Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-05-04


of course, it f. PLATA that a substantial
Prac cal union Of the electors who supported
Fremont and Fillmore respectively insures
triumph in 1860, even though there shOuld Be
Son, sealing Of on either siSr, ~ there pro-
baby would be. We can aEord 20 lose One
Hundred Thousand Of the Opposition vote in
1886, and still carry the next President by a
handsome majority.
Is there, then, any iusuPerable obstscle 70
substantial union q the OPPos ton in l56O2
IN other w0rds-What do the Republicans
insist on as essenti7i that the ether branch Of
the Opposition cannot eoneeie 70 them
Doubtless. there are Republicans whose
opinions and feelings with regard 20 slavery
are such as are not eKceptable 70 conservative
WhiEs. We. for instance. regard the c0ntinu-
snoe Of Human Slavery as az once a great
crime and great blunder-as the main, incit-
ing cause Of our coultry's misfOTtUnes and
perils We DO most earnestly believe That Viz
GINA, for example, would have had double the
population and treble the wualth size now has
had her soil never been pressed By he foot Of a
slave. So Of North Carolin8, Kentucky, Ten
nfssse 30, emphatically, n Marvland, Ms
sour aid Texas. Bot even we have no idea
that the Federal Government ever WI or should
undertake 70 intermeid,e with the existence Of
slavery in any STATE Of this Union. We ask
that Government simply Oct slavery IN the
Mails and hat personal liberty which the Fed
eTal Constitution guarantees % every citizen,
leaving the overthrow Of slavery 10 The natur-
"a growth and diffusion q Intelligence, Human
i.y and Religion. That the FEDERAL Govern
ment should cease u hr the active champion
and propsgandist Of slavery, whether in its
domestic OF its foreign policy, We do urge and
Insist Beyond that point, we DO not ask nor
expect Il 70 60.
~ sr,-s,-sfio,. Of To-. -,,,sa- ~. .ir,,,-,
stances ard conditions Of that annexation, the
overthrow Of the Missouri Compact, the whole
course Of Federal proceedings in Kansas, fr0m
the hour that border rufians were frs. per-
mitfed 10 harass and abuse her Pre- State
settlers without resistance OF rehule from
those appointed and paid 10 administer the
laws there, down 30 the elimination Of the
Lecompton fraud, We hold to be gross depart
ures from that attitude which d was the duty
Of the Federal Government 20 maintain In re-
gard to freedom and slavery. So with the
Inonstrous project a paying Que hundred mil-
Lions OF over for The leland Of Cuba, for the
single purpose Of constituting a new buttress
and support o. the slave power in our Union.
Surely, i cannot BE- necessary that one should
be q deadly foe Of slavery IN order that he
should realize the gross psrtiality and inius-
tics Of such projects as this We DO not ask
the Federal government iC spend millions 70
strengthen the free labor Interests in our
Union. We protest against spending millions
for az opposite purpose " no says that this
protest IS not justified
Nor do we ask OF desire the ursscription Of
Shareholders o. prc-slarerv men bv he Fedr-
raj AdninistrstioH ~ they insist on prescrib-
inc ~. why hen they raise an issue that We
must meet, and the Ia dest fend Of. But we
are quite willing % retgrn to the policy OF the
earlY Presidents, under whom no mans opin-
one rnernrffur rfarrr- rrrrc rraTr Hr-1 81
his fitness for Office. Now, Il Is notorious, no
man is permitted 70 hold Office who Is in any
snaunsr an opponent 70 slavery
VIVA, the Republican party unitedlv demand
and insist on, + such change IN The policy az
the Federal Government as viii reader Il no
longer q patr0n and partizan, but an opponent
o the future extension Of slavery We insist
that in future Il shall act with regard 70 slsv-
erT extension IN De spirit which induced Jef-
ferson 70 devise, and Washington b sanction.
Us introduction in the Federal Territories. and
Gen. Tsvlor b favor lie exclusion from Cali
f0rnia. So much, IN essence, the Republicans
must snd will insist upon How many Of The
ether wing Of the Opposition VIII object 10
~ IL other words, how many Of the conserv-
alive Wings desire that the Federal Govern
neut snail continue 70 b. employed, a. Il has
been through The several Democratic Admins
rations since TyleT's apostacF. as an agent
for the propagation ard diffusion Of human
slavery
We DO not believe that there are ten thousand
voters in the Union outside II the National
Democratic organization, who desire the ex-
tension Of slavery, or that The Federal Govern
neBt shall favor such extension. In our inter
course with southern Whics-and % has not
been very limited-we never met one who did
50 who does not now cali himself a Democrat
r. then, we are not essentially at variance on
this point, we insist that no insurmountab bic
barrier exists 20 prevent The illusion We de-
sire. We believe hat Maryland, Delaware
and Missouri, with possibly Kentucky. Ten
nessce and North Carolina. nav b carried in
1850 for q National ticket which shall be frank
y but inofensiFsly hostile 70 the extension Of
lsverY.
A few words 10 men.
As we desire TIE open and hearty co-oprra-
ton Of conservative Wings 10 help Us elect z
Republican President, should such Be nomina-
ted, we DO not begin BY notify ne those WHY'S
ihai We VIII not support nor vote for one 81
their humber, should one b. pat forward As ne
Opposition candidate. Il seems to us consist
mt neither with good policy, good msnnsrs.
nor even good faith, 70 do 90. Most ceriafpIv
we should prefer an original Republican-Gov
Seward or Gov. Chase, f. (, instance-but we
shall heartily and zealoal9y support enc Ike
John Bell, Edward Bates, or John n. Bo,ts
provided We are well assured hat his Influence
bis patronage, his power, II chosen President
vii Be- used noi to extend slavery, but 10 con-
fne Il within the States that see e. 70 uphold
Il And when We say this, we ask those who
insist that the slavery issue Is subordinate, and
that questions concerning the tariff, internal
improvements, etc, ought 10 prefom BE-. 10
meet Us IN the sane spirit You say, Mcssrs.
Conservatives thai whst the country eminent
" nerds is = re- adjustment Of the tariff, 20 as
% afford at once adequate revenue a1d Incl
dental protection 10 the exposed and suffering
branches Of our national industry. Very well
Do Won doubt that GcF. Seward, or Gov. Chase,
i elected. would commend and approve such
tariff? Mind, We are not now urging that
distinctive Republican should Be selected az
TIE Opposition standard bearer in 1850 I'VE are
only showing that Il 4 Republican skouid b 50
dominated, you are bound b your own prinei-
pies 70 sustain him. II The Republicans are
eood sn0agh 10 vote FOR candidate e youT
own stamp, they are good enoarh % be voted
foI By those Of your way o. thinking. Why
not?
As to or valiant Repubiean brethren, who
Keep rsite1sting that thsv viii never support
any ant a ci7tsnctiVe, original Republican, and
hat TIE pattern Of 1850 must Be- rsafhrned