Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-11
VOLUME XIII, NO. 234

ard the comnsree of Cl'na, Jspan, ard tho
ladies' ard t7hersqs, IL IS row wa. sscsrtaiIed
tiat Tar fhs Faass convenient rome y e1mnuHi
cation BY railway b-tweel ths P4ciic sad At7
/ lsntlc COSTS would BE- along line eXtsudiaE
through some half d gen or more If ths most
/ Populous and wealthy Ssstes of this Comet
i eracy. thus indieatiug close Commercial con-
/ neeu9n IN tu-urs between the grand C1ufsd-
efscy Thlch may Ds expected shortly to suriue
/ INTO existence along the PtciEc slope cf his
/ c9ntinent, and the States Of this Conlsdrracy- E
: Tbersfre,
! BE t rssOlzed By the Congress Of The Coafsds-
/ rate States Of Ansrica. TnsE - be- asDo-u.ed
/ q c0mnlt O. on the part Of the House, au. -
/ on he part Of th- Ssnste, empowered 81 draft
suitsbis address 70 the good people Of Ca fGr,s
AM o. eg0n, and OF the territories af5resaii,
! b0dy.ng The views herein presented, wnicu ad-
dress after being sgrsed up]n and subscribed BY
JOINT committee on the part # thc-tw1-ldeu5es /
Of Congress. shall be handed to the Presidents
who, If he shall approve the same, shall be re-
quested to trans nit /. to It's proper place Of des-
unatiOn. accom- panied by such additional com-
muuicatiOu as be shall deem right and juticiJus,z
a. as early a peri)d as practicable. sf
FcS0tDed further, Tlzt it wcuid be not SO y
improper 20 em0Ody IN said address suggestion .
Of The ezps iIency Of har-sfrer ESTABLISHING a
League, OFeHsirs and dCfcnsiCe, between .n8
C0ufedersss States Of Aus lea and SUCH Cf said
) ates and territories beyond The Rocky MJuCs-a
tslns as shall determine 90 assert their pafatse
independence, emb0dyiug such sJipUlal0us IN
regard to future Commercial intercourse ss might
P'oFe mutually Advantageous to -ho parles
thereto. -aa7
Mr.. Chiffon, Of Alabama. submitted the fll- Is
lowing JOINT resolutions iu Tels-ioa 90 Tet-ai i0u=
WHEREAS, /. Is manifest thzs. Gespai.ing Of
the s1tJugatl0n OF the Conf d-rat- s sites, OF 3
any Of them, the Coug-e>s ard Ple>il ns OF he b
United Stats7 have deliberately So 90 ut the ag
work Of IuciIlag the slave populati-u Of zhess X
States to InsCrreGJiOl by declaring tlll smau-
clpated from and AFTER the f Sc DAY .f Jtauary,t
I503, which actiOn On the part Of tbs ssid Con
gress AID President Is in direct violation If the
Constitution they w=rs sworn 10 sUpDHrt iu con
tTsVehssOB Ct sll isW, human and dviae. and
hss been resOTted 20 FOR the diab0'csI purpose a
OF involving the slaves and their gHu-rs, en-
oTaclng innocent women and children, In 0na
common ruin, and for che fur her purpose e II
maintaining themselves in power b. czfsrrg TO
the taneIIcal spirit OF abUliJUism aaC Ulcr5qg (,
each OF the ) a5e- Of this Conference have en-
acted laws puuishing with death a.i persons en-
gagged n melting -.e slave population 20 ilsurriig
rection OF rebellion. E1d tber- Is mach str8ursl
reason tor iDhictiug this penalty upon PERSONS 1..
no not only vO.un aEily C8u-p.ra j3 psrJeTsts7
TINS horrible felony, but in addition thereto.
come to devss -ate our lsud, burn cur 1gs wed
waste our substance, and murder our ciIizsns ~
Therefore, Gvs
The Congress Of the Confederate States 40 eaae, e
That so long as shs procls1ssiGu OF AbIaLz1
Lincoln, the President OF the United Slstes +
dated the 22d Of September, 1862 proposes to- IL
emaneipate the slaves Of this CJufsisrlcv from
and after the first day IT January, 1868. shale ~
remain unrsvOked, cOmmissi-rei officers Or
the United States army who shall be SCI zsd -
captured, taken, or arrested within the limits o
the Confederacy after lhs said first Of sauary.
loU5, shall be deemed and held voluntarily % r,r
have entered the Confederate States for tle pup
pose OF maintaining said proclamation, azd Of ~
Bringing about the result thereby Clu+smp 'sted, l. E.
Of servile insUuectiJu; and the said officers a
shall IN no wise be REGARDED or treated as pris :.
1ners OF war but as tel1n5, and it snail be lhs -
luty ot the President 60 cause % be constituted .g
, sufficient number Of c0Uri-msrtial8 60 -ry said 81
blenders, and If condemned, 20 zee that tley- ~
are properly executed in being hanged By lhs
neck unit. they are dead
2 Res0lrea, That should said Liucl-u's gr0c- uia
smatI continue unrevoked en- the ilst day of Sd
anuaTy l-63, the President Of these Coutsde- if
ate aJes shall make proclamation that he Vh
TEl cause these resolutions 70 be strictly en- he
breed "a
~. Russell, Of Virginia moved 70 instruct a
he COMMITTEES OF foreign s1sirs, to whom was
e-e-rfd t7e foregoing rssall.iaCs. to u DH-- in
heir stead bill which ts submitted ttei
in act % repr7Ss atrocities o. tls enemy He be-
.1dresssd the H5usa eloqusutly aad &c l=ugthin
support Of the bill, but in c1nciuiiHg Withdrew
as mOtIO TO instruct the c1umi "a.