Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-08


c-uss.n0 one sbrOsd Eill land rs money, and nC
one 81 home viii, if they can help it pay taxes
We Vut rf paper on ths people, and when thsy
become sirsid 10 hold g. and change it into I
loan on which littls specie Is promised, and +,
supposed to be secured, We boast Of it as grsai
hasncial success, and then create q set Of ns.
Ilonal bank sots 70 c0ntrive new Issues. But 4
y terribly mischisFous ia other respects. Il ab.
fegates and aa1uis 81 Sssts laEs on the Iubisc,
Of euEreHey, and topples down s ate oIgEHza-
llon By undermining the primary rslssions Of
business and social lifs. SEQ how it works. ]
presume II Congress Wsrs 10 pass law, or Mr.
Lincoln Wa 81 issue an edtct, that. under some
miiiiafg OF polics necessity, every man iH Penn
syiVania, should durlng the war, dress in blue,
of Dlsez. or gray, psopls would be q lit
tie startled es 1t; OF IT. having control
Of tha the post Office, they we1a 20 say
thst Ell letters should Be written hereafter on
paper Of q certsin tint or size, people would re-
volt at It. They say neither Of these things but
they do say thHt 40 man shall spend, OF uss, OF
contract Tor any money, but green paper money,
aud that, even II before the war began, OF the
necessity existed, he had 3 contract made by
which he was TO pay or receive gold dollars OF
gold eagles OF nickel pennies, or gold or silver
pennYweights, that he should pay OF receive
neither. but must tslrs Government paper, no
mat-er what its value is. This is Loyal League
law in Philadelphia. The only persons who
Gead not taxa this trash, or indeed who are for
hidden 10 lake il, are the Government itself; for
remembsr, ono large element Of the enormous
price you n0w pay for the taa and coffee and 50
gsT and sueh nEcessaries Of life. is the heavy
duty IN gold and silver, which the Government.
exaets. But, except The duty thus paid, and the
little interest which they promise 10 pay On the
pu5lic debt, there is nothing abont rs or around
Is bot vast ocean Of inconvsrtible and ire
dsemable papsr, increasing every moment tnat
ne bleeding artery Of war expenditure con
Times to aow.
50 much for currency. Now, what shsn
say OF the other Federal esntralizing dsvies, by
which uEif0rms are forced on tia backs Of those
gho do not wish 70 fght, aud heavy tax is
isid, not according to any principle Of laT OF
Constitution, but BY lot This, it will be admit
tad, is q very imperial sort nf desres, by which
NJ. Lincoln declares every s5le-hodied eitizsu Of
PsHnsy from eightsen 60 forty five. a sol
20 be Bui IN any regiment be chooses, and to be
relieved from sBrvios only by paving into his
treasury a tax Of thres hundred d1llais I be-
ieve myself ihss this iHVressmslit laws ny
ingenious towusman Judge Cad valadeE, VINO
remembers how odious impres meat once
wss, properly stigmstzas it--ss q mode
Of recruiting the army, has bean an
ahs0lute failure; and think the eIBsTisues Of
every township IN the State viii prove il 70 bs
so and. therefore, in its practical military roia
Hsns, do not osEs to SPEAK Of If. But as a
measure of taxation il has bssn Of more success
ThiB has bssn the case in the part Of the c9un-
Try where I bappa1 10 i've, and I prssums has
been sac case eyeFvwhera. From my rural home
not an Individual conscTipt Wss obtained Az
Who were wiling 20 go had gOns already, and
Dsfy had come back, after months Of suffering
IN their eff s.Or ON their erutches; but for the
poor men who we're shs victims, m1EeY was 10
orally raised by Democratic contributions. Those
who could afford il gsve out of their abundance.
and the poor men gave ont Of thier little means,
and the result was tho distribution over a small
neighboEhood of sharp polLtax-varying rem
one 70 three hHndred aOLlsrs-levisd exclusively
on Democratic oitizsrs.
T1us, felow-oitizsns, By forcing on US Fed
eTal paper monsy, with brood Of Government
banks, and making it the standard for sll the
values Of business and daily life; by Masking
rs all soldiers in one army, whether We v0iun-
tssr or not, has the Fsderal Government, almost
without oar being conscious, compounded as Of
The North into on8 mass, and iTampled down
tho barriers which once guarded our State RIGHTS
s~f 5ta-5 s0vareiguties. Mr. DIN, of New
York. called them f'aeeursed." and Mr.. Lincoln
msds bin a iudRe in chs District Of Columbia,
Ht4r INiN AsNiltt am li7lAalGliaot4 afel0
NJ State rights can trouble him. Wa shall soon
BE- expected b do whst great corporation in
ny nsighbOTh00d has done. They had, at ths
beginning of the war, jersey steam ferry
hoat called 5hs Estate Rights Thay have
nov 10 show their Loyalty, painted United"
over it. so that il reads "Unitsd State Rights
So val it be with US The word ''Indspsn-
dsnes" viii have 70 .eoms of our State flag.
WHAT remsins - be done to effect this result
a. Il 4
tors and its a5stfors is setf We arc all enrolled
in one amy, or liable 20 b. So We all have n
desl in FslsTa, money. We don't use a cup Of
tea OF coffee. or q spoonful Of sugar, without
paying a Federal tax We cannot sUs q Fed
eTal officer for a tort II Federal court. We
cannot die sven without our child en- having to
nay an inheritance tax. IF Hr Lincoln were
to order Federal marshal 70 hEndcuf e. and
heat me and put mo in Jail, aud keep me- there
as he aud bis Secretaries have better men than
me-, I could have no redress, for such order is
made good defense Involving double costs on
the iiigant We cannot walk OF talk, or sleep
or eat without a Federal detective at our side
aud nothing remains tor us but 70 be told, on
aggsking sams morning, that We cannot elect our
own State officers, OF, ct most, elect such as the
Administration think st 70 choose for rs.
Now my friends, this is no illusiOn-I mean
the possibility Of this imminent danger. Rsa-
soring from The past. / shouid think It very i'm
miRsnt for interference in the most offensive
wey has bsen ths policy Of the Administration
in every State where q critical election was about
to occur. IL was 50 in MsrYland-in Dslsgare
twice in Kunruchy-in COnnecticut-in New
Hampshire and 10 OhiO-snd beg you 20 re-
collect that the intsrfsrenoe, whether direct OF
indirect, was graduated according to latitude
and geography It was ha p and severe in
Maryland and Delaware, Kantucky and Ohio.
L was gentle and insidioas N the more favored
climes of Connecticut and Nav Hampshire.
What mode Of interference We are 70 be honorsd
wish depends, no doubt, n the exigency Of the
case, and the hopes and fears Of those within
our borders who control the relations Of the Go
veTnment to Pennsylvania.
IF it be IN the mild Connecticut way Of send
ing back from the army Only those soldiers
whose votes could be relied on, do not know
that there is any help for il; but do know and
say i with emphasis, that the Democratic sol
diers viii never forgive The men Of The party
who keep them facing Lees picksts OF Basure-
cards batteries. whilst the favored Republicans
are sent back 70 vote party ticket. Demo
cratic soldier, if he reaches h0mes viii have 70
vote with the fesr Of Now Hampshire discipline
before his eyes. This may be ths mode of treat
rnsnt intanded for Us or it may Be the sharper
one applisd to our ueghb1r5 Of Dsiawsre and
Maryisnd. shOald not be a. All surprised IN
hear Mr. Secretary Stewards bells jingiing their
messages of tyranny f0rtuighs hence, OF Gov
srnOr Curfin sending for military assistanes as
did Hicks and Cannon in our neighb0Ting States.
Aud If il be 80, my islloW-cihzsns, what viii
be the RESULT This Is question there is somsd diff
feulty in answering. L is quite possible, such
i tho prevalent dsmnrsiization, that il WILL be
unlimited to. 50 that the cup OF our degradation
should be filed to the very edge. Perhaps " hen
It UveI rvs and fails on ths burning sod sro0nd
it will husss Hks The OIL from your bills into Q
consuming dams that no common power
caa sxtinguish. have seen in my own
city msn dragged away 70 prison BY
Executive warrants aud kept in losth-
sorae isis for months, and then discharged for
sssat Of an aconser. I have seen. newspapers,
tirst mobbed aud tHsn seized 1y the warrant Of
a district attorney, suppressed for a season and
tEen released without trial. haYs seen q vyhife
man, walking OF the common highway, sho,
down by q negro sentinel, bscsuss be did moi
move on when roughly ordered have sssH
all this, and seen it submitted to; and he would
be bold indeed VINO can predict Whist ths peools