Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-03
EVENING EDITION.
ATLANTA GA
TUESDAY EVENING, NAY 8, 1854.



STATE RIGHTS In TEzG NORTH.
We observe that many OF the Democratic
journals OF the North are earnestly aad sbly
battling for the doctrine of Stste rights and the
principles of our fathers. The right Of seess-
eion is advocated as the true doctrine, and, if
we mistake not, the Democracy Of Ohio have
embodied in their platform the principles en-
braesd in the Kentucky and Virginia resolu-
lions Of '9s and 80. These ere wholesome
signs, ana convince Us more and more that the
true and ultimate solution CT orr difficulties
with the North viii be found IN the assertion
and maintenance Of tie doctrine Of State sovs-
Tsiguty and Stats indsPsnisncs. Ths keynote
has been struck in Georgia, and lis reveFbera-
fions are already heard in tbs North.
Il may take time to educate the people Of the.
North up to the point when action upon these
principles can be made effective, bat they are
50 plain and simple that the dullest pupil
cannot fsil ultimately 10 undsTEtand their eff
cisEcy, meaning and import In esses of con
Aict between the General and State Govern
ments, there being no eomnon aIbitsr, the
State is necessarily the jsdge of the infractiOu
Of the Constitution a. well as of the mode and
measure Of redress. This is the plain and
simple doctrine taught By the resolutions above
alluded 70, and when this doctrine shall be
once fully recognized by the people Of the
EofSh, IS it ons day viii be, the South will be
placed in the right. In the &C: Of secession the
Southern States only took upon themselves the
right to judge Of the mode snd Measure of re-
dress for wrongs present and prospective. In
stead Of EevolationiEiHg the Government while
claiming to remsin in the Union, they chose
rather to exercise the indisputsbls right of Sc
c~ession, ssvsr;ng their connection with tie
UniOn hut leaving the Government intact.
This was the prudent and rightful mode Of
escape from evils both present snd anticipated,
and Plsosd those who attempted to exercise,
not the right but the power Of coercion, in the
wrong. Three years Of war and three years of
persistent effort to make this power effective,
have had 8 wonderful influence in opening the
eyes Of the Northern people. They ere 81 a.
oEOe thrown back upon first principles IS the
best safeguard Of liberty. They can now see
nothing bet tyranny snd despotsm in ths swcTd,
and We firmly believe the day Is not distant
when Ohio viii sAsks hands with Georgia or
the sveT living doctrine and principle OF State
sovereignty. Not that they win exist together
in The sans confederation, bat It's! 8 common
fsiih, doctrine and belief, Will imbus tie people
of both sections, even e. our fathers were in-
bUei With 4 common fai;h and doctrine IL the
es-lisr periods Of cur old republic.
As remarked sb9vs, it is This return to and
recognition Of FIST principles thss must uli-
mstsly solve the difficulties now existing be-
tween The North and sou.h. The sEold, of
course, h1g lie WoIk 20 perform, but the pTops-
gaton Of coTrsci principle viii gradually soften
the ssPsriiiss Of wsr, and peace viii ultimately
Epfi3g up IS the necessary product. The
growth may be slow, bat the harvest is certain.
List rs remember tbss the Northern people,
Ike ourselves, were born under the tee Of lib
erty, snd have grown Up beneath It's shade,
and although dominated over fcT the time BIZ a
Epint Of Wild fknsiisism, they viii speedily re-
turn t. The haven Of truth, right and Justice,
when hey discover IS they are ncw beginning
- 04~eN~f ~ WGAa LALEo4LS sAAGAAElatc5 tAi1
fsostcisn IS hastening them. BY continued
adherence % The Federal Government, ca tie
one hsnd, they see nothing bat tyranny and
despotsm; Wills on tbs other, By q recurrence
to the doctrine Of State sovereignty, they see
liberty and Independence, ard cur conviction is
thst the dsy is no. distant when the great North
west viii put in exercise the right Of secession,
follow the exsmpls Of the South, and sever her
connection with Whist vas oncs the old Union,
but which is nov the LIECoLs despodsm. Al
ter the angry passions eDgezdsFso By he war
shall have blown over, ard reason left free to
combat eroT, the Northwestern men viii find
themselves in no better condition to submit 70
ty~TLnniesl rule than are the Southern people.
But lei the result be what It may, it is At
lessi 4 wholesome and cheering Hign to see SO
many Of he Northern journals so ably and
earnestly appealing to the ims-honored doctrine
Of SAte rights and State sovereignty as the
rule Of faith and oveTasnes. L at least shows
that good msy come out Of Nazareth" and
thE; the people Of the North are not wholly lost
to svsTy sense Of their rights under the Conssi-
tutisn, bat are dstsTminsd 70 keep alive In their
minds 3 correct undertaking Of the prinei-
pies AID theory upon which the Government
was originally based.