Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-03
TuhPUHLEy MEETING.

At public meeting of the citizens, held ct the
Mayors office on Sunday afternoon, + A Tyler,
ESQ, in the chair and Col. NJ. c. GsIswsy, sec
Ietsry, after addresses from Capt Samuel
Bard and Gen. N. JEFF. Thompson, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS 10 the the present war, the very
crisis of our peril seems TO be upon US, and the
time has come when neutrality Is violation Of
the obligations Of citizenship and crimei and
whereas, we, the citizens Of Memphis, will be
held peculiarly inexcusable if we omit anything
IN cur power which re have not yet done for
the defense Of our city, standing pledged as we
do by every Union as well as secession vote "
maintain our night as & free people to govern
ourselves, and, whereas, while our brothers
blood cries TO US Tom the ground Of hundred
battlefelds for vengeance, we cannot lie down
IN dishonoT. leaving our brave neighbols AND
kinsmen TO fight unsided oW battles and
their own; and, whereas, every passing hour
Convinces US more and more that the des-
potic power of the Federal States, (Which
has set at naught its own Constitution To
avoid being embarrassed" in the pursuit Of
its iniquitous policy is too great and too tyran-
nous for the liberty of any people and, where
as, the Federal government has, since our dec
larRtions of independence now and for the last
eighteen months continued 10 exhibit and illus
trate itself IN acts of oppression not exceued for
| infamy and meanness by the cnmes OF any
| tyIauts known 10 history, and which greatly
| outstrip in baseness the acts against which our
fatners Of the first revolution Tebelled, aud among
which are the imprisonment of nOn-combattant
men and women innocent of every Ofense
known to the law, the denial of the kGbeas corpus
the robbing of pesceable citizens without com
pensstiou or color of law, the invasion of our
country, marking the whole track with the muir
der of citizens, and outrages toward our mothers
| and sisters which none but fends can infct and
none but cravens brook making the route of
their progress a scene of desolstion, and crush
| ing out the liberties of whole States, clearly
evnciug to US that reunion is forever impossible,
and making us to feel that it is also an abhOT-
rent thought
! In view, therefore. of these and other kindred
facts and reasons, we, the people of Memphis,
here assembled, have adopted the following reso-
lutons, viz:
ResOlced That having already sent out seven
ty-two companies, we have more to send and
we believe it to be the duty of every man capable
of bearing arms, and not now in the service Of
the country, to repair at once to Fort Pillow with
such arms as he may procure.
Res0Lved, That we will never yield while ws
can defend, and will never voluntarily surrende
this city into the hands Of the enemy.
Pesolced, That such of our citizens ss do no
for any reason take up arms for the public de
fense are regarded as under peculiar obligation
| tn contribute of their means much more liberalll
: and largely than those who do
: Peslc9ed, That we shall hold dear as friend
and patriots all who now come with their mOneI
or their arms to the rescue of the country, an
will give them our patronage in the future to tn
4 exclusion of all others forever
ResOLUed That q committee OF twenty be sp
, pointed to canvass the city and county in fuTth
= ersnce of the objects of these resolutions.
n On motion it was resolved that the proceed
!, ings of this meeting be published in the cit.
a papers. WhereupOn the meeting adjourned
F. A. TYLER, ChirmGn.
NJ. C. GALLAwAY, Secretary.