Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-30
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4 gQtHdblS FetltlcGt HiSt0Tp--A CcMptGte Ms
t0Ty-ElcctioH tn The ststs Of KsHtHeky AE
gzst 81, 1855 dadTess 10 tks Pespls and
Congress Of tie Ual5d States.
From fhs New York Dsy eoOk.l
/ In response 10 ERAsr6Es inquiries addressed
ts as from every sEArtaE, ne AK i-sve TO Submit
70 the people Of The United Statss the following
pager IN explanation Of ths canvass Which PIE
ecssd the recent election Ia Kentusky, and ef
the causes which led to its most unexpected re-
sult-nRsEpee;ed not 80 much by ourselves,
wks had hops asd experience already learned
the extTens and desperate cbEyse ,sr.of the meaE4
uros that Wegld ba Tesogtca te by the Admins
tratien party to supPfsss ths voice Of our peo-
pie as BY these of you vine, living IN less
usables regions, had noi realised tho extent to
asieh q determination 10 retain power would
lead iss peSsesso.s.
Ia the last day of August, 1852 the Non
Berish SsgsEin resigned bis sfics Is governor
Of tie Sls.s Of KsBtucky. FTcm causes iato
Eeurrsd tie sEGpieisn sf crest 4EjaTity of tho
Unisa party, sHd ihEergA tho legislature they
had sueessasd ia 6iSesiing kifa ef al the real
power IN tie GoYes anaRs. TIE Executive con.
irsl Of the State had rsFidly fspeH into ihe
hsRSa of the military cftiaers OF the United
States, and fez rasnlhs the PooYle bad been sub
Jest TO martial iaU IN eli its opeTsssiveness,
without It's declaration in form.
Under thsss eireanstsnces, sa1 fer the pur-
sess Of relieving the people, ese especially thst
psrtien ef ihsm knsEn as "soUsneTn rights
men,n who had been tho pesDlaf objec:s OF
Esrseautisn, Mr.. AageEia, IN 8 published letter,
declared lis willingness TO resign wherever lac
could ba assured OF tbs eieetion of successor of
conservative views, who, seHnsnSiag tho cor.
6dense ct tbs sRfne tins Of the Administration
IS Washington ard Of tho people ei Kentucky,
wcnl3 DO sblo and wiling 10 seeute every peace
ful citizen III .la exsrs.ss Of the rights gGarsn-
toe9 10 him By ihs CeRS::::trsl9s md lss's. the
Hon J.alsa /. Rsbinsen, then nasii;:Sessr 81 tnQ
State -SeHGte, was indicated to him, and be
consented 10 resign IL his fsver. Then the
speallsr of the SenaIs resigned, and Mr.. Rob
EEen, having been elected Ia his s;oadi became
by virus of his office the acting governor OF tho
Slate upsE tka resignation OF Mr. AAgcfin.
Tie neg governor was, freln the beginning,
fally in formed of tho character and puTpsss Of
he negotiatoH whieh paved the wsy to Zig sue
cession, and he entered upon the discharge Of
ais dutics with the best wishes of the great ::ss6
Of cur peaPle.
Those events gave riss 70 ihe most pleasing
sndcipstsns, which were gtEsnEthened By she
fYgt acts of the new regime Etrly IN Ssptsdl'
ber lac state was inrsdcd by Cenfeaerate troops,
who hald possession for six weeks Of the gTssier
portion Of ia ssrritoIy. The people, content
with, and hopeful Of the new order of thiiags,
gsve them little encouragement end but lew Ie-
eruits, SO that by the 1rsl of EsvemhcT they
were driven irem cur borders. Bat contrary 10
All eur hapss, winter brerEht with it 8 renewal
Of military governments er3srs issuing fren
military cfIieeYs OF svery erado, imposed daily
mere Stringent rsgglssions upen ear seranefee
rrilh other legal states; yidsr signisssti5n Tss
given TO tho te7A Sisleysl, BY which the vlstims
yere marked cat fer oppressieri arrests wlshoEt
wsr.sns and imprisonment without trial bsesrae
e,,ea more the established system OF justiesI tho
prererty Of suspected persons vas again seized
\ aud apbrspriG.ea to the use sf the army without
! compensation; .ths civil psTer was Ct scare 10
! bs not zsore effective In iks hands ef Ar. Rod
inson thsa in Ihoso of his predecessor, and spIing
/ feuas the rights ef person sHd property even
saors Insecure than in the sarksBt keufs OF she
previsus year.
The LssislAtuIe, composed msiEly ef the por-
sonsl and Political ffieRss Of Gsv. Rsbinsen,
Susizg their session IN the winter, had passed
reselutisrE Of 8 strongly conservative chsT-
seteF, il which they declared, amsAg othei
things;
l. Thas our institutions are assailed by su
srIncd rebellion ea enc side, which eal only be
/ net by the sword, ass on the other by uncon.
Etiiutienal acts Of Congress and siaEsling usur
| pations Of power by the Executive, which wt
hsye sssa BY sxpSfishes cEn be corrected BY
isse ssllel-bsx
2 That KsEtueky is and ever hes LeeR leya
10 the Government Of the United States.
l 3. TAst we reesgRiEe mAsiisst difference be
tween aDy administration Of Tie eeyeIRrcn
and the Governnent Itself
1 Sslsmuly protests szaisst the er&neiPa
ten proclamation IS Enwiss, aneonEtiiutionsl
and veid.
5. That tho pewor recently assumed by th;
President, whereby, sE2sr the gaiss Of InilssrJ
npoersiiy, he kas proelRiDea and extesasd mar
ist, and suspended the writ Of hAbeas cor
pus, i karrsatsd By the CsnstiiHtisn, ant
/ lis teai 3 is TO subordinate civil to military
author andio su6Eert constitutional and frs
goveu 4.
tuisn a:tf The Union SIS The best, and, Il msy be
the last bops Of popular freedom.
Q Halls with manifest pleasure thu Teesn
manifestation of conservative continent Slaonl
lths peoylo Of the non-slavehelding States.
10 Recommends the call OF Hstiensl coz
4 veatica to propose amendments 70 the Constl
tuition.
III. D5elaFss that tho Laws Of this Slate mus
30 maintained and enfercedi and that 1t Is ID
Gaty Of the censttused authorities OF Tho Stat
70 $50 to il that by ali constitutional means tHi
Indispensable end shsll bestiained.
These resolutions were signed and sppfcye
BY the governor.
/ In February the central committee Of th
4 Democratic party, appointed some years sinc
j anoer rs old Organization, issued call for
convention TO iaees in Frankfort to nominal