Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-28

setts soldiers should be killed than that one
negro should ha illegally freed Bettar that
Msssaehasetts should be governed by jeff
Davis thar that it should be represented bv
such men as Charles Sumner and Henry Will
son, VIGOROUSLY hostile TO the constitutional
rights otFt5se South Sutiection; IN itself, is
bad bur sac great AsneFisan idea Of local
goyefnnIs1iss Ter local purposes, and gen.
eral gos4gament for generals purposes
still, thaAk G5dt may survive it. To
be sure, we may be beaten ard enslaved The
rascsls, .renegsdes and libertieides may gain
their object. This object We shall eyer con
tenn. Buc If they gain it fairly, under the
forms of the Constitution, il is the duty OF all
good citizens to submit. Our Southern oppo-
nents, We acknowledge, committed some dir
Fegularlaesi but nobody can assert that in
dealing with them, we deviated, By hairs
breadth, from the powers intrusted to the
Government by the fathers of the republic
While the country Is convulsed BY q reballion
unprecedented in the whole history Of the
world, We are compelled by oar principles 10
look upon it as lawyers, and not as statesmen.
We apply 10 i the same principles which our
yenerated .forefathers applied to Shay's rebel
/ lion In Massachusetts, and the whisky insur-
(. rection in Pennsylvania. To be sure, the s;cir-
cumstsrees" are different but we need not re-
mind the philanthropic inhabitants of oal sec
tion of the country, that principles are eter-
naL' We judge the existing case by these
/ eternal principles. We may fail, and fail ig-
| ANONYMOUSLY; but, in our failure, nobody can
| say that we violated any sacred form of the
! ever-glorious Constitution of the United States
The Constitution has in It noprovisions to secure
1 It's oWa existence by unconstitutional means. 1t
is therefore our duty, as lawyers as we'll as
/ legislators, to allow the gentlemen who have
1 repudiated it, because they were defeated in
an election, to enjoy all its benefits. That
they do not seem TO appreciate these benefits
! but shoot, in a shockingly "irregular man.
/ ner, all who insist on imposing on them its
blessings, furnishes no reason why we should
| partske In their guilt by violating its provis-
ions. II is true that the government cstah-
lIshed by the Constitution may fall by strict
adherence TO our notions of tho Constitution;
/ but even in that event we shall have the deli
/ eious satisfaction of contemplating It in memo
r. as beautiful idea, after it has ceased to
exist as palpable fact. As tae best eonstitu-
ton ever devised BY human wisdom, we shall
always find more exquist delight in medita-
ting on the mental image of its perfect features
than in enjoying the practical blessings of any
other government which may be established
after ais dead and gone; and our feeling re-
i gardikg It can be best expressed in the words
! in which the lyric poet celebrates his LOYALTY
to the soul Of The departed object of his sffee-
ton
1 Though aany gifted mind We meet
And faicst forms see.
To live with them is far less sweet
Than T. remember theel"
1t is fortunate both for our safety and the
safety of the Constitution, that these politico-
sentimental gentlemen represent only certain
theory of the constitution, ana not the consti-
tuition itself Their leading defect is in inca
pacity to adjust their profound legal intellects
TO the altered circumstances of the country.
Any child in political knowledge is competent
to give them this important item of political
information-that by no constitution of gov
ernment ever devised by human morality and
intelligence We're the rights of rascals SO se-
cured IS to give them the privilege of tramp
ling on the rights Of honest men. Any child
in political knowledge is competent to inform
them Of this fundamental fact, underlying all
laws and consttutons-that, if q miscre-
ant attempts TO cut your throat, you may
} resist him by allthe meaps which your strength
! and bis weAkEess place IN your power. Any
child in political knowledge is further compe
tent to furnish them with this additional BIZ
of wisdom,-th every constitution Of gov.
ernment provides, under the war power it con.
!, fers,, against its own overthrow by rebels and
by enemies. If rebels rise to the dignity and
y exert the power of enemies, they can be pro
ceeded against both as rebels and as enemies
AS rebels, the Government is Bound to give
Z them all the securities which the Constitution
J may guaranteeto traitors. As enemies, the
! Government is restricted only by the vast anC
vague "rights Of war; of which its OWE
military necessities must be the final Judge.
, "But," say the serene thinkers and scholars
: whom the rogues use as mouth pieces, SOU
> object is simply to defend the constitution
We do not believe that the government ha
, any Of The so-called rights of war, agains
: the rebels. If Jefferson Davis has committed
. the crime of treason, he hassthe same right K
: be tried By a jaryof the district in which hi
: alleged crime was c6mmitted that murderer
has TO be tried In similar jury We know
: that Mr.. Davis, ii ease The re8ellon in crushed
? | will not only b. triamphaasly acquitted, bu
/ we be sent TO Congress as Senator from Mis-
still i bIslifal ilustrati5n Of the msrits 0
Z our admirable system Of governmant 10 en-
= ables the South to play successfully - tran
: parent game of aHeads win, tailsvy1n lozA
2 and 50 far must be reckoned bad. Bnsthis evi
s is coantez balanced by so many blessings, tha
y nobody But miserable aboIitionist will thinl
: of objecting to the aFraug ne1t. We, on III
d whole, agree with tha Traitors, whose design
n we lazily aid, in thinking That JEFF. Davis an
!; Charles Summer are eqaal llylguilty. IN fai
= estimate of the causes Of oses present. misfoi
d tunes. Hang both, we say Asd ssxA Ray
i with an inward confdence thai neither will
= hanged, if the true principles OF the constitt
lie ton be carried out.
IF Il The political rogues and the class Of homes
n men ge have referred to are, therefore, pract
le cally assoeiasAd in one party to Oppose q
y present Government. the rogues iead !; II
T. honest men follow. lie this new party sa
al eeeds, We shall haYe the worst party II pow.
d that Tie country has ever known. Bgchaas
SIS President, and Floyd as Secretary Cf Wa
le were - enough. Bat Buchanan and Fioy
T. bad. ~e A-ge army to command, no immenI
s. "a <of war to direct As far as the
a. could, they worked mischief, and mischi
st only Bat their means we're limited. ~
ne Administrator which viii succeed that
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