Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-24

urd, slavish, ana destructive Of the good and
happiress Of mankind.p
The States Of Florida, South Carolina, Ala
bama and Mississippi have already withdrawn
from the Coufoderacy; and the States Of Lou
isisna and Georgia will undoubtedly have se-
csded BY The tine cur delegates shan have met
Ia convention.
Under these circumstances, the question for
US TO deter zinc will be, not whether the Union
shall be dissolved, for that is Rlreedy an &C.
complished fact, bat whether we shall, with
our present veneraied Constitution as the basis
Of a southern confederation, unite our destiny
with those to whom We are indissolublY bound
bv the ties Of sympathy and Of interest, or
cin- 10 the skirts Of those States which not
only deny us equality Of rights, but declare an
unceasiug war upon our peace, happiness and
safety, until be present relations Of the white
and The black races shall have been abolished;
States in which the robbery Of southern citl-
zens is legalized, and Tie murder Of southern
citizens can0n.zed.
Can Tennsssessns hesitate which TO choose?
Every effort 20 procure a redress Of our griey-
ancss and an acknowledgment Of our rights
has uer not only with stern resistance. but
With defiance and threats. We have then 10
T make up oUr minds 10 submit Internationally
to Biack-kepublican domination, or resolve 10
stand upon The unslenabie rights Of freemen.
I Tine presses On the All OF March next, the
army and The navy, and the treasure OF he
. Government viii pass into The hands OF those
. who are pledged 20 our destruction. He knows
nothing Of the past history and character Of
that paryi OF wilfully attempts to deceive,
Z Wbo tells us llere IS safety or patriotism IN
submission Impartial sistsTy VIII stamp with
infamy he Southern State which. through fear
Of coercion, shall fail 70 assert its righls. sad
maintain them 40 whatever 1ost.
u UlioH with Northern state. sra sIaU
be-eeteemed only az so many sheep. useful for
. our q d1ece, but kicked aud dasrised for our ir,-
heciiity. They have lived up'n opr labor.
f grown fat upon our bounty, and arrogant upon
4 our humiliation. They have flooded the world
with ISLANDERS upon our institutions and our
people. Shall We give these ISLANDERS an off,
cial endorsement IN the person OF every for
eign minister and consult They are pledged
before God and man, IN the puinit and on the
f hustinE7, ia every form Of expression 10 direct
/ the whole power and moral influence OF the
I Government, TO the subversion of our social
ard civil institutions and our political derre-
dation Shall we contribute our quota Of the
eiEAly millions per annum, as a bribe to the
agents who shan serve in this unholv crusade
They threaten Us with coercion2 Shall we
. lick The rod held up for our chaetisement. or.
+ planting ourselves upon the right, bid them
defiance, and trust the issue TO the God Of our
fathers2 There are these who would divert
rs from Cur only hope Of safety, By directing
public attention c. The absurd scheme OF 4
middle confederscY- With some the object is
only TO delay this great and patriotic move
meut Of the people. III tbe incoming Admin
istration is fairly inauguTatsi and all the ap-
planes OF the Government fully Organized
for the application OF palliative. or cosrcive
measures IS the eNigeHcies OF the times NAV
seem 20 require. Others there are. not nu-
Iaerous class 'Fe hope, whose object is thus 70
give aid and comfort TO the uuholy purposes
of -Bepl5licanism. Divide and con-
Qusrl Separate the slave States from each
other; SET them, if possible. 90 war one upon
The other, and The work CT abolition is accom-
plshed.
We have now two great classes in cur So
cie.Y, the white and be black race-tbe gov
srning and the governed. An insidious at
tempt is being made through incendiarv ennis
sizries, and publications, f0stered, we regret
70 say, by some whom charity would have us
believe are guilty OF no worse crime than
th0Ughtlsssnsss and Ignorance. to subJivid
the covering class into properly holders ard
wuIEjngmen, with The hope Of Ultimately es-
tablishing a sympathy of feeling between the
negro aud the working class, and then By the
abolition of slavery Of bringing then to a
social level Attempts to destroy the great
dividing line between the two races, bringing
the white man down, or lfinE the negro up 20
condition in lie, could not but Be destructive
Of every interest in society. The man of
wealth who psnders 70 a5olitionism By sowing
the seed Of dstrust among the white race may
feel himself secure aga nst this social degrala-
ton. He may lstter himself that although In
siave States an Ehitcs are regarded ~ equals,
vel it is C1lV The poor man. who IL legal
distinctions were abolished, weui find b-m-
SELF, his wife, BIS soas and daughters, reduce
TO level with the negro. Bat beware wealth
Is flee Ing, nor can Il secure the you hful mind
aga ust .le Influence Of corrupt associations,
and the negro once elevated above the position
FOR which nature designed him, and placed
u1o1 a political equality with The white man,
and the virus Of bis debzsed nature courses /. s
way through al the veins Of our social sys
ten. The laws which COD has established
cannot b violated with iupunj.g.
Slavery Is Jf div na origin. The inferi0ritv
| Of the negro has been attestsi by The history
Of an ages I is stamped upon IT'S every fs1-
turs, and every attempt under whatever dis
-use 20 reverse this great law Of our Creator
mus, in the future, end az an such attempts
have ended in The past, 10 moral and social az.
well as political death. Good men. true men,
we beg Of y5u 70 beware, least you warm a
viper TO life that viii sting you to death. We
are one people, one race, one class. Wealth
and poverty are the accidents of the hour. Let
. rot our race nor blood be debassd by so great
/ crime against nature as the abolition OF those
I distinctions which the Almighty IN bis wisdom
/ has thought proper to create.
Freeneaof Tennessee, but a few shsrt weeks
remain tiii fhe contest shall be decided whether
our proud and gallant State shall be chained
F O. ids car Of Black Repcblicanism, degraded
and dss3iss5 even bV those 10 whom we shall
make our humble Submission, or stand erert,
+ the prog1 reeT Of our naughty adversary, mas
I ters Of G. r owH DESTINY For so great boon
7 what labor, what sacrifice is fo0 grestf TIE
I glory Of the achievement, though it nav not
. dim the l5ureis, win rival ia luster the pr5a5-
{ est deeds Of our heroic ancestors But our
object is not now 10 discuss these questions.
/ but 60 indicate only tie general principles and
; Purposes Of our organization. We are 10
/ longer wings or Democrats. Appointed bv
/ men Of different party associations, ourselves
different as TO past party questions, our organ
. izsti08 knows no man, whatever NAV have
! bssr~his former standing, but By tie part
I which be shall play IN this grest work us ihe
southern heart. 90 plant or beloved State im-
: movshiv upon the rock Of our fathers, tae in
/ slenab'e right OF freamsn TO de.br0ne 3espol-
. ism under whatever guiss it may seek to
/ ersIave 1s, and establish such government and
| such alliances a. shall best secure our peace.
safety and happiness.
We shall not stop % inquire whether ths
/ threats Of Northern States and northern states
men, are intended only 20 iutimidate people
/ wSo love peace rather than war, Il Il may
I honorablv be avoided, OF whether &c be the real
/ purpose Of the Black-Rspublcan to coerce
4 The sovereign states ~ The South into obsdi-
I ence and hold them as DEGRADED, subiue7tsd
I Frovncsr The men Of Tennessee, whose
I blades have El,tered uTon a hundred battle
( fields, and who never yet turned their back
I opon fos, viii not now, in The hour OF their
I country's -reatesl peril sink back like the
! hunted w5lf into the mountain fastness. Or
] houses and ogT cities may be reduced 70
I ashes, our women and children turned adrft
/ 20 seek ehslter from tie psltibg Of the pitt
I less storm under the CayeTE's roof; yet by the
Z heroic endurance alone OF freemen, we should
uske even cur very de88iati0n, should we be
driven to such extremity, bring ruin uron cur
i euemv God has given 10 the tiniest creature
I toe sting Of death. Driven to despair we may
Z turn up8H our adversary and carry ihe war
/ home upon lin. with which be nog thres ems
us. The tenure Of properly is there, as here,
I fou adei In legislation, and sustained olly By
Z Tire influence Of sound morality. We are no
4 ayrarisns: bu' bV the iRmutabie lag Of heaven
z it is decreJd that TetTibutive vengeance shall
/ sooner or later overtake those who defy
I the ordinances Of equal and fraternsi JUS
Z tcs. The iuiquity which Is DOW visited gp3n
7 us may vet turn 20 curses and blast the in
I vsutor. The serpent mad leuel, BY is own
J venom. nav vet in1ict rs own death wound
( But while We would nerve our hearts 90 tie
I maintenance Of our rights even AZ tbe hazard
( of sH the dread realities OF war, yer we dare
/ affirm hat il Tennessee shall, side by side with
/ her sister State Virginia, plant herself Brmis-
{ tskablv by .heStsies which shall already have
seeded by the 4 b ol March, the question Of
I peace orwsr e. settled. For then. even should
I the other Sou'hera States hesit te for a mo-
/ merf. they woull soon Follow. ard the idea Of
I coercion wou'd be forever bauished from the
thoughts Of he mos. fagatical. PROMPT ac-
fion, theref5rs, is peace; su5nissi0n igzr.
We may then as independent Ssa'es, die
] tate our own terms for rec ms 'raction OF fhe
/ Union, not til then. II the North desire 10
avoid such an issue, let them accede to such
/ guarsatees az viii be acceptable 70 the whole
I souta, before lhs purse and The sword of the
1 Federal Government are graspad by a Black
I Republican adm his ration. DELAY is death.