Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-08-13

fourth district in hat State in nominating .
eandidste for Congress, which difficulty was
haaily settled By Mr.. Barr withdrawing ms
name asa candidate, although for sixty-t"o
successive ballots he had received ID. highest
number Of votes. Gen-rsl Moore was subss-
qaently nominated, and Mr. BAN, like a good
Democrat, has shown bis dsvoiOn 10 the pTin-
piles of his party by giving bis competitor Tor
lie nomination a most faithful and Jealous
support A few days before the election MI
3. addressed a letter to his feIlov-ei,izens u
be district, from which we make the follow
ing extract:
Tbs MAyoEITV OF Ma B~UoHAEAS'e al
NET Ara S~sUTHERN MEN-Oae Would ihiuk
tuat fact would shield them from sus icion OF
3eschsTy to the South. II Walker has exceed
a bis auty-and I an aware manv southetn
Ba;TiOts believe t0at be hss-Mr. Burhshan's
whole public life. 50 uniform and cons sieut
hat Mr.. Calhoun pronounced bin "soad on
he subject OF slavery - and his Epore recent
solemn acts and declar-tioss, togs her with the
tssarances gwen BY soufAsrH men, nhOse posi-
fioA eRasies fhens 70 knotr. ought 20 satisfy The
S5sth that such EXCESS viii no. be approved.
Il is a remarkable fact, and ore that now
,eems n be well ascertained. thai the s~ostkeFs
d ~ AAHaaa eFNNDNf VI wv HNHN ~ =
resiHgs al arc Grfing "a coaoert puh hiBi.
hey know more Of has acts than We. Why
hen, should We 1t a G stance. charge eveh
Walker with trescheTy 10 he Sauth2 II ~
rDRnoi trust southern men rhom zoe kNoV Hot0
.tViHg Ia Aaasas, Uhom caa tse fTusi fhers7
has ben already shown that no slave
lo.cHg States outHumber the siaveholdbg
STATES, have a greater popufation, ala more
iumbers IN b5Ih houses Of CeuSress 50 thy
] an an wmHn 80 ia -. 49, - ~ wrNNa
fbeBev5r they choose 10 Unite. What is there
o preyens them o. any question between as
rom doing as they piease2 With an over
fheimning and ct iHcreasi = majority against
s, IN bon branches Of Congress aad al the
oils. hoe coz zee protect osgsdcesi We love
ue Union OF these States, and shudder at the
nought Of dissolution II, then, IL be true, as
s'me would psTsgsCe you, that We have no pO-
steal friends Ia the northern States; that
snere are none in that ssc' ION OF the Union viii
1 9 to give US our constitutional rights, we
re- Inieed, in a deploTsble and helpless con
dition.
luview Of these solemn truths-not 70 rTess
ene moral wrong Of charging good ana honora-
lie men with deception and fraud-is It pru-
lent iE Us 70 %cOnjure up supicious aEetast
distinguished northern men whose lorg lives
ave shown them TO be just Aen, who have al
ways professed friendly feelings towards ms
ino, IN The face % great opposition, nov de-
c are a determination that we shall have al
blr rights? Is it discreet to Willy and abuse
ueh men; charging them with fslsehood, de-
/ ~c-ption, and tTeacheTy? Is it wiseF Is II
.oliucs Is il not supTemeiy W~AWise, impru-
.eHt, and impoiitic2 Cen anythii 2 be better
calculated TO estTanEe them from us-tO drive
hem into opposition and 20 the very Injustice
aud wToug hey are 90 recklessly charged with (?
And, when that Is done-fien, what will you
90? With an overwhelming majority sgaiust
on 10 all departments Of The goverutaen re
gaTdiess Of your rIghts-enraFr3 and beat upon
gOur ruin-sek0t faea ED y0H dot Do not our
,wn best Inieres $, as well as our duty, require
IS 10 EPkold AID seaport hose Just northern
men SBO are fighting our battles?
1t Is coLcpded-the eject .OHs and other events
4 the last two years compel The cenceusi5n-
hat there Is 10 party ia the Northern States
rom whom Justice 10 be Soc b can be expect
Il or hopper, except the DEMocaArIc PARTY.
All other parties there are swallowed up ~
ne slack Republican party, which is " dead
against as"
%. ,u5 same elections and events prove that
be Democratic party is true to us, Though
beaten Ia most Of tie n E,heTn Safes, they
Maintained their organization in every state
and against great odds fought valiau'ly for cur
ights ard Tor the int. gritty Of tn Union. d.
i've Of the Northe5R States they were success
al; and ftuf success was al that saved Us.
3uJ for the valiant efforts of the Democratic
iarty in those i've States, Fremont would have
Wept The whole Nertb; aud flushed with vic
t5ry, the Black Republicans would have car
- MI ffeir nosffie purposes against Us in a
their horrid atrocity.
Iuate a4saus Ivieued to the " Missouri re.
trtcuon," lately declared by the sepreme
Court OF the United States not only must "a
be Southern Statss. bat unconstitutional. Tao
-cts which the record proves, connected witt
= repeal, speak volumes fer The hielity Of thf
Northern Democrats. The first is that ef al
tser parties, bul tUO RepTsseHt-iisef from n,
NoTthsrH States UOtrd f0r ne ftBeaI, and not on
" Gtor TIE O her l., hat Y nobody had rode
Et A0fiacr= Democrats. their Uofes uOuid haru
fPssiH ihst 0dtCUs Tssfrioii0a
At what hazard thry gave his vote may b
zen from the fact thai Of the forty aid OF.
st Representatives who did t., scarcely
oxen we're returned AZ the succeeding election
nd, IA % ~ i~HsfqEcs. the defeated Damocrs
was succeeded BY a FTeesoileT or AbolitioAist-
J-n F, a iyd Rnow- Nothing row a R. publicai.
T. is a pleasure 70 state that at the lsst rlec
ion some OF those noble fellows Tough. ihsi
FaV back.
Il ought to be well understood that he Demo
-rauc party i a H~Gfi0nai p ry, and &c sucl
r IS HetiheT for nrgro slavery nor against 4
HEX principle, T. thai TIE people OF each Ter
ltorF-hs qualified yo-srs-when they CON
D form a State constitution. mas b. We ssgr
isvsrg or exclude IL. a. th-y choose T 2 De
a~ocratic party maintains The right Of " sy PEG
te 70 regulate their own domestic concerns d
heir own way-sHti-rt only 70 the constitution @
De United States. This Is southern D-mocTact
Ibis Is northern Democracy. On has gres
1rInciPle-he right Of every people to COVER
acknowledgements everywhere eordiall
uite
Ihave chosen rather to call your a~tieniior
o The just and equitable principles Of the De
aocraue party T; nd oy an APPEAL TO facts, wei
SHoWn and estsbl shed, to show that it is or
highest i~HtsTsst, 20 well IS our duty, not TO wa
gsinst it-as DO Judge Smith and bis part
rs-hut - support and uphold A., with a.
cur strength.
Aud ul-i rarty has a csndijste-SYDEN
Ham MOORE-wbom, Of course, I shall sup
port, and for Whom al may vote, without an
n'sgivirgs; a man well known, esteemed, an.
dmiTed high-minded, honorable, upright
eliabls; whose success no sou bern patrio
would no IN who would be greeted H. To
lslls Of Congress ~ al lovers OF the Unlol
gith weleoms p~lsudits; and whose position
nd associations would snabie him to DO murl
.ood for his immediate Constituents ard FOR th
whole country.
JULy %, 1851. JOHN G. BARR.