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

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2 De population entitled to vote have made hin
. governor Of Kentucky.
e IL Is eentended by ths AdninistTaion pres
, that The aefeisEcy in the vote cast is stsrbuss
? bic TO the absence of many Kentucky seldisf
. In the army ct the 6sited States, ali of ggaer
: WoHld hsV0 voted fer RrsElstie, and ihe calls.
1 neHt Of etbers in the Southern srmies, who hay
= hereby lest the right to vote. On this point "
: have 70 ssy;
. FiTEt. That the aumher of white nsles owe
tgenty-eDe years Of age, IS published IN %
appendix, is isken from fhe auditors report 70
, 1869, sad Notwithstanding the sseession 0
: thousands Of young men to the age Of nalaTiiJ
I 10 the msaniinie, il is nine thousand less II
: number tA3n vas reported By the auditor il
} 1851. The falling eff can be accounted for il
, no other way than By the fact that the ssllier
who bad left their homes TO join either army, "a
the fall Of 1891, were dropped from the returns
and are net inclRdea in the auditors Tepsrt fo
1882.
Secendly. That hundreds Of .lhose who vyer;
known to DO friendly to the Administration were
tGrloughed sad sent homo to vote
Thirdly. That large number Of KeltgelIisns
In the United States army are under twenty-eBe
yeers of age, and therefore not entitled TO vote
snd lssily, that they are very far from being
unanimous IN supper. Of Mr.. B;sinlette or thu
As ainistrxtion
We have said, however, that our object is -
state what has happened, act to speculate UPON
what might or woH9 have happened in ceztin-
geneies which did not occur To al such spec
ulasioa on ths part Of eur opponents We susEer
by single question: II the majority Of fAe
people were III favor Of your essdidstes, Why
resort TO illegal snd unssnssituiionsi means 10
disfEanehise us7
Ii viii hs7e already occurred to the insslli-
gent reader that an election thus carried shsald
have beeR contested. The Constitution Of Ken
lucky provides that ali olcsEiens sksll bo free
and esUsl," that the privilege Of free suffrage
shall be supported by laws regulating elections,
and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, al
undue ine3snsas theresn from bribery, iunult
sT othsT improper. practices" AID that " con
tssss3 elections for geVeraer ans heu.enaat gov
ernoE snail be determined by the General Assem-
bly,, according to such regulators 20 may be es.
t2blished By law" Surely tho SpiTit OF tLsss
provisions weala sveid any eleston fueh e we
/ have described Unfortunately, however the
! laws ..aetsd in cenfernity with them impose
penalties ueen the seTsoRs Sailty of the effsAsss
agaln,s the right Of free ssarsge, enumerated in
the Constitution, with providing that tie Vs.
! lidiy Of the election itscll shsD b: in snywise
Affected by the commission Of saeh effsnaes.
Oar lawgivsYs did not contemplate the pessilty
of foYsIble interference s. exhaustive as 70 taint
| the whole election; and 50, in establishiEg
board for the trial Of contested eleetsns, they
Dasde no provision for sueh : contingency, bus
simply objected that Z" the candidate receiving
the highest number of legal vstss given should
be sdiudgsd 70 be :As person eieeie&.
As the Investigation is thus limited TO TIE
nEmbsr Of legal Bates gissa, Il Estters net kow
many Ha= ware drivsA into the sEepeFt sf M
BTsnletts By threats Of military visleRee, nsr
how ReRv hers ware deferred frsn voting fer
Mr.. WiekliRs By ths knowledge that their yetes,
il offered, would net 30 reesiysd. Ths arrest Of
jssgss and vetoFs, the erasHrs OF the ussnes Of
candidates iren tie pell bssks, lhs alniAissTs-
tioE of illegal eelhs--all these, tos, are wrongs
which do-net 60 tfftc! the validity of En eles-
ten as q Be available IN eeziest before the
tri5Ensl established by lava tribunal, be it
remembered, whose own seats hs3 bsen OBJ
i3inea by the samo Pfs9iicss upon Wkieh thsiT
judgment WAS to be asked. Considerations Ike
thsss esaslrsiasd Is TeiaeisEtly to abandon sll
idea of eoHteslihg tAa slseiisn, and have left Us
without ether remedy than this appeal TO the
sober judgment Of the psspls.
On Tue Ist day OF Ssp.e7hsr, ET. sfsmletts
teck ths oGihs and entered upon tho discharge
Of tho duties of the c f5iee 10 which he had thus
been elected. His inaugural address lies before
us, and while to many Of his positions we can
make 70 objection, thero are passages TO be
found in il which strikingly ilius;Tate the eor-
reetrsss Of the uspiei0Hs which l0d as TO Demi-
nate a candidate in opposition 30 him. He csn-
tizHss te defend the Tightisness Of military 81
vests without haiting ais arggmenl to tho shes-
ter q bostilitiss. He Esirssins the Tight 20 re-
strain tie publication OF newspapers, when
! reasonable e,euadsn exist TO believe that 5ney
have been guilty ef, or are about 70 commit acts
to ihs danger Of the public security, Without in
iimating who is TO decide upon the reasonable
character OF the suspicious. He objects to The
poliey Of segro enlisimeRts, but admits the eK-
igsense Of righiful p0sssT in the AdministTa.
ton for that purpose Hs denies tho right Of
the people TO limit or control tho public espendi-
suTe IN tims OF war. Ia these most important
eGTtisalsEs, ns soniTzaiels the platform Of his
ss1ty He doss fer more: Ee denies 20 the cit
isen these invaluable rights Of frsedom from
arrssl Withaus warrant, OF free speech, of cen-
troll over public supplies, for which the English
people fought Tor sFs hundred years, and which,
eur forefatkers iuheIidng from then, believed
they had sssaeathed to us inviolsts forever
For tbs present. felloW-eitizens, tho fats OF
| Kentucky is sealed. Her very devotion 10 tae
| Constitution has heen made tho means whereby
| to deprive her people of every constitutional
right. Dscsived and betrayed, sae lies pros-
| trsfo and helples=-wept by her friends, deTided
by her oppTessers. But there is that In the
spirit IF her people which tells as il viii net Be
/ fsr lsag. Liks tssleS Aulsgss, who, each time
he soschs2 bis meiher earth. sISrtsd up with re-
doubled strength, her fsl will bat iBYigoIats her
4 lsE Struggle yes 10 esI=s. TaRt hsg ipdcpeEd-
enea may bsresgssed 70 her by the peseeful Tem-
esies of the Constitution, rather than by vislsnt
souvulsion, must be the earnest prayer Of sVeIy
l0var Of bis soEatTy.
We theEefors present this sddeess TO ths people
Of tbs Unitsd Sss.es, and especially TO ths Con
| grsss Of the United States, seon 10 assemble !;
praying that bedy is adopt such measures as, in
sheir Judgment, viii secure 20 the States Aaber-
| ing to the Uaien the freedom Of eieetiSn, with
cat which tho very basis of our liberties is de-
seIoyea W. A. DUDLEY,
EAT. WOLFE,
| RK WHITE,
| ] f. HAREEY,
W. Z, BULLocK,
Jess. f. BgLLITr,
r G. PALMER,
| fam IN bckaf Da-neeratic naTty