Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-19
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BLACK-RRPUmLEUaN DEFENDFRS
OF THN oONsrITUrInN.

OF rae CONSTITUTION.
he hostility Of Republication 10 the South
lie only sxosllsd BY TIE sublime impotence Of
Its advocates. They assert their claim, pap
excellence, to be styled defenders Of the Con.
strution," and II is asserted BY one o. theil
organs, ths. theirs is the only party in the
country whose ~"ioyalty to the Constitution
is above suspicion With personal liberty
bills staining the records OF nine Of the states
which hey controls with the standing motto
on their flag, that slavery shall never be car
RE into any OF the common territories with
the reiterated resolves Of their party, from
Maine to Orsron, that they viii set at nsught
the decision Of the Supreme Court OF the Uni
ted states, the constitutional srbiter Of legal
rights; with the desolsting doctrines Of he
higher law, which they pronounce divine
ediets, and therefore paramount to all law OF
constitutions Of human origin; with their con-
slant Insertion that the will q a majority
must be obsyed, though their action may grisv-
ously Cypress the minority with the mon
strous dogma Of tyranny enuneiated on the
foo1s Of Congress, from the lips o. their
Representatives, snd their chosen President,
that . free and independent sovereign people
shall be compelled By force TO yiell them
allegiance; with this dsmning record
spread upon the pages Of the country's histo-
", they claim to be the defenders Of the Con-
stitution and the Union, and call upon good
men to rally around them for the enforcement
Of the laws.
By their assaults upon constitutional rights,
they have driven seven soYereignties to
form new political combinations, and repndi-
are their alliance, and, now, with mSnstrous
ssdseitv they call upon the outraged people
Of TIE slsvs States, to stand BY The Union
which they themselves put In jeopardy, and
finally destroyed They have conquered and
erus ed every friend Of the Constitution in the
Northern States, who was 90 bold as to osen
his mouth in Is defense, and now, ike sleuth
houncs, they are upon the track Of those who
have, under new auspices, set up the Constltu-
ton Of our fathers, as the charter Of their
rights. With brazsn assurance thew summon
usto unite 10 the chsGe. The tghols aim Of
he Regublioaa party. (says the New York Tr-
baus) sAogld BE- 70 iaduot tie border slave
States to e0EuiczEnos the p0lieg Bs shal pur-
sus f01ard fhs seeded States"
TIA policy Involves a bold, daring, mon
strous usurptticn Of power BY the Federal
Government, and a violent destruction Of the
uzhts Of The States under the Constitution,
bv those who claim to be tue defenders Of
tie Constitution and lovers Of the Union"
They have deliberately dshed TIE federal
lass, and denounced the Constitution as ga
e5vensut with hell" They are now suddenly
seizsd-not with rsmorse-but WITH venerstion
FOR its saers5Ress, and regard for its integrity.
Being uoE its special eustodisns, they will not
even permit the South to gather up the frsg-
nsnts Of the instrument, which they had bro
ken and scattered 10 re face Of the South.
In the name % the Co Istitution and the
UuIon, hey would invade the soil, and slRugb-
ter tbe inhabitants o. the southern States.
Defenders Of the Constitution, and Pressrvsrs
o. tie laws, forso0th Tbsy trampls upon all
Isss, human and divine, and crush not only the
sscrsd charter, but freedom itself.
TIE node in which the Black-Rspublicans
-s6ead the Constitution is bat a repetition Of
rbst in which Cortez defeHdsf the Roman Cath
Ole faith against the lnfdels Of Mexico. He
sacked the cities, murdered the Inhabitants,
pluadsred their treasury, and, in the climax Of
bis zeal, stretched the Emperor Montszuma on
living snbsrS- All this was done By the cruel
and ambitious eonqusror, as defender OF the
holy church. May the futurs historian Of our
country never record such a career FOR The
"dsfsndsru Of the CoRsttution.'