Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-20

political creed thnt a few years ago was derded a.
new Form OF mono nania. has grasped the reus
power, carries on war, commands armies and navie
MAKES and unTnslss generals eOmpes be policy Of Il
President issues prociamatOns and mprisOns
opponents boldly violates the honorsd tsusts
the Consultation and the most sacred principles 4 II
law, and, Ia effect proeians that i sovereign viii aha
be { suprrss law o. he land TIE first effect OF n
accession Of ths party power In he couucIs of Ii
. nstOn has b en- civil war
Il l. comparatively MINISTERIAL 10 discuss now fror
which side the proyOc8on began or which struck ID
nrst blow The war of ideas began long before that gal
liant old fanatc John Brown turned defamation int
seton Let history sdudgs whose heads the respon
sioiny OF the hideOus disaster should rest But we ar
II eiFh war We haze given this party N power on
men and our money 20 bring 70 suceesu conclusion
Ihey have failed. egregousy disgracefuly failed VI
AAFe oeen Daulsd and defratPd--0ur money is gone
our meH The gallant youth Of these States whom We sar
starting on yeer ego, f1 Of tie patriotic hope to saw,
this pubiic-U here they Dead and ueuider
Ing IN their graves the hundred BATH eds vler,
their hsroism wasted snd their victories robbed O
their value BY the incompetency vanity and rashnes
the movement Of armies BY leading articles The wis
DON and warnings Of veteran soldier passed by
unheeded and forg3tt-n
IA rhis not time when the people hcuId dsseuss TO-
seher, and take counsel the cosduc Of publi- ar
l. t not their duty to do r09 i 1t the duty Of The
oh Of the COVE sren The opinions II The
people and respect thsmf And vet At tbis moment
I'm utterly ignorant whe her IN the morbid iuag on
u some ambitious di,or srshs or 0thsr Do
tenta e. all discussion the subject to-nigh zsv not
be regarded "fisloyaI p-aCt-e" For II appear
hat in the definition of Ofruses 70 question III.
UNITS q aufhorfy OF the abolition pa-tv
ehl comfort % n eseIny To talk of the constitution
L 'to synp ,thizs with secession" Fealv TO The eb
oitien parJy the price expected 70 pay To-
personal hbsry and 20 against its svoi.e eanii
dat'S Is treason When Louis XIV Of France ,aid
" deat sst El0i "' he State am the "i. used
to ne thought somewhat audacous assumption Of al
we live we Learn ami sha be used 70 that styl.
or tax II events progress mnch longer they have done
OF lae dont want TO oVer-s innate the danger of our
situation 70 mere uomentary efl-e;, would think
u crime now to Ia present any one or anV thing IL
ever there was ims discard he tricks and tiaces
oI party "artafea time VII every should speak
the truth with perfect ca1dOr without anger or fear Il
u snreiy row he clvil waging in tn South
is, in my mind, BY mealE the worst Is autv The
war must end no war can last forever. What most
spPFls Is the ri stsahy tteady Dsrssie fnroad
on the hoertez OF tbs gn sta Of the North Il
perflled.
You all know that day after day arrested IN
nus sovereign state OF New York by officers protesting
20 ACT under military authority and for oense unknown
to the law you know they carried from this state
n spite OF the State law and in dedsncs OF It's judicial
decrees you know that all explanation ss 20 the case
Of their arrest has been refls-d will not a. ra 10 al
with the w-etehed that Is talked anf -ti.ts
n defense OF these acts The newly eoneoefed phrase
OF the war power has meaning, and deesiyes no
one vii waive al claim Of right fau-ed on tbs
nsution and meet the sbettors OF thess wrongs on
taeir own ground; and say II there had never bs-n
CONSTITUTION such acts thess would be less criminal
no lesa in violation Of the vital principles Of the HsDs
nc and the inherent eternal rights Of American eEens
OF Which the Constitution only dsclaratory But
furter inroads upon State rights and personal liberty
threstsned Let me cal vour serious ,tte,,io -
startling article which appeared on SUNDAY October
- in the New York Time Abolition Journal Of much
ability and inhuenc- in the party:
With European recognition, and constant Efforts
open or secret 70 aid the South the government a.
" sslington Val need the unity and efficiency con
templated in reesut prOcla nations It will reGuirs
million Of men and PrnPortionate supplies MarIaI law
over the Hor'h is national necessity. II the gnve nos
Of the Northern Stairs manifes fseous spirit the pre-
Toss marshal il is presumed gT have the power 10 Eea
them IN order II State eslatures shouId undertake n
Nnffo Of -
necessary to 1he prosecution II the war tbey will come
under the action Of martial law aud Il the sction Of anv
political party shall threaten change or raivzs the
moyemsnts Of the government. it will doubtless Be com
peieni for the provost marshal in any State 10 suspend
political meetings and postpone elections II the Const
tauon OF n nited States il to be construed according
20 the necessities Of civil Of proportions he
constitutions Of individual Stats eannot be allowed 70
stand in the way Of its vigorous prosecution
Eng is1msn are IN great trouble Mt the rIegalv and
unconstitutionay OF tbs aeta Of President Linenln
They have great tenderness for the Constitution and
is lava snd feel very badly that the Northern peops
whue eonquerrg the South Hhouli lose their own lib
critics They tell that the President cannot do this
and that-that his proelamstons only much waste
paper Ihoy app-sr 10 have very LITTLE idea what the
eommaaderuchief Of the army and navy Of the United
States do. Of firm and resolute viii with
million Of men ia arms support him can DO pretty
much what be piesss They have to learn that paper
eonst tutons however convenient they be can Be
ansnded when necessary, suspended laid aside alto
gether and that It Il no longer question In America
what this Or that constitution authorizes but what /.
necessary 70 be dons TO make thirtyf ur States and
vast territory nation"
Fellow citiz NJ political reekiessness be more
he sdlong than Ihis See how the old landmarks Of
your liberties one BY disappear ia the rising tie Of
anarchy. Ihe hme-hCnsred guarantees Of personal i
liberty gone. The principle Of State rights in which /
the very ifs Of the confederation exists il threatened
and asssed. One asks in Akind Of supor what nextl
Whist future is b-toTe US And he only answer IS |
After Us the deuge let the future lake care Of itself
Tn is the sort Of blind ssrEua ship hv which blind
nations are led to their rup. know that in the opin-
lou Of distinguished citizen Of this State who now
claims your suhrages, and whose recently sequfred
opinions ind as Vigorous and eloquent expression now
as clothed those which he entertained last year these
intererences with personal liberty s,em OF compare
lively trhing mp rtance.
take lssvs to diff ( ON hat gentleman. For what /
are governments armies navies presidents parties and
provost marshals For the people-to secure 10 them
lie liberty and happiness; make the homes Of rnd
ydua citizens secure peaceful and contented The Deo-
pie are the masters The government and all its usr1
bars are your servants bound learn your viii and 10
do it. For you his Union made BY your f5rsfstbsrT
who were then the people Of the United States They
naoe it in order TO establish justice insure domestic trsE
4ulty and secure the blessings Of liberty to themsalve
and you. They separated from Great Britain threw
oy thelr own strong hands, and they wrote down the
reasons why they did eli that in what they called their
Declaration Of Independence"
Road that Declaration OF Independence between
mis- day and Tuesday next, aud mediate on il You
ind among their causes Of quarrel with the King these
That be had rendered the military Independent Of and
upeTloT to the civil power that be had subjected them
70 jurisdiction foreign to their Constitution and unac.
>n Vyieeged by their laws that he had deprived them
n some cases Of trial by jury Against these things your
Jrefathers long protested and remoustrsred in vei s
heir descendants, the dcseen ants Of the men who
'ought under Schuyler and Lee, aud Putnam and sra
ben, aud W Westinghouse they lack sensitivenps--sre
hey - torpid and apahetc that thef can't see without
1ne thrill of honet ndigD ration the 5elfsans roaz in
iicted on them By their own servsntsf
Your fOrcfsthers wrung their indopende from a /
oregn Zoe by their liberal expenditure Of their abar
heir blood and their lives They d clared snd defined
he liberties they had WOr-sst them forth In 4 rrs.t
'hsrte -bequeaihed it and them TO you az q sacred
anm ask Cd n srrrrr !
night hand them down to your children intact and uo-
impaired " III yeu SOW, in order test theory 10
i1Inole zoe; . "ieak venseare. or evan punish
"r ng VIII you now bartsr ami sell Ih1go ious her
age Of your rishtsf In order TO be vietorous will Won
consent 70 cease 70 De free say Is to test thsor
hat al this ruin has been brought pon Us The Abo
ihOu party aVow their determination 10 vvaga ~
lgainst the Southerr States nut the existing reat5oD
between ms Wne ana DiaeS races in these States shall
isve been utter y destroyed
Tsey. educsied in the hAbis OF frozen New England
vii have the people In nearly tropical climate live on
- - go - - - - ~ - ~ course mere ls no use Of
nan with million Of soldiers do no doubt pretty
auch he pleasos, II they please
Now, and desire be a sincere friend OF the ne
for that creature. strangely aud manfesly dis
ocisfed from the rest Of mankind entertain the hearth
st sympathy desire 90 him free and as happy
IS be is capable Of l. G. But do not know-Fho |
oes i-that TO emsncipate the negro IN the Southern
3tstes viii make him freer better or happier tran he
vas before. Rememb 7, / am defender Of negro
svey However the relation between the black and he
whites in the Southern States though the best rnay
lernap DC ttt 9fst ioU posato ne opinions rHugre
have been expressed by the President Of the ined
itatss 20 deputaton nom Chicago must suggest donbs
N that subject in the minds Of every thinking man The
roleet OF imul date emane patton is then, st best
oHb fal expei nen'. As threat u has sigsiy failed
,he South has not laid down It's srms but seems rather
ncined % more intense desperation OF resistance
Grant that in another respect il works magic ard iat
q Janaary ls 1903 the four millions Of negro in tb-
outhe Statcs are as free proclamations can make
hem Still unless the Southern armies are by time
lbdued is not likely that the southern white uopuIs
lon viii regard the proclamation eonelusivs on the
loeo The negro VIII have still his liberty 70 a.
srt In thai way he uisy succeed. The res1it 81 !, /
lerciless md desoaing ssrvie may he to haze the
cry foundation Of South m society aud while h tends
he negro TO fling OF from his own shoulders an ernt
control
Althis may take place Z 1t when all this il done
ie as The oiion party what Is 10 be the os fair
THAT Is be to do With HIMSELF What do you nropns 10
o for himt Miu you oeeipy aud use the conquered