Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-09
5eCesa0n Feeling ia EOuisvilIe-A Beld
aeceesfou Address.


Secession Feeling fa EOuisvilIe-A Beld
secession Address.
3g W. W Owen, a w~ell-known citizen oil
Jefferson county, Kptucky, Of which he is d
candidate for %jailor, has issued the following
address, watch was furnished the ArgEs by Z
gentleman just from Louisville. L has been
circulated throughout Louisville and Jefferson
county:
To tie Ys-v5 Cf louisville and Jefferson County
Having already announced myself = candidate for the
ctlos OF lH.0r o. Jefferson county, 1 deem II proper TO
say t14tI nave not been brought out by any caucus,
C-qE1 Or party but have only awaited myself Of the
common privilege Of every freeman who may desire
ytdcs. Islouid also say that I am q State rights man in
Tie ru- sense Of the te7s. l do not believe that the
government Of the United States consists Of a mass Of
Individuals consolidated together into one body, ike the
lonarel.es OF Europe 10 ris by divine rgnt con
ai--E this government 20 Be @ galaxy Of States held
together b. l.5 l-eg- wa aJl-aSJOu Of "a common interest,
each state revolving In is own orbit and absolutely ex-
--ps-ro4 Ee75ssI domination within such orbit.
Think llat whenever the Federal government shall
attempt 20 ob5ruds lusst within toe saeEed circle which
le-5n5s 10 any Stats, north or south, east OF west q 40
the 1Ety G.. every freeman 70 stand up and bid q PROUD
-1---1 ~ E--A attempted uauFpAlcl- hle man VINO
has not the spirit TO do 10 deserves not the name Of an
American freeman. Il 70 vain to think Of preserving q
ife7 government without such @ spirit N ina hearts OF
-la people Whenever the people Of the States become
ser.4ss enough 10 crirgu and bow down ct every wave
| Ok TOO Federal wand, aad shiveriEg with feGr, acquigscs
ln aytIT fins that proceeds from the central power,
N-1t4-t IL be TSht OK wong. tuzy VIII be fit subjects
TO- -aa ty----5 rod and the goddess of liberty may take
hos aga. forever Lom this Devoted and. We shaI then
Aoa- 40 more complaints OF cemagogues and party lead
e-s, Tor NO 51a-l be MADE slsyes tog5ther-
Fellow citizens. I GA q native born Ksu,ucki4n. AID
nave spent tao best years CT my life labCTiug 10 build up
/ her prosperity and maintain her honor. Hove my native
State. Her oas. interests lie ueagsdt ny heart. have
never been able u aszaue that oswfzngIsd patriotism
wEl sprlsts itself a. over tue world b5sdes aud
leaves o.. home / bellows iu sustaining, first of Oil. tbs
-uwe#a.e s~2F-n1sula- Organization under which L
live, Esl afterwards my r5moer cOnnecuJ1s II is IN
ua.~ -r me 10 love AaasaelC5s.iz as l DO Kentucky,
sra Z W.. lls DO guilty Of tie lying hypocrisy that
Hoa-- ---7 s-ch d pratelsion. : dsspise that dsma-
B.sa-l- OK Ea-.aIlo 30 fashionable Of late, vhicI being
ra-1-.. rC.lriety, 0yercaps rssu while it attempts
20 cover us mister purposes under d blaze Of gIory.
Agl--at 10 A1 man ia love eli country. My love Of CON
s.-llol- liberty E-s gee4 lifelong passion. The In
I+--.1-s --5-I o. freeman constitute my political gos
pei Ly beau ideal Of ali EJverBCeuas has been our old
Union, with equal social and political rights 20 FL. bus
aLy ~" -l-1n Wit-o4s sA;L s'laL ana political equality
wound be % ms the most tetesLsb.s Of eli governmental
Orsamz-a5ga- 4 Union between conquered and coz
qL-ulg States w-u-d Rot be slsu g Union as Cur fathers
made. feel 10 desire TO zee L4e PROUD Split, lofty aspi-
ration to- freedom, noble generous anu warm hearted
love Tor constitutional liberty which has always chsrac-
-eslze- tag southern people, crushed OFT by brute force,
or 20 witness t-esa bravo and intelligent freemen sub
dust, hopeless crushed aud bleeding under the northern
l-a- F.5--- 30 TIE mother Of ksntucGy, and no true
M --A.-n ca Iol1Ne 2.LeE numAiati0n. She has been
the b--Tl-6g t American freedom over since our govern
ueGs YVES bonn der sous nave been the proutest speci-
mems u gi gllleI EcytUe2 that ever tod the earth.
Ia8 blood u NlEIpIs courses through the veins OF our
uC2g valued and influential Citizens, ana the character Of
our own beloved STATE Aa5 received its type mainly
from Cls lslorsd mother. The blood Of her Sons has
u4,=red every battlefield thai has witnessed the stEug-
giles gr freedom GA this continent Such q people nave
700 strong q Lgil upon the affections Of all the advocates
% llLa- L-cl" Iag world over TO be troddsn under
loot and crushed without q responsive SIGH, wherever
thoiE history j. Euowu. In view Of what Virginia has
done for my native Kentucky tor the Northwest, for the
general government IN h-r magnificent donation Of ter
uto1y5 and --r the cause If universal freedom, l would
as SON s.riae my own mother as to draw tie sword
gEglls- her. We have many men in our midst VINO feel
dIG-r-n iy- bus they arc not hsn-ucAlans-
L-. sr-G- aE.r- OF ll-rT-g press Al OT midst Is now
being l-l.c,ad % tho work Of making IL appear that the
southern people are iu ali respects Inferior 70 the north
era. This d new l5C-1no IN kentucky, The men
who otYalla IL ara y uyTaAy Of northern birth. As h
4.a4.l-kLaa / rplILI o.. 2aneeB dogma. These hTeLng
papers aaLllpo-t-d Usulons arc constantly representing
Elo southern people 40 BENG deluded' ignorant, aud the
deceived duges % dglsgOgues and pOt-house politicians
The allegation lB.llse. 4ue intelligence Of the southern
people has been amply Yinclca-ed IL every Period CT our
Loultry's Eisl0ry. TAa-a 70 10 question that they are
infinitely farther removed from the influence Of dsms-
E0gE-s llau the people Of the North are. They have
iau5lcisus J1at nave constantly shaken Lhs North
j tlgr8 IS any spot on this broad earth where demE-
EoEu-5L ID Indigenous /. Is Certainly 20 be found IN the
Northern States FculsEsn' amy rlghusm, Aoou
tClH "a H. all its hues u yellow. red and black, Spirituni-
ism, Egce L1Fe.Eu, AoEMOusM, Know NOTTINGHAM, and
every cTGEy extravaganza that ever sprung from the
h0t.Oed Of Iaua--sm, meanness and folly. have in these
Northern States grown ana fourished Ike gisnt mush-
rOomB upon q duuEIl, and furnished , rich rep2SE for
--L-5aaAt- -AA IH-e--H-F A-N--LtAs u - s~5S~ Aiahg
years SHRINK with houOE az l would from the touch
Of o. Shiny serpent. when I contemplate the probability
Of ali tlHs progeny Of hasstal things being rausplauted
t-0m &lw Lrsllnl into Bentuaky.
Ir sumner Of Massachusetts, hss JUST presented 70
the Seu8-a o petition seven hundred feet long signed b.
EEeeu t-aus.ul women, 10. TIE aboEtiOn Of slavery.
Congress has Just passed an act R~0ohshlng slavery IN TIE
Dsulc. Of C3.la5la5 by an overwhelming majority.
Lincoln has signed 1rB bill, and It Is now q law. SUN
with Congress at his heels, declares this to be the
r-n5tllla.n5 Of q .sriss CT kindred measures about to
be adopted. we are tod in tie face Of such giarIhg iae,s
as these, that tGa abolition party IN the North Il weak
and cannot hurt uz. Fremont already holes dominion
over one LlE- O: Kentucky. The border slave States
are GL now upGeT tho heel OF That party, and nothing
but HARD E-hllr will save the other slave states from
che same Late, E0Utuefn uan who will net open their
90 tscas viii NOT Lsleu 30 argument In theory, this
is 2 war q the government but IN fRot, it is 4 war Of
northern uen against southern msn,
II tho North cocqaes- tho men OF LRa North viii rule
men Of tho SCUM win . rod Of iron from genera
b generation. Kentucky wiz share the fate Of tbs
South Ia this respect. she u tsted 20 bow down 10 a
northern master Il the North succeeds Ia this war. Al
ready ONO and massachusetts, meu are s~trutLng about IN
cur uilzt- proudly ciclatInE &c Ksutucksus what thsy
rsI Ez1JlcGizls what roads they shall travel, what they
Gre permitted 20 carry 90 msrGet, what they shall say
what they shall not say, how far they will permit
one lalsuOoI % visit another, ana now hentuekians alall
d" SaEl5e themselves Alssi alasi for pOCr Kentucky. |
chi Lrau aud chi dreu's children will look back with
wonder and EatCuishuent at this period of her history.
sits quietly down while tae graudest struggle for the
.iE1t o. of government thar was ever witnessed upOn
tbs face Of Sac earth II going on, and spell bound by the
ClaDf4lD cry OF L44J-r aAA5eI uE Tie SunElAg lOrLl- I
mon. 81 ders l-Tsoii 10 BE- bound hand and foot, while
ste is 5~szpolgd Of hsr freedom.
Surely Gll5 western Sampson has been mesmerizsd by
7cIe EalEsa Dellah, who has shoTn him of bis locks! |
Does any one imagine LlGt the last generation Of Ken
l-ucL5a1s would have permitted the noblest sons Of Ken
lucky 90 be sJFE from hes bosom. aud incarcersted in c
Boston dungeon, there 70 stay 81 the Will aud pleasure
5f gu abolition aespotf Does not every ono know that
en- outrage, pTGcuced upon keutuckians IN the last
generation. would nave fired every drop Of blood in the
state S-L that -5 clarion notes OF wzrl war - war to !
he Eui0il % would lave ruug from every valley and
hilltop from tho mountains 20 the Mississippi But alas |
lss this Q 10 longer the kentucky Of former days. A
3lghLug rs-nlyEis nag come upon this generation, and
10 once gallant KENTUCKY meeAly puts nr neck under
he Jose! how ny hear; bleeds over my poor native
state!
1 VII furnish my voters with ~ edition msnthly. until
10 election, giving the proceedings Of Abraham Lincoln
nd LIS -53ilgl Congress. You can rest assured that :
aaL be on the track 1s q candidate, reports to the con
rarY Notwithstanding.
I~51gD55s. however, that have said enough - define
position, ard bes 10 conclude by repeating, thsa /
VErf no ab0iloa VCteE, or votes OF any one shat gym
: liz5s r-.u tha. Co:esJa5ls party.
Respectfully, etc, W. W OWN
From Cairo