Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-08
WHO rs TO BE THE POSTmAsTER
aF MRmpHEe

or
EprroRs APPEAL: ! send you q true and
perfect copy of the following petition. To
publish the same in your paper, that your read
ers may read It, Is, in my humble opinion, your
duty; but whether ] am entitled to any right
to say what your duty Is, is a question which
you must for yourselves determine. ! Think you
will sgrse with me, for ssvera reasons. The
following petition deserves a place in some Of
the columns of the APPEAL, for the same rsa-
son that a notice of a reward from the COVER
nor Of the State for the arrest Of a criminal;
also that it is a part Of the political history Of
a certain party, whose future is unknown and
whose past ought not TO be forgotten also
that it furnishes matter for curious spscula-
ton on the stability Of some mems integrity
and patriotism also that it may not be wholly
unlike the slbyl's leaves, to be more clearly in
terpretsd In the future by our children ; and
finally that the memory Of the facts in said
petition may be made perpetual:
PETITION.
TO the Honorable Emerson Etkeridgs, and the
Honorable .dndreg johnson, from divers cifi-
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Memphis, State Of Tennessee.
S1Rs: The great humanity and patriotism
with which you have constantly acted in the
discharge Of the trust repossd in you, and your
ever having made use Of the great powers aud
the great influence with which you are still
more than at any other time vested, as the
means Of doing good to such as you found pro-
per objects OF compassion, will excuse every
Importantly in endeavoring to approve our
selves not absolutely unworthy of that mercy
and favor which your honOrs have In your
power to procure from bis excellency, A. Lin
| coin, in behalf the person for whom we are
now humbly petitioning your honors, and
through you his exeellency A. Lincoln.
We humbly beg leave to lay before your
honors some particulars, which we hope will
recommend to yopr honoTs the said person, that
your intercession with bis excellency, for bis
appointment as The postmaster Of this city,
will be secured, well knowing that your high
position and great Influence will be successful.
IN behalf Of said applicant, we beg most
humbly to say, that be was never guilty, at
any time Of his life, Of having had any part
in the rebellion Of the South; that before
and after the 9th day Of November, be never
\ uttered a word, entertained an opinion, or had
A thought which favored the rebellion and
treason Of the gulf States that he did, on the
9th day Of February, 1851, both by his elo-
quenee and vote, overthrow the enemies Of his
exeeIency, A. Lincoln; that being triumphant
in that contest, be AYERS himself now ready to
/ constsn them TO utter destruction; that be is
decidedly opposed to comforting any Office Of
trust on any one who look a part in the said
rebellion and treason Of the gulf States, or
who in this State gave aid and comfort to the
enemies Of bis excelleney; that be has ever
declared, and does now declare, himself will
ing to accept Offices or trusts from his excel
lency, believing that 50 to do is a part Of the
duty Of a good and loyal citizen; that be be-
lleves in the national flag, the stars all shining
with midnight brightness, and the stripes gilt
tering like meteors in the skies; and now
avows, as be has heretofore done, that be will
not fight beneath any other banner; that the
Union Of the States must be preserved; that
| the dignity Of the Federal Government must
be vindicated; that "Hail Columbian and
Yankee Doodle" shall be our national mill
tary airs, forever. II, now, it should please
his exeslleney to appoint the said-p post
master Of this city, BE pledges himself to be
an earnest supporter Of his Administration,
albeit be may, for policy's sake, be somewhat
quiet In bis demeanor, but to scatter the truth
and TO teach the people here by d acunents and
papers, properly distributed, that his excel
iency and bis party are grossly traduced,
shall be bis constant aim and toll
that be will ever oppose any attempt to call
a convention Of the people Of this State-Or if
any convention is called to use every exertion
to have your power acknowledged By it.
These are the particulars humblY set forth
by your petitioners, in which we have not so
fully described the position, opinions and
principles Of the said-as we could. We
beg to say in addition, that the said-is a
citizen Of this city, and long a citizen Of the
State, and that be has great and immense
popular talent, a fit person to be the leader of
a party whose aim shall be to build his excel
lency's power up IN our midst in all truth and
soberness. AND we, the petitioners, do hereby
aver that We agree to and subscribe to the
same, as being not only the opinions and prin-
ciples Of the said-but ours also. All having
resolutely set orr faces against the treason of
secession and the rebellion Of revolution in the
Southern States. "a"