Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-03
VOLUME XIII, NO. 227.

as and carry on a war. They denounced as z ira
III or every man who tried to tell the truth aud
be warn cur people Of the magnitude Of The co
test.
4 Now, my Republican friends, y0u know To
N the misspprehensiOns Of the North with Tcga
le to the South has drenched the land with bloc
IS Was this ignorance accidental Iapp sal &c yC
y Republicans, if for years past, through the pre-
II and 10 publications which have been urged upu
e your attention by the leaders Of your party, yO
Il have not been taught to despise ths power an
" resources Of the South! Iappeal 70 yen to 50
p IT this teaching has not been part Of the ms
3 chinery by which power has been gainedl
y appeal to you TO answer If those who tried {
Il teach the irnths now admitted have not been de
; nouneedl / appeal to you if a book, beyond al
# others, false, bloody and reasonable, was no
T sent out with the Endorsement Of ell your man
n ayers and is It not true that now wien meE
4 blush to own they believed its statements. IL
e author IS honored by official station Il /,
2 now freely confessed by you all that You have
/ been deceived with respect 10 the South Who
I / deceived you Who, by false tsachiugs in.
stilled contempt aGd hate into the minds of on
I people Who stained cur land with blood
} What caused ruin and distress All these
things are within your own knowledge Are
their authors the leaders to rescue US from our
/ caamitIes They shiiuk back appalled, from
the mischief they have wrought, aud tell YOU IL
IS al irrepressibie contest. That reason is as
good for Jefferson Davis as fJr them. They at
tempt TO drown reflections By new excitGments
and new appeals to our passions Having al
ready, in legis st;On, gone far beyond tie limits
&C which, by their resolutions, they were pledged
70 Sop, they now ask 10 adopt measures which
they have heretofore denounced as unjust and
unconstitutional. For this reason they caunot
save our eouutry.
As cur national cslamilies, thiclen upon us.
an attempt is made by their authors to avoid
their responsibilities by insistiag that orr fail
ules are due TO the fact that their measures are
not carried oct, although government has
already g0ae far beyond its pledges The de-
mtndS OF these men will never cease, simply be-
I cause the hope TO save themselves frCm c5Dden-
/ nation by having uDsalisfed demgnds AZ the
last session, Congress not only abolished slavery
/ IN the District Cf Columbia but 10 quiet eiarl-
| orOus meu, act of couhscatign aud emsnci-
patton was passed, which, ia the opinion Of lead
] ing K spu5cans, WAS unconstitutional aud un-
! just By this act the rebels have no property
/ not even their own HYes-aud they own no
elaves. But 70 the asl0uishment and disgust of
those who believs in the policy of statutes and
I prOciamatiOns, these rebels stu live aud E .hs
ard hold their slaves. These measures seem 10
have terminated them. They have careless
and reckless way Of spprCpnaiiHg their lives
and property which by act OF Congress belong
I
But these Ensticel men have learned that II is
necessary 70 win victory before they divide the
spoii5-aud what do they now propose As
! they cannot take the property Of rebels beyond
( thaT reach they will take property Of the loyal
men Of the border States The violent men of
this party, as you know from experience, my
conservative Republican friends, In the eud
have their way. They now demard that the
President shall issue proclamation Of immedi-
at or. Z Hrrrrrr rsrH
IS thi5 10 be directed Not against those in re-
bellon for they came within the scope Of the /
act OF Congress. Il can only be applied % those
who have been true to our Union and our h4y I
They are TO Us punished for their loyalty When /
we consider theif sutferiugs sui their cruel 7
wrongs at the hands of the secessionts, their re-
lance upon our tAith IS not this proposal black .
with ingrshtude!
The scheme for an immediate emancipation and I
general armiug OF the slaves throughout tie |
South, is q proposal for the butchery OF women /
and children, for scenes of Inst and rzpinas OF
arson and murder unparalleled IN the history I
Of tle rOrld. The horror of tie French rev0- /.
luton would become tame in comparison. It's /
set W Oud not be eontiisd to The walls Of cit
les, but there would be a wide spread scene OF /
horror over the vast cxp2nss Of grest States, iu-
voviug alike the loyal and 7e3itiJus. Such ma.
ligniry and cowardice would invoke the inter /
ference Of civilized Europe. History tells of
the fires kindled ia the mama Of religion, Of
atrocities committed under pretsLt OF order of
liberty; but it is now urged that scenes biooder /
than the world has yet seen shall be enacted III /
the name Of philanthropy
A proclamation Of general and armed eman- /
cipation at this time, would be a cruel wrong to /
the African. It is now ofi Italy declared in .
presidential addresses, which are fortified by /
congressional al action, that the negro cannot live /
in the eri yneut Of the full privileges Of lie /
among the white race. Il Is now admitted sfIer
our loss Of Infinite blood and treasure, that the
great problem We have to settle is EOt Inc slave
~, but the negro question. A terrible question,
not sprnging tTom statutes or usages, but grow
irg out of the uDchange2bls distinction OF Tace-
l Is discovered a, this late day, in Republican
Illinois, that it is right to drive him from its soil
Il Is discovered by Republican Congress, after
CONFUSING cur country with declarations IN
favor Of his equal rights, and asserting that he
was merely the victim of " Just laws, that he
Should be sent away from Our land. The issue
is now changed The South holds that the Ami
can is fl to live here as 2 slave. Our Rspubii-
can government denies that he is n; to live
here at all.
The Republican party cannot save the coun-
try, because through its powerful press It teaches
contempt for the laws Constitution and cousti-
tuted authorities. They are not only destroying
tue Uni0n, out they are shaking and weakening
the whole structures Of States Is well IS the na
tional government by denuucisti0ns Of every /.
law, and of all authority thai stand in the way I
If their passions or their purposes. Iney /
have not only carried dscord into our churches /
and legislative halls, but into our armies. /
Every general who agrees with them upon /
the subject OF slavery j. upheld IN every /
act of insubordinatiOn and sustained against the /
clearest proofs OF Incompetence, II not OF cor /
Tuption Ga the other hand, every commander /
who differs from their views upon the single 1
pOin! OF slavery, Is denounced, not only Tor N /
competency, but constantly deprecated IN every I
acs No man is allowed to be Christian; no /
man is regarded ss a statesman no man IS sUt- /
fered unmolested to do his duty as g soldier |
unless he supports measures which no one dared /
to urge eighteen months since. They insist that I
martial law IS superior 10 constitutional law /
that the wills of generals ia the fed are above
all restraints bus they demand for themselves 1
the right to direct and control these generals Z
They claim an influence higher than that they |
viii allow to the laws of the land. Are these |
displays Of insubordination and violence safe at
this time
The weight of annual tsxation viii test Sc
verely the loyalty Of the people Of the North /
Reputation Of our financial obligations would
cause disorder and endless moral evils Pecu- (
mary rights viii never be held more sacred than 4
personal rights. Reputation Of the CoEstltu- /
ton involves reputation Of the national dabf, I
of its guarantees Of rights of property, OF per- I
son, aud of eonscisnCe. The moment we show
the world that we DO not hold the Constitution 4
to be s sacred compact, we not only destroy All 1
sense of security, but we turn away from our 1
shores the vast tide of immigration It comes /
here now not because there are not other skies /
as bright and other lands as productive as ours. !
1t seeks here security for fEeedOm-ior rights Of /
conscienee-fOr immunity from tyranniealin'eF-
fsrences, and from medding impertiuence. The /
home and freside rights heretofore enjoyed !
under protection of written Constitution, have /
made US great and prosperous. l entrest you I
again, touch them not with sacri egous hands
We are threatened with the breaking up of our
social system, with the overthrow of Stats and
national governments. If we begin 2 war upon
the eompromisss Of the ConsLitn.ian we must 90