Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-08
2ailg Appeal.

aallg Appeal.
SPEECH or a SoUrREET DE~E1-
TER.
he people Of West Tennessee should know
how recrsantiy ENERsoS E4HatpeE bs,s a..
serted The cause Of the South. Thsv ca5 r,t
this Information from TIE following extracts.
from his speech in be House Of Rspres.pta- a
tiTss, January 22i. They are taken from =
report Of DE debate o. that dsv. pnby,.b.5 =,
the New Rerk courl' and EnqaissY
Ihe rsVoiution q estshing to subvsrt IN,
eo-ntIy vas TIE NOS. SHjHFiifable and uapar-
e9Igos lle world ever beheld, involving ihe
most tesrful consequences. aad vet men an
over the country are PLAYING wiih DC mad
passions Of ihe people, and sligmstiziBg those
a. Esi-ers Who would not participate In Tie
reFoinlon. he proc eded to show he mad
ness and folly q subvsrtine ne Covsram,at
TO secure auy right without, that nav not be
ellQltd IN, the Union. The personal liberty
hiils are not without excGse, but It was doe 70
truto 20 exuTess bis belief thatthsy would soon
oe swept frpm the statute books. If uneon-
sLiintiohal, they are void, Il constitutional,
t1ere Is no right to complain. As to the fugi-
p'e slave laws from the esmmancemsnt Of the
present century tin now, not dozen slaves
baFs been rescued from the State authorities.
The nor bern people have slwsys, and viii
ever be opposed to slavery, and you can make
20 nan m the North q pro-slsvery man. The
strongest slavery men IN the South are Yam
KEGS. Iney no sooner 60 South, than they
marry negro. Laughter. He begged Psr-
con. lhey marry a woman with negroes, and
tnen they talk about the rights of slsyeholders.
lhere caa a0f . mas a. iLis body who oiairas
70 De an abOlitionist. II there is such one
he wanted TO know it.
Responses from he RsPuBlioan side, " Not
-' not one"
vans in their platform denounced
raid as The greatest Of crimes.
l-aef party bad done this The people
or the South and the North do not bate one an
other more Than thz cid Whigs and Democrats
used 10 hate each other; but will you love one
another more il You separate? You will sep
arate on paper, bat the Ohio river is the only
barrier to separate the hostile States.
II, as has been said, northern people are fer
negro equality, that is . matter Of taste.
Laughter Bot while be did not believe this,
separation would change their opinion. Upt
1884, free negroes had the privilege Of suffrage
over certain white men iu Tennessee. Who
assisted in making the Constitution Of that
STATE Andrew Jackson; and before it was
amended, The latter was twice elected Presi-
dent of the United States. 10 New York, re-
Gently similar proposition was voted down,
twenty against one. Political equality, as 10
white and black, existed in NJrth Carolina
twenty years age, but did not now. BE 'sosld
siala tg fhf GorsrHmenf and give his norihsrH
0fchrea ehsuce to progress in political sci
ence.
Re would asssuf to aaufhing-so the rssolu-
tious which be had himself 'ught to introduce
here he u0ph 20 fIT The reconsuieadafien Of
tte sseci o0nniifles O. fhi-fu-ircs before he ir0u
60 ouf o. its Unioa. Failing in this, h l10ald
ile1 tie disuni1nieif t1ith torch in one hand
aad sirori ~ fhs other, and 80 long as the
stars aud stlints wave over Tennessee, he B0uld
HeesT lEbHiif 70 disaaioa. [Applsuse.l He
proceeded to show every slave act Of Cen
grsss which fss excited public notice and dis
cnas-on, bss kesa dictated By southern stGiesnsH
OF advocated q them. In every instance
where southern statesmen have demanded con-
eessions and guarantees, the North has been
giei3fng susTythizg that ir1s demanded, though
it might Be reluctantly. He referred TO the
acquisition Of louisiana aud Florida. Many
years ago 1873 before be lived. even tn clam
or was 90 great that the FEDERAL Government
had to purchase that territory, because the {
peninsula Of Florida must Dot Be in the hands
Of foreign powers. It cost five millions orig
nally, hfy millions more was spent to sup
press IndiiH bostilitiss. and million more TO
build forikcsiions 70 guard our commerce.
Aiisr al tbis on The part Of the United S.ates Z
FioTids. with not bali 90 many voters therein
Es are in bis district, and which cannot muster
enough people 20 DESTROY her slligs' ors, as Z
sumss to sepa ate herself from her sisters
abe walks eut OF our Union, not only uith our
Fu,slic landt and fortifcatioas; that is not the
wors; she leaves no prestige ef the unity Of
the Ststes Why is It that Florida cannot pro
tect bsrself from the slligstors without The
aid Of the Ffderal Government? laughter 7
Florida was purchased At The instance Of south
ern Den. ThtT demanded and obtained Texas;
ard, in this connection be paid al eloquent
tribute to Gen. Houston, who was now stig-
mstized By tome as a traitor, sBd untrue 70
the South. The South, IN 1873, got ihe fugi-
tive slave Law, and in 1850 obtained a more
stringent one which the Executive says has
been enforced In l-29 the Missouri compro-
mise was passed. southern statesmen, surh /
as Pinckney, hailed this as great southern
triumph
MF. FallaHd cham asked il the gentiemau's
statement Of thl case between the siaFehold-
ing and Bon-slsfeholding States Be true, ought
the people OF ihe free States to hamiiitats
themselves BY proposing any cons itutional
smsndmsnt, or anY additional legislation
Mr.. E'heridgi replied bT saying SO persis-
tent have been fhe EsisGDUreicasioas o. mis-
Yeprssenfi0ns q northern men, high in pesi-
ton, as 70 lrkaf l0uld Be The Rspubiicza policu,
that the people d The S0ufh are Uilliug 10 Be-
lieue lis, that tisy mey Be damned. laugh
teri
Bir. ValIsndiass1,-l7thsr asked whether
that was ressoi that they should yield what
self-respect foTbls-
M Etheridge faid it was known the people
of tie South are Ike tempest. 7hsy wers
fasanc. and, 10 tih language Of the scripture,
h trould aHslssr ikcm o. he lroHld fool, ac-
cordtag 10 fheir foly. n the people are mis-
led, 10 the nane = issFen, would It be Just
70 say, that they ihsll not DO what is rights
Mr.. YaHsndiglsu inquired whether any
thing 10 the Crit tndsn propositions, or in the
resoluticns q thehorder State committee, OF
in the rccommeudftiops In the report Of the
eomuiltee Of thirty three, is calculated to re-
move such delusiots, as were spoken OF, in the
minds Of the southern people?
MF. Elheri &c rtplied that men standing IN
TIE South to-day sre standing surrounded By
q tempest, By f-t, which feeds itself and is
sll-deTouriug. lis well known that through
out the South, wbes the disuni0n sentiment
predominales, Il Is q reign Of terror. While
conventions were in session ID Charleston,
Montgomery and elsewhere, The military were
being drilled while men delibersted on The
fate Of the empire
Mr.. Lake wanted TO know where the gen
tieman stsod-bT tie North or BY the South
Mr.. Etheridge. i speak on the side which
has few representatives., I an speaking FOR my
country. =Dplaule.l Afser abiding 70 the
fearfEl condiii0n Of Affairs ~ he Soafh and
ne alarm ths rsiitsrg ai0Uemrnfs occasion, he
said be would vote fer any proposition that
eozld FOR a moment relieve the public mind. I
will. be added, return 10 Tennessee 70 resist
The wave q disunioa. II the worst comes to
the worst, and shoild be dragged to the fear
fui preeipice and made an unwilling observer
Of nv country's ruin, wiA iDssh ny hGnes of
the shaue and erims, which will attach 70 those
who would overthrow the public liberty and
make our eouuirv LesPotism. win cling 10
the Tag Of ny country II this darkest hour OF
Der peril. and cling 70 il a. the saint would
cling to bis God Applause.
Tenassssesns, who are for resisting the rule
Of Back Repsbliesnism, that they are not for
their Country" They viii Be rEfpTissd,
also, to hear Southern man sPoiol sfOr the
nsgro-equslitY doctrine now advanced in the
North By referring to The fact that negroes
could once vote in North Carolina and Ten
nsssee-a thing resulting from The failure to
insert the word "Whiis'' after the word "fres7
In their old Consiitsglon.
PROM WASHINGTON.