Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-27
HORACE GREELEX ON THE
RTHmR.

HORACE GREELEY ON THE
STUMP.
At a recent meeting Of the Central Republic
can club Of New York, the white coated phi
loscphsr was invited 10 address the faithful.
he entered the hall "smid great cheering"
He thus presents the issue before the country
and defines the comprOmiSs be would make
with the South
The issue before the country is Union or
dlsunion. We Republicans stand by The Union
as it was made by our fathers; our antago
nists are determined to distract and distroy Il.
/ am not Of those who believe the Union above
everything else. / believe truth above the
Union and righteousness above the Union.
Enthusiastic cheers. I am willing to stand
BY the Union; but I do not ask any man to act
upon my principles to the sacrifice Of his own,
and no man must ask that sacrifice Of me. |
expect, IL we 60 on, each will endeavor to pro-
mote the common good according to bis own
independent convictions within the limits OF
I the Constitution. II there are 20 be asv tests,
aetD shackles, nei0 eEaeitons, ghfeh imPeaeh our
manhood, demanding hypocritieaI essent to doc
trfnes tce DO not bsaeVe, hea, Isay, you mag
make eren the Unioa cost too much for me, more
TALKING OF COMPROMISE. ALL THE
/ OFFICERS OF THIS GOVERNMENT
military. CIVIL, AND NAVAL, WHO
| HAVE BETRAYED THEIR TRUSTS, EY-
cry MAN OUGHT TO BE HUNG. Tire
mendous and repeated eheers.l / WOULD
4 COMPROMISE ON HANGING HALF OF
THEM. TApplause AID laughter. am will
ling to do anything reasonable, leheers and
laughter in order to have the Union 60 on
peacefully and powerfully 80 OF old. But,
gentlemen, look at the difficulties in the way
- ,-hsA tEa- cell rnoorafrucffnn Here We 90
20 make Twiggs a maior-generaL They say
il is Union, concession, reconstruction; let
them come forward and say, If they WILL. that
they purpose to make David e. Twiggs a ma
ior-general. or put him back as a brigadier-
general. Can an honest and faithful officer
serve under such z general as that? mol
Either loyalty or treason must carry the Cay
in this country.
He shows the result wherever The question
OF Union OF secession has been submitted to
the people:
They have had a sham OF it in Texas. On
the contrary, in The whole row Of border slave
States, they have been beaten signaIiy-almost
unanimously. In Delaware, with a Demo-
cratic Legislature. they did not dare even to
entertain the question. No man stood up in
Senator Bayard's state to say we want to go
out Of the Union. In Maryland they kept up
a show Of wanting to get a convention to-
gether. Our friends say eve did not even feel
thankful to Governor Hicks for not calling the
Legislature together, though It was his duty to
do as be did; we defy him to appeal to the
people.o In Kentucky they dared not. IN
TENNESSEE THEY DID SUBMIT 4
VOTE TO THE PEOPLE, AND THEY
OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED TO STAY
IN The UNION AS TITS THEY VOTED
DOWN THE CONVENTION ALTO
GETHER. In Virginia the Democratic legis-
Iature called a convention, and the people
voted that their doings must be submitted to
them; though they may vet be allowed to do
something TO bully the North, they dare not
submit it to the people whether they want to
90 out of the Union. North Carolina elected
q Union convention.
He explains how the South NAV obtain
peace:
A peace based on perjury and cowardly sur
render, a peace which is a peace Of shame and
death, I do not see how any country can afford
TO have. ICheers. We say if you want
peace obey the laws, and there will be peace.
You made the laws as much as we did. They
are your laws as much as our laws, and exist
for your benefit as much as ours. Pay the
duties, respect the Government, and there will
be peace, order, prosperity, and security for
the rights Of all But if 0ne-half, or one-third
defy the rest, resist the laws, chase out the
public authorities, and then say because there
are no collectors there that the revenue ia rot
to be paid, 70 this is to be the basis OK peace, |
say that there can be no such peace as that.
The country is demoraliEed in the eyes Of the
world, and will be as contemplate as that Of
Turkey IL we submit to peace on that basis.
/ do not know how soon peace will come, per-
haps it will not be without trouble or even
bloodshed. But it must come.
Unkindest cut Of all, he twitts the Union
men CT the border States declares that there
is no middle grOuad on which they can stand,
and says that those who clsmor for the Union
and talk Of compromise, are "5nsaking
traitors . and if they DO not intend to stasd
by LineoIn, they had as well unfurl the south
ern flags
"You talk Of the South resisting Lincoln f;
I dare you to appeal to the South, and to let it
be put to ballot. You talk of the right Of
people to secede il they choose | dare you to
appeal to them.1 They know that the hearts
Of the people are with the Union, while they
dare not openly avow it. Not5 there Is no mid
de ground beitceen obedience to the lars sad def
Gnoe Of The lG;1s. To taLs about some middle
or other Of q coWpr0miIe, somsibfnE to be done
besides 0bsying the lags ia to frifs Nth The public
Intelligence. If Mr.. Lincoln is President, be
10 81 y AEA az wei 40 ' r Nun aAL
entitled to obedience in one as well as in the
other. Do you think The men who have stolen
the public property in Texas any more justifa-
bic than if they had been in Vermont? It
has been 4 little moresafe, but not a whit less
reasonable. FCheers l SAY THOSE
WHO TALK OFRECDNSTRUCTION AND
COMPROMISE ARE THE MOST DAN
GEROUS BECAUSE THE MOST SNEAK
ING OF TRAITORS. There is but one
course, stand honestly by the Government
while it obeys the laws and upholds the Con-
stitution. If it does anything else, resist it
openly, msBfully do not t~waddle, do not be
half way. LCheers.l II this Government is
not the Government Of the United States, and
entitled to the obedience Of the citizens Of the
United States, come out and unroll your Pal
metto flag here, commence the revolution
which our mayor has 30 often threatened Us
with. daughter But If it is the Govern
ment it is entitled to no half way obedience.
1t is youF interest, your duty, fellow-citizens,
every man OF you, to sustain the Government
wholly, heartily, thoroughly.