Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-08
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Tie president, on taking The chair, deliFere
a speech Of great ssrnsstness and eloqusnee
A. ". Campbell, Esq moved that al per
sons who had resolutions prepared, should pre-
sent them. After SONS discussion, which wa
participated in by NJ. D. Wsleh, Esq John c
Greer and Hon. A. o. ". Tottsn, the e~residen
was. on motion Of A. o. W. rotten, requested
to appoint a committee on resolutions tn
president appointed Hon. A. o. W. rsttsn, J
W. Campbell, ESQ., NJ d. Weleb, Esq DE-
Alexander Jackson, Gen. John J. Brooks,
During the absence Of the committee, tn
president, bE earnest solicitation, addresses
the meeting.
II. Brown, Esq, A. W. Campbell, Esq, AM
E. B. Meclsnshsn, being loudly called Tor
addressed the meeting.
The committee, through their chairman, re
ported the following preamble and rssOiu
tons:
The fact now appears By the ballot box, m
true test OF public opinion, that the anti
slavery party Is dominant In all the free States
This party has succeeded in the election 81
President on the siaserg Issue dlene, without
the aid OF a tingle electoral vote in a slave
i DNMAEa ANEaEMN ANANAAN NNNA - ~
Of the institution Of slavery IN the Southern
States. For two score years, since the Mis-
souri, controversy, the South has struggled Il
resist the agsressions Of the anti-slavery
party, but in vain. Il has grown and spread
over an the North, until the public nind Of
that section Of the Union, regarded as a unit
has come tn believe bat slavery az il exists a
the South, IS an evil and fia, and that it is it
duly and mission 10 abolish It. In the con
- All wnmwH~mA mi NnvuNnaU wmFmnuE
we see nothing but a general and common ruiz
FOR the whole South. Our property and pur'
suits Of every kind would be destroyed-ths
safety Of our families and homes imperriled-
or social and political condition degraded.
To these evils done and impending it is i'm
possible to submit, while any power is left us
to resist.
But how is resistance 20 be made We are
to consider that the aBti-slavcry party, hav-
ing control Of all the North, is about to inau-
gurate its President and its policy. Il will
have complete possession Of the Government,
and the arEy, navy and revenue. It's officers
and advocates will be spread over the South
I free speech and a free press will be invoked to
assail our institution and to demoraiize the
minds Of our slaves slavery will be abolished
In the District Of Columbia, and in the arse
mails ana dock-yards in the Southern States.
The removal Of slaves from one State to
another viii be prohibited aad fugitive slaves
| protected. The public territory, ia which we
have a common interest will be appropriated
70 Tree States, and rapidly settled by the North
under the operation of a homestead law. And
In the end the free States, thus increased in
namber, will have the power to change the
Constitution and abolish slavery directly in
tie slave States.
Such is the programme Of the anti-slsvery
party, a dominant power, preceding, ss they
say, peaceably and according to the forms OF
law. Being in the minority ihe slave States
will have no power 20 resist this policy &C
cording to the forms Of theRressnt Constitn-
ticn; it viii go on step BY SEP, il not arrest
&c, until il be fully accom- lishsds aud we be-
come a ruined and degraded people. It can
only be resis ed in one OF two ways:
First. a constitutional guarantee, securing
to the South all its rights IN respect 10 slavery
and the public territory. Il that be denied
uR, then a dissolution o. the present Union
and he formation OF 2 southern union. In
view Of these great and impressive facts, we
conclude, aud declare as follows:
1. It is the duty CT the legislature to in
stTact and request the members Of Congress
from tennessee, acting in concert with nsm-
bers from other slave States 10 demand Of the
North IN the form Of an amendment to the
Constitution, a full and ample guarantee Of
the rights Of Toe South, ilJsspeet to slavery
and tse pablie Territories:
2. The matters IN issue having been under
| discussion more than a quarter Of a century,
! and dilatoTy action being injurious to our rene
/ dv, T. is but reasonable and right that the de-
msnd Of a guarantee be disposed of without
delay. IL this view, it might pass BY the
requisite majority ia zach House Of Congress,
and be ratified by the legislatures Of the regui-
site number Of States.
3. Without such guarantee We deem il tn
wise and unsafe in the last degree, to permit
the snti-sl5yeiY party to 20 into possession OF
The Government, and exercise its power ovei
the Southern States, without taking timely
/ steps for our protection IL IS in effect Sob
mittiag to the demands and tyranny Of a sec
t.onai enemy, whose aVowed policy is a dec
iarstioa Of war against he South. And in
such case, ths army, navy, and purse, the Gov
erHmeHt patronage and influence, would be
powerfully welded to our prejudice in the
struggle for cur rights.
T. Il is proper and expe6ient that a State
convention be called, and that il take timely
action for the formation Of a Southern Con.
federacv in the event OF the denial Of any
proper guarantee by the North. IN this view
it has power 10 send delegates to a southern
convention, to be called by the Southern S at
OF such OF them as concur in die movement "a
1 EhAaUlA1u q lNl II VI keN0AAnfuA VIZ "a Isl y
our present Constitution and laws, making oaly
such change therein as the case requires.
5. Il is proper that the State convention
continue its existence, in concert win the
othec slave States as before stated, 20 as e
ac' finally upon the Cons tuition and form ol
government proposed b. tbs southern conven-
lion.
6. We consider that for cause, a State has
the right to sever its connection with the Fed
sral Union and whether it be called secession
or revolution, can not be material the right
is original and inherent, and belongs to til
sovereignty.
Z. AEd for cause, we ailegs that the free
States have committed overt acts Of Treason
against the Constitution, in this, they have
passed elderly bills" annulling the fugitive
slave law, and resisted the public officers who
attempted to enforce it. Besides, their whole
anti-slaVery policy, as before indicated, il
moral treason against the Constitution and the
rights Of the southern people. For these
causes, in the absence of a proper guarantee
for the future, it is the right and duty OF the
Southern States, to break the entangling ALI
ance that connects them with the NortheTF
States, and to provide for their peace, safety
and happiness, in a southern confederacY.
8. We deny that the Federal Government
has any power under the Constitution, to make
war on q seeding State, to coeTee It to submit
and remain in the Union. The idea is absurd
and dsspotic-the act Of war itself is a disso-
luton Of the Union-aDd in this connection we
repel, with Indignation, the doctrines and opin.
ion on this subject Of Andrew Johnson, Of Ten
n~essee, recently uttered in the Sena'e. We
consider that bis action was wrong in doctrine
and unnatural in sentiment.
g. We also disspproYe the action Of Senator
Johnson in support Of the homestead law; a
Biack-Republican sgrarian isw-advsrse TO
the rights and interes Of his own section in
a matter Of the greatest consequence.
A. W.. Campbell, Esq, offered tss following
in lieu Of those reported by the committees
WHEREAs, The State OF Tennessee being
c~oterminous viva the States Of Mississippi. AL
ALBANIA. Georgia and South Carolina, and her
social, political and material interests are SO
intimately connected with hose States, that
our cestiDy lie a,dissolubly linked with theirs,
and that whatever course they shall pcEaue in
the impending crisis will be The policy to be
adopted By us; and whereas, from the tone of
public seEtineot indicated By the late cleo
tons Ia those States, we believe that unless a
final, complete, and satisfactory adjustment Of
the question Cf African slavery in these Safes
is made, they will dissolve their connection
with The Federal Union before the 4th day Of
March, 1881, therefore be it
Resoiued, BY the people Of Madison county,
in convention assembled, That we believe it to
be the dHty Of .he State Of Tennessee to take
suca steps ss vii! be necessary 10 place her
self in position to resume the pewers deie-
\ gated BY her to the Federal Ufion, BY seeding
therefrom. before the 4th day OF March, 1861.
Rssoiuea, That the Federal Government has
no power under the Constitution, either ex.
press o. implied, 70 coeTce a sovereign State &c
remain in the Union, ner to resume its obliga.
lions whea severed and that we viii resist
the attempt to exercise such = pSWsr, whether
made agalnst the State Of Tennessee or any
sister Southern Stat, "at all hazards, and to
the last eEtremitY.v
ResolVed, That We Indignantly repudicte the
atT0cious doctrine pronounced BY Andrew
johnson, on the soor Of the Uni'ed States Sen
ate, IN favor Of coercion, as a libel upon The
State Of Tennessee, and an insult 0 tie man
hood Of her people,
keSols6d, That We maze tha declaration q
cur sister Southern States, and particularly e
The republic Of South Carolina, that the suthol
OF this iufa1oas policy not only does act rep
resent the sentiments ot the people Of Toanes.
sse, but that we regard & with sxeerat. on ant
disgust.
Mr.. csmPbl II advocated their adoptier. NJ.
.. Wsleh defended the rssolutiets reported BY
the committee, and adyJcsted their Fassage
he was followed BY F. B. Mechanism, wiz
arged The adoption OF Mr.. canpbslps rssolu.
sions. The president was called Ont. ADDRESS.