Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-19
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The resolutions Of the senate, Urging the en-
pl0ymsnt Of the whole agricultural labor Of the
country il the production Of means of subsist-
enes., and requesting the President to issue 8
proclamation enjoining this on the people, were
yesterday very properly amended in the house
of representatives, oa the motion of Mr. Bald
win, Of Virginia, by an additional resolution,
g That the President be.al30 requested, IA sach
proclamation, to give to producers of food the
assurance, that if ct any time, it shall become
necessary 10 impress provisions OF forage FOX
public uses, lust compensation will be made to
the owner, according to the fair market value
az the time and place Of seizure Without
such an assurance as this, OF, betiaT still, q
law providiHg the means whereby "iass com
pensati0n'' may be obtained, the most patriotic
plGtitudes 0f resolutions or pr0clanati0us viii
avail but hitle for it would be but moekerY
and contradiction 10 invoke, in behalf Of this
policy, the spirit Of resistance which fres all
hearts against the iovAder-wheh the snirnstiBg
principle Of that spirit is the determination Of
our people not 70 submit to iaWlessness, ont
rage and robbery and when, without such as
suTaRee as we nave spoken Of, our people are
compelled to believe that we are in danger Of
falling into the same insecurity Of private rights
and disregard Of constitutional guarantees that
would be our fate under tAe lincoln despotism.
What sort Of iucftemeht 20 preserving effort
leaves us exposed to plUnderels at homs. How
shall We stimRltts tho pr0dHeti0n of provisions,
when plan tsrs, graziaTS and and milleTs know
that ths strong hsud Of lswiess authority may
ss any time clutch al that they haYe and mock
them with the offer Of 81 compensation % two
shigd5 OF thms- fcurths less. than they could OBJ
tain in open merket. Encouragement to industry
and enterprise IN this OF any other department
Of labor, there can be n0he-Without 8 sense of
bic return Tor toll
Ths people Of the Confede1aey are willing to
contribute Of their means and substanes with
lavish hands, if necessary, u tbeir last dime and
their latest morssl Of food, but they are not viii
ling TO be compelled BY illegsl violence, to con
tribute uuequslly and inordinately. It was
stated yesterday, IN the houSs Of Representatives
that miller in this city had been forced 10 this
way to contribute $4,000 70 she support Of the
governmeht-and this, while another milling
firm in the same city were believed to be court
ing profits BY the hundreds Of thousands nom
contract with the eommissary department Is
there snybody who win dsfend tFis-wiH
*A***+, Of the Enquirer do It n Privation and
hardship may be aud win he submitted to in
shis cause, bus impostuye and OuiGage-nevsr,
until our people become unworthy Of the boon
of which they are contsndi1g. Not Yirginisns
only, but the citizens Of ali our States have
oesn educated in the spirit Of that principle
embodied IN the Virginia bill Of rights,
that no one can be deprived Of his
property without his own consent or that
IF his representative And the clause Of
the Virginia constitution, which forbids private
property to be taken for public uses -Fltbeat
Just compensation, is not only the law OF the
land, BAT she inherent and insEadieahle senti-
nent Of the whole people It needed not the
opinion of the law officer Of the government
twice deliberately given, . make this known.