Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-29
SEE FIRST ANe FOURTH PAGES.
rHE FRANKFURT CONVENTION.

THE FRANKFORT CONVENTION.
he patience Of the Union-savers very much
resembles the cluss Of oil and the neal-bsg
spoken Of in biblical history. It is altogether
ineKhaustibie. Several drafts have been made
upon It lately, none OF which were dishonored.
Toe drawers, however, have anonymously de-
e1nPed, laughing 10 scorn the hberalgy Of
their suicidal victims, and smboldeDed at the
hslPlsssness Of their persistent endurance.
But the end is not yet. Another project, it
seems, lie on foot, whose chief object is to ex-
hibit the extent Of the chsritsbleness and long
Suffering OF the border slave States. In the
Virginia State convention, the majority re-
part Of The committee on federal relations
suggests the holding Of a convention Of the
nol-steeded slave States a. Frankfort, Ky.
on the 9th Of May next. Unless wiser eoun-
sels prevail amid the assembled sovereignty Of
that old and time-honored commonwealth
new, alas, slnest shorn Of her ancient pres
uge-ue have reason to believe that she will
seal Der humiliation BY its adoption, and thus
conclude 20 offer up another duplication at
the foot-stOol Of Black spublicsn power. In
the event she does, the other States, which
have 50 shamelesslY Jagged behind in the as
sertion and maintenance OF their e~opsiitu-
tional rights, viii doubtless be induced to par
tieiPats in It's deliberations. Missouri and
Arkansas have both already responded to it
by the appointment Of delegates, who hold
themselves prepared for its attendance.
T. rnea h. r-h~wn L. A
Submission press seem to think it will bet
becomes an important speculation as to what
shall be the programme Of its action. It's os-
tensibie object is, Of course, the old hsekneved
cry to " s1De tie Union 1-its real one to cob
BE ny a platform OF political patchwork,
which viii answer for place-hunting politi-
clans to stand on, in their canvass before the
people FOR Office.
But without intending to PREJUDICE their
motives, we viii soon be enabled to test their
sincerity In ths matter. II The object OF the
moTuent is TO restore the integrity Of the
Union as It was previous 20 its disruption.
there is bat one possible way for its pareici-
pants TO evidence The fact. Most OF the dele
gates will Of course ~bs-epPossd ts fmmediats
secession, SndtsTT views. it is reasonable 70
pfesuns%m give tone and color to its pro
ess6gs. Let them therefore present the
~emsndnents made By the Congress of the
Confedsrsts States to the North as the South
ern ultinafsn. None Of these innovations
touching the slavery question 60 farther than
the vote OF the South attested their right
to at the baIlot-box in the last prssidsn-
tial election. The success Of the snti-slavsry
faction in gaining control Of the Government
has rendered it absolutely necessary that these
rights should be guaranteed more perfectly
than al any previous period in our history.
Nothing lees viii furnish even the shadow Of an
apology for longsr.wearlng the yokeo Of Black
RspubiesoIsm. The whole operation, it must be
remembered, is to be performed upon the by
Pothesis, now so-dslusiVsly Parsded before the
people, that The seeded States viii return to
the Union In case Of tie acceptance BY
the North. Were this hope abandoned BY the
s~o-esled UEion party, and their intention pro-
claimed to patch up such a compromise as
would only keep in the border States, the eyes
OF the people would be fully opened to the ia
Erlncy Of the conspiracy attempted to be
praetieed upon them, and they would quickly
break loose from the tolls Of partissnship in
which they are now so hopelessIy involved
Honesty, candor and fsirdealing, therefore, re-
quirs that the demands made by this convsn-
ton Should be such as to furnish a sufficient
basis for the encouragement OF their sanguins
expectation. We have no idea that those
States viii ever return to their former vsssal-
sgs, but believe that they will indignantly
spurn an o~Esrtures for compromise. There
are those, however, who think differently, OF
al least profess 70 DO 50. II these men are sin
cere and have no other intention in view, they
will agree upon the Constitution Of the Con
Fedsrats States az their proposed plan OF ad-
justusnL They can have no p~retense in an
tielpating that the Onion viii ever be recon-
structsd under any other circumstances. The
states that have withdrawn from the late
Federal Government deemed the snti-slavery
construction put upon the old Constitution By
the dominant party as detrimental to their
rights aad destructive Of their safety. They
never could have been prevented from exer-
eisiug the inalienabis right Of changing their
form Of government without the speedy con-
EEa5l1u uNaA ~ NaAA u ~ |AN Va NHGl
principle sngrafted upon the new Con-
sdtution, which they have put Forth to
the country, stamped, as II Is, With such con-
sunmate craftsmanship and such peerless leg
~islsfiTs wisdom. It is sheer folly, therefore,
to suppose that anything less viii induce them
to 90 FAR stultffy themselves as to even enter
tain the proposition Of r~etraeing their steps.
~ r-.-EF--a .~----sso, nil Il -nrono1lnT
to present this alfiasatun, il it aspires to the
respect of the South. Besides being the sole
basis OF settlement that viii justify the hope
Of restoring The Union, it guarantees nothing
more than the full measure Of southern righh,
and is the Only adjustment yet presented that
strikes at the root Of the evil sought
to Be rsnedied. It is fell, definite, con-
piste and radical in its treatment Of the
slavery question, and not partial, ambigu-
Gus. squivocal and superficial, like al the
ether sbortivs Efforts Of The peace eobblers.
TfIs,s Is accepted, The issue between the North
and the border States upon the subject OF Ar
rfesn slavery viii still keep the country seelh-
lag under the Effects OF continuous agitation !;
and AZ the advocates Of southern independ-
eprs can never eapitulste until all Of the slave
ssates are united IN OF ouf Of the Federal Gov
eminent, we will be the victims Of q long life
Of never cessing efforts at perpetual r~eEolu-
tiou. The Frankfort convention must sdopta
plan that win eonduoe to the Fe-sstablishment
Of the Union O. q pss, else The Northern Re-
publle, II it exist in sllisnce with the border
slave States, win, itself, supsrseds Mexico in
being he g sick man Of the American eonti-