Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-24
tent Of the tsrrit6ry they possess, are entitled
these riEhta. GCheers.
Az ALLIANCE WIFE sLAYERY.

Well, lt was SAC we ought net Rave dGne
thsf bseauso they Vera community Of slave
holders. GeRtlsmen, trust that our abhOr
renee Of slavery is not in the least abstsd or di
miaished LOAD and prolonged cheers ] Fol
my part, consider it one Of the most horrible
eumss that yet disgrace humAHity. [Chesrs
sut then, when re are treating Of tee relations
which We bear 10 q community of meR, doubt
W1sihef it wOuld be eXPedisnt or useful for hu
manity that we should introduce that new ele-
seat Of declaring that We viii have no relations
Eith a people who permit slavery e exist among
them. We have never yet adopted it; We have
not sdeBtsd it in the case Of Spain or BreziL
and do not believe thst the cause Of humanity
would be served by cur adoption Of it Lhesr,
hear
ARE THE COEFEDERATEs REBELs-sEHATOR
|. SUMMERS DOCTRINE AND D0GMAs.
Well, then, It was said that these Confederate
States were rebels-rebels against the UHion.
Perhaps, gentlemen, 1 an not so nice as ought
20 be on the subject. But I Teeollect that re
rsbelled against Charles 1, Ca lsugal, We re-
Boiled against james II, aud tue people of New
England, not content with these two rebolHons,
ra5slled sgsinst George III. Hear and
laughter 1 an not saying E9w whether all
these Iebeliioza were justs&sbie or whether hey
EsT5 wr0ug-I aIi Lot ssy.Eg Whether tha PIE
sent rebellion ia tbs Southern States is jasii-
fable insuITecton, or is s great crime. But !
say that the mere fact of rebellion Is nst il my
eyes 8 crime Of 60 deep dye shat We must re-
noUDce All fellowship and communion end all
relationship with those who have been gully of
rebellion. Load cheering ] But, certainly.
if look 70 ths declarations OF those New Eug-
land orEtor5-and l have been reading lsieiy, ii
nos ibo whole yet 8 very great part, OF the very
sionE speech by Mr. Sumner or the subject, ee-
igeres New York; own l can10t bnt On
deT to sec their men, the 0ffsphug, s. it were,
Of thTee reboliioas, IS We are the cf5pring Of
t1o Ts5slliens, Teslly ap5skiEg, ike Tho Gear Of
Russia, shs Sultan Of Turkey, or Louis XIV
himEalf # the dreadful crime aad guilt Of robel-
ii0R loud laughter and cheers
The BLOCKADE-CoNPLAIsT OF TEE COEFED.
CRATES.
Well, gentlemen, there came another com
Blaiht, and the complaint cane this tizs from
Ihoso 80. called CoUiode-ate asss, Tho ssh Ei'aJ
we hsd, contrary 20 the declaration Of Paris,
costrsyv TO the gesosal International lsT, peE-
Ta.tes blockade Of thtes Thousand miles Of
the southern coast Of America. Isl qaite true,
ne did 50 Il is quite tTue-aad perhaps there
seemed, st isssE, plausible reason for con-
Psilt--lhst, .bouch this blockade Tss kept up
ny a Sufficient number Of ships,-y5t sbase ships
many of chem adopted into tie United States
aavY and sent 10 sea in hurry, iil-f.tsd for the
Eurpcso-did not keep up that blockade so ef.
ieetivelY and so thoroughly as il must have
been held an effective blockade required. But
still, locking to the law of nations, il was :
blockade il was = blockade which We, as q
great bellgeTent Power, in former times should
nave acknowledged. We ourselves had hsd
blockade Of upwards Of two thousand miles
znd it did seem to me thst we were bourd il
Justice ts ths Federal States Of America
to ackucFisdge their blockade But there
was another reason, confess, tkzt
Wsigbed with me-cur people weFs sBfTsIizF,
and suffering very greatly, for the want sf The
material which was the great sapPert OF their
industry. Il was q question Of selEiE,erest
whether Eo zhoald sst break The Blockade; but
IN nv opinion, the name Of ERglsEd would
EHvs lssl forever iRfen5us If for the sake of
in.e,-si - any kind 7vs had violated the gene
rsl l.Ts n nati5Es and made war with those
sizreh 'idiag States o. America against the Fed
oial -,-s. Boar, hssr And, gentlemen,
au Est sPsskiag TIE sentiments which ere Pc
eulisr 20 myself, or % those who have 10 imme-
dists Interest IN he eaesti0n, but these are, /
AZ convinced, the sentiments OF that noble
eATtsd people Of Lancashire, who hsve lived
and fourisAed BY that Industry, bat who would
Eet, 1 am suIs, allow single spst on tho es
cutchsen Of their nation in order to maintain tbs
industry. Hear, hear, and chesTs.
NAAAN = 4 ALnA1 blALDA2Au AMI EAA INV
Well, there cRms new complsints-a con
plant on tie part of the FedoTals that we al
lowed . snip to leave the port Of Liverpool
which afteTWard committed depIedations on
their commerce. Gsutlsmeu, it would lead me
far If I were 70 go over al the particulars Of the
question; but you must know that IL order 70
prove Al offsnse you TsquiTe snch evidences as
can be Bif.cd in a court Of justice, aud il was
not till tho very day the Alabama left Liverpool
Inst in the opinion Of lawyers, we had evidence
sufficient TO keep the vessel and crew; then ]
doubt Whistler, If we had brought the evidsnce
before = court Of law, il Would nave been found
that we had sufficient svidsnes to condemn her
because, by an evasion Of the law, the ship vas
fs.ed up without arms necessary for her equip
ment, sld these arms were conveyed to her in
sha waters Of q foreign country, very far from
ths Jurisdiction of England. Hesr ] Gentle
e8eU, thezG questions must be weighed, and
.hiEk they viii be weighed as they frequent
iy have been weighed by The Government of the
United States, in the balance of equity. We
know that The foreign enlistment acE, and the
whole law respecting the subject, IS very diff
c1lt Of application The principle is clear
enough. I. yoU ere asked to sell musketS, you
may sell muskets to one party or the ether, and
50 with regard 30 guHpowdar, shells or cannon
Aad ysa may sell ship in the saGle EaH-
aer. Bat II you, on tho otaer hand, trSis sEd
DIM a regiment with arms il theiT hands to
sks part VITA CRe Of two bsiliEersnts, Yea vio-
late youT neutrality aud commit an offeuso
against The other belligeTsBt. SO iR the sazae
Esy IN regard 70 Bhipsi If you allow q ship TO bo
ITl0d and 90 At once 10 MAKE an astaek on &
toIeign belHseTent, yen arc, yourself according
60 your own law, iakiEg part in the var, aaG j.
is an otfsuse which is panshed sy the lsw. Bat
these Questions lead, as yea wlll see, IS tie most
difficult problems-as TO whether, Tor instance, d
thousand persons here may 90 out as lsoorers
70 ths Federal Ssatas, and n TIE next piace,
thousald lnasEets may 20 cut IN sAosH0r ship,
aud when they aTIivs "a America these theu-
sand labozsTs, having had "a understanding
before, may make formal engagement and ba
armed win these Thousand InU=kets; shaRgh, If
tAst kad bsea done IN ihs territory OF ihe Qaeeg,
sBd on the soil OF this country, il would nave
been au ohonse.
The STEAM RAN QUEsTIOH.
Thers are other questions vita regard te shios
thai hase lsjely sesn prepared in this country,
because these shiEs ere aOt ike ships which re-
ceiye the usual equipmens known Ia wars in
ume pzst, lat they are themselves, without GAy
further armament, foTmed ior sets Of osazss ana
VFgr. They arc steaH rans, watch misht BE-
used for he purposes Of war without eyer toGch.
ing the shores Of the Coniedsrsts ports Well,
genisEheu, 70 permit ships CT this kind knsw-
lnRly 10 d8PaTi irem Ibis country, not to enter
late any CORisdsTsts pert, not . eUtsr iaso the
pert for a belhgerent, woRid, ss you sse, expose
saT good isits 70 great suspicion; and feel
certain that II, during Our war with France, the
Americans had seat lne-eEbsitls ships 10
break our blockade 8! Brost, whatever Teascn
thsy might have urged il support OF
that, we sheHld have considered it =
violation Of neutrsliiy. Such is the spiris in
which Il ara prepared % act. Everything thst
the law Of HsEioRs TeqSires, every thing that cur
law, thet tie torsiga enlistneot act requires, I
sin prepared 70 De, and even if Ii should be
pGovtd 20 be Recssssry for the preservation OF
oar nsafrsity, that ihe sanction of Parhamsub
shcuid lie asked 70 fafiheT measures In short,
60 sral up, her Atjssty'5 Government are pre-
pig-s 70 DO everyeEiag Kat shs duty Of neutral