Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-06
3ailg appeal.

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e ---.- Nfet1 IiIlleAr OF EAs 4t ans
justice who have disregarssd the Constiiu,
ton and the laws OF our country; vhe hsv,
solsmnly declared an irrsprsssibls conflict =
an unending warfare upon TIE South whc
have sent then snissariss With the torch, th'
poison and the knife to desoiate our homes
who have, through their pulpits and theiI
State legislatures, armed thieves and murder
eTs to shoot doEn our citizens; and who un-
less we have the privilege Of making our oWn
laws, win crush Us end cur institutions. Ten
nsssee is ncE called upon to act in the present
crisis, ard act she must, either foT or against
the South. There is now 20 neutral ground.
Tennessee Is rich and powerful, and her action
wiz exereiss a mighty influence upon the dss-
tlnies OF the nation. Let Tennssseeans thiilk
calmly and deliberately upon the questions to
b. decided let party ties and party men be
forgotten; let right, ls. liberty, let country be
remembered. Our people are not called upon
to decide the rigit or the sEpsdieney OF DIS
solution oi the Union, for, ss ! remarked me
Uaioa Is dissolred but she is called upon 10
say whether she viii unite with her Toes OF
whether she viii remain true to herself, 10 her
honor, and io her wronged and struggling SIS
ters. The sbvss OF civil war Is al our feet,
and civil war can only be svsried by showing
70 the North united SOUTH For years the
northern masses have been deceived as 70 Tue
sentiments Of the southern people II, 10 the
beginning Of these troubles, TIE South had
taken a bold, determined stand, the anti
slavery party would have been crushed az rs
very birlh; bat the shouts Of Uniono that
rang from every hill and valley OF the South,
caused the North &c believe that We were d.
vided, that the institution ot slavery wouid oe
sacrificed before we would dissolve the Jnloni
and even nDw they think there is q division OF
sentiment here. Re Tennessee refuses to join
her sister States, this erroneous opinion VIII
be confrnsd, and the Federal Government,
aided BY tie North, viii attempt 70 coercs the
seeding States into the Union, and thus VII
civil war, with an its horrors, be preeipitatsd
upon the country.
The whole North ls now preparing for a
great Military H-ruggis. Massachusetts has
passed q 5ill for The raisiag Of twenty thou
sand men. New York has offered her remen-
dous power te aid the President Ia subjugating
the seeding States. OHIO is armlng ana
drilling lousands: 80 is Pennsylvania; 50 is
Illinois; and tie United States Congress Is in
ereasnE the raw. Nc man can doubt the
meaning Of these preparations. The whole
idea o. coercion is based uF0n the division of
the Eouttern people, FOR 10 man In bis sane
mind coud hope 20 subdus the united South
Every Fo.s FOR the Uni0nists viii be vote Tor
the Inauguration OF a civil wsr-the most ter
ri5s thsi ever prostrsted The power OF
mighty nation United, the South can defy
and laufh 70 scoTn the power OF the North;
but let ieU States prove TecTsant, and not
dozen Fssrs viii Ella sc before every slave N
the S0uk Is free, and our beautiful land be-
cones second Jamaica. These are racls'
stsrG sl1 terrible; and the E0utherner Who
refuses look them ia the face and sand tTne
20 the o'nth, is a miserable traitor, and de-
serves I'D VIII receive the eNecr6tion OF Dis
countrrntn. eide bv side with Arnold and
the t0Te8 q The Revolution, viii be name e
down q posierity, and hls children VIII be
stigmsfzsd a. &" children OF traitoT-8 Look
10 TIE pEs and wise of all parties, and what
90 tbeyadvise2 g No delay! Let each south
ern sac seceos as soon Is possiblel Disso-
luton ainerilsble % Only few contempt
ibls dens gogues, Ike Andrew johnson and
Enersu Etneridge, advise a different policy
C0-opeation Is now out Of thc question. SIX
States re- now out Of the Union. Texas VIII
be out by the tenth Of Februsry. Arkansas,
Norta ssroiina and Virginia viii surely fol-
low. bus We see hat unity Of action BY
the soEhern States, IS an imPossieIity. We
can nomore demand rights in the Union. But
su7pos We were 70 demand our rights Of the
North .E0uld We get thea? Have not Re
publicu press and congressman, with one cx-
eeutio1 dsclared. +" they had no more co npro-
mises B make 2'' Has not Mr.. Lincoln de-
cisred, tine and tine sgsins that be would
carry n the principles OF the Chicago plat
form Has b. net appointed MT. Seward to
the hrhest olirs iu bis gifI2 But suppose
the Roth granted to us new guarantees, how
long ouid they be enfoTcedf i not The
prsset Constitution good enough and strong
HH- - 81 srnIH nH
tha SrY frst opportunity, appeal % their IN
frnaus ohfgk6E law" and gan disreEar1
their most solemn pledges? Can you place
sur rsliahcs or trust in a fatical, traitoTous
ani pefiured people Can, then, TeBnessee
doubt TOW to sct-Whst position to assume
Br. Webster truly said hat contract
broken by one party, was not binding on the
otbsr.1 Have rot TIE northern States vio-
isfsd The Constitution Have they not broken
fhe solemn compact entered iuto BY the States?
A-s we rot sbs0lyed from further obedience to
the broksu contract Snd violated Constitution?
Ausrica's greatest eOnstitu io1sl lawyer has
declared onr absolution. L is prehaps un-
rsresssrv f0r me T. discuss the constitutional
ftF os secession. Be It constitutional or not,
We have a right to protect ourselFes-a right
that na legislation can take from us-a
ri-ttthatis cknoRleiged BY every lover Of lib
e-+r-a right that our fathers appealed to-
~ fuEerczf as6 iaalicREble riga! o. rtDolu.iOn.
And when our liberties are trsmpled upon,
vyben cut rights are disTegarcsd, and Ehen the
-rvnset which our fathers formed for our pro-
tse ion is ruthlessiy violated, il becomes us, as
fresmen. to assert and maintain that right Of
rfvolution. It is 4 high duty we owe to our
se-ves and 10 posteritY-to the memories Of our
f,tberg and to humanity. With The bright
-,rors We vii cut the E0Tdisn tie, and theE let
~sviils-r discuss i's cunstitutionality. But
allow me 70 remark that Virginia and New
YORK alopled the Constitution on the eondi-
tisn. that, at their coed pleasure, they could
-s-sssurns The poWers delegated to the Federal
csoverBrsri. and withdraw from the Union.
Tepnsusss certainly has the same rights thar
rTew Vork aud Virginia have. Then TenDes-
-re must tave the constitutional right te re-
assume the poWers she delegated to the FEDERAL
Covsrumrnf and Withdraw from the Union"
TIE present crisis is BOT the work Of day--it
IL i the work of pOliiisians-ii ls not caused
bv the election Il Mr.-Ltncoin. II is TIE work
Of the people Of two radically aniagonistie
ssetiors. urged on By the laws OF nature and
frtersst. Every tie that bcuDd the North and
lhs sogtb IN the past ia sunGersd- The ties OF
inferred. OF sympathy. Of similar institutions
and c8unon dangers, which bound TIE see
fioDs IN one splendid nstiozality, have been
tori spart. and their feelings, interests aid
evmpsfbles fow in channels ss diverse as 10
tie waters Of the s.. Lawrence and the MIS-
sissippi. and like The waters OF those mighty
fsrsrs. thsv Will continue to diFerge until the
i'd cf tine sweeps them into thst ocean which
kss EaaIloWed up the pEOodest empires Of the
rast. [ 90 not suppose there is a single
fs1tberu citizen who does not view the disin-
.Iegrsfion ar The Confederscy with feelings
"a sadness and regret All love to contem-
slste The msgnifcsnce cf the Republe-au
fssl proud Of its glorious past, Bot ne solln-
ern citizen has hig1, stern duty % perform
he has 10 guard fsitbfuliy the liberties OF his
eouutry. and 10 transmit item uHimpslfed %
restsritv. Liberty Is desrer than the spisnooI
81 fU1pire-honor is desrer than the pOmP ana
priIe OF power; ard when the Union endan-
eere our couutrV's freedom, tnen II becomes 2
eolemn duty. mournful though Il may be, 20
ease cur connection with Il, and form gov
srnmene which will psTpatuste The rights Of our
psople Ths Union 20 longer exisls- Al =
chaos and confusion; and from its runs Two
nstiopsiities must arise. Tennessee mus a.
80 bergs'f "a one or % the other, ana form
IN integral uor ion Of it, with the same Avs
anS same Institutions. II she attaches her-
esf 10 tbs Korth. the verg basis of her society
-riIl be rsvoh,tionfzed, and every channel Of
ber wealth s1d power must be changed. Is len
resses prspsred for such reYoiulohE is sne
readv 10 hug he knees Of her oppEehsoIss eIu
carrv war q tie bones ri Der sislei1 = sne
wiling % ElrTtnce f11os su9~ste. - 90
to esy notd e Of the deprecated value Or e heI
isuds when hree hundred ihous4no. ispoIeis
rre wishdratn from her soik "iii sne iot-
- btrAi4lred and her country-ler lonoi
- bsr : sests9 Will she, for the SAKE Of
Tspkeg Do1lie, break ne strongest ana Gear,
- ties that tver bosnd together people, and
80 bersei v IT'D 3 people who cave ~. =
= trahpls tsr rights and her ins.i'q.,ols --. !.
asdut.g Fir ny native Iehnessee alls'. ~ =
1rsvstls I'll rs FOR . moment glance a. ~, ~.
e,ss Ind wiIie We wonder sl ana Auli..l- ~ ~,
isrsif Of ID southern people ieI " 49,, - -,
it u advhces Of aboiitionism % tnsi. &c sc
-iiin-tbe abolition q southeia slavery
"a vsrv sormation Of toe Confederaeyl
tSy on b part e the North toward sDe
vas nsics6s sid si1ce tlhs ~ Il ,,a re.
into be Bit crest envy and bate. IN
babe IN its mpthsr's knee Is taught Z
the so1thsr1 people as raee o. inso
~ erusi f.raftss the minister or Got
sBd ruth, and charity Launches ha
III ansthelnss against us ne press ha
the people to despi5e Aud aats U.S. ln'
bans nave stirred up q warfare agains
advise sersil insurrseticn; cur preaen
- - denied The nerthefn pulpit, and on
ans ars denied seat az the noitAsil
snion tsble. TIE anti-ssvery sentlnen
too deep 10 Be eradiestsd by legisiailoli
..s-uplsFited IN the very hrarssof tne noftneI