Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-01

/ vindiesle law. SO much fer the past and pres
ent Nov What for the fasuTo7 Whatever
wroag5 we may have received from our polif.
ealqrDoneOts whatever injnsace has been done
t. c. here t0fOre, how macH zHd Unjustly they
nay have tTaduesd us, I stand here for one, and
believe I express the sentiment Of every man
within the sound Of nay voiee when ] say. let
The past be furF0ttsu, and al ths evils which
have bssD brought upon the country because you
would not haed our warning. vo,ce, pass into
oblivion Let violations Of constitutional rights
and sound policy BE- left cut Of view If you win
only heed oar respectful prayer nov, when vic
tory has crowned the Efforts Of our armies, 10
prevent calamties in the future Within the
-ast two months the army bas gained signal VIC
5oIies. Heretofore il wss felt that any policy
calculated 20 wia back the S0uth would appear
ss tls re2nlt o. d feat and disaster Ali men
ie.5 thai while we had failed 20 assert our power
endurance, aid resources, IN the eyes Of he
word, such policy might LEAD 70 complications
aaa dlt1cuines IN the future, and 81 men were
ready to wait until the time should come when
the Government, consistently with pride. mag-
naniiniiy, and generosity, might mark ont =
policy taat would unite the Baopls Of the
North as one man for the future. Now I hD-
Bsal to you. what shoHld Be the policy Ia the
hour Of victoryf When tie Government
has had great and sigral successes, which
vindicats iis power in the eyes Of The world. I
ask you 4 tha. policy should not b. 4 generous
and magnanimoua one We have reached a
point where tho future policy of the Govern
ment must Do marked out. Shall It be that Of
litgaton7 Shall we declare, ths, by iofes,
a1c b ioree aious, great States shall be hold
~it1iu tie limits OF this CJafedsraey-aach
S-=i7 STRIPPED of the character ef p State and
ioI5idden to return sgain to the Union, except
on terms Inconsistent with their constitutional
T,ghls, inconsistent with ihe dignity Of the
$ sstes which make up ms great and glorious
Union LL5Hd cheefs What does that policy
Imply Th5 shedding Of blood, The txbausiing
q treasure, the coatiRuGnce for sn indefinite
tno e! devastating war, which, when il has
l@7caeu - highest success mus5 still 60 on, and
re I5os'th OF che NoTtn exhausted to hold the
o7u-5 "a military subsection. Il can lead 30 but
on7 result There IS ne man that does not kzo5g
and Gcmit that the indefnils continuance Of the
"ef' Win all Its vast expenditure, must ulfi-
mately end in natisnal bankruptcy and ruin.
snail Te enter upon liHe OF policy that prom
lses no end to this struggle, that may sacrifice
blood and treasure witbOa5 limit, which involves
the uncertainty Of the future, the dangers Of De
feat, the liabilities Of foreign Intervention, IA
ther than sacrifice one passion, One pref ildice,
nr 90 one set Of msgHGDimity or generosity
1 Idas Is the one policy; now what IS the other
1 appeal once again 10 our Republican friends
hat, laying sside all party passions and pTeju-
cices, they meet with Us in the spirit ef men
who love tReiF country, and ara prepared to
make any and every sacrifice to uphold it3 cause,
that we may supsrsdd 70 the power Of fO-cs TIE
power Of concentration. Is there not more hope
tor immediate restoration Of tie Union, more
hope OF stopping this enormous exueaditurs o.
treasure and blood which is carrying down
young men to early graves, if ne show 70 the
world that We ere prepared to eBtsT upon G gen
erous and eonciliatory line Of policy How
can any one otjsct to q policy that would unite
the people Of tia North and wake at the South
whatever there is Of love Of the Uaion or In
gering attachment to its flag, which believe,
s.umheTs and slaeps, but is not dead / ask, if
magnanimJiyl patriotism, true siatesuAnehip-if
every large and noble feeling doea not now i'm
pal Es to say that it is the duty Of tie Usriy
which has sh1Fn itself mast powerful IN military
affairs % 30 maFnanim0as aud noble, % stand
before the world and say: Oar brother has not
erOuched down before US; we have not trRmplsd
upon him we hsvs not. gTstifed cur passions,
and msl;ee, and hate. Is that position as no.
Die as - say in th8 mssaent Of our triumph
K turn 70 this Uuion, return 20 your allegiance,
aud every right ynG have as States rs c0mmani-
ties, as individuals, shall be preserved b you IS
sacred sud ln7i0a;e Loud cheer We sre
Drought 10 that stage OF this var when men
mast cheese between two true lines Of poll p.
Our armies are triumphant IN the field, our sol
dlerg have viBdicsts3 their courags and patriot
ISM; they have shown themselves Tesdy to ssc-
rice home and al that men held dear, and life
itself, and the question e5msg back 90 rs, who
have not been ia the fsld: VII We make sac
fltee5 Of pride and passion and give power 70
tho armies By declaring that We enter upon a
policy iha: suDoradds clnciiisticn to force His
Excsllency then referred to the latler Of tho
President, addressed TO the R publican State
convention. Ha was willing to leave the euaz.
epation policy where the President had left e
II valid it must stand, and if invalid it viii fa
and It must fall, because it is invalid. Grest I
cheering. He entirely agreed a-ith the Presi- /
dent wh3n he declared tie negro eman- |
;7paion policy to be one Of those taings |
which vas entirely imperative and absurd 4
snd Cniy q bull against the comet. But he read |
the lotter with regret because It does not apper-
entity contemplate any end to be war, OF pro- !
pose policy that viii bring it 70 an end in any |
Hme consistent with the safety and interest Of i
the American Government. On the ether hard |
we are ready 70 mark out The policy on the sub /
sct, and TO call upon this G,.verumsut % de- |
clare that its policy shali be coneialory. and if
the South returns It will return with ell its 4
nights as they ere marked out IN the Constitu- 1
aon Of the country, Whether the GOvernment |
wss ready 10 say that or not, the speaker, for 4
one, was ready, and he believed that party I
greater than the Government and more powerful 4
than those in office was resdy-hs meant TIE 4
great conservative psrty-tO guarantee to the |
South its entire nights upon its return 10 the /
UOiOa. He had never sought to embarrass The |
Government, but TO uphold its armies and send /
iucc0r 10 those battling there, and he denied 4
himself the ordinary reIsstioHs demanded by
he iu6rmities Of ma1, toiled until the hours Of
Midnight, that be might do his duty 10 thas
,or.ion Of the arEy from the Stats Of New York
He had issued more than five thousand commits
ions, aud he did not believe The Government
oud hud any Just Dissatisfaction with his ac-
ION in that matter. Referring to his action IN
Isparc5ing troops to Pennsylvania, he gave all
as c1cait to the soldiers who responded to the
In conclusion, he again expressed bis houeful-
less OF the future. He never believed that the
Igbi8 OF States would be destroyed; they had
cen what bsy0uets might do to dspiacs ballots
& other quarters, but the principles Of civil lib
Tty and constitutional law, and the wisdom of
he fathers will outlive al the folly Of their sue-
ess5rs- One good result Of the war was that we
ad learned the value Of the Union. Lessons hsd
zen taught necessarily to 81 Us for enjoying the
Institutions Of our country. Under those inst
usiOns they had grown ia eighty years from an |
nationality 70 be one Of the greatest
overs iu the world. This much tbev had I ,
nown, but It WAS but half the truth. An
new that under our liberal system of local seif-
oVeTnment we had reac6ed this result but
lere were men who believed that we vouid
ave bean still greater and more prosperous {
nder government having more power csu-
Ted st the national ospitsl. But this wsr Will /
rove not only that we bscoms a great people
ndor the doctrine Of State rights aHd loesI selE
oVornmeDt, but that VIC cannot become 4 great.
aPPy OF prosperous people if we enlarge the :,
overs OF the Government, exercised in 4 region ii
vorable neither to morality nor patriotism. :,
By = policy OF Cancellation We shall invite =
ID unite the people OF the South 20 return BY '
rery consideration Of patriotism and interest; Of
lt to q dissolution Of the Uaion be never O.
oUld consent, but labor for It's restoration so =
at every star that gitteT5 On the blue field of q
s national banner should be held as sacred, ii
I'd he who would strike butons Of these from in
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