The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-28

when this Government was formed one hundred
years ago there wcrr three dangers that threatened
it, national dissolution aud industrial destruction
l. slavery,
.. Scccsslun.
o Frcc trade
The Ont two causes have fortunately d!sap
rcarcd They threatened the life Of the Govern
Ncnt and the ihlnl l. the only dangerous political
scr~sy that threatens 10 destroy the prosperity Of
ne people
The Inst two evils have disappeared. hut At
what a sncrihcc 81 ne. and nj what nn outpourlng
OF treasure from the people, the States and the
Government
In the four ycar % the war between tho States
there werc about 100000 II men engaged. one
hhh Of whom were killed or MANNED for life.
Tbc south lost In slave pmpcrty alone s1,uaOo-
90 and In other properly - much mon. Tho
national debt was piled up from lcS than one
hundred millions 20 billions A. the closc Of the
iniriridal struggle the public debt OF the nation
was not far from SloOo,0)9,0o.
The bcst blood Of the county and ~ treasures
vcrc poured out 10 establish The southern Con.
fedcracy and 10 maintain the Union When Gen.
Lee shcathed his stainless sword nj Appomattox.
AMI the survivors If hundred battle fields ~
turucd 10 their ruined and dcsolatc homes. the
manhood OF the south was worn out by shccr ex
hautlion. Tho South was conquered. but the
sioiy of her struggle Cor seligoycrnmcnt will ~.
hume the pages OF hitory iorvcr with halo OF
glory.
sccc.siou and slavery died with the conicdcraoy.
A conditlon and a theory cocyal with tho Govern
Incnt DISAPPEARED.
!, took the south many yean 10 become recon
ciiod 10 the situation.
our slate Constitutional Conventions. while no
ccpuug the Thirteenth. rejected the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments. aud our State legisla
tuuc.. while admitting that the ncgro was ircc. ~
fused 81 give him the rlght 10 vote. INT our con
vcntiuns and legislature subsequently, yielded .,
thc persuasive hut Irresistible power Of the fcdcm
Government and We accepted the amendments IL
rod faith. There was bitter, malignant and pro
trarici struggle. however. between our States an,
the dominant majority Of the Government bcior
the south submitted After ycnr Of the hell Of h,
construction. the south ao,rp'ci aud submitted &,
thc inevitable willing irum the first 90 ac-cpl thl
abolition Of slavery aud tho death Of the right %
gcccssion NJ dIrcct consequence Of the war Il tool
The south year 10 te rcconcIlcd To negro cnian
chiscmsnt
slavery was principle Of ne Democratic party
II was part and parcel Of the ic,icml Constitution
II vas aoondtion that sKlstci IN our FIVE Govern
ment. protected By the lrgis Of ~ laws
srccriun wns a dangerous theory, fccornlrcd .
iusiinahlc In certain contingency by The southcf
uinr ct the Democratic IaHy.
Time chanru and men change with them. 1hot
rrnClrlrs, or raihcr puiiCios 81 the pcmOcrail
parry died With the war Theories. cherished bu
daurrmus. have disappeared. and condition
which uhwaionci the ilie Of the nation have d
parted iopycE The southern people accept N
nfhitmtncti oi the sword The, fcjoicc that siat,
~ j. dead and that tcccsson no longer lives I
urcniru the integrity oi thc Union
sl1,rfy aud sccc,sion ven dsturblng and dslt
termtng ISSUES In our popular government The
wondered uncertain the lie Of The nation. hut the
vcie not more tanciul 10 the national lie tina
free tmio lt 10 the industrial ilio Of the counir
and The prosperity Of the people
Win thc Ucuguiuou Of slavery In the cousiiii
lion and 10 cSistcnco o. part of The domestic q
labor system In The southern sl,ics FIRE trndc va
o. ihc Interest Of an exclusively agricultural ~,
pc Tie theory Of buying where YOU can hu
CHEAPEST and srling WHOM you can I'll dcnp.t va
considcEcd 70 D. the hcsl poligy iof The South ~
Thcn This condition was changed. when SLAYER
Wa abolished. the five tmde theory should n
longer have any place M our political economy. m
Institution and thc Theory should both have bee
iniernrd In the same grave for all practical pu
po-cs this has been the rcsult
The ignus iaiuus Of ircc trade q a. dead In n
nation ~ slavery or toccuon. but the pcrilnaeil
With which southern men rcni,t In following n
former dclusiou cxcmplihcs the iOruc Of a oouyl
ton. which Wa a vital Issue between paftlc, /,
sixty jean Of our national lie.
The Cat has gone forth Trcc trade T. dead \
parry can ever hope 10 succeed In national oocto
that fccognlrc, Il NJ a theory. Or temporrc with
o. policy II Il the deadly upas that woul
poison and desifuy the industries Of the cuuntr
aud that win poison our cause and bring defeat
our party In every national election.
ire trade means industrial destruction and y
ihical death Protection Il the unwrtisu law
this county, and n our party aspri 10 control u
government and wishes 10 be succcssial In Il
next election. Il must plant ipelf fquacly A.
firmly upon the platform Of the Democratic pat
adopted IN Chicago In 1884. which resulted In Il
triumph u our party aud the election Of our ca
didnics 10 the highest onlocs Ia the giit Of u
pcople
Dsome weeks ago there came TO TuE A
rKAL Office a Republican newspaper viii,
contained an editorial 10 very much Il