Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-22

representatives And aso inter tnat ne ha1
sufficient capacity to understand that an elected
{ member Of the house or senate is not to invade
Washington with an army, but that he Is "a
come there, if he comes at all, as one who seeks
TO be friend a member Of representative
body seeking that body to which he has been
elected with 2 view to take part in its deibers-
tions, and al that is to be done By ths 6fst Of
January. If he intends to give these people q
chance to take part in the election, an armisties
should be proclaimed to the people II the nth
before that election Applause It's entirely
obvious that, unless this is q mere m1ekery- he
must inevitably be held TO have desired that they
should have reasonable time to elect members
of the senate and house of representatives., and
that they should in the meantime be relieved
from tho necessity Of engaging ia battle and re-
! naming in places distant from their homes
Now | call upon him to redeem the pledge
! given by that act, aud entertain no doubt that
if he does, if be shall give notice to them
that there shall be such suspension of hos
tiliGes as will enable them to return home
and elect members to the senate and
house, that they will return home and send
representatives, Applause Now what viii
/ they do when they get there They aban-
dOned their seats, in my humble Judgment, with
out the slightest excuse. They had no business
| TO run away and leave US to contend sgainst
! this abolition government If they had remain
] 81, Lney cOull not nave D66u IL liIeds anu Jh8y
must now see the first thing for them to do
is to return to their seats and take part in tho
administration of the government. Applause
| In my humble Judgement when these repre-
/ sentatives meet again they should call a con-
! venion of the people of the United Ststes, in
conformity with the provisions of he Consti-
| tuition of the United States. Mr. Van Buren,
! then read the fifth section Of the Constitution,
| which provides that Congress, when two-thirds
l,fh hot hall all
! propose amendments to the Constitution, or
/ on the application OF the legislatures of two
thirds of the several States shall call cOnven-
ton for proposing amendments, which in either
| case shall ba valid 10 all intents and purposes
when ratified By the legislatures of three fou1ths
of the several States, or by conventions thereof;
that is 10 sky, two-thirds Of Congress can make
Amendments 10 the Constitutio i, or they can call
| a convention on the request of the legislatures
ofthree-four hs Of tho States, and that convention
! can propose amendments which shall be ratified
| by the legislatures or conventions as Congress
msy direct Now in such q convention as thzt
my life for it. the Union of the whole thirty
| States would be restored. Applsuse I be-
/ eve it would be entirely restored either under
/ the exist e Constitution, or such amendments IS
of il as shall declare in terms what the Supreme
| Cpurt of the United States has adjudged with
/ such notifications as the progress of the gov
| age may render proper and would be acquiesced
in by every one Gf the thirty-four States
think it would not be amiss perhaps to al'er the
! tenure of tffice Of the President of the United
States, to increase it to SIX years. and make bim
ineligible eyer after. Suppose thirty-two or thir-
| ty-.hsee or whatever number you please, united
/ in the Confedsracy to be formed This is peace
! full revolution for the cd form Of government
! precisely in pursuance OF the Constitution. That
I 10
/ they frame when ths elect on shall be held for
! President aud Vice-Pfeside It Of the reunited
| States Of North America they may continue, if
/ they choose, the existing President They may
declare, if they choose, that a new election shall
| be held forthwith, or thai the election shall be
| held at the expiration of three cr six months
| Now, that the southern people would desire q
new election, l entertain very little doubt
/ + TApplause I That / eoneut in that de-
sire l have Just as little Applause. The
| President of the United States is assured by
those who surround him that he is a popular
man. He has served only eighteen months of a
term of four years. lie has, in every portion
of the non slave holding States and in the slave
holding States of Missouri, Delaware, Maryland
ani Kentucky, public ofticers devoted to his il
terest, snd those States constitute vast pre-
pOndersuce of any Union that can be formed.
He believes that his course has endeared him 70
/ tee people OF MS GUuubIyi anu tLhb lDey viii
| cali upon him TO serve another full term.
Laughter l am utterly unable 10 say what
would be the action Of the people of this coun-
try The people around him might actually
h2tter him that he would be elected first Pres-
dent of the new ConlederacV. Il is bat frank
to say I should not participate in an effort to
continue him. | should be opposed to his eiee-
ion as / an now to his administration For
myself, l have q conviction, which is as stEopg
"a h.. E-f-s
President takes place, that I should support Geo.
! B. Mcclellan for President. Great applause,
with cheers for Mcclellan. lie is young
man, very young man, and is comparatively
new in the public service. The friends of any
BODY else will bear in mind that l do not pre-
sumo to say what any other human being
should do It is matter Of entire indifference
to nae what anybody else would do. l am an
able-bodied private-one of that class known as
the great American people. l say Mcclellan is
young man WadswoTth says be is p super
intendeSt of a second-clsss railroad. 1 think
he would do wisely in the present aspect of the
country to resume his previous avocatiOns, and,
if ho could have any opportunity to serve his
country, he might avail himself of it, as is
manifestly his desire 10 DO. As I have said be-
fore wherever yOu hitch him, there he draws
but when he IS hehed to nothing l see no use
To the country in his drawing q large sum Of
better, in nay humble judgment, to resign his
position and return to his private business.
TApDlause He must be more o. less the OBJ
isct of Haisrepresent tati0n and Misunderstanding,
and I think he would do wisely if he should
take this eourse but would not presume to
advise him. l never set eyes upon him, and
never had any correspondence with him, but
regard him as one Of the most extrsoT-
dinsry men that hess jKfad in our age.
believe the government has made great and
perhaps fatal error, if they wish to 90 on with
the war, in withdrawing Mcclellan. Yet if they
think that the war has gone far enough and II
the time to make peace is when both sides claim
a victory and neither can b1sst that it has sub
iueated the other, and if tsey want to make
Mcclellan President OF the United States,
think they have done exectly right for it
Laughter and applause And now, fellow
citizens, having stated 30 you sll proposed tc
do I beg to take leave Of you. Go on"
say it is not smiss that 10 the Of tee Young
Mems Democratic cOnvsniion, where so many
great popular movements have been inaugBrsted
, and where success has 50 often followed the frs
/ steps taken here, that tho name Of Mcclellan il
conueetion with this high office should have be-
frst presented. believe with very great conf
dence, unless wholly misspprehend The public
sentiment, that these people by their course havt
restored the Union, and they will bring back tn
, Southern States and make Mcclellan Prssiden
oi the whole Union as it was. Cheers Nov
. l ask you to give six cheers for George b. Nc
Clellan. Tremendous cheers.
: ~ a brztal and shocking occurrence tool
Q place at Etna Switch, on the Nashville and Chat
t tanooea railroad on Monday last Father Neelis
! the Catholic priest OF this place, had been dow