Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-22

upou the Miserable exploded pretext Of mill ary
ess y' for the transparent fsisshood Is too oontempi
BE 70 criticism
There are two ideas in this connection which We
deere 10 give prominence.
The is, that ala the ubteffuges-and their MN
her Is sgon--yyoiCh have been heretofore employed
viii longer avail to conceal from The people she grea
fact that the Federal Government has fairly Launched II
sell upon crusade 10 exurpate, oy force nos merely
IN the seeded States but everywhere the State insu
ton Of negro servitude The mask has fallen % is al
last, avoed by President Cabinet and Congresst has
been recorded for tae first time in the United States
STATUTES at laTFeit figures prominently in shOal Of
prooHmsiions" and military orders never 10 De
/ m0dlEe Bet aside" according Mr.. Secretary
Cbase-it llumi1ateE The remarkable ofeiaF' sfump
speeches OF Adi1tant General Thomas to the army m
behalf Of negro regimsnt8-i has becOme part If the
Uuiisd Ststes rules and sEticies Of WaF IL fought
Tor by the United Siates army ana navgl clsaored
FOR BY Republican politicians Of the Northern States.
VINO lAtfen upon ne garbage OF G0Fernment patron
age and plunderitis the fixed policy which ali
loyalsis rust swear by or suffer dsfraaehssment and
| msrty rdOm-it is the test Of loyalty
The resulting confederation is thi Lii uceessful is
specific effect s transfer Tie Of the eufrsueh
african on this Continent to the Federal Govern
Inent which undertakes dsue and smaints III If
gal s;sus within The States. II i I1sy free them
against the will Of the state may invest them with
every iaeds-t Of citizenship or even with exclusive
privileges In It's general result il ~ rsvo utioa IN
GOFeTnnent which, thr ugh Federal force annihates
every institution aud reguiatsn within gwen State
which may be disisstefu 70 numerical majority or
In this case, small minority Of the people OF he other
STATES. Il is the visible commencement Of consolidated
Hpre and the prospective Of FedeTsl iTniOn-for
no sensble. may doubt n t. to day and forever
hereafter there greater Cversv Of interests and
ulston stween The grsiI growing West and resdnty
New Erga than between Tue latter aud The Gotten
producing South, hich be ssct0nal partisan ship
may strike for territorial political religious empire;
and the Federal discovery Of dominsng tie municipal
affairs OF STA abont negroes, or anything else
duced to practice by force the end q the Evets Of
l7s7 whO8e chef cornerstone non intervention
Under the IniIsT stOrs then Of this phariEaea in
| tsrmsd6EnE, higher law faction. We have been
bToHgkt, AMID tee din and Of battle face 10 face
with the grest problem which so psTplsxsd in theory
and IL
prseedis generations, namely: whether the compound
.vsTeignties OF the Fsde al and ate Governments
are compatible. They have hitherto hsppy proved to
be So 10 the hsnds Of the Democratic set construct
iouists and Ct the istudiaaran but ceuscenff0
! Whgh" nacsuFe being HONESTLY interpreted and sn-
10 ee thelF inherent harmony Ez Ondisturbed In the
ssHds of our higher AZ rovOlutionists they viii not
Be, because m tue eXgeDey Of any quarrel which this
latter school viii be ceTrsn preciptHts, Federal an
State Contributions Hill be alike wholly sFe rurded ~
tie assumption o. uulimed and uni ensed power THIS
Ia, already occ1rred, and the Republican party
colapshiRg tbs only destiny Of whch-it capable
Aas ~ far as IL could DO IT, stamped faiure upon
! political system.
This que stion for the Democracy upon their restora
-tcn 70 p@vTer s ne Of regeneration.
Thi phase Of the az stion did not appesr-at legt il
was not avoyed-s the commencement Of the present
sruREiei but Il has been forced BY the unconstitutional
and extra constitutional pretensions 0f the Abooniss
until the problem OF tbs present HstUstiC" seeus &
be- not whether the seeded States shall b. held by
them the specific Union into which they entered bat
shuiheF any state section, in ont with which an
Hnscrupulous Federal Adm nstraioR may choose get
tbs amended Union promised 10 Gen. Bater's plan Of
modern improvements" which improve are 10 be
periodically dictated by Federal bayunsts to g portion
only o the parties 70 the compact Our present expe
rieHcs. think, Demonstrates hat the Union of he
GOust ton a.d he continued Hsoendency q political
AnauonisIut are entirely Incompatible, beCaEss ths
higher sw, reduced to practice by power, gives
only territorial supremacy smpire, in which every
sss-ntisl buts Of separate State existence is eS
inEuishsblo al the mere pleasure Of the General Gov
srument.
l. The life Of the Fsdsrl Union, then is oaiy to be
preserved" by tie official death the doIninsn Aboli-
tiOu faction Tor, vital governing iOrcss they cannot
coeEi.t this has been predicted fer than gone
ration, ana ts now being vertuBd BY actual events. To
Northern political AboloHsm then all genuine Jai,n
must ssarily proclaim everlasting guistls
aud It's dishou0red grave, in view Of its sangunaTy
snd lis tyrannieal eXeessss while accidental
power, may wri iasgribs the fitting epitaph
"Heuo sleeps the murderer of its countrys psscs
ana the convicted enemy of constitutional free govern
meutA
But fsIloyv-czaHs while We desire this emphatic ex
Oi your udgmzHt in respect 70 the manage
meut ana end Of this bloody civil war which has al
ready depleted lows o. more than lall the productive
labor sud mortgaged her for ons-fth Of the enre prop
eriy vsluEton Of the State, yet there are other us
grounds argument against the Federal and State sd
uiustra0Hs, which. if possible, effect more Rsary eY
cry citizen Of the commonwealth.
Their fanateizm and their blundsrs have not only
plunged into labyrinth 4 present eaamtiss sBa
greatly endangered future relations with tse Soath
era psopl, bat their reckless usurpous have seriously
uvadad and still menace iRsienabls home bred ard
esds liberties sll these cherished personal concerns
which are so carefully and explicitly guarded in our
CONSTRUCTORS, bill Of rights" Assuming them
selves the iuiabuy y si iyrants aud denying the
pc ceui exercise OF private Judgment they proclaim
shat the legality, nay, ths expe5ieney even Of their
official ns subjects Of discussion teysvy
b Lba p.spls aud bat siuvish aud silent subu.s{or,
30 whatsoever they may uuswfuily .xact OF deny
either No th or South is an that will be tolerated r9
courts or cilzsus- ana with deep humiliation and
aigrn record the Indictment that while we write
thOnssRds Of American citizens hopolsssiy piniug
u political dungeons in compulsory eEiis "a pen
atty unknown to American juris rUdebce), fo7
ConscientoUS. manly, patriotic exercise Of tue
GOd-glven rights Of private judgment and tenn
psrate ireedon Of speech upon public Ahai sad that
military Satrsps, without brains dominate the siee.
tous OF peaceful States with Fsd5ral bayouets Nay
more than ali this, lOr with iTepresaibe Indignation
aoeTe the Caisf Executive Of IyWa Of couspring
with usurpug Presidential secretaries to roo u Hend
ING citizens Of his State OF their personal sdom
under g aWO toTee them, unheaTd and unaceused
into foreign bsses, beyond his jursdictiOa-and 70
place the aoeiui political opinions under the sur
yehlance Of armed and iaWiess power. We here Al
lude to the Woltknown cas-s Of Mr. MahOuy and Mr.
Seward. and IN he behalf OF their undsserVed aud un-
represssd suerings and Of Of other freemsn
mBssTa Jones, sggott, and Dean Included who have
oeen similarly outraged, invoke upon their op-
pressors the COndign penalty nf pgplie condemna-
pn nv the psogs Of iowa Nor doea fbis ss,,sfs--
vi ocs terrorism and dOygnrgh kidnapping embrace
all The grievances Of citizens The Aes ness so
openly oaH0ned By Abolition officials ana subsidized
editors has everywhere inuocugted their adhsrents
under public promises Of partisan immunity aud execu
tive pardon" until no man reputation person. or
household, Whose opinions do coincide with lhe
dpminaut faction, justly Be regarded from
insult and ristOus Even the Judgment sest
and Jury box have lest their ssuey, wnen partisan
aeriIaOaY under this pupisge, ssk What's
the law % ths case aud uniformly preudges against
a political opponent every controyersy whether Of
property, dbstty or life Al this and more, fellow
,5tig ggtb rgtic,gI ,srgl.
siaring state Oi society, aad, unless rectidsd
through he potent sgecy Of your ballot boxes oanOi
fail 20 produce the iaOst disastrous consequences No
people submit to continuation Of such executive
usIrpstOhs aua preserve their freedom-ROne can
quie sce for auy cOnzderSbUe tide ia such Official
lswiessnsss and assure their tranquility.
All these evils are clearly ami fsrly traceGble 10
single I1sgnBut sourcsibe hsbitua disregard q LAW
by our present class oi ruieh For long years their
presssE pupits, suhorss orator. Judges legislatures
goysgpois, have been educating their folcs, every
where into the pesliferous 'hiEher law dogma that 10
politics. aetion, Their Individual discretion s above he
law OF the land c0ntemptuUus 4nidslitY 10 oonstitu
dOns Obligations aud guarantees nsnifesly originated
tk ab0ih foraY, and marked every stage Of liz
CaamitOus progress u1i BY ., both tie scgia aud po
liticAl organism Of the nzfi EEge bssn l-own ntu
aiid disorder ore Of the many thousands Of its mani
festaons, exhibits the governor Of iowa proelaning
to an zpplsUding adultery that his right arfas shou
Uither before hs will obey constitutional bsbSst; and
just Bh repudlatiOn of the UO1buutisn In the North
produesd its repldis la the SOuih and DO IA togetner
sga caused lis repudis ion bY th Pres dent himself II
r,voltou1 he south, znd thzes evolution in ths
North Its great lesson e we will but learn it anew, is
that the aST ~ War than any Iaau Whsthsr be be Fres
ident or general aud nlaibe thau any party Or
governor Of parry u has beeni snd promises stii to
b., source OF uBmlged ana continued eYt'i 50 B0ud
and free back ana white sad yet tbs magRatss Of this
lssi red Republican party, IN spite OF all our sad oSps
uencqs preyisusly cling 70 single imRuiae-RalsWtal
abolition; and acknowledge but ruis Of adminisra
lion accomplish IT, and inst is, to do just they
please. Win thsa, every patry partisan necessity
suggests in0ereRs outrage upou government Rnd
sOoiety, Hd invites The most UnhaDWed means " lis
execution. We end abruptly, ss we gan. by asking
you, fellow WhstheT u Is not time Tor political
rrforHlson snd 70 rstu ths ssncdty Of the Oons
luton aud laws Edmnisered By the stAtesmana hip of
The e-honOred Democratic party Answer the ques
ton al October siecIi0n.
Cur ds1tioR d.d say Alas they are ndlestioRs
that thai right will not be left TO US uldlsturbed
by the military pretensioRs oi this proserp pPs Admin
sra0 fnR A. Wa 1Trfsa Hr
ere OayOnets between Democratic balois anu election
judges "a Kentucky upon his pEc dir Of disoy alty
tdsn meuscingly &c is u.s. that Ohio and Iowa n
ioysi" "a cisirEpciised Kentusky whilst our
Governor arms and drills mis- partisan p5iit cal
ietes 81 the public expense and tsls them their
ion j. 70 clean out their OppOoenis and the New
York Tri5Hne sgOuls all preparation for sdeptis
election IN 1861, 'dEsary impertinonce aud su;id
aaachr0nlsm out Of date, ana like calling lsiehs H.
lion from nis aIag. loE . lll with AaIadin Il