Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-04

and which t was impf ssble l0r to arrest ana the
Ia sit 10 be my duty TO limit my efforts 70 give sac
direction to the war would far possible prever
the evils and dangers with which It threatened "a
coantry and its iusttutonA"
Sir, aaopt al his as my own position and nay d
fenso though, perhaps in civil war, might fairy
further in opposition could not with my conviction
vote men aud money for this war, and would not as
representative. vote against them mean that Hitt
OF oppositlon the President might take all the me-
sud an the money he should demand, and then to hoi
him to strict accountability before the people for th
results Not believing the soldiers responsible for th
war its purposes or It's consequences, have neYe
wishhed my vote where their separate interests wer
concerned But have denounced from the beginning
hs usurpations and the infraetons one and a Of iap
and Constitution by the Pres dent and those under 10
their repeated aad persistent arbitrary arrests, the sus
pension Of hBbeas corpus the violation Of freedom
the mails, Of the private house Of the press aud O
speech aad all the o her multiplied wrongs and Cut
RACES upon public liberty and private right wn eh have
made this country OF the worst despotsms on artf
for the past twenty months and viii continue to re
buke aud deuoBnee them to the end; and tho people
thank God, have at last heard and needed and reoaked
the, too 70 the record aud to time appeal again FOL
my Justification.
And now sir rscur to the state Of the Union to day
What it, Sir, twenty months have elapsed bat the
rebellion not crushed OUT its military power has rot
been broken the Insurgents have not dispersed The
Union is not restored the Constitution maintained
nor me laws enforced Twenty sixty ninety three hun
dred SIX hundred days have passed thousand i'lions
expended and three huadred thousand lives lost or
dies mangied and to-day the Coniederats flag is
the Potomac and the Ohio and the Confederate govern
stronger many Times, than az the beginning. Not
State has Deen restored not any portion OF any Sate
has voluntarily resumed 10 fhe Union, And has any
peQPe ~ IN lr L seneillr ri iel. most l
s1assoned patIoism, coEid bestowi Was Il poWerl
Aud did the party of the Executive control the
tlre Federal government every state government
every county, every city town and village in the North
aud West9 Was Il patronage All belonged to It
Was it influence What morsi Did not the school,
The college The church. the press the secret orders the
municipality the corporation, railroads. teissraphs,
press companies the voluntary associations, all all yield
it to the utmosti Was it unanimity Never was an
administration So supported IN England OF America
Five men and haf score Of newspapers made up tn
apDoEition Wss it enthusiasm The enthusiasm was
f5nstea There has been nothing ike il since the Cru
pie exceeded that Of the patriarch They gave up the
Constitution, law right liberty, al at your demand for
arbitrary power that the rebel ion miga You prOmis-
cd be crashed out in three months and the Union
stored Was credit needed YOu took cOatrOi0 Of coun
Try young vigorous, ana inexhaustibs in wealth and
resources and OF government almost fres from public
debt and whose good faith had never been tsrns
Your great national loan bubble failed miserably as
deserved fail but the bankers and merchants Of Phil
sdelphia New York and Boston lent you more than
heir entire banking capital And when that failed loo
gou forced credit by declaring your p2per promiseste
pay legal tender for al debts Was money wanted
You had all the revenues OF the United St4seM dmin
she'd indeed bat sii 10 gold The whole wealth Of the
.ountry 10 the las. dollar lay at your feet Private in
iiyiduals municipal corporations, the State govern
ents al IN their frenzy gave youmoney with
reckless prOdigaify The great Eastern cities lent YOU
: sl50OO0 600 Congress voted, FIRST, the of S2j0
n
irat $3.50 O0J051 tnen elU UUUOJ, next $50 $50 049
and in July last Sl50 coo in Treasury notes ana
he Secretary has issued also paper postage currency
n sums as low i've cents, lli Ia amount only by
ii discretion Nay, more; ready since the 4h OF July
sol this house has appropriated - 400 600 600 almost
,vsry dollar without debate, aud without recorded
-ote. A thousand millions have been expended since
be 18th Of April 1856 and public debt or liability Of
800 100000 already incurred And to support all this
uDendous outlay and indebtedness, gYstem Of taxa
o direct and Indirect, has been inaugurated the
"a rfs5us eva aur-h hnf
luered people.
Money and credit then, you have had in hand r
lrodigaI profuson And were msn wantedl Nore than
million rushed to arms Seventy five thousand first
md the country stood ghss a. tue muititute,) then
th usand more dem nded; and thee
hundred and thousand responded to he cali. The
President next asked for four hundred thousand snd
congress- IN is gene confidence, gave hin five hun
ired thousand; and, not 10 be outdcne, he took SIX
luudred and thirty seven Thousand. Half Of these
asited sway IN their first campaigns and the Presdeni
demanded three hundred thousand more Tor the war.
nd then drafted yet aaother three hun red thoUsahe
or nine months The fsblsd hosts of Xerxes have beer
lutuumbgred And vet victory strange follow. th
tandares Of the foe. From Great Bethe Yie1sburg
he battle has not been 20 the strong ct every dss
err except the last has been lowed by call for
roeps aud very time so fer they have been promptly
irnished. From lhe beg ming the has been cor.
ucted Ike a political campaign, and IL has been the
o Of he party n ever that they have assumed thai
umbo-s alone would WIN the held ia contest with
siIots bui with musket and sword Bat numbers you
ave bad almost without uuuber-the larg T. best a
,ointed best med, fed, and ad host OF brave men
yell organized aud " Il disciplined, msrshaled.
avy, 700. NOT the most formidable perhaps but The
aost numerous and gallant, and the costiest tn
world, and sgains foe almost without navy at al.
Twenty million people, ana every element Of strength
nd force of colu1nnndpavysr PsltronHge inhufnes,
naBimty, eDtlasiastn confidence credit money, men
10 army and navy, the larg ni and the nObleEt
e in the field a9at upon the sea with the support
most ssryio OF every State county and municipality
The North and West with a Congress swift 10 do the
dding Of he Executives without opposition anywhert
( home, and wh arbitrary power which neither thr
jzar of Russia nor the Emperor Of Austria dare
ise; yet after two years OF more vigorous prosecution
{ war than ever recorded in history after more sk1
ashes comb8ts and battles than Alexander, Cesar o.
be ars Napoleon ever ught in any ive years of their
tary career you nave utterly, sgnaly dlsasfrousy
i viii not say igEominioBsly- 10 snbdua ten.
1iiau rebels whom you had ap ght the people CT Ii
'orth aud West not only 70 hate but % despise Rebe
id I Bayf Yes. your fathers were rebels, yOni
rsndfathers be who now before me on canvas looks
own so sadly upon u.s. the false degenerate, and imbe
iIs guar Il an of the great RepUbc which be formed
vas a rebel And yet we, Graded ourselves In REBEL
3u and have f0sered ami fraternizsd with eyer5
lsurrecti0n ia the uinetscnts century, everywhere
throughout the globe, would now, foTsooth, make the
Ford rebel repr0a b. Rebels certainly they are
t all the persistent and supendous efforts Of the most
igantc warfare Of modern times have. through your
neoapeteucy and folly, allied nothing crush them
ut, cut cf hougb they have been by your blockade
RON al, the Wo . and dependent only upen their own
ourage and resources And yet they to be utterly
uquered and subdued in six weeks, or three months
Sir my Judgment was made Up and expressed from
he first 1 learned It ON Chatham. NJ lords, yen
annot conquer America" And you have not e0EQuer-
q he Sou b. You never VIII 1t Is not in the nature
things ssible much less under your auspices But
money you have expended without limit, and blood
oured like water: defeat, debt 1axstion, sspul
hres tess your trophies In vain the people gave
ou treasure and the soldier yielded up his life al ght
ak einsncipafe let these said the gentleman from
fame, Cfr Pks) at the last session, be the trinity
salvation. SIR, they Have become the trinity ci
Cur deep dHmnstion. The war for the Union is, IN
eur hands most bloody and costly f. lure The Pres
dent confessed Il on the 22i of September solemny.
Hfafs q flf q
And he has Iepeatd the confession. The priestt
md rsbb Of Abolition taught him that God would not
q war fCT the negro openly begun and with stronger
=tfalions than before With what success Let tho
lead at FredericEsburg aH1 Vicks5u answer.
And now, sir, can this war continue Whence the
money ocsrry it en- Where the Can you borrowi
7rom whom Cen you tax more VIII the people
,earitq Wait tin You have col ected what Is already
evied How many millions more OF legal-isnderr-to
lay forty per below par of g0ld-csn you
loatP viii men enlist now at any price All sir it Is
asier te die at hone--I beg pardon but trust am
lot dscouraging enlisiments 1t an, then first ar
est Lincoln, Stanton ana Halleck, and Of your
lther generals, and will retract yea I viii recan
But can you draft againf Ask New England-Nevv
YORK. Ask Massachusetts, Where the Bins hun
lrei thoussnd Ask not Ohio-the NJ rthwes. She
hougbt yon ia earnest, and gave you all, al-more
han you demanded
The fair fond bside Of yesier eve,
And aged sire and matron gray,
Saw tine 10 ed warriors haste away,
and deemed it sin to greye."
Sir ia blood she has atoned for her eeduy; and now
here Hourning in every house. aud distress and sad
less in every heart Shall she give you any more9
But ought this WA 70 continues 1 answer nO-not
lay, not an hour. What thea Shall we separate
gain answer no. no, no What then And now, sir,
come to the grandest and most solemn problem OF
tatesm anship from the beginning Of times AID to the
rod Of Heaven, liEmner Of hearts and minds, would
lumby appeal for measure, at least, Of light and
wisdom aud strength explore aa5 reveal the dark bat
pos -ible fnture Of this land
Can che Union Of these States be Rsstored7 HOts
Shall It be Done?
And why mott Isit historically impossiblei Sir the
requen evil and conflicts between the States Of
Greece did not prevent their cordial union TO resist the
Persian invasion; did the thirty years Pelopon
lesian springng in part, from the abduction Of
aveg, and embittered and disastrous it was-let
Thueyddes speak-wholly destroy the fellowship Of
hose States The wiie Romans ended the three years
social war after many bloody battles aud much atrocy
by admitting the STATES Of Italy to all the rights and
privileges Of Roman tizenshpthe very object TO Sc
cure which these States had taken up arms. The b0r
der wars between Scotland aud England, running
through centuries did not prevent the hnal uaion in
peace AMI By adjustment Of tae two Kingdoms under
one monarch compramse did at last what ages Of CO
ercioH and attempted conquest had failed TO effect
England kept he crown, while Scotland gave the king