Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-10
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" 6 md "a late New York paper q speed
5 delivered in that city on Saturday evening
March 7th, 'before the Democratic Union ass
citation, at their headquar.ers" We copy Il
latter portion Of it:
What position do you occupy before you
counuymen, in still advocating the soeaIs
vigorous prosecution of the war; VigoroJ
prosecution at the war For wbat7 By you
] own eelarstion-disuniOn separation. dsgtfuf
ton and de8potism Dare any man stand he
fore an assembly of fTeemen and advocate th
objects, or the results at least, Of such a war
And yet, what inconsistency for any man claim
ing inteligsnee to declare that although It mus
SO result, aud although he has not the power f
change the policy Of the administration it is Tia
duty OF every man to support that Administra
ton in its policy. I deny it cheers and 70
one, az lesst, / viii not do IT, II I had believe,
originally, as did not believe, that it was pos
sible TO restore this Union by force, if ] had &C
eupied the position Of hundreds and thousand
OF Democrats, as well as the great mass of tb,
Republican party, / would proclaim to-pieh
thaE, inssmHch IS this is tho policy, and ",
have not the power to change it, that then oul
duty would be. and is, to advocate viearou!
prosecution of Peace for the Union 1Iouf
cheers. Twill not consent to put the sntir,
purse OF the country ard the sword Of the coun.
try into the haads OF the Executive. giving des
potie and dictatorial power to carry cut an OBJ
ject which I avoW before my eountrymeni IS &c
be for the destruction of their liberties and the
overthrow Of the Union of these Ssates I dc
not eomprshend the honesty of such decara-
tons, or Of the men who make them. / know
the charge is brought against myself, personal
| ly, and against many Of as. vOice-"N Never
mind. 1 have not spent moment in reply.
! iag to them-the people viii take care Of al
| that. Applause
1 The charge has been made against us-aIl
Who are opposed to the policy Of the Adminisra-
| tion and opposed to this Bsr-thas we are for
! peace on any terms Il is false. am not, but
I an for sn immediate and honorable peace
am for peace for the sake ofthe Union and these
/ States More than that am for peace. and
would be even if the Union could not Be re-
stored, as believe it can be, because without
peace, and permitting this Administration for
two years to exercise its tremendous covers
the war std existing, you would not have one
remnant Of civil liberty left among yourselves
/ L'"Fhat's so, and great applesse 7 The exer-
else of the tremendous powers, the apology for
which is the existence of this war, is utterly in
compatible with the stability Of the C0rsiitu-
ton and of constitutional liberty. TCheers I
am not for peace on any terms; I would not be
with any country on the globe. Honor is the
life of the nation, and It is never to be sscri-
6eed. 1 have as high and proud q sense of
honor, and have right to have it, as any man
in the South, and l love my country too well
aud cherish its honor too profoundly, for one
single moment to consent to a dishonorable
peace a voiee-"The whole eountry.''7 Yes.
The whole country; every State; and I, unlike
some Of my own party, and unlike thousands Of
the Abolition party, believe still, before God,
that this Union can be reconstructed, and viii
be. [GTeat applause That is my faith, and
mean 70 cling TO it as the wrecked mariner
elings TO the last plank amid the shipwreek
But when / see the experiment Of blood has
failed from the beginning, as I believed it would
fail, am not one Of those that proclaim now
that we shall hsve separation and disuniOn
sm for going back to the instrumeltality through
which the Union was first made, and by which
alone 1t esn be restored. ECbeers
am for peace because it is the first step 90
ward eonciistion and compromise. You cannot
move until you have first taken that indispensa-
bic prelminsry--a cessation Of hOstilities "a
voice, " Suppose the South would not come
baek-What then z" Another voice. " We
would weleoms her, That is what I am going
70 talk about. But it is said that the South re-
fused TO accept or listen to any terms whatever.
How do you kn6Ay that7 T" That's it"7 Has
it been tried ["Eo, no" Now, gentlemen, /
] know very well what the papers in support of
The Administration 81 Richmond say I know
what men in the senate and house OF represent /
atives at Richmond say upon this subject 7
have read it al. We are indebted to the Aboli. 4
ton papers for the republication Of ali that I
But / do hope that no man who has ever known 1
me m person or by speech supposed for one mo-
ment, that I expected that the children Of that I
revolution, the men who made il, the men who
are dependent upon it, OF even the men holding
power now uneeT it would while this war last
: 41 8 J l
as soon expect Abraham Lincoln and bis Cabi-
net TO propose terms of settlement on the basis
# the Union of fifty years ago, as Jefferson
Davis OF any man in Richmond. Now, 1 AN
not perhaps, the most sensitive man in the
world, and yet | have q reasonable degree of
iensitiveness, and, hope, some common sense
With it-but / do not feel as / am afraid some
If our friends do feel personally slighted, be-
sause, while l have advocated peaeeable set
lement Of our dificulties-e0ncilistio aud
compromise foT the restoration Of the Union Of
hese States, have met with opposition and
With hostility rom the papers in Richmond. /
I'D rot expect It, gentlemen, although
AVE better right 10 expect it than some Of
your friends here. q voice sNao Bureu, p I from
ny former relation to the Democratic party Of
he South when they were acknowledging obe-
lienee to the Constitution, and were still ia the
JuioE; but ! did not expect that Jefferson
Davis, and Benjamin, and Hunter, or any of
hsse men would, when I opened my arms aud
prodigal sons" rush with tears
o my embrace; and [ do not feel hurt ] am
lot the least miffed by il; and I certainly shall
lot therefore advocate a vigorous prosecution Of
he war to whip them. / an afraid some gem
lemen imagined, when they gave out this invi-
alton, that it would be, Of eOurss, accepted at
nee, although one Of those who first pro-
,aimed it had even less power than [ have, Ger
Ainly not moTe-snd was very much in the CON
lition Of that distinguished parsonage who,
rom the top Of a certain high mountain prom
sed sll the kingdoms Of the world. I do not
hink that he or /, OF sny other man under this
ADMINISTRATION has the power to eoncihRte and
now. Take the theory for what it
5 worth, ard let men Of intelligence judge; let
history sttestit hereafter. My theory upon that
nbjset is this--stOp this war CCheers Let
,arliesiu the South be organized, as the parties
leveT will while the war lasts, upon some other
question than Fepelling invasion. Let OppOsi- j
ion parties spring up there; restore all the ord-
isEy instrumsntaiities, and as have said else (
where, allow al the great and powerful natural
auses which impel as TO reunion, to operate
md have their foil effect and then through
be ballotbox in the South, men VIII be pat
n power, elected Presidents, constituted Cab {
nets, and chosen senators and representatives
,scsuse the people Whit So who viii sgree TO
erms Of settlement and compromise with the
nen whom the people Of the North and the !
Vest viii By that time have also made Pres
dents, Oabiuets ministers, senators, and rep ]
eseutatives. Chserc. no more expect the
Enquirer to accept these pr0posi. =
ions least Of al nov to sdyceale reunion,
han do the Chronicle or Republican, or the
Philadelphia PTsss, or the 1ialee n tiis eiiy, or
he Egssing Post Kisses But there is a
'eople in the South just like us, as intelligent.
IS brave. as welliafcrmed, as acute in discern
ng their own interests and obedient TO their
jwn dnties as We are; and when they see that
lnty and interest both combine to demand the
Of the Union Of these States, they
vii DO then as our fathers did in 1857. The
ID confederation had perishsd When the
Union they established was gone andthe States
esoiyed again into their OWE sovereignty they
ianse together every State, ina convention Of
states IN Philadelphia, and with Washing.Sssss AS
Presiding officer and with him Hamilton, jay,
sherman, Ellsworth. Piuskney, and Madison,