Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-01
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Hon Mr.. V4landighsm Of Ohio, was serenaded at
the New York Hotel last night. Dodworth's band was
music. On being called upon by the crowd for speech
the gentleman from Ohio stepped forward the bal
cOny and addressed them a follows;
Men of New York l thank you for your presence
here tonight By il assured that the persistent
MT deprived me Of the confidence Of my citizens
in this city. lCh9erGl am glad TO meet with you on
such occasion, and aside from the compliment this
implies accept It As testimonial that there are those
in This great metropolis OF the Uuited States who are
ready after the experiment Of twenty months turn
their hearts from bloody threats TO words Of compromise
TApplause. We are looking forward to peaceful
settlement Of difficulties butt only be obtained
bv stct adherence to the Constitution was made
OF modern times THIS mighty temple OF liberty, can
be restored and maintained it ought to be- There
those who distinguish between the Union and the Const
tuition. recognize no such distinction. Cheers II tbs
Constitution be DESTROYED the Union perishes with
it, TChesrs Of Good. mean the Union IL was,
the Union as our fathers made f-iloud chez THE
Union formed by Washington, Jefferson and Hsnil-
which gave greatness and prosl Gritty, such be-
longed to other people since the world began. But
if talk Cf the Union was md ought %
be- we are called traitors We want no such Uni9n as
the admnissat alton propose 20 give 1t Is d-ssOt
ism-not q Union Of sovereign States, not UDiOn OF
fir speech or free press bat Union sueh as the Abo
itiOns alone would give you. have bseneye ready
to defend the Union Of a. ha been told that
disunionisii but have been ready to stand by the
Union even the sserife = Of my hfs, which is more
than an Aboliii0ni would do. We beea ready to
efend that Union ths battle field in the nation &
councils and the people Of the United ntaI JudglnE
from the recent success Of the Democratic party still
cling 10 that Union the Uni OF fathers There
is other way that tbs people desire the benefits
Of that Union except through that party Cheers. 1
have hope in your executive Cheers. No hope
that any good come from Abraham Lincoln or his
cabinet. 6is es ask favOrs Of this admin1stra-
tion. Kisses and cries Of put him out Your citizens
have been arrested without the process Of law they
have put into prison without being told what their
oense was and all the pea Of maL tanning cons tt-
tiOual liberty lCheers mingled with hisses-I Inc
President has right to make such srbi ray arrests
let him gard the rights of his fellow citizens who have
male him what he is Cheers and hissssl Your
only hope felOwczeus is in the Congress Of 1903 We
expect nothing from the present Congress- for i is
an sssembage Of men who hsve learned nothing snd
have forgotten nothing who have been rePudiated
al home andwhO never learn anything OF tn lessons OF
the late elections would have taught them their duties
Were I not Ametican citizen, and a lover Of my
country, should rejoice at their insane ects Ior &C.
cOrding the olG Roman saying hose whom the gOds
would destroy they first MAKE mad. II their sincerity
il any indication Of their coming doom it cannot be far
of Applause There il free speech in Congress now
but is after fashion not the free speech Of which
your fathers boasted, bEt curbed by the iron desposm
of the AbO tOnists. However, little Spartan band
have endeavored to msintan rights heomen and
record to be found in the Congressional Globe for
the scrutiny and criticism Of the American people for
generations 70 come There Is no saVauon tor tns
country i'm the present Congress. lLaHghterl have
Oeen there. and the fact is assure yOu. Your only
redress Is al the polk II these Outragss had Pc
tratef in England France Austria or Rus Ia even they
wouli have aroused te people to armed revolution long
ago and violence would have followed But here n the
Iulle states t--ctaol-f 10 aN-i5
arms it is through the ballot box they work their
laton and through The ballot box the government shall
know that they setting contrary to the peoples wish
Senator Wilson says that fifty arrests ought 10 nave
been made for every that arrested II me Con
stiCutOn to be destroyed and tamped under f00t IN
the tha it has been, then think itiskely there
viii be fifty for every that has been arrested
and some Of those essd viii be executed by the gui
otine but il will not be When the execution takes
plac- will be Cain aud Abel that will suffer tha
penalty. for constitutional redress under the Con
stitution Il is right claim it, it is due uz The
speaker referred the act recently passed oy Con
gress egazng the acts )f the government in suspend
ipg the habeas c-rpus and the emancipation proc ANA
ton Of the President al Of which he declared 70 BE-
constitutional aud despOtic in the extreme
The speaker very severe upon the President IN
consequence Of the suspension g the writ Of haDess
corpus aud claimed that there authority for th
exercise such power ia loyal States ike New York,
Ohio and Indana His attack the administration wss
frequently erpted by Kisses and cries Of Put hinr
out I" hut the crowd bore with the speaker very good
nsturedly, and eheered him loudly as he took his de
parture.
Hon Mr. Pendlston Of Ohio then folloWedin speech
somewhat similar in i character TO that Of Mr. Vaan-
dighsTt. a stsr which the crowd dispersed.