Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-24

act approved the 18th day OF FEBRUARY, IN tle
year 1875, entitled can aettO provide for cali
ing forth the militia 70 execute the laws Of The
Unicn, suppress insnFEsetions, and fepel inva-
sions,.. and to repeal the act now In force for
those PURPOSES" and Of the act approved TIE
Sd day Of March, in the year 1907, entitled
e An act aUtherizing the employment Of the
land and naval forces Of the United states IN
cases Of iRsurrscti0ps," are hereby eztended TO
the case OF instructions against the authority
Of the United States.
SIC. p And BE- Il further eaacied, That the
President, in any case In which It may be law
fuI to use either the militia or the military and
naval force OF the United States fer the pur-
pose aforesaid, may accept the services Of
! such volunteers as may offer thefr services, as
cavalry, infantry, or artillery organized 10
| companies of the maximum standard, squad
rms and regiments. respectively, according to
the mode prescribed for the organization OF the
respsctive arms in the military establishment
OF The United States, and IL shall be lawful Tor
the President to commission the officers ofeueh
companies, hattslions, squadrons, and Tegi-
men.s, in their respective grades, to continue
States. shall be subject to the Tulss and articles
/ Of war, AID shall De entitled 70 the SANE pay
and emoluments a. officers and soldiers OF the
same grade in the regular service'
The question was then taken on The motion
TO reject, and it was decided in the negative
yeas 6s; nays 10; as follows;
Xas-Messrs. Thomas I. Anderson, WIN.
c. Anderson, Avery, Barr, Barrett, Bocock,
Bouligny, Brabson, Branch, Bristow. Brown,
Burch, Burnett, Horace T. Clark, JOHN b.
/ CLARK, John Cochrane, Cox, James C1aig,
Barton Craige, John G.. Davis, De Jarnette,
/ Edmundson, English, Etheridge, Florence,
Garnett, Gilmer, ]. Morrison Harris, John I.
Harris, Hatton, Hihdman, William Howard
Hughes, Kunkle, LaFabee, James M. Leach,
Leake. Logan, Maelay, Mallory, Maynard,
McKentrv, Nilsson, Laban 7. Moore, Isaac N.
Morris, Ne!soa, Niblaek, NOEL, Peyton,
Phelps, Pryor, Quarles, James C. Robinson,
Rufin. Rust, Scott, Sicklss. Simms, William
N. IT. Smith, Stokes, Stout Thomas, Vallan-
dieham, Vance. Webster, Winslow, Woodson
Tay,-Messrs. Charles F. Adams, Adrian,
Aldrich, Allen, Alley, Ashley, Babhitt, Bing-
ham, Blair, Blake, Brayton, Briggs, Bufing-
tor, Burlingame, Burnham. Butterhsld, Camp
bell, Carey, Carter, Case, Colfax, Conkiing,
Conway, Corwin, Covode, II. Winter Davis,
Dawes, Delano, Duell, Dunn, Edgsrton, Ed
wards, Eliot, Ely, Fsrnswortb, Fen.on, Foster,
Frank, French, Graham, Grow, Gurley, Hale,
Hall, Helmick, Hickman, Hoard, William A..
Howard, Hutehins, Irvine, JuRkin, Francis W.
Kellogg, William Kellogg, Kenyon, Ktlgore,
KHlinger, Dewitt c. Leach, Lee, Longuecker,
LOOMS, Loyejoy, Marston, Mexican, Mcknight,
/ mEfutItON8 nluhlEoh0AJ , NAooAAHnNg NAvAAAht
Morse, Nixon, DIN, Palmer, Perry, Petit,
Porter, Potter, Pottle, Edwin R. Reynolds, ].
H. Reynolds, Rice, Riggs, Christopher Robin
son, Royce, Scranton, Ssdgwick, Sherman,
Somes, Spaul9ing, Spinner, Stevens, William
Stewart, Stratton, TaPpan, Tbayer, Thesker,
Tonpkins, Train, Trimble, Vandever, Van
Wyck, Wade, Waldron, Walton, Cadwalsder
c.. Washburn, Ellihu B. Wsshburne, Wells,
Wilson, Window, Wood, and WOodruf-llO.
So the House refused to reject the bill.
To show the spirit which animates the ad-
yocates OF Ar. Stanton's force bill, [ give an
extract from the speech of Hon. D. E. Somes,
made on yesterday, which meets the unquali-
fed approval Of all The adherents OF Lincoln
in the House Of Representatives. Let Ten
nessse7ns read this, and then ask themselves
how long they will continue to hope against
hope for justice from those who now hold the
Tsins Of Government:
'Tknow that gentlemen have reason to laugh
at this when they look upon the past history
Of northern political parties; but / can assure
you that a new order Of things has taken
possession Of the northern mind, and | desire
70 state to gentlemen on both sides OF the
House that the North has awakened 20 the
practical consideration OF these issues, and il
the Southern States persist in keeping up the
present warfare against the rights OF citizens
who are compelled from business relations to
travel South on peaceful missions; il they in
sist that the North shall regard the ConEtitu-
ton in letter and spirit as a sacred instru-
ment, and yet they themselves treat it ss
though it were but so much blank parch-
meht if they mob and hang men and wo-
men who are guilty Of nothing but having
been born in free States if they continue
to rob the Government to aid them in carrying
out their treasonsbls designs, they viii seon
find the whole people Of the North becoming
abolitionized ard consolidated in one great and
powerful party. l say this not in q spirit OF
menace; but | desire to state the truth. They
have borne and forborne until "forbssrance
ceases to be a ~virtue.o They have been con-
stantly yielding 20 the demands Of the slave
power for the sake Of peace, until neither
peace nor Justice are to be found. And | now
warn the South, that unless il retraets at once
from is reasonable operations, and COM
mences a system Of Cancellation toward the
North, it may make up its mind that slavery
in the States will date its own downfall from
the day the first act Of treason was committed,
and in a few years it will 20 out in blood. !
warn you not to take the himsy compromises
which some few gentlemen on this side of the
House would offer you. They do not repre-
sent the the sentiment Of the North; the North
will repudiate any compromise, such as has
been proposed, and the party that makes it.
Let us look this question s~qusrsly in the face,
and grspple with it as it is. Let Us not at
tempt to deceive ourselves, or to cheat others.
10 a crisis like this we should be men, do our
duty and take the consequences.
Would you compromise with a burglar who
had entered your house, by giving him the key
Of the safe, when you had the means to put
him out? What would you think Of an officer
who should make a return on bis warrant that
be found the thief whom he was ordered to ar
rest, but that said thief had declared himself
as having seeded from the laws, and that be
! ! Hk1a1I -.-u-I -. U-u.-E 1910 -. a.
part OF the officer?
; The border States are between two fires;
what can they DO to e~xtricate themselves from
this dilemma? / repeat, conciliate the free
States; first, By consentiDg to the abolition Of
: slavery in the District Of Columbia, the dock
z yards and a~rsenals, on a basis which shall be
lust to the Stakeholder: and, second, TO a sys-
, tenn Of gradual emancipation in the border
States, and allowing your people, within your
own borders, the right whilh the Constitution
q guarantees them, to discgss the subject of
slavery.
CONSENT to this, and he North will aid you
e in any reasonable endeavor to protect your
selves and your property, and the whole civil
? lied world will sppa aud you in so humane an
undertaking. will not advise as to the par
ticular mode Of emancipation. Free discus
sion among yourselves viii lead 10 a peaceful
and equitable solution Of the whole subject.
All the natural advantages OF your beauti-
full and fertile country will Immediately
begin to develop themselves. Your abundant
water power will be brought into requisition.
Manufacturing cities viii Suddenly spring up,
opening home marke's for the produce Of your
soil under the invigoTsting and inspiring infu-
Z ence Of free labor, which will increase your
wealth and Importance a thcussnd fold. You
may thus save that which you now have, or its
full value, and gain that which, while
slavery exists as the controlling iRhu-
snce OF your social and political system, you
can never receive. need aOt recount in de-
tail the happy eGests Of tho Inauguration Of
such a system in the border States; they are
witnessed every day in the growth, wealth, en-
terprise, pesce, prosperity, End happiness OF
every free State in the country. You have the
alternative before you, to adopt this plan or do
worse. Compromising may stsve It of for a
brief period, and il may not. If It does, it
will be like building a dam across a river,
raising the water to the top only - fall with
all the more noise and force, devastating the
country, when your compromise dam shall
break away"
It occurs to me that any Tennesseean who
watches the progress OF things in and out Of
Congress, must be forced to the conclusion that
peace is no longer possible, and the question
must b. settled, Shall Tennsseet 90 wiih Che
South or the North The answer is demanded
even now. AERcURIUs.
Virginia Convention.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 20.-A large number
Of resolutions on federal r~elltions were offered
in the convention to-day They generally ex-
press attachment to the Union, aud desire an
equitabls adjustment, but s~enounce coercion,
and declare a purpose to resist.
o hers declare the union Of The South is the
safety Of the Sou'h, and each State should
speedily resume the powers delegated to the
government.
a resolution fer raising a committee Of in
quiry, whether any movement Of arms or men
has been made BY the General Government 10