Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-27
aaiIg Appeal.
FPFECH or TiIE nov To9- /.
rnREa-rae
eoNNrssiosFR THsa SOUTH sARoE'El.
Before he Virgiaia Sfafs coap,aiion. =. II.
fna Frhrasr--s TOfl 1855

AAaaA0Na
coaaussosFR FHes sour1r s.nerrr,
Before ths gtTgiSie stais eoausalion, cs Tuss-
day FebrsaTy 1914, 1861.
Trsn fhs rstsrssurs va R-pre-s.
We gave in yesterdays Express. from mr.
special reporter, comprehensive sketch ~ r.
rsmarks Of this distinguished orator Ln4 a.
early hour At which TIE train lesvss for Psfe-s-
burg precluded the possibility OF 4 r,rboss-,
report TITS we sFe enabled to do today
emitting TIE opening remarks Of the speaker.
wEich merely relate to what we're the Ercun5s
considered By South Carolina good and snes.
cient FOR her leaving the Unlon-Mr. PrestoB
said:
This, gentlemen, brings ne directly 10 tbs
causcs which desire to lay before Won For
fully thirty years OF more, the psople Of tbs
Northern states bavs sssaiied the Institution
q African slavery. They have asssilsd Az
ricsn slavery 10 every form n which bv our
eontiguity Of territory, and our Political an.
snee with them, they have been permitted TO
Bpproach It.
During hat period Of thirty years. lsrrs
masses Of their people have associated them
selves together for the purpose Of abolishlpr
the Institution OF African slavery. and means
the most fearful were suggested to the subject
race-rining snd numbering their masters be-
ing the charities OF those means. n pursp-
snee Of this ideas their Representatives in the
Federal Government have endeavorsd br all
t1s means that they could bring to bear, q to
shape toe lsgitlstion as almost ts limit. to re-
strict, % restrain the slsvsholaing States from
any political interest in the accretion Of tue
Government So that as my distinguished col
league Judge Benning.) stated to you on yes
tercays The decree goes forth that there are 10
. no more slave States admitted into the
Union.
Secondly, then. in pursuance Of the sane
purpose that have ineirsted, isTEe majori-
ty Of the states Of the Confederation have
refused to carry oat those provisions Of the
Constitution which are absolutely necessary 70
the existence Of the slave States, and many Of
them hsre stringent laws to prevent the exscu-
ton Of tboae provisions; and eight Of thssa
s.Etes have made iterimiual, even IN their cit
izsns 70 execute these provisions Of the Con-
Hstution q the United States, Which bF the
7TeEress OF the government, have become now
sscsssarT to the protection Of an indagtrF
which furnishes to The commerce Of the Re
public S250, ,O9o, 900 per annumn, and on which
the very existence of twelve miIlions Of lpeo-
pie depends. In rot one Of these seventeen
States can a citizen Of one Of the sfteeu States
claim bis main property, and in many Of them
TIE pelsons q TIE citizens ot these States
have been violated and in numerous eases the
violence has resulted IN mUrder
Third Ibs citizens Of bot less than 1--WE OF
our confederstes Of the North have Invaded
Tie tertiary Of their e7nfedsrstes Of the slave
bcieiug States, and proclaimed the Intention
of shOlisbing slavery By she anuihflation Of
the slaTeh0ldcrs; and two q these States have
refused to surrender the convicted felons 70 the
demand q tAe invaded StzteE; aud one Of
these-oDe Of the most inhaentiai-one, per-
hapss recognized as the Representatives Of what
Is calied American sentlment and civilization,
has, In its highest solemn fern, approved Of
that invasion; and numbers of people scat
tered throughout the whole extent Of these
seventeen States, have made votive offerings
20 The memory Of the Invaders
FOURTH The most populous, an BY far, the
most potent Of our late c0nfedr stes, has for
yssrs proclaimed, through the Federal Legis-
lature and By Der ewn sovereign act, that the
conflict between slavery and non-slzvery is a
conflict for life and death. Now, there Is the
calm, oft-rsiteFated decree Of State contain
ing three millions ot people, condDeting four
ftLhs ot Tie conmercs of the Republic, with
additional millions difused through The whole
Of these II States And many Of these States
themselves have decreed hat the institution
OF slavery is an esfenss to God, and, therefore.
they are bound By the most sacred attributes
which belong to human nature, 70 eEfsTninsts
It. They have declared, in their most solemn
form, that the inHtitution Of slavery. as Il ex-
lists in the States of their political coufsder-
ates, is an ofsnse to their social Institutions,
and, therefore, that It should be sxtsrminsted
Finally, acting upon the impulse Of their 5u-
nsioritiss, large msjorities throughout the
whole Of these II States have placed the exec
ufsTs poWsr ,of the Federal Government IN ths
hands Of those who are bound By the most sa-
cred Obligations, By their obligations TO God, !
By their obligations to the social Institutions (
of nan, by their Obligations Of sslf-Proteetion |
and Eeif- preservation, 10 place the system Of i
slavery as it exists ia The Southern States upon
q course OF certain and fnal extinction. /
Tweniy millions Of people, having in their |
hands one Of tie strongest governments on |
earth, and impeilsd By perfect recognition Of /
tie most Powerful obligations which fsh upon 1
rsr have declared that the vital Interests Of 1
eight millions Of people shall be exterminated. 1
10 ether words, the decree, the rssulr Of this 4
cuuulaiion which have endesEorsd TO show 4
rou, Eas fnsuguTated on the 9Th Of November 1
last 10 far as the Institution Of slavery is COZ
80 confsderates Of the Northern 4
ron-..i-...tl II .lsf States Thst decree is ami /
ltls-isn, sls =
NJ, -ssnsn, the people Of South Caro- /
fips bss portion Of these sisbtsen nil 4
Ho-- " people, have only TO ask themselves Is /
axfsience worth the struggle Their answer 4
q this qussfian, have submitted 70 you IN TIE /
form Of their ordnance o. seression-
Gsntlsrnsn, see before me men who have /
observed al the records OF human life, and 1
tnT, perhaps, who have been chief actors 10 /
many % its gruvsst scenes, and ask such 4
men in IN an their love Of human society they i
can ofer an example Hre this 2 South Caro- /
lima has 100000 whites, and 100000 slaves.
These 10000 whites depend FOR their whole \
system Of ciFilztion On these 100000 slaves. /
Twenty mlllious II people, With one Of the /
efr5nreut Governments on the face Of the earth, /
decree tbe determination Of these 400 900 slaves /
and then ask, ig honor, Is interest, is liberty, 1
fs right is Justice, Is life, worth tia struggle? 4
Gentis1sn, have thus very rapidly en-
detro7d % group before you the causes which 1
have produced the action Of the people OF South /
Carolina. Had en6eaFored to 20 into detail /
Of X. II would occupy half The history OF this /
rsuublic. For bait the period Of its existence
from TIE DAYS Of the younger Adams 70 this
hour. he untlring and unhinching purpose OF
the northern representation In our federal leg
ssIaton, and Of the people Of The Northern
States. has been first 10 restrict and restrain
she psouIe of The Southern States, within the
IfDftatfons which thev have prescribed, then
70 gubsidise, then 70 destroy. They were
bsHsd. they were checked IN enc course OF
e5is. Bet Eith that unliriug energy Of nature
vrti-h belorgs to then. they eoon turned 70
another. Defeated in this, By the lingering
sod sturdy fragments Of dying patriotism
among themselves or the pointed resist enee OF
fheir yfcfius-theT have stili held on with the
fsrre grip OF aFzrsce, with the mad rage Of
fs-sticisn, untl it has pleased God to curse
then With a triumph which may plunge tnis
-,rfinerf into civil war, and DESTROY perhaps
ss-ever. 10, fsIresi forms Of liberty that ever
huzsn philosophy grated uPon tas inStitu-
tons of men.
stber side Of The picture. Tor thirty years, 5y
iabor. bT protest, By prayer, BY warning, BY !
ever attribute, By every energy W1lcn sns
rcnid bring to besr, ny State has sndeaFored
10 aver this estaatroPbe. For this long series
- rssrs in the federal legislature whaf nas
bssr her courses WHIT has been tie iaoor
,-birh she has performed What has been
~. ,,u-Dose uIjch she has AvoWed? Has
-, not given 70 this al her pstTiotsn, all her
Virfus--snd that she had intelligence; that shs
~ nstrioifsr,: hat she had Firtue, e n proof
- fl,st uIsi-bIe sits IN the ball where me
s-.---.igntr ~ yfrgfnis is eohsultnE upon the
tights and hoadr Of Virginia, lAPpialse,J
m this she did IN the Federal GeFerhlnei--
Fsiiinr ia this. more than year ago, seeing
-. -fe-rs irpeuding, seeing TIE waves rising,
- reod- 10 this great, this strong. tnis WISE
-. iIirstriouE Republic of Virginia. grave
.,usrisrion. The purp0rt ef which, WIZ your
1eruission, gsntiemen, ! VIII venture @ rei@.e'
.r-,r,rss. Tbe ststs Of South Carolina, 5y /
=, a-sissnes on A. D. 1852, affirmed her rigut
=, .-eeds from the CoBla1sfaey whenever Lne
ccession should arise, justfylng lef, n & nei
or iudgnsnt, In taking tnat s.sls -. 80 80
--Y,,sf1-o adopted by her confenuoh' &C.
- SO .fs fo-tore the immed ate exercise
81 .s,st -igt- from eonEideTations Of exPedl-
eney only =. -.,,, have
$780, rlnre that conTention ADJOURNED, ~ &c
al ~ intsrveuing time, the assaults upon -
j5.fftstIon OF slavery, and upon ne rlgnts sue
,,-,sTitv of the Southern States nave uDese's
- -ontinUed with Increasing violence, an
n rsr srd mUre alarming ferns; be Il tnefs-
fore, ~. Ctats Of /
s,ft' S1rroiins, stin defsrriDg 70 Der soatnsih
s5.s-. n.vsrthsless respectfully announces ~. ~
ib.m tbst ( s The deliberate iasgRssnt q ST.. '
rsnersi asssm5iy that the slsVshol.lis y.
ssboSIS inmedistely meet together % eonc'i'
r,.ssrrres for united action.
, Pesoluss. unanimously, Inat me IoL
gofng preambie and resolution be
- sv tss governor to ali the slayenos,e.94g s.a4
ststss vrith the earnest request 81 this 90. ose
tbst fbsv viii appoint deputies, eh9 ,, a-oP
s.,-k ,-- ssssurss as ia their judgment "ii pro
mote TIE said meeting .,.cfst
4 Pe,sfr,4 unanimously, Ihat sReeasl
..---;s-S,-sT be sDooinisd ~ bis eEeeileney
the Governor, to c0mmuuleate % 49, "
,--sss,bls ~ resoIofioEs for tie stats oi VI VI
- - b. ~ ....r.r.rr n the EutloflAeE OF tA~e