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

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were about to assume. As q metter Of history,
the letter of John Tyler viii be read with inter
est and we feel regret thas its distinguished
author could not have been spared 70 sec the end
/ Of a contests the pToEreEs of which le has so
fsithfully pictured We thank Coloael Chan
hers who is now residing among Us, for the use
of the original manuscript which We noE pre-
sent to our readers The predictions Of the
author, IS to Kentucky. have been fully verified,
and we ere forced 10 acknowledge the fact, more
ia soTrow than il anger.
Leiier Of tEs Late Ez-President Tgler.
SHERw0oD FoREsr May %, 1861
NY DEaR SIR Your very Interesting letter
Of the 18th inst reached me by our last maiL
trust that this may find its way TO Louisville,
before all communications shall have ceased.
You are aware that new postal arrangements
hsve been adopted By the government 81 Mont
qonery, to % into effect on The lEt june What
arrangements win be made il any, by the North
ernC0niederaey, remains to be seen infer rom
ths past, however that its people are so inclined
= 5riak Of the blood of Soutbarn hearts that
nothing short Of that meal Of CanG5sls. viii cen
tent the.r appe.ies we'll be It so, if nothing
short OF il viii answer. Vrginia exposes her
self to the sacrifice, sBd the North gathers on
her soil 20 The expected feast. At such time
IS this end in such g crisis, when thousands Of
bayonets are aimed OF her heart. Virginia
cannot but deeply deplors the position Of her
Oldest daughter, so closely united to her By /
kindred blood; which. in other days, has
caused her loudly 70 rejoice in the evorgrcens |
gathered on SO many battie-6elds, BY her gal 1
liant offspring. Why, there is scarcely e family 4
named throughout Kentucky, that has not its /
origin in Virginia. and yet there Kentucky /
stands proclaiming neutrality, ia the war ROW
about commencing in serious earnest. & war I
TOO, whosa trae origin is found in c1nsnued as
saults on the domestic Institutions Of siavs-hold-
ing States, through period Of thirty years, and
has eliminated in sectioDaism, engendsred By
hatred and ili-wili; war which sets al uought
the great foundation principle of the r5Tolations
which, as all had hoped, had sanetiied and estab-
lishs5 as political axiom, the right of any com
raRnity Of people TO change their government
whenever It ceased to promoAe their peace, their
hsppiBess and security IL psrson and property
a war which has been proclaimed by blockade
and now Dy invasion, without constitutional
sanction, bat in c0ntemps of sn express clause Of
the Constitution, which gives 10 Congres the var
making power. A wsr ofusuTpston, and which
has already converted the government into q
military despotism L is in such a war, that
existence, Keatueky proelsims her neutrality,
and folds her arms in apparently listless indit-
fefeuce. When was il before that she regarded
with apathy the battle which was about to be
Ought between the cppressOr and the oppressed
She does not ignors her separate State SOW
5reigRty, it is true, by the position She
nay, TO proclaim neutrality is
quite as high an set Of sovereign power,
IS 70 proclaim secession Under what
1ther pretezt can che assume the attitude :
Il an ermed or unsrmed neutral, shan that of
ier entire sovereigntyl Not a partial posses
ion of power, but full and complete iRves.i-
ure, which sewers all coupaets with other =
States, releases her fron sli duties and oblga-
ions to he old Union, and makes her one Of
he nations Of the earth, resting entirely upon )
Ter 0wH resources. SHeh, since the declaration
f her Legislature is Kentucky at this moment Z
T required by the Northern States to furnsh :
ler quota Of troops, she answers as Gn inperisl
o7ereign, 40, We are usutTa and be- e
ng neutTal, we win not only not ffTu- \
sh tTo Ds but 60 further, and deelore q
hat neither the troops of tho North oT the South &
hall psss through ouT territory. Mr Lincoln, :;
hould lie find occasion, viii langh "a scorn her i
eaFalay, a5 he he's deae that Of the patient and
ubmLssiTe governor, not people, of Maryland i
'he weslthy propTietors Of Louisville, VINO may {.
agaTd the security OF their town property as OF !
vast deal more importance than the homer and u
ignity Of Kentucky, vii soon rsl5ico in the CO
upaney Of this city by Mr. Lineolns troops,
ud Frankf3rt be used after the sane manner as
annapolis, the proud old capital Of Mssylsnd.
Many Kentuekians end many Msry landers
ave broken tie bands, the wiliow-wyths, in I
7hich their free limbs were bound, and are stand
ag on the rsmparts offreodoHi foT its protection I
'hose noble spirits have desired to encounter all
be hazards and risks of the fsry contacts which .
1e approaching To these al praise and honor
due; their names viii be enrolled in the capitol 7
nd i've immortal IN story. Virginia will con !, 4
scrsts them, by wearing them in her inrn05t I
cart, let their States do what they may. :
Thanking you again for your letter, am, my I /
ear sir, most truly, etc, JOHN TYLER