forever upon
the African race in this country. No man nor no
party deserves credit for giving freedom to the
slave. 1t came by the force of events beyond hu-
man control. II was the work OF Omnipotence
and Republicans and Democrats were alike the in
voluntary instrumentslitieS in its consummation;
and both sides alike ] trust rejoice that it is ac-
complished, and chat the footprints OF physical
slavery will never again be seen upon American
and perpetual political servitude of the colored
man by reason of having conferred on him the
right OF franchise and placed in his hands the bal
lot. the weapon with which the privileges OF free
men are guarded, is another hunIbug and pre-
tense, that moment g examination of the history
of that forward step OF the liberated will at
once dispel. Every student of that history knows
that the proposition 10 place the negro on the
same plane with every other class of American
Yehemently opposed by Republicans as il was by
Democrats, and that 1t was denounced as barbar-
ism and crime against civilization by NJ arly every
leader in the Republican party OF that day. fnelud
ing o 7; Morton, the gTeat war governor of 1ndi-
lesser lights, And everybody else who has eapaci
ty enough to comprehend the motives OF men
was no love of the negro that induced the Repub-
licans TO give him the ballot but rather the love
their ranks to enable them to retain it. The con-
tinued promise to reward his fidelity with emolu-
most cruel and heartless of all the shans and de-
vices with which this con tding aud simple minded
white allies and friends. Has a single promise
ever been met, single equal division OF party
ea.3s3 IN the Southern States their number in
proportion to the whites of the party is an hua-
fnd filling positions of either Honor OF proGt by
Republican aid and assistance? How is It
government under Republican rule? Confessedly
the yaogt powerful government in the known
power 1 erin in 'c6ristendom Turks a6l Egyptians.
Americans and drive our consular representatives
from their towns and cities Spain can seize Amer
ican citizens On .he high seas and butcher them
cerate them in dungeons upon suspicion oaly, and
without even the formal charge OF
ANY CRIME OF THE VIOLATION OF ANY LAW.
Go ask the friends ana relatives of the six VIC
tins to Spanish arrogance and despo:ism who !
Were dragged from the deck OF the Firginius and
and murdered by sdeE OF spanislh eaptain. VIA,
this bloody deed-this fagrant outrage upon the !
The paltry sum of SIS 900, which was all the IN
demnity eyer given by. Spain, was a sufficient
amend for the murder OF six American citizens,
ted in the wantoane<s of despotic power,
in violation of all law, every Requirement. OF inter
comfy and every dictate of humanity. |
Three thousand dollars each for six murdered citi-
zens Of great Repu bic which could, with sin
gle blow, shatter the decsying power that perpe |
Spain ought not 10 comp ain at the price she | !
snal concluded to pay, after year or two OF :
eminent ought not. - seems 70 me, TO be so con-
tent Let the inmates OF English jatlS and prison.
n2uses pronounce a enIogy upon the preseat ioE, .
condon, gavitt, Meal and the scores of other z
rish-A Eneticah citizens speAr from the common =
protected epder the foreign policy OF their gov
Bhen tEagelipg with its passport, that =
,hould have been honbEed and respected in all
hem tell how. for only being born in Ireland and
owing their native land IN iss aiseFy ana oppres-
don but too well, they were seized by tie mnions
# British power. without warrant of law or charge
IF crime loaded with chains and cast into prison.
OF every chivaire American citizen, that
when the American minister a. ga court =
81 lanes was appealed to a.
he request with oo1ftemptuous indffsTenee | g
n that when member OF that BODY demanded A
II the moor of Congress that the Ainerican Govern
nent should Assert lis power and dignity in giving Ii
protection and liberty TO its imprisoned citizens 81
e was answered " IN decisive ridiculs by Repub e