Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-29
AboIiiioa view Of Mr.. Pagh'a speeeb.

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AboIIiIoa View Of Er. Pagh's speech.
| From ths Cincinnati Gazette
| In the great Bpesch Of Mr.. Pugh bsfore the
/ Vallaadigham convention, in which We sup
| pose he few to q higher point Of slequence than
/ he ever before achieved, h. declared life intol
era5lc under Order Ne. 35, and that he would
rather be led to the altar than s. bnif to it. We
suppose Mr. Pugh meant the saerifeial altar,
slthaugb in the elevated style of the novels and
the court Journal, this mode Of expression is
used to describe 3 mora festive ceremony, whose
effect is the reverse ef dimiaishi1g population.
Inspired by the prevailing spirit of the occasion,
and by the Yslor which ike caioric rises from
numbers, be announced the hero;e feat Of
tTamplng Order 3S Hnder his feet; and be gen
erausly declared TO the convention that if they
were such beet slaves as to submit to it, they
deserved to be slaves. But whatever others
might think, OF what course they might pursua,
as Tor bin be must have liberty OF death rigAt
away; aud his respiration weuld not be frse
URtil Order 35 was eTerthEown-
The severe suffering Of Ar. Pggh from this
srder, and his critical condition under it. lead
rs to inquire into its nature to see if il cannot
be mitigated ia some Of It's features, so that life
may be made tolerable to him. We fad that
the order restraints him from the following pTivi-
Isgas or liberties Acts for The aid Of the enc
mies of the country, such as the carrying Of Sc
crst mails writing letters sent by secret nails;
secret recruiting of soldiers f0r the enemy inside
eur lines entering into eements to pass our
ines for the purpose Of joining the enemy the
being concealed within our lines while in the
servics Of the enemy; being improperly within
ear hass by persons who could give private in
formation &c the enemy; the harboriHg, pro-
tecdEg, esaesahuE, fes5iag, clothing, or in any
way aidiag tbs enemies Of cur eouBtry tho
habit Of declaring symPashies for ghe enemy
treas0H
Which Of these restrictions is it that makes
life intOlersbie to Mr.. Pugh Is existence e
burden to him u2iess he can aid the enemy,
convey TO them military information, recruit
soldiers for them, or hsTbor and protect them
Or is the desire to.sxBrsss sympathiss for the
enemy so strong that he cannot live without it
Mr. Pag4 has Professed that be bad no sym
psthy with the enemy. How is It that he can
E0t consent to live unless he has liberty to e1-
press q sympathy be does not fesl7
While we do not doubt that bIT. Pugh, at the
time, thought be felt all that hs expressed, yet
we ha7e an idea thst be miscsnceived tho na-
ture of his complaint We think he did not
feel ihst existence, under Order 38, was so iutol-
ersble burden when he left home, and that by
the time hs reached If sgsin he had recovered
from his desire to shuttle off the msrtsl coil.
Mr.. Pugh himself seems to have had q mis-
giving that the desperation Of the occasion was
temporary, and that The fatal eoursge was Of the
evanesceut order called Duteh, and aight dissi-
pate witb the crowd, for be eXhorted them
+" Don't holla to-dty and repent tomorrow -
and in varied phrase he expressed his spprshen-
sion tha. if they went home and turned 70 their
crops aud workshops, they would forget al they
shen felt. What was this but concession that
Il the spirit then in them were permitted 20 die
away, taey might forget that life was intolera-
bic and in this sober second thought they
nigh. be indisposed to make an issue before the
people on the right TO do any specific thing pro-
hibiseJ by order 80, and tina; they then might
coselude that = convention which had made
party issue before the people Of Ohio on the
right to furnish reasonable aid to the rebels,
had not taken this thoughs either first OF second.