Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-19

February Il. 1865
FpIroRs APpeaLs u an editorial IN your paper of
ne ish nit in poasing he recent action Of the Ken
tnehy 4avisisture ia Messing resolution f~oybideing tne
treoos Of shat stats 10 enforce Lineolas Emancipation
nroelsaatoa you remark hope Missouri Hary
land ana Delaware, viii follow her example" Asa
Hlssourian we beg lsavste say, we thipk this remark
indicates a mlsapprehonsioa Of the present condition AID
stuationof the people Of that State.
list. The present bogus Legislature Of Missouri no
more represents the sentiments Of the people Of that
ststs. than does the representation to the Federal Con-
rrsss. recently elected from Memphis, represent IKE
sentiments Of he people Of that cityi nor do the mem
b-ry OF inst bogus Tlegislature any more constitute a
legal legislative body Of hist State. han Is the repre-
sentative elect from Memphis legal representative OF
sat city in to United States Congress. The present
bogus Legislature Of Missouri is the offspring Of q
f~rsudaient election, eonductes and controlled as Lin.
coin conducts all Of his constitutional q measures. q q
srmis. This Legislature is composed Of two classes Of
politicians. which even the c9wardly ST. Louis Repaah.
saa. il lis issue 81 the s2i Of January, 1853, had the
boldness to eharaoisriss as the c~leybsnks sud he
charooals." Ths one class IS eampoasd Of men who are
and always have beea Abol1ionists. tho other Of men
who cannot be n 6 properly designated, than by the
nbrsse aBorder State Union men, which means hose
who. though really Southern, did they not imagine it
tileir interest to be otherwise, are base enough to sac
risse sn honor and principle, and betrsy to hlreiings
the soil that entombs the dust OF their ancestors, for q
consideration and political preferment Such are the
men that compose that Legislature, and they have no
interest whatever in the State Of Missouri, except t5
amn f.. when this body was elected not less than
thirty 10 forty thou ard Federal troops were, and are
now. scattered throughout the State, g1gisoning every
town and village with a regiment or detachment O.
troops. and guarding every railroad, county road ad
I cross roads, and surrounding every voting precinct to
enforce the order " that ne man should vote who he'd
NOT taken the Federal OATH Southern saen, Of course
could ouly stay Ct home and refuse to vote. For men
unorEanized and unarued, cannot resist an army or
esnized and equipped As a matter Of course, the
traitors 10 Missoud and Southern rights, who were 50
base as to take that oath, elected body Of men as
black as Lincoln. Therefore that Legislature VIII never
pass any enactments other than viii please their master
Abraham. But ne do beg leave to claim thsti it is doing
the people Of Missouri great injustice to entertain an
opinion unfayorabl4 to their loyalty to the South
whether that Legislature does or does not follow tn,
/ example Of the Legislature Of Kentucky, or by any
! thing that body may or may not DO. The Legislature
Of Kentucky, FIVE mistake not, was elected by an IA
tramelled vote q the people Of that State.
The last Leg stature of Missouri which was electeC {
by a free vote Of the people, passed, a year since, an or
dinanee uniting the fortunes Of that State with TIN
Southern Coufeaeracy, and the majority Of The mem
hers Of that body are now ] The service OF the Confed
sraey. The people Of Mis- ri cannot now give expires
SIGN to their sentiments. All that the people Of IL
cotton states have a right to expect now Of the State o
Missouri, is hat every young man of the State vii
attempt. at least. 10 run he gaantlet Of Federal cavalry
scouts and pieke.s, and make his way TO our army
have reason to know, as I was II Missouri IN septembe
las. that large numbers Of young men we're attempting
to make their way 10 our army in Arkansas, during tn
fsL Your most o~bedient
% MISSOURI CAVALRY.