Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-05


them by hundreds of thousands at home raising
bread and meat, while all the white men sr
coaseripted aud out fighting against this gov
eminent. Ii Lincoln did not take from them eve
Tything which lsy in his power, which strength
ems them aud enables them to carry on this war
be would be guilty, before God, of perjury.
therefore indorse the proclamation. lGEeAt ap
pause.l
IT Is NECESSARY, RIGHT AND CONSTITUTIONAL
Oh! but it's unconstitutional :" Where
does that cry come from Is it from loya
| menf TCnes sNo, no u No it comes
from these sympathisers with the rebellion. The
Constitution troubles their cCnsciences now
/ Ladies aud gentlemen, the rebels by their
course Of conduct have made that expedient
proper and constitutional which, if they had
I behaved themselves, would have been wholly
| inexpedent improper and unc0nstitutional-the
! issuing of that proclamation. Is is a war
I measure 1t is necessary, it is constitutional
and right / say cOnfscate everything they We
/ got Em2ncipate their negroes and drive tho
/ last scoundrel of the rebels down into the Gulf
Of Mexico as the devil did the hogs into the sea.
! But find class of men in all the Northern
! States where l khve been, in sympathy with
/ this rebellion, and they might be 30 and behave
! themselves; but they 60 furtheT-they meddle
I and throw obstacles in the way Of recruiting
/ and IN every possible or conceivable way they
attempt to rataTd the operations of the army and
! tie government. But" says one, " the war
tax :" Where does that cry come from From
| loyal men : No. You are involving us in
debt by hundreds Of millions, which we can
never pay of, and war tax will break me down
and ruin ne" Examine these men who make
SO much noise over the war tax, aud you viii
find them a class of hide bound, stingy, mig
RsTdly, no-souled, picsyune sort of men.
Lsughter / could take the soul of q man of
that sort end make it rattle in the hull Of a to-
bacco seed. Renewed laughter.
Do they ever contribute anything to their pas
tor TO pay him for laboring for their miserable
souls You never get dime out of them to
be expended in the distribution of tracts or
bibles They never give these ladies' dime for
the soldiers aid society, to comfort and console
the wounded and dying soldier. When one of
them gets dime, reai ten cent silver piece be-
tween his forefnger and bis thumb and slips it
down into his pocket, if you are a gentleman Of
keen hearing and listen closely you will hear
the little piece singing as il goes down the cho-
rus OF au old song We used to sing
FAREWELL vain world I'm going home"
[G5eat laughter
He DESCRIBES SOUTHERN TORIES
fnd them in other sections of the country,
and other States, Organizing new parties. They
are getting up & constitutional Union party A
considerable body of them up here in Michigan
organized a third party. Not pleased with these
Democrats and these Republicans they said let's |
get up a third party great party which will |
swallow up these parties like the ram DaEie /
saw in his vision pushing eastward and west |
ward, uorihWard and southwark. It is a little /
lesven of the old Breckenridge lump, which is |
at the bottom Of this loaf They understand /
+i,sE hat Of
cut in Michigan.
Whist DO they propose l will tell you what |
they purpose, if you will mako them Senators .
and Representatives I don't know what they
propose. They purpose to stop the supplies of
the array, 20 annoy and torment the President /
and put al end to the war, right or wrong that
they may turn about and come into power again.
They lost power in a fair fight. l lost power
once. 1 belonged to the old Cay-Webs.er Wing |
school, I went for Bell aud Everett / was
be8len fairly and SquaEely by the Lincolni,es,
snd when / was beaten at the ballot-box, l sub
nitted, and at the end of the war, am ready
ald willing TO try again. Applause l gm
oi standing By Lincoln, the g0g eTBmsns and
.he administration. Applause.
Us ell the government we've got. Ips our
administration. He Is our President Let us
lolG up his hands and help him prosecute this
var. I believe that be is an honest, patriotic
ma upNgnt man lApPiause.I Ahese men
wait power again. They want to control tie
Gces, 10 stop the war and block up the whesls
IF government. Before l would vote fOT such
nan I would make him define his position, show
Fhere he stands and what he is going to do.
There is a cat in the meal. They are msnsuYer-
rg, and plotting, and csucusing to plumber and
destroy the government. They are willing to
'es Us whipped out and the government do
iToyed.
THE RFERSAL CONSPIRACY IN THE WEST.
There is deep policy, an infernel scheme
now on foot al over the Northwest to transfer
the Northwestern country TO the Southern Con-
tederacy, if they can do SO by and by. They
arc in alliance with them and want to transfer
yeu to the Southern Confederscy if they can
gain their independence. / talk this thing out
[ ask no favor of anybody. There's nobody /
about here that I care for or fear. Applause. |