Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-16
THE -sACKED sErrLEMENT.n

THE "sACRRD sETTLRMENT.o
For about Fifty years The North and South
were trying 70 settle their disputes about
questions involving billions of dollars in
vested in slave property. The South
concluded to make final settlement
by dissolving the Union and setting up
confederacy, which would not repu-
diate the money invested in slavery.
They regarded this az sacred settlement"
but somehow or other the American people
were not satisfied with the terms, and they
substituted Lincoln's proclamation repu-
dating slavery, and the reconstruction acts
Tor the sacred settlement" made by the
seeding States. The boilers have initiated
the example of the rebels They indorse
settlement of the State debt question made in
defiance of the will of the people, and call it
"sacred settlement" But it will share the
fate of the secession ordinances, as the people
are determined to repeal the ordinances of
corrupt Legislature, and to make settlement
OF their own. The ColTier-Jour1lal in dis
cussing this subject says: 'We have asked
the alleged SLate-credit organs in Tennessee
to give some evidence that the debt of
Tennessee has been settled as they say
1t has been. They have signally failed
TO produce such evidence, and the
absurdity OF harping upon the sacred
settlement string is very apparent. The
demonstration is complete that the talk of
settlement is only thin Elusive veil to cover
the coalition with the Republican party
Democrats who have been deceived by this
Republican trick and are training under the
HaWkins-Fussell combination should take
rational survey of the situation, and they
will see the propriety of voting for Bate"
The funding bill was regarded as a sacred
settlement" and it was pronounced crime
to disturb it. The friends of the funding
sisted that the ightnings OF heaven,
red with uncommon wrath, would wither
the impious hand raised to disturb
settlement SO sacred. But a cruel and
wicked people, the remorseless and sac
religious taxpayers, believed that they had |
sacred rights that should be consulted, and
they united in the profane and blasphemous |
wickedness Of repeating sacred settle |
ment" When the one-hundred- and-three in |
iquity was regarded the law, we heard |
this same hypocritical cant about disturbinga /
sacred settlement" This infamous measure |
was held up as something TOO pure and holy /
TO be disturbed by the heather taxpayer,
When the people arose in their majesty and /
protested against the outrage, they were
told to submit, as it would be
crime to be disturb the SACRED settlement"
But the Supreme Court of the State erected
itself bulwark between the people and the
Shylocks, who so they received their pound
of flesh cared not that the constitution was
laid PROSTATE and usurpation made trium-
phant; and by its decision the Supreme Court
of the State declared that the one-hundred-
aHd-three bill, instead of being SACRED
was violation of the constitu-
lion, the product of bribery and corruption
The same Legislature which spawned into ex-
istence the Observation-Disclosures bill
PATCHED out the sixty-and-six bill,
and although it was passed in opposition to | ,
The public protest, it was called sacred
settlement" But it will share the fate of | I
he funding bill and the one-hun- ,
iniquity. Mistrusting | L
he people as the fountain of power, the O
asst Legislature labered to fasten upon them | I
nerous burdens by unconstitutional meth | t
Ids, and the popular masses cannot be driven | a
rom their purposes by the twaddle about ="
sacred settlement" But the people have | Il
proposed a settlement, which, if accepted, il
1ill be regarded final and sacred. The I n
neDemocratic convention was the mouth | .
'iece of the wishes of the people as ex- "
'ressed IN their county meetings. The "
delegates were unaided by the railroads. o
hey did not demand free passes, and paid | o
heir own expenses. The convention was o
onposed of representative men fresh from | d
be people. With an unanimity unparal- O
sled the convention declared for settle &c
tent of the disputed debt on basis of fifty | CT
rd-three, and for paying the State debt it
roper in full, less war interest But small d.
minority could not boss big msjority, and
he result was a bolt and the cant about the
sacred settlement" made in opposition TO
ublic sentiment. The sixty and-six cannot p
crammed down the threats of the people | u
no have announced ffty-and-three as their | p
timstum, and they will make a Sacred l.
ettlement" on that basis or none at all.