Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-28

law Of the laad AAd shall the citizen any
mare be arrested by an armed ssl5iery st mid
night, dragged ffsm Wifs aad child and hons 70 a
military prison; thence ts lasck military trial:
! thence condemned, and then baaished ss 8 feloa
FOR the exercise sf his rights7 This is the issus.
/ and nobly yer have net It. l. is tho very uaeE-
I tion Of frse pspslar g0vsrnEaent itself l. is
/ the whole qusstieE; Gpea the one side liberty,
On the other 5ssBStism. The President, a5 tie
recognized head Of his party, accepts tire issue.
Whatever hs wills, tia. is law. Consultations,
STATE ase Federal, aes nething; acts Of isgisla-
tisR nohiag; the judiciary less than n7ihing- Ia
tilas of war tasrs is hHs one viii ssBrem Ibis
Will; bat ems law-niltary necessity, AID he the
sole jHage. Miliiagy orders sUpeTcsds the Coz
| stitUlsn, and military eOmmissioss usarB the
place Of tke ordinary courts Of justice ia the
aud. Nor are these mere idle claims. For TIVE
years sB9 more, by arms, they have been ea-
/ forc5d Il was the mjssila Of the weak but
prssumptuoUs BarRsiae-s nsrne Infamous
forever in the ears Of all levers Of
constitutional f5s-ty-t9 try TIE sxpsri-
msnt in Ohio-ai5e3 by q iHdgs whom
1 usms net, bseauss hs has broBght fsul dis
hoaor upon the Judiciary ef my csuatry. In
your hands rev, msR sf Ohio, Is the fusl issue
Of the experiment. Tse party Of the Admins
tratisn have sccsslod it. BY pis3Eing su=psrt
TO the Prssideat, they have justified his outragss
uPoa liberty and the Csnstitati8B; asd whoever
gives his vote to the candidates Of taat party,
commits himsol % every act Of violence sad
wrong sn pa-t Of ths Administration which he
6phOlas; ard tbus, by tho law OF retaliation
which is .he law OF night, would forfeit h.s ow1
night 70 berry, personal and Political, whsaso
ever osler nen and another party shall h3.d !55
power. Much more Dc the candidates them
selves Suffer them not, satrsat you, 70 evajs
the issue; sEd BY the judgment ef the people
we win abide.
Aad now, fzally, let me ask what is tie prs-
text Tor al tks paenstr8Us acts sRd claim Of az
bitrary power which yea bsvs Sc nsbly de-
nosHcas Military Eeesssity.' Bat if, ia
deed, all thess be demanded By ailitsry nocss-
slty, thsn, beiisYe ne, year liberties are gone,
aad tyranny is perpetual Fsrif this civil var
IS to terminals eHly By the suhj sgsti0s CT sab
mission Of the South to force and arms, tbs in
faEt OF to day viii net live to see the end si t.
N5i in another way ouiy car it be brought 70
close. Travelling tdsusaEd miles and mere,
thrsugh nearly one-hslf Of the Csnfs5e-ats
States, AID ssjlufaing fer a TINA at widely
different points, nlel not ere msu, wsmza
er child WIS were E0t resolved t. perish Z
rather than yield to ths pressure Of arms,
even N the NEST desperate extremity. Ard
whatever may aH3 nust Be ths varying foTtaas
Of he wsr, il sB whicI I recognize the hsHd Of
Providence pointing Visjbly to the ulimats issue
AasJiea, tasy sro better prepared nos every
way 10 make good thair iasIoTabls purpose tAss |
at any porisd siGcs sbs beginning Of the stTag |
gle. Fasss nay, indeed, &c unwele5ms truths; |
bat theT are addressed only to candid aud hsH- 4.
eat Hsa. Neither, however, lsl me ada, 5il I 4
meet any 0Rs, wbstsyeT bis opinion or his s,s- I
lion, political or private, who did not dacars his |
realIuess, vixen he var shaI have closed and I
invading armies ssen aiIhirawn, g consider /
& Ffra .E b-
shall doubt the issue sf the srgunsat
return thTefsrs, With my s0injoas AID con- |
victions as 20 war sr peses sad ny faith gs ts 1
final results ftosa seua3 policy aa1 wise states
ns1ship, not only Uuehssged, 5u- csRGraei /
aud strengthened And zsy the God Of hssysH I
and earth 50 rgde ths hsaTts aad aihds Of Amer /
igags e9srYwb1Ts, taa5 Wiss a NsBstiiuli0u I
maintained, UHi9n rsstszsd, aud lsaTly hence |
isE-H Hsde ssclfc, ETaRdsr sad noblsr destiny /
AssI yet bs olrs, tAga that eVsa wEieh blessed I
0UI fathers il Tie drst sWo ages Of shs republic.
O. L. VALIANDTGEAN