Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-09
To she People Of Eust Tennessee.
HEsDqUAErERs. DEPARTMENT East T.SyEssgF
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HEADSUAHrERs DEPARTHFNr EAST TANSEssEE
KNOXVILLE, September Gtth, l561.
The undersigned has been ordered 10 the com
mand Of this department. He enters upon the
duties with the earnest desire and firm purpose
SO TO administer tue trust coufiled to bin, tha;
no detTimeut shall result to orr country within
his department. He win rigidly enforce militia
ny discipline, and require Of all under his con.
msnd, q scrupuloUs regard for the rights Of per
son and property OF citz5ns.
It has como TO his knowledge, that persons
acting without authority OF law, have seized tie
property cf citizens under the alleged pre.sxt.
that it was needed for the public service, or tha.
the owners were disloyal citizens, or alien enc
mics. No such pfetsx5 VIII avail in future TO
shield the offender from punishment. The law
of the land prescrIbes the mode Of dealing with
the property Of alien enemies, and the law must
be 0beyed. The exigenciss Of the service NAV
sometimes demand that private property be
taken for public use. In al such cases, tho au-
thOrity to impress must emenate from these
headquarters; and just and reasonable payment
be made.
The right Of the citizen, TO tn, protection Of
the government, Is conditional on loyalty and
obedieHcs to that government However much,
many people in this section Of country may ra-
gret the separation Of Tennessaa from the old
Union, that separation is a fixed fact, and so
long as they remain within the limits Of the
STATE they must yield obedience TO its laws.
Many persons have permitted their attach
ment to the cid government and their adhegence
to party leaders TO blind them % the true object
and purpose Of the war which cur enemies are
making on Us. They have boosted that the war
is wsged to restore "the Constitution as it is,
and the Union as it wss.H President Li1c5ln's
government seems to have exercised Us in1e-
nuity TO dispel any such delusion. It's acts dem
o~nstrate clearly that the purpose is to sUbjugats
US, cOntscate our properly, and emancipats our
slaves. To attain this emf the plaInest prcvi5-
ions of the Constitution nave been disreEariei.
In truth, the Constitution Is 3 dead letter. and
the old form of government has ceased to exist.
IL has been superseded by the most sdious des-
pOtism If doubt can have fingered in the mind
of any on this point, it must be removed by
President LJncOln's proclamation Of the POI in
slant. He not only declares his purpose to
emsncipate our slaves, bat commands his OH
GERS, civil, military and naval, to recognise and
maintain, their freedom
Heretofore the sTmy aud navy hsve invaded
and laid waste our country robbed and burned
our houses stolen and carried Of our property.
and one at least of bis general officers has sa-
tborised and invited his soldiers 10 tie commits
sion of such acts Of brutal violence, on helpless
women, as to expose him to the contempt and
detestaJiOn Of the civilized world. lie now CON-
mands this army and navy TO add 10 other
wicked and savage work, the crime Of iasiigat
ing and aiding in a servIle instruction. Against
ali aiders and abettors in that wicked purpose,
the law Of the land provides q penalty. Ii there
are those within this department who even con-
template any disloyal or reasonable combination
against the government of the Confederate
States, or the giving of secret AID and comfort
to the enemies Of our country, they are emphst
ically warned to desist nom theIr reasonable
purpose whilst it is yet time. Il is 10 be hoBei
that no such persons will be found within this
department. bat that East Tennssssesns will
now array themselves heartily On the side o. the
government.
Now that President Lincoln'5 government has
of the mask, and openly declared its
purpose, the people Of Kentucky are no longer
ID doubt as to what it beh0Oves them 10 %. %
their constitutional rights and indeperd
snce. They are fOcking by thousands TO cur I
Let East Iennesseeans no longer .
but spring to arms, rally to ouT sand
and emulate, on future battle fields. tbs aa ,
DE example OF our gallant ADD herois se.di-r rs Z
It Manassas and Shiloh, Chiekahomiay AID
Hill, Sarpsburg and Hafper's Ferry (
md many other fields, on which Southern soldiers p
ave exhibited 10 the world what Southern men ?
an do when battling for their Independence. s
When such work is to be done, and such exam \
set, the descendants Of The heroes Of Kings
should n0tbs absent
SAM JONES, AIeior General.