Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-03

: We arc in favor of the rights of the States
well as of the general government; we are
favor of local selfgovernmout; as we'll as of t
e national jurisdiction within Is proper sphere.
r While we thus meet as political organic
4 ton, It IS not for partisan purposes We G.
3 best serve our country in this relationship T
President Of the Uaited States will bear gitne
hat he has not been pressed or embarrassed
US We have Loyalty responded TO every ca
anade on us by constituted authority. We ha'
boeyed all orders to reinforce onr armies. Whg
we were in power we denounced the higher Ia
u0ctrlne-the principle that men might set 4
their wills against the statutes of the land--i
reasonable We denounced it when uttered B
| HoTthern men We are combating it now whe
Il IS asserted by ths rebell0u5 South We r
pudlste it by submitting to every demand
cur government, made within the limits Of Iigh
tai jurisdiction. This Obedience has not bee
constrained. but cheerfully rendered, even +
| support Of a party and policy to which we al
| opposed. We have struggled to sustain not oni
tne letter but the spirit of our laws. We fet
thst we have set an example Of loyalty that VI,
/ not De lost upon those opposed 10 US. Hayln
/ done our duty, we now demand our rights, an
| we shall at this tins set in calm and fearles
/ judgment upon the conduct Of our rulers OIr
I snail not be ths language Of discord aud VIC
fence. We deplore the passionate and vndctiv
/ 1870 va A-oI4t-E 1AcpuUilCau IDlL0htS HH0l
/ th0se holding civi, or military stations. AbOv,
al, va protest, in behalf Of our country's houol
and dignity, against their insubO dinats anC
! osEespecIul language toward the President o.
'hese Uated Ssates. Such language wrecks
| me authority ct government, and tends 10 an
aTehy and public disorder.
For another reason, we cannot disband our
! organization. No other party can save this
country; 1t alone has clearly defoed purposes
and we'll settled principles. l. has been well said
10 our congressional address, that under It's
guidance,
g" From five millions, the population increased
TO thirty millions. The revolutionary debt was
extiuguished. Two foreign wars were success
-uly prosecuted, with moderate outlay and
| small army aud navy, and without the suspen-
sion OF the habsas corpus; without enc infrec-
/ Ion CT the Constitution; without one usurpg-
ton OF power; without suppressiug a single
newspaper without impTsoniDg single editor;
without iuit to the freedom OF the press or Of
speech in or out Of Congress, bat in the midst
OF the grcssest abuse of both F; and without the
arrest of single traitor, though the Hartford
convention sat during one of the wars, and in
the other Senator'S invited the enemy to greet
our volunteers with bloody hands, and welcome
them 20 Eospitabe graves =
r During al this time the wealth increased
business of ali kinds multiplied, prosperity
smiled sn every side, taxes. were low, wages
were high, the North and the South furnished
market tor each others products at good prices;
public liberty was secure; private rights undis-
tucbed: every mans house was bis castle: the
courts were open to all; NJ passports tor travel
30 secret police, no sp es, no iutormers, no pas
tiles the right to assemble peaceably, the right
to petition; freedom OF religion, freedom of
speech; free ballot, and ffes press and all
TINS time the Constitution maintained aud tAe
Union of the States preserved"
WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Cannot SAVE
THr COUNTRY.
On the other hand, the very character of the
Republican organization, makes it Incapable Of
conducting the affairs of the govern ment For
a series Of years it has pracdced a system of
coalitions, with men differing in principle until
it can have no distinctive policy In such cha
osic masses, the violent have most control
They have been educating their followers for
years, through the press, not to obey laws which
did not accord with their views. How can they
demand submit sion from whole communities
wbiio they contend that individuals may oppose
laws opposed to thsir conscieuces -Fhcy arc
higher law men. They insist that the contest,
IA which we are engaged, IS iIrepressibia one,
and that therefore the South could not avoid it,
unless shey were willing a. tho outset to surren-
der al that aboiitonists demanded. To declars
that this contest is i1repressibe, declares that
our fathers Termed government which could EOt
stand. Are such men the proper guardians Of
this government Have not their speeches aud
acts given strength to the rebellion, and have
they not also enabled It's leaders to prove to tkeir
deluted followers, that the contest was sn ire
pressible one
But their leaders have not only ascertainad
that this contest was irrepreSsible, uuless The
South would give up what ext eme Republicans
dana nd ffRnIr Local 1ugfifuripnl \ mt fb,on in
power have done much to justify this Tebe.liOnin
The eyes OF the world. The guilt Of rebellion is
determined by the character of the government
against which il is aIrsyed. The right OF Tevo-
luton, in the langu8se of President Lincoln, is
a sacred right when exerted against bad gov
ernment a
We charge that this rebelh5n Is most wicked
because it is the best government that ever ex-
listed. It Is the excellence OF our government
that makes resistance a crime. Rebellion is not
necessarily wrong. It msy be an act of the
highest virtue-it may be one of the deepest de-
pravity. The rebellion OF our fathers is our
proudest boast-the rebellion of our brothers is
the humiliation Of our Eation-is our national
disgrace. To resist bad government is patriot
ism-tO resist good one is the greatest guilt.
The first is patriotiSm-the last is treason Le-
gal tribunals can only regard resistance Of laws
as crime, but in the forum of pubic sentiment
the character Of the government will decide if
the act is treason or patriotism.
Oar government and It's administration are
different things but il the eyes Of the civilized
world, abuses, weakness or folly in the conduct
of affairs go far to justify resistance. have
read to you the testimony of Messrs. Greeley,
Weed, Bryant Raymond and Marble, charging
fraud, corruption, outrage and incompetency
upon those in power. Those who stand up to
testify to the incompetency of these representa-
tives OF discoTdant party to conduct the affairs
of our government are politically opposed 20 Us
Bear IN mind that the embarrassment Of Presi-
dent Lincoln grows out of the conflicting views
of his political friends, and their habits and
principles OF insUbordinaliOn. His hands would
be strengthened By Democratic victory, and if
bis private prayers are answered, we viii relieve
him from the pressure Of philanthropists who
thirst for blood, aud who call for the extermina-
ton of the men, women and children Of the
South. The brutal and bloody language of par
tissn editors and political preachers, have lost
Us the sympathy of the civizsd world in a con-
test where all mankind should be upon one side.
Tuning TO the legislative departments of our
government, what do we see? In the history
Of the decline and fall of nations, there are no
more striking displays of madness and folly.
The assemblage of Congress throws gloom over
the nation; It's continuance in session is more
disastrous than defeat upon the battle field. 1t
excites alike alarm and disgust.
The public are disappointed in the result of the
war. This is owing to the differing objects Of
the people on the one hand, and fanatical agits-
tors in and out of Congress on the other. 10
the army, the Union men OF the North and South
battle side by side, under one flag, TO put down
rebellion, and uphold the Uaion and the Con-
stitution. In Congress a fansticsl majority
make war on the Union men Of the South, and
strengthen the hands Of secessionists by words
and acts which enable them to keep alive the
flames of civil war. What is done on The battle
field by the blood and treasure Of the people, is
undone by Senators. Half of the time is spent
in factioHs measures designed to destroy all con-
fdenoe in the government at the South, and the
rest in annoying our army, in nedding with its
operations, embarrassing our generals and IN
publishing undigested and unfounded scandal
Oae party is seeking to bring about peace, the
other to keep alive hatred and bitterness by in
tererences They prove the wisdom of Sole