Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-30

| the August SECTION. Wiih-ihis call re had NJ
| connection. and va Mother attended tie meeting
nor sppyoved Of itl expected acton. Bpsn it
ass smblsge, and before say business had been
transacted, the meeting wss dispersed by Col
Gilbert, thep eoDnsn3ing regiment Of Uaiied
States troops si Frankfort
This convention Of ths so-cSiled "Uaion Bern
ocEatic" party met in Louisville on tas 18Th OF
March. Onc of their, first acts was to refuse a
he.TiRg to Northern DsRocrat-ihs Hon. Mr..
Cravens, Of Indians member Of the great
party whore manifestations OF conservative sen-
Eimont had 90 recently been hsiled wish pleasure
by the Legislature They Teadepted as part Of
tbcir platform u! the resolutions passed by TIE
Legislature. aud nominated as their candidate
tho Eoa. J. z. Bell. Aeer long hesi ilaton, Mr..
Bell desliued Inc candidacy, and tht central
eomRittee OF his party substituted IN his stead
MT Brsnlette who had been ths frG0uant Ies
eipien! Of ofiee from the Administration, AID
hsd hss-, generally regarded ss supporter Of
its policy.
Untler these circumstances, and early 10 the
month Of Jane, q letter WAS written by enc of
US residing in ths intgfer Of ihe State TO anothsr
residing in Louisville, in which 1t was suggested
that meeting Of the conservative Uaion men
sheuld be called fer tho purpose of consultation
az 10 the proper course TO be pursued by them.
Before cur meeting WAS held, MIR. BrAmlosle
had already taken ihe stump, and though tho
ne e6spspsrs Of his party exercised a pIudsnt
caution in retaining ttern publishing report
or even Q notiee, of his apseshes, Ee we've not
without information Of their character. Tho
platform OF thst party to Whi2h he owed his
nomination denounced as startling usuTpations
of ss,yer The suspsn5ieR of ths wris Of habeas
carpus and the extension of martial law ever
States where war cid not exist. We learned
that, on the contrary, Lr 8rsmietts maintained
in srrument ths righfglEess Of taa5e measures
The platform denoEnced the emancipation pro-
clsms.isn as Unwsse, unconstitutional and void.
Mr.. Btsrnlstte soHssndsd ihGtis was valid 90 a
war nssaIre, though he regSr5sd il So imPelitis.
The platform hailed wish pleasure the reesnt
manifestations of conservative sentiment al ths
North, while Mr.. BFsmetts den5uncsd these
whom be deTisively terrasd Constitutional Union
zaen quite as violently as tho BecesiOnist., and,
finally, he threatened with the tender harciss Of
the proyess marshal ali sueh mahgassts IS
shsuld peIvsrsely refuse to vote fer him, even
lheHgh he was without a competitor.
Under these eireams tsusos, it will surprise ne
sae that en- meeting, We fsusd oGYsslves agreed
in alpregisg, Wits s0zls exceptions, the resolu-
tiers Of the Uaien DsnecTatic" " Uonvsr Zen,
but sazslly agreed IN di.tTuating The men by
whona The resolutions were asopseo, and psTlis-
ulsry of tAs candidates By whom, il ut all, they
were to be cnieIssd. We. therefore, determined
10 present ticket IA opposiiien, and &gEeeing
without difisusIy up0n tAs pTineiplos by which
our candidate Should be guided, we addressed
ts Hon. ChaIles &. WiekhGs the letter which
xil Be- found n our appendix, UssTked no l.
Thas letter fully explsins our purpose and cur
policy. Whether they were " eisloyAl," in aEy
sera5 of sha. nnch sbased tsrnr We leave to
every eaadiS reader 10 dstermias for himself.
Nr Wiekliffe, in q Published lsissr, expressed
bis hearty soncune1cs in oar views. BE ae-
cepied with reluctance the position we had as
signed him, and To peseesie1 10 place full
tiske. in the Aeld. Few did mofo than hr
WiekliGEs to Inainlain the fidelity Of Kentucky
to the Consultation and Gevernment OF the
United g1ssrs, and he les Mt ehsngea bis Prin-
eries or poicg.
We were az anco AssEllSss by the AdminislTa-
ton sress with every species ST InisrepressRia-
ljea taken ia our lsttor 70 Mf. Wieklilfs, (Which
ise5 lefunsd ts Fubiishl. they adopted tho sai-r
Gorge, Of 4ttsibe,i1g 70 as.parposss which they
knew we did net entertain. TAsugh it wss
perfeetly vel! kuown 10 iben that ws, the sign
ore ee that rsDsr, had kesn active ard consist
ept members ct tie UGisR psT = TheG fued \
pos:iioa wEs accompanied with sCme danger
snd ne prospect Of advantage, We 1eIo de-
nsunesa IS secessiOnisis II disguise, al time
whoH secession, psTily through eur sHE stfsits
bsS kaeons dssd issuo in Kentucky. We had
bat 8 s:ugie nsss ssF.per in the Siste to advocate
eur cause We ce1l1 not sGeIGpt sn astige
canvass of The S.a.e for no were we'll aware
that each a canysss g7oal4 expose to shs Adm n
is;rsiicn par ) It's pei,ieus p1gti9n, snd tina
precipiiate that military Interference II tue eicc-
iien which We were ns9st anxious to Sv0id. In
this manner, ard from these csuseE many per-
sons IN the Siats--nlany pors sbTead-weTs
led iato TaissPpTehepS.0a q euT purposes, snd
made 10 believe that accession Tss Cur real siEl
Knowing our Birengih, however, We were con-
tent 10 laso few CT cur friends fer the iinle IN
the hBps Of sscpring free eleeiion,- which
wouls as ss he n,ssns ct fscovsfipg !hfsS by
development sf sqr true ~eiey-
!; is ysrT frankly admitted tkst 1e hopeo
aud expected 20 abtAiE the support Of the great
mass Of the Southern rights eaen OF the Slsle.
They wsTo for the most part Democrats of long
stsudng TEougk elSssed By the adksrents Of
the Administration IS "disleysi," tAs great ma
iority Of them vera not secessisnists, and were
entifsly f.ol All csrnpiisity ia tbs rsbellign So
far hom esteeming It 8 fault OF whish we
should be ashamed, ne regard the effort to Goa
cliate them, if it-csRld be sane Nitheut = sac
rifee Of prinsiBls On either side, IS highly
meritorieus; and Fe now gratefully acknowledge
the cordial support whi0h that portion Of Our
felloE-eitizens were ready and snZieus TO yisid
to car platform and esnddsts Whenever par
misied 10 de so. Would 70 Ged that 81 tlaA cit
izens OF our eu6e happy country. could be
brought te sgTes and be satisfied. IF the wild
ost secsssionists in South Carolina could BE in
dueed to give his Support sethe principles enun-
cistod In our letter to MT Wieaiihs, who woE.a
not regard the ecsUTIenoe ss one wsrthy Of esn-
eFsl JejsieiBgf
In shori tine 1t became evident that mis-
representation alone Was not sufficient 20 securo
our defest, and Msssrs. Wolfe and 1Timbls. eur
candidates for Congress in the Eirst aud Fifth
districts, and MF. Martin, candidate foI tho
Legislature in Lyon and Livingsten counties,
we're ARRESTED By the provost aArShals The
aIst named gentleman was speedily released on
nprele and the two last were carried 70 HsRder-
sea, a considerable distance frem their hemes,
and were detained until the election was ever.
On the I0th day of j Uly Gov. Rebinsen issued
The proclamation which will be fornd in tke APP
penaix, marked 10 g. Il Rever bsiore occurred
ts 8 Governor Of Kentucky that i Was necessary
to.remind jasges cs election by proclamation Of
tho duties enioiBed upon them by the laws Of
The State. They had aIHsys been presumed to
know their duiy, and been left free to discharge
Il without executive interference The expaiEis-
ten act to which Es called their attention kAd
been printed with tbs othor acts of the L9gisls-
ElTS aAG SISulHttd w PuOAtS SE'AOAAtJ "a y c.J
county Of the State. il had been published in
every newspaper, and the provisions Of no law
were more widely known to onr peoplo Why
it should have been thought proper to depars
frapn the established custom ia this instaree-
and why, whom such departure was determined
uuon as hew nesass&Iy for the hrst time, the
proclamation should have failed 20 embody for
The information aud guidsncO Of the judges those
Other laws which forbid any interference with
The freedom Of e,ections, and denoznes severe
penalties Rpon any judge 1ko should refuse to
receive ths vsts OF 8 legally qualified eleetcF,
ere questions which We leave the reader at lib
erty 10 decide for himself, altar learning al, tie
facts attending and following tho issue of the
paper
On the sisl day of July, Gen. Burnside is