Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-10
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/ There exists IN several States in the North
west-PartieDlarly in India1a, Illinois, Ohio and
| Wisconsin, condition Of things which must
soon cause alarm, unless the tendency Of public
/ sentiment there receives a sudden check. Not
only is there expressed a deep dissatisfaction
with tie general government but the course OF
some of the leading newspapers is calculated to
fan the embers of discOrd into q devouring fame.
/ 1t is already common to see in print such words
8s 'eivil war, revolution" "secret arming of
the population" etc, with an occasional sugges.
1 ton that certain refractory members Of the leg
/ isistive bodies should be arrested with other
| recommendations of extreme measures. In fact.
| the violence of partisan strife is equal to any
thing which preceded the rupture between the
/ North and South. The Chicago Tribune is in
every sense revolutionary. A few days aFo, the
/ following menace of another secession was
! thrown out in the leading columns Of that pa
per;
"a We assure them that the ties of the North
west to New England are not indissoluble; but
/ they are stronger than the bonds which unite US
to New York, and, if in the changes and reor-
ganizations that are possible as the consequences
| of the present revolt it is necessary for the
West to make an election where she viii 90, she
will become en- appendage Of GeiiheT the Middle
States nor of the South. Size will declare her
independence of both and right here in the heart
Va tb NOA4lAAA1AAl8 INC puGbUeoUA " TIC LAco1 SUI
and the best climate in the hemisphere with
more than ten millions of people, aud the pros
pect Of 3 rapid increase, viii organize an empire
that viii dominate over all other fractions of the
republic, and which will have the power to com
I pc. the opening Of half a dozen routes to tide
water upon terms and conditions that we now
| plead for in vain"
All this because of the terms Of Governor
/ Seymours message, and the fact ttat the tolls
Z I
| duce are thought to be excessive. The s2ms
Journal on the 23d instant, charged that q
scheme was on foot in the Legislature of that
State to take the control of the military out Of
the hands Of the governor and vest is in the
/ hands Of a board of usurpers accompanying
this assertion with the remark that IL may be ia
the power Of the copperheads (Dem0crats) " to
light the torch Of civil war in Illinois This is
only an illustration of the spirit with which 90
litical controversies are being conducted in the
Northwestern States, which we give, ,-ihst direc-
tion 20 the subject and the public fOreWarnad
That editor who, in this critical period, when
strong passions are easily excited, viii deal 50
Tecklessy in fierce vitupeTation, partisan anim0s-
ity ard embittsring sectional jesOnsy, is either
strangslyb blind to ths consequences which may
ensUe OTIS wholly Indifferent to the pubic veal
The Springfield (Ill) correspondent Of the
same journal, speaking Of the designs Of what
be is pleased to call the secession movement -
in the Legislature Of that State, says:
81 Its object is the establishment Of a great
slaveholding eonfedersey, to take in as many
free and border slave States as possible, and ex-
tend its sway over the countries bordering on
tie gulf of Mexico and the islands of the same
tell the people Of the State of Illinois that, in
the event OF the recognition Of the South, which
the leading and controlling Democrats consider
un fat accOmyii, they will have q desperate and
perhaps bloody struggle to prevent this State
from being attached thereto"
The St Louis Democrat also diseouTses about
revolution in Illinois," on account Of pro-
posed amendment of the Constitution, remark
ing as follows;
10 view Of these facts it is plain t. be seen
that a crisis of no little importance, if the con
spTatoTs do not pause ia their work, is ap-
preaching in the affairs of cur sister State of
Illinois. Upon governor and people alike will
rest fearful responsibility. The governor is
pledged by his cath of Office to defend and main.
tain the Constitution. Such a direct and pslpa-
bic assault upon its provisions as appears 70 5e
in contemplation by its ensnaies cannot fail to
escape his notice and demand his inteTposition
by all the power bo possesses"
In Indiana the Legislature is in like manner
agitatsd by partisan debate. Governor Morton
processes to have information that secret pOliti-
csl organizations in that State aIs seeking the
overthrow Of the government, and with num-
bers sufficient to excite spprehe1sions on his
part, not only in regard to Indiana but sll the
Northwestern States. The Indianapolis Seutiaet
among the most reliable journals in the State,
says 30 sane man can believe such a statement
but adds:
There are credible rumors shost that the
Republicans are organizing secret societies in
different parts Of the State, snd that the mem
beTs are being furnished with arms What can
be the occasion ard what the purpose of such
0rganizstionl Has the governor made any et-
fort to ascertain the character, numbers and OBJ
ieets of these Republican secret clubs Is he
favoring policy, the effect OF which will be to
organize opposing secret clubs throughout the
State, to create factions smong the people, and
which viii result in bitter and perhaps sangui-
nary feuds
Z" If the governor and those in authority would
exercise their power and influence 70 protect ths
citizen ia al his constitutional rights, TO secure
ths liberty Of the press, the freedom Of speech
and the purity Of the ballot box there will be
no apology or justification for the people organ
izing in any wsy for the protection OF the rights
and privileges guaranteed by the organic law Of
the State and tie cation But it does excite
alarm when arbitrary arrests are made and clti-
zens are dragged from homo and imprisoned tor
political reasons alone, and it is a sufficient
cguse f3T those entertaining political sentiments
obnoxious to the parties in power 10 organise,
so thsE they may know each other and secure
that protection to themselves which 1t should b.
the first duty of the representatives OF the gov
eminent to furnish"
We might quote from papers in Ohio aud
I Wisconsin, TO snow that IN those States also the
current of political sffAirs runs very turoid
The Cincinnati Gazette, for example, under tas
head, Traitors in the North, says tie preseni
universal iolaratioh has demonstrated the neees
/ sty for holding = strong haud over sedition ii
| the North Euemiss ia war hav,