Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-27

| fail anCer It's sway: l5t, no soldier shall iu
time Of peaes, be qaarters5 IL any house with
/ cut the consent Of The owner; nor in time ol
war, but in q manner to be prescribed By Law. p
Now, according to Mr.. Lincoln's lsgic, this
clause, sttesting, as it does, iha UNDERSTANDING
that the citizen was net entitled 10 the same per
feet immunity from arbitrary requisi.ions daring
war Gs in ti2ia Of peace there was TO be one
mode Of law for war and another for peace, and
therefore the Government may daring var mako
what arbitrary regulations lE piozsss, that is
taAs iAf1asr crops OF norEss WitH-u iast sonpea-
salon 2d Ne psTson shall Be held % sn1svsr etc.
except "a eaze7 Arising iu he land naval forces. in
ihe lfia Whe2 iu actual serVcs l aas Of paj-
IL aangs" Here BY necessary iuplicsfisa lhs militia
~ are authorized % take gzsuee Of punisk o
feacas by sDecifsd persons iu time Of publo
danEsr whi-a according 70 TIE logic authorzes
them 70 punish all persona That is a clauss expressly
introduced f9r ths plrposs Of Prsyeuing he military
f.om mai hing body except those engaged ia The
niitary ssgVcs Is Construed 20 give power 10 pulh
! everybody, whether engaged or not This eflsct1a
y runs tls argunsut into abzurdty and there i VIII Be
Mr. Lincoln says that Mr.. vaIandghs was labor
ing vita sos eject 20 the rasnT of troops;
enesa ag9 dssafioRs ron the army and 70 leave th
rebellion without adequate force 20 suppress it, and
furthermore, that If this be true then be in
properly arrested and puliEhed Ws tlis is not true.
Sc far foH it, he In ConEr s. did rot .ts against the
neu and nlsnsy ths President asEed and ssif uor
word the speech for which he was punished 10 pre-
vent tho raising OF triops 90 encourage dster9u
troHl ihs army. IL b. had dozs both s aer. f 70
W'tid Aave come within the uct % C11ars l-h-iug
L
tsiuy wuu have been adequsss'y y ruui.h8d 5y ha
courts 50 tlat- see7rd rs % Er Line1ilf worst
shori1s, there was u0s syn tLs mifrale rretaEt II
pAnilc naca'aiis for BIS punhllsnf 1 tho military IL
ey crcuit1us o. raroeIaation be s1s 20 con
tend taa every speech mad in oppozton 20 the jas
zee ana pocy o. fa1 war l some slight 1eEruz tends
TO discourage oasasns and sncourags dss5fti5u then
% tst extent there s seullalcs of trutl In his af
atl "a o-alr7Tse tnzrs is u1la- Bias such t prs iuce
able inca 8d % the exercise of free speech anI IS all
gsther Of TOO probismatical ana rivaa charaosr 90
Z n T H#aaa rH 4 .rHr frH
that iuostimabla right-a prvara which Chatham.
Burke Fox, and others Illustrated stratus 0g ever.
living eioQusuce whilst frsav and ransatadly deuounc-
iag the against This country during our revolution
as imp2iuc, unjust cruel and uuchrs iz1a privileges
eisad Tor the last huldred au1 fifty yelr dlrnz uost
every war n which England has been su-a-el-a
privilege watch the whole Federal party a and out Of
Congrass, exercised with almost fa-ocous ceu during
the Whsls Of oHr last with EurIand-a pr.EasEa
which &r Linco.u himself iseoupany with very many
other Whgs f7aely exercised duri1g var with Mex
ca II President Polk had arrested him and O thsr
Whig leaders and kept them Imprisoned during tar
var IN punishment for their uss Oh the privsrs be
aud they together with the whole country voud hsge
d-smsa lt gross, tyrAnnisal volsou Of their risdts
as Amer can freemsn
Mr.. Liacoln wishes to make it q damaging point
asainst Mr. Fliandigh 5ecansa De has always been
a7pss5d Of Invasion against the South for
sE1JHgatioa lato submission whether viewed g. iaui-
Or err'F Or ootn u u enc By no means peenir 70 h
bat equally bslosgs 70 g. least Distinguished ab0
Htioa friend Of Mr. Lincoln, and with which he himself
and aa whole Cabinet were equally imoued go late as
April 1901 when Mr. Seward wrote to ministers in
Europe that the Administration hai definitely decided
agaiast tbs policy of such war and that there
ose 10 IL favor New, though &c is undoubtedly per
Hissibe Tor Mr. Ljaesn aud bis Cabinet abiurs and
charge 50 vital policy yet surely g. is equally permits
sio.o for Mr. Falian1 ghsm to adhere % an opinion
which originally identcaiy coincid5d with theirs ]
Such coincidence should az lsast have the eject of
enPtng him from all blsmevorthuess in their sstims
uoH fef this is one Of the specified grounds Of bis
punishment II Is - emphaicsly because &c presents
the only substantial ground of distinction between hlm
and shoe distinguished Abolsonists who With impuni
y have been allowed 10 say and speak than ever
he did in isparsgsment Of the capacity and trusVcr
thiness ot the Admiuistratou1ora 20 bring u Into
ed an and disrepuie.
Notvithstsn5iag this, mr. Lincoln sslsmnly afirms
ths the punishment 1f Mr. VaIaudig CHAN was not at
all because be vas damaging the political prospects o.
the Administration in other words that ais punish
mant was not influenced ~ all by party feeling This
gFaf afaailon and eo1so-a7 10 a- tsoao WHO can give
it s1 croiencs. L Is 90 i1alais here
thai it Is entitled TO th5 fullest credencs, but is
tset 9i great aea tat large part or la ne ION
possibly decided majority Of unsu loving
cuzenF-sFa it ne creience sHlaieyer Certain it Is,
thnt hs great Ds Dsnocraue party believe az tney say
with uHauimity, that the ain fsT his punishment
was bscauss Of bis being Democrat. However ca
lumnious suca an iuputatou nay be- yet Mr. Lncola
tbs ssgactY 20 foreknow fha surh wouI bs tba result
Of his persecution shat such rs1t would be- very dam
aging 20 the AduilstIa ation, vastly than ihs
sReeche5 Of q hundred TuCh mln Every principe ci
Pe1cy every dctafsof coulgu and ur tsucs forbid
reasoa, tie persecution has been ia1-lsa inths coa
ssqlsHce being, thai fTthslsndiag tls many oaisc
tiols g BIS peculiar nofiGns In politics. ana e1nacisy
hs very toois fsEaes 81 % ha ao1s cf stopnhs ne
and oblsinag paaca. the Administration viii make
hs governor of Ohia By he vote Of q very large ma
iouy Of is enlightened, patriotic people. As much ss
sueh hlng Is 70 be deprecated s. h IS u7s Tor us %
asguiss frem ourselves the fci that this disraton
has q1ay IN is power by similar act Of folT, 70
ske hiu4 Presidcst ihst s by his i1csrceFs
ton after hs j. elected 90 prsvsR. bis filing the ONES Of
Governor Whoever viii recolsst me Immense ran /
which the cry Of wilkes and liberty had throughout
al England VII see no,hng oversraned OF faneifu in
this caEiocturs-
ticpated and Improper length bu having said vast has
baau said Ia 90 r Faiiaud shaua views
Of national pslcy, it win no. Do to close It ithoat ae-
cordng 1n some portion o. bis Wellearnsd NEED oi
praise In the saimstaa OF a majority of ths heart
devoted levers Of the Union, Of whom th1 writer claims
% Be enc his loYMty stands pure ana unsoie1i ne la
not merely the sqaz in point of loyalty Of Ar Lin
coin any member Of his Cabinet bat in a the higher
attributes ci an enlightened patriot a Is decidedly hef
perisr Ascordi1g 90 rsuem brancs De has never ia
his sPeaches gives utsrance 10 single aisloYsl
sentiment But his eternal homer ho has sigaazsd
bis patriotism by shivsirc defense n t Constitution
against congressional sad Presidential usurpati1us For
q long time ss6od maafIlly fsrh Ike aasthar Bay
ard almost sing s-handed daing bstts against host in
defense Of civil liberty There few trre patriots
who while they may fsrbear 20 envy cannot 0rbegr TO
adErs The proud position hl has So wei earned for h
In bis reference to the eass Of Gen Jsesson at Or
loans Mr. Lincoln aays Congress thirty years after sp
prsTaa Ais martial lsT and proceedings under r IRIS
is Q mistake. The 6ne refunded not in cousidera-
sf such approval but il despite Of disaPproVa ad
In consideration q bis great public services aad LIS
alleged thsn nssd Of money. His friends In preparls
the rsfuuding bill 20 secure it's pssssgs t1ok special
pains not 70 say Wsrd ia the pTean0ls his ap-
proVa disappreva Of the judge who inflicted the
fne But On the contrary the Judiciary committees Of
both the hsuss and senate made reports in strong con
dannadoa Of the pretended power TO declare martial
law Mr Lincoln ought 90 have remembered 90 state,
that in addition TO tha decisions 90 the
effect Of the district court Of che United states aud
of the appellate court Of LouiIau she very caurt mar
tal that jackson selected 20 try Llualsr uaanimousy
decided IN the sans sy and shat they had no jnfsic
ton 70 try persoa not engaged IN the military service
Mf- Lincoln says. .uor DO anT one quaFtt7n that
the consituti1 1usl safeguards wi after the rebslion
stand the test' for much longer than they have yet
done. Th.s Is q terrible misnka The very reverse Of
the proposition Is nearer the truth. There very
do not qHsstion uho do not I've IN awful apgrahen
si5n q tho bear Wte1 our enorm rs army shall be
called upon g dsband. There no worse moral trea-
than the adFoa 90 lst che Ooasut5n sleep during
tha war under tbs chimerical belief that r Til awake
in full Tigar after psses Such si9ep 5 ona thsi F
the resurreefsH to sew l5 q hs Co1siitu i7n 81 re-
public, sftsr has suee been frsnplsd out By military
power
Tbo fathers warned Us tast military dsspol Was ts
PROBABLE f not recas By rll ot 81 3l2 eal a' %
nou seing en- E siens from aa l-tiou Of tl7 reani
great mass meeting ia Lia1is t-s- The people Ea-o
teE1a fls alarm tnl ere -f.ae-F e.a-a -
of and in av1 dance ct tbs ara other e.E-la %
1orties ~ b much to b8 feared tAat tha splii lu
the N5rth causad By SIR Luc0.ns improper measuras T
viii precipisss ilto ca improvident aad improper
pesos.
Persons sent Nsrth.
Tho Sc. Loais Republican pabisass list Of seven !
kindred snd eight prisoners captured By Grant st Port
Gibson and Grand Gulf and sent tho prison ct Alton
Illinois. From the roll We CLEAN the following namss.