Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-18

and overthrow that government yon have the right.
sndft IS your duty to expeithem from your midst npsn
thesalne principle that e you had a fsa1iiy aud some
person got ia aud destroyed your domestic peaee and
qulet, that should expel him. When The object Of
such organizations is ngtto give The people freedom aud
erpetuateIaH but TO overthrow ard subgert he gov
ernmenl and deprive them Of the rights and liberties,
then take the spsediest means 70 expel them. when
yOu 6nd men thus engsged do rot stop 70 consider ihs
where they vii do no barn When they do this they
cease to be free men, and have lost their manhood. la
stead Of retaining their dimensions, they shrink int9
The dimenstous Of reptiles. I say, having 50 Bhrunk
they deserve 20 be trod upon Ike reptiles.
We ali know hat 1t Is the Intention and object Of
these men TO change he condition Of The government
It Is 10 new or recent idea. bus one Of long standing
There are a nunbeg Of men Ia the South who are pre-
pared to establish q monerchicai form Of government
chief cornerstone. This q a kind Of government 8
| have been opposed to ever since I understood what gov
ernnent was am not In favor Of any government
that is based on farms' on property, negroes if you
I please, but upon the good viii Of the people. am for
an aTistecracy and against an aristoeracy. AIRS oeracy
OF money aIistoeracy OF family ari3tocraCy OF and.
arisioeraey Of negroes have my utmost contempt; but
elevat. d laa0r-an arissOCracy Of labor, Of virtue. Of
intelligence, of integrity of merit, have my approba-
ton and respect. This is the Kind Of aristocfacyI an
in favor Of and this is the basis on which free govern
meut should rest.
Democracy. lama DsmoeFai, not one Of your new
tangled Democrats, however, who, being opposed TO-
the acts Of the administration, have turned traitors b the
government. Ny democracy Was learned a. thr feet q
him who stood BY the government in great peril
Yeur modern Democracy are ever ready TO cry cut
fhst we Of the North are violating the Constitution and
subvertiDg theiaws but you never hear them charge
JEFF Davis or his associaiies with violating the Consti-
tuition. On mol They have no charges to- make against
them; but everything Mr. Lincoln does IS found fault
with, becanse &r. Lincoln makes sn effort to defend
and preserve the Union. i do not propose to stop and
inquire how heis going TO do iJ. believe hin TO be
honest, snd l am going 10 sustain him,
The Democracy tax OF eouprOmises. VIII YOU com
/ promise with ira tors with arms in their hlnds} wiz
bayoaets at your breastsq When the rebellion is or Sd.
I All AMI the traitors n Em1E han rrfU Na EHr Fun Ia
talk about CONFRONT e, and not befor5.
AgTeat deal has been said about the President pr0c
lamation. You and I might nor agree upon that Bat
is that any reason why we should NOS b. infa or0f put
ting down the rebeiloui They appear TO be deeply
concerned about the negro, and want q compromise and
ar armistiee, but they are not concerned fr the UlIoi
men of the Souh, who are bound down 20 th4s sccursa1
ira tosf SuPposs you do eompromiss, sn5fhe uecSs Of
the Union men or the South viii be brought under the
heels Of the traitors.
GsY. johnson then referred at some Length to the
s~uferings and trials Of the people Of East Tennessee
and charged that some Of the officers in command Of Tie
armies which should have released East Tennessee were
not above suspicion. "a voice in the c~roBd-"Gener
we have wost to fear are The internal foes and eHelies
/ would rather have a government and u0thlugei thsE
to have everything and no government. The COVE NJ
Inent mist go on even If some insdtuticns have 20 be
annialafed.
Let us stand united, and 80 on IA the prosecution OF
this war-in every effort oput down this r=be ioa-ant
hsying crushed it the government viii be placed On &
stronger basis.
As Gov. johnson retired tremendous cheers were giveI
for the patriot Of East Tennessee, and calls were mad.
for Gov. Wright. but that gentleman had retrei. T.,
crowd en- dispersed