Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-27


Saturday. the 11th day Of May next, has
been selected by the advocates Of southern in
dependence as a suit lble day upon which to
bold a State convention in the city Of Nash
vile, for the purpose 20 nominating a candi-
date for Governor. In view Of this fact it be-
ho'ves all who oppose UNION pifh abolition-
iEm-and who favor SECESSION from BlGak-Rs-
Publoaaism-to marshal their forces for the
contest. Preliminary meetings should be held
IN every county in the safe to respond to the
eall, by nominating delegates to this conven-
ton. Old party lines being completely obiit-
Grated. but one Impulse win breathe vitality
into the movement thus sought to be inaugu-
rated desire to dissnihral Tennessee from
the black republic Of the North, and redeem
her from allegiance to an Administration in
the work Of whose elevation she contributed
not a single suffrage. Defeat in toe late cleo
ton should discourage The hearts Of none. We
feel confident that the result was produced BY
false hope, whose deiusivs bubble has long
since exploded from the touch Of solid facts.
The neutral ground, which was then occupied
BY the sangulns sKpectants Of compromise, has
been swept away BY the continuous well Of
TIE political tile, and there is now DO bali way
house between unconditional submission TO
abolition rule and fidelity 10 the South. In
fact, mutations have been such as to impress
upon the miEis Of al, who are not utterly
blinded BY the ~jsundiee Of psrtizsnsbip, the
necessity Of the union Of the South not less
than its eventual certainty. These are so
many additional aids, promOtivs OF the seces-
sion cause, which, under favorable auspices,
cannot fail to increase the State rights vote
from the late Insignificant number Of f,Ssaiy-
four to as high as ssssnfy fvs thousand.
The hdhereutB OF secession should take no
timid, halfway ground iE this contest. They
should select as a candidate a man Of ability,
h~rmnsss, and deeision-ons who is not afraid
70 assume a bold position, and who having as
sumsd, will be able to maintain it. It is to
Be no guerilla war, 10 fighting from behind the
bushes, no temporising d~sllianes with 8 mon
ztsr whose death is 10 be accomplished but
an open, honest and Straightforward conflict
upon an issue Of principle. It being the most
important campaign that ever transpirsd in
Tennessee, every possible care should be taken
e ~snlightsn the popular mind upon the no
msntous character Of the question to be decided
The question of disunion is not the one before
our people. The Union has been iTspsrably
dissolved By the reckless fansticism Of the
North, which has driven seven States from the
old FEDERAL Govsrnnsnt, and viii, doubtless,
drive ss many more. It remains now only for
Us TO exercise our option as between the Con-
fedsrats States Of the South and the Northern
Union. Tennessee had no band in diEsolving
the Union, ans she can accomplish nothing to-
ward its reconstruction She has now to ex-
press her choice at the ballot box as TO her
election between a double-faced and equivocal
Constitution, which is construed BY the domi-
nant majority into an safi-slapsry instrument,
and one which is the same in spirit, scope and
intsnt, bat with = PrO-SlaVsry construction
Let the issue be correctly understood BY the
honest yeonanry in advance, and with argu-
msnt and discussion We can carry the southern
flag through the ordeal in triumph, snd witness
Its ample folds unfurlsd to the breeze from our
esPitol over a prosperous, free, and indepsn-
dent people.