Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-02

sror..Ior mEErINe.

A large and respectable portion q the Gu
zsns OF Franklin county, consisting Of sew
eraI hundred, met at the court house, on the
24.h day Of February. TAs nesting organized
by calling Col Thes. HBcb 10 the ehaE. J.
F. syler and Eath. FrizzenR were requested 70.
act as secretaries. The object OF the meeting
was briefly but fairly stated by Peter Tuinsyi
ESQ, who made a very able ard foreible
speech in favor of immediate secession, in his
usual strong and fOreihle manner, after which
hs offered the following resolutions, which
were adopted without a dissenting voice, but
on the reading Of each the courthouse rang
with loud and protrseted applause ard cheers,
asd at the submission Of each resolution BY
the chair the crowd would, to a man, and in
one yciee, responded good ! goodi aye !
aysi go oni go on Mr.. Turnsy, you are
rIght7go on - Read bis resolutions.
ResolBsd, That the action Of the State OF
Tennessee, on the 9th inst, Is to us a source
Of unfeigned justification and regret as we
honed that her course would have been 20 eii-
ferent as to have, by The .4th day OF Msrch
next, divorced Tennessee forever frem hsr
present bonds OF political union, and have
united her fate, for veal or woe win ner seven
proud and gallant sisters Of the souths when
have 90 divorced themselves.
Ress[red, That while against our Wits ana
earnest desire. we as Tennesseeans arc forced
to remain citizens Of the Federal Union our
hearts. svmpathies and feelings are with the
0obfedsrste States Of America, and we sun
bepe hat the day will soon come when Ten!
nessee will review and reverse her action, and
i've birth to another State upon the rational
aag Of the Southern Republic.
Rssolpe4. That we hope that the northern
s~.nstirs have read the speeches OF the Presi-
dents-Davis and Lincoln, made en- route TOT
fheir respective seats OF Government-and
sssn Inc difference, and from il learned q iesT
son ~ cannon sense, which viii cause them
h bush their insane croaking about the igno-
rance Of the southern people, since they must
see that while The Confederate States nave Iof
their representative q gentleman, a scholar,
and a statesman, TIE federA Union "a a
wag, a mental dwarf. .
Pssolped. That the speeches Of President
/ Lincoln, infimatlng coercion, Deserve and viii
receive, the supreme contempt Of every true
southern heart and when the Federal Gov
| ernment. rBdsr the administration OF MI. LIN
| coin, shall call fer troops 60 invade or coerce
the seeding States, old Franklin Will respond
as becomes freemen, who know their rights
and dare maintain them-not to aid the Fede-
| raj Government, but to resist, even unto deatni
/ the federal policy. IL war must come, our
fate is, and shall be. with our sisters Of The
South their cause shall be our csuse-with
hem we will stand, or with them fall.
RssoIred, That we earnestly petitiont the leg
i~slstures- OF Alabama and Tennessee through
them, and by ourselves, an. all other author
lilies that can give us any aid in the matter, to
/ change the line between ths States, so as te
transfer the county OF Franklin to the State OF
/ Alabama, unless, before this can be done, Ten
nessee secede from the Union, thereby giving
us a government having our consent. And
that copies Of this and the next resolution be
sent to the governors of Alabama and Tennes-
see as early as can be.
Resolped, That upon the conditions Of the
! 9th resolution, we declare ourselves out Of the
Union, subject to be ratified by the States OF
Alabama and Tennessee, as provided in said
resolution, which we again earnestly request
may be attended to. @aG
Then H. 7. Carr, Esq, being called on,
after making a few appropriate remarks, sub-
mitted the following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted
RssoIus5, Thatwe have ever stood BY he
Constitution, its compsets and eompfomises,
but they have been ruthiessly set aside BY The
Republican party and the Chicago platform
7 adopted instead thereof, and we are now duty
bound to the trainers Of the Constitution, the
revolutionary sires, our ancestors, TO posters
tv. our homes and our sacred honor, to ad-
here TO it now as reafirmed by the Confedera-
ted States Of America.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the movem ents
now made in the Congress Of the United States
of North America, and the incoming adminis-
tratfon thereof, threaten to blockade our ports,
force revenues, suspend postal arrangements,
! destroy commerce, ruin trade, deprecIate cur
rsncy, invade sovereign States, burn cities,
butcher armies, gibbst patriots, hang veterans,
Cypress freenen, blot out liberty, beggaIhpmes,
1 widow mothers, orphan children, and desolste
the peace and happiness Of the world with FIRE
| and swo7d-tnese things 70 do, and not to dis
| appoint the hopes OF those who have given bin
(Mr. Lincoln) their votes. Now, against these
/ things we, in the name Of right, the Constltu-
ton, and a lust God, solemnly enter our pro-
test; and further, when that which is mani
tested shall have come upon the country, we
/ say to Tennessee: Let slip the dogs OF war and
cry havoc
Resolved, That we commend in the highest
the true and loyal ebivslrY Of the sons Of the
South who have resigned their offices under the
late Federal Government Of the United States,
in the army, navy, and sthsrwise.
Then F. 7. Estill, Dr.. Childs and others
addressed the crowd. Aftsrward Mr.. A. Jour
dan sang a "Southern MarseiIles,1 which was
highly appreciated by all, and for which all
Joined in hurras and loud aud protraeted aP-
plauss for Mr.. Jourdon.
THOs. FINCH, Chairman.
III i. Ts sTlshi Secretary,