Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-23

- N@AN FAfHH AINa ANAAAN AAN NhNtNALN ~ AANNI
b. IS in civil war, the most horrible, the mo
le terrible, the most fearfulof all wars. l"Ihat
SO" and cheers. We have met this evenin,
pr fellow citizens, to enter our deliberate prote
u against civil war, TO demand before the Mort
shall talk about coercion, to place herself Tigi
and give the Soul her rights under the Coz
%stitution az they have been interpreted by th
o Supreme Court, 10 recognize authority accort
ing TO our system. Loud cheers.
n DR.. Sayers then came forward and pT'
& scented The subjolned resolutions
e WHEREAS, The Supreme Court Of the Unite
States, the recognized interpreter Of the Con
a s~litu'ion, has decided, in the most uneqaiVoea
manner, that this is a white mans govern
e msnt, and that It was formed, as declared i
the preamble thereof, for " themselves (whit
G mem and their pos Gritty" and that negroe
e were not included Ia the citizenship as par
7 or parcel Of our political society and where
c as, Messrs. Abraham Lincoln, William Il
Seward and Salmon P. Chase, the announce.
, leaders o. the new administration, have al
repeatedly declared that the Declaration 0
e Independence, in it's doctrines Of equality, 10
q cludes call men," negroes as well as whit
d men and whereas, the Supreme Court has de
cided that the constitution recognizes tn
property right in the services Of negro slaves
- and that il is the duty OF the General Govern
: ment to protect the rights Of citizens holding
E such property In the Territories, or wherever
its jurisdiction extends; and whereas, thI
Republican platform adopted at Chicago
: scouts this. Unitei States Supreme Cour
E Interpretation, and declares it "a dan
gerous political hsresy y and whereas
/! THE Interpretation is in exact accord
, aHee with the policy Of the Government
4 from its commencement, and in strict con.
formity to the acts and teachings Of Washing
I ton, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, etc; snt
whereas, BY the election Of Abraham Lincoln
the confessed exponent Of the republican in
depreciation OF the Constitution, a majority Of
the people in every Northern State, exsepi
one, has formally declared, In the most solemn
form at the ballot boxes, its unwillingDess to
abide by the Constitution as expounded By the
Supreme Court and whereas, the party com
Ing into power stHbbornly refuses to r~epudiate
their unconstitutional and on 'rageous doc
triDes and whereas, the Inauguration Of this
negro equality policy would be to revolutionize
our Government and to overthrow the glorious
Constitution Of our generated ancestors and
whereas, the Southern States cannot, with
honor to themselves, or even with safety to
their social existence, consent 10 allow the
Nerth to set aside the authoritative i~ateTpre-
tation Of the Constitution, aepriying them Of
their equal rights in the UniOn, and failing to
afford them that security to life and property,
which is the admitted object Of an good gov
eminent therefore,
ReFolUed, That we regard the present move
ment Of several Of the Southern States in re
suming the powers they delegated TO the Gen
eral Government as an effort TO preserve our
Constitution from being overihroWn by Abra-
ham Lincoln, as his party pla' form requires
and demands him to DO.
Res0l0ef, That We are for the Unioa-the
Union Of cur fathers, for the Constitution
the glorious charter Of our liberties-as ex-
pounded by the recognized authority, upon the
basis Of equal justice, liberty and immunities,
to all the citizens Of all the States.
RsS0lUsd, That, believing that the people Of
the Southern States are, and have ever been,
content to remain in this Union under the Con-
s~titution as originally designed, We deeply
sympathize with them in their unwilling re-
s~istance to an incoming administration which
BY a perverted and unauthorized construction
Of the Constitution, tends to destroy their
peace, welfare and happiness.
Rss0lTed, That we are firmly and unaltera-
bly, opposed to any and every attempt on the
part Of the Government or the people Of the
North to coerce the Southern States, or any
one Of them, into submission to the viii OF the
majority Of the North, when that will has been
sutboTitatively declared by the Supreme Court
70 be in opposition to ths true construction OF
the Constitution Of the United States.
Res0iued, That we will, by all proper and le-
gttimate means, oppess, dscouDtenancs and
prevent the Republican party from making
any aggressive attempt, under the plea Of cen
forcing the lsws' and 'fpreserVing the Unlon,'
upon the rights Of the Southern States, beliav-
ing as We dc that aRy such stfempt can only
esult in a protracted and destructive civil
war to attain an end which that party can
readily and peaeeably accomplish, BE- aban-
doning their hostility to the South, and declar-
ing their willingness to abide by the Constitu-
ton, as interpreted by the Supreme Court ana
accepted by all conservative maL Of the coun-
try.
Rssolrei, That we regard the Republican
party, which, 10 use the language Of jefferson,
"has wriggled itself into power under the aus
piees OF moraiityy9 as eabodying the policy
that Great Britain has pursued for a quarter
or a century in e~ndeaV0ring to e~qualize the
races on this csHtiaent-to reduce white men
to a forbidden level with negroes and thus over
throw not only the Union, bat destroy the
glorious free Institutions, which, seyenty-six
years ago, our fatheIg extcrted from an unwil-.
ling despot; and, il any additional evidence be
needed to show the alliance Of the so called
Republican party wi b the m0Aarchists Of
Gneat Britain TO dissolve this Union, regard
less of Its fearful consequences, It can be found
in the fact thai its recognized leaders in Con-
gress have deliberately rejected Senator Crit
tenden's compromise, although b it is well known
that it does not grant the South her full, lust
and equal rights under the Constitution.
Re5olDed, That we demand thai our repre-
ssntatives and servants, land not our rulers,
as soma i%gnOrantlY style thsm,l both ia our
national and State legislatures, shall at once
Initiate movements for the peaceabls solution
Of our difficulties, 50 that civil war mas be
avoided, and the wheels Of business nav again
begin to move and renuheratiDg labor return
to thousands now out Of employment, and
suffering from the stubborn refusal Of the Re-
publican party to grant the South her lust
rights under the Constitution.
Res9ived, That southern Shareholders as truly
said By Thomas Jefferson, are the natural
allies Of northern laborers," that the votss of
southern Shareholders in Congress have re-
peatedly saved them from oppression ; that
the vetoes Of the STAKEHOLDER jackson pre-
served the Northern masses from a monied
oligarchy which tends to make the rich
richer, and the poor poorer" and we regard
the Republican party, under the gaise Of free
dom for the negro, as aiming at essentially
the sane objects, and animated yLhe same
spirit Of hos ility to the people.
R%esolEei, That We, the workingmen CT New
York, hereby pledge ourselves to oppose this
British anti-slaYery party in every leg innate
way; that we teel with sorrow, that Great
Britain has conquered the North with he pen,
having at0litionIzed the prers and the mint.
AAA AANN AIA AIEA q AEA OIUEEEEaLn Is uD0n
white men in Ireland, England and Scotland,
she II rs TO divert attention fron her sins at
home By false philanthropy for negroes in
America; and believing our southern brethren
now engaged in the holy cause Of American
liberty, and trying to roll back this avalanche
Of Britishism, we extend to them cur heartfelt
sympathy, and when they shall need it to re-
SYST unjust oppression, We believe we shall not
be found wanting in more efectual support.
RnnnNwrA IhaE 81 EHaE- e-H- I
respectfully requested TO convene the people Of
this State IN convention, for the purpose CT Sc
curing an expression OF public sentiment upon
The new and startling issues which a few
weeks have 80 rapidly evolved, and the chair
Is directed 70 appoint a committee Of five gen.
tiemen to present these resolution and this re-
guest to the iegisiatuEe.
The PROSECUTIONS were received with great en-
thusiasm, and on motion OF Captain Ryaders
they were unanimously adopted.
DR.. Ssyers said he had prepared an sddi-
tisnal resolution, which he thought it proper
to present. It is this;
RasoLtsd, That tie threat Of Horace Grselev.
in the Tribune Of Saturday, January the 10Th.
that the American democracy can suppTsss
the rebelilous Shareholders, and remove all
cause o. PretsSt for fsture rebellion hv putting
q summary end to slavery, is treason OF the
stamp, for which be deserves the
lasting exeeration Of every true friend Of the
constitution and the laws.
This resolution was also adopted amid en-
.husiastic applause.
The president introduced, as the first sneak
sr, Hon Levi S. Chatfeld, who was received
With many spProbative cheers, He bopeI
hat that would only be the precursor of
many other similar meetings to be speedily
leid all over the country and be made the
'smark in The hope that when he working
men Of New York intend to hold their next
meeting, they woHld select a larger and better
isil. As they were then in a rather confined j
pace, they had to make the best Of it. The /
irst thing they had to consider, was the cause
hat had brought together SO many Of the free I
vorsingmen Of the city Of Nav York. That :
.suss was to be found in the utter pro stration :
# every interest in the land, In consequence Of :
evil working Of a policy that can only end I
n our complete ruin Il much LANCER persisted a
n. The question was one Of the highest in 4
.,ortanee to every man, woman and child t
throughout the republic To the history Z
{ the country FOR seventy years past. Z
here has been no time so perilous and z
OIL OF dangnr as the present, There b
ever has been a time when there was .
2 much need for prompt and efsctGsl aetioa. a
Re all see it and feel it. The cause Of these
errible evils BY which we are bset is to be seen =
D the pursuance OF an uniust and unfafr nali-v