Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-28

G4tS C1toN4 AAuftSS 20 tHG Euhtc eI Dsllfs--
Ae5epts the NoAaisati0H for Go5erHor and De-
NIAGARA FALLS CANADA WEST,
Arrested and csnfiae5 for three weeks in ths
! United States, a prisoner sf S.sts; bsnisrud
thsaee to the CsRfsdeTsts States, and there held
as As sheu enemy AID Prisoze, Of war, though
On FarCls; fairly saG boneTably dealt With, sR5
1 Eivss leave to 6essrt, an Ect possible only by
running the blockade at tAs hazsg5 Of bsiag
! fred upsn By ships flying tAa flag OF my osR
csuatry, I ioUHa myself a froemsa wAea 90
| British sell. AEd se-3ay, under tie Drosnc.iaE
/ Ct the Bdtjsh flag, 1 AK here 10 eHI1T ana ia
| part 10 exercise the privileges and rights Wbica
I esarpsrs irEo'snJly deny ne at k0ms The
! shallow cJntrivanc3 Of the weak seyFais a.
| Washington, and their advisers, has been de-
| tsafsd. Nay, it has Seen turned sgsiHst them,
/ asd I, Rh5 for TIVE years was maigusd s5 iH
secret league with the CeRfs5erates. having re-
| fused wheu in their midst, under circumstances
tas most favorable, either to identify ayself
| with their cause or even Sc much as 70 remnn
| PreteIiRg rsther exile in foreign lsaS, return
new With allegiance e. gny swR Sgsts Gsd Gsv-
| ernmsRt, unbrOkea in word, Thought or deed,
and with every declaration ana pledge ts yog
while at hsme, and ssfors I was stolen away,
made gosd in spirit ts the very letter.
Six weeks ago, Waea iHst going iRto banish-
I
aaspotism csHssd it, I addressed you as fellow
| citizen. To-day, and frsm tAs very place then
selected by me, sgt sfteT wssrisoms aud msss
peTiloss ioarnsyiRgs fer msre than fear tbau-
sksd miles by land sid upsn the ses, sdll an
exile, tbsEgh slmsst in sjyht Of my native
State, 1 greet yen ss your representative. Crate
fa csrtaialy l am fer the c5nf1enc in NY IT,
teErity and patriotism, in sisd by tho BHaai-
msus RsniRatisa ss eaudissts for Governor Of
slasn Sv,s
Confederate States. It was nss misplaced
is shall never be sbuse3 Bat this Is the
last Of al csRsiaeTetisRs iR times Ike thsse
I Gsk ne peTseaal sympathy fer the personal
wrsng. No; It IS the cause of constitutional
liberty aad private right, cruelty Outraged
beyond example in free country, By ths Presi-
dent aud his servants, which gives public sig
riicsncy 10 the action Of y0ur convention.
Years was, indeed, an act Of jastics 20 g citiz "A
who for his devotion to the rights Of the STATES
aud the liberties Of the people, had bean marked
for dsstruetisn BY ths hand Of arbitrary BOlycr.
But It was much mere It was aa example Of
courage worthy of the hersic ages of tha world;
and it was 6 spectacle and rebulIs 10 the nsurp-
ing tyrsnts who, having broken up the Unioa,
woHld aow strike dswR the Constitution, sub
vert year present Government and establish
fsrmsl and proclaimed despotsm IN its stead
Y8u ars the restarers and dsfsAd6rs Of cousttu-
y
viii salute ysu.
I congratulate yas Hpoa your nominations.
They whom y0G have placed Upsn th8 tickst
with ne are geaslenen Of character, ability,
Integrity aud tried fidelity 70 The Constitution,
the Union, and to liberty Their N sral and Do.
li!lcsl eouTsge-a quality always rare, and now
the most vRlusble OF psbEc Virtuss-is beYosd
qusstisn- Every wsy all these were nomias-
items ht tO be made. And even jealousy. am
sure, viii new k0 hashed, if I especially rejoice
vita yoa in ths nomination Of Mr. Purh SIS your
candidate for heu.sns8t-governer snd presideat
Of the senate. A schslar and 8 gentleRau. a
seidiar IN a fsTeign war, aud always a nstriot
eEineRt as 4 lawyer and distinguished as an or
atsr aRd statesman, I hail his acceptance as su
omen of tho return Of the better sna more yirtu-
eus days Of tAe republic.
inderss Ysur noble plstform-slsgaas in
style, admirable in soRtineaL Yea present the
true issGs, AID csNmit yOErself "a the great
mission just now ef the Dsaocrade pa,ty-to
restore and make surs 6rst the rights and libsr
ties declared yours By Ycur Constitutions. sis
in vaiR 70 invite the States spd people Of tie
South % return TO g Uaion without a Csastitu-
ten, and dishenoreA and polluted BY repeated
and most aggravated sKactions of tyrazEie pow
er. i. IS base in yourselves, ard trsasonable TO
yeUr postsrity 10 surrender these liberties and
rights to the creatures whom your own breath
created sad can destroy.
Shall thsTe DO free speech, free press, psaee-
able sSse aibages of tie psaple, and free Ballot
any longsrin OAis2 Shall the people hereafter
as hitherto, have tAs rigas to discuss and con
dsmR the principles End peley Of ths psrty;
the ministry; the mon who fer the time. eeH-
duct the Gsver2msus; to demand Of their pub
lie serpSats a reckoning Of their ste yRr5shie,
and to place other men and another party in
power 1T their supreme win and pleasursl Shall
Order 50 or the Constitution Be the supreme