Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-28

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which Is admssibls under the rules the present
dition Of the House but for what 1 may say and ID
position shall occupy upon this floor and before th
country alone will be responsible, and Ia the iuds
pendenee Of representative Of the people inter
TO proclaim the deliberate convictions of nv fuaTsu
in this fearful the countryss peril Ana now
Mr. Chairman, a. in committee Of he whole OF
Union to dsyS
The IsGHSaratiO1 of the Wsy.
A little over three years ago, the present occupant
the presidential mansion a. the other end Of the ave
nue. came into this city under of night dsgRset
ia plaid cloak and Scotch cap lest as feared b.
his friends be might have received greeting
than would have been agreeable his way through
Baltimore at the hands Of the constituents Of the hon
orabe gentleman from Mary land (Ar. Dsvls) On thu
4ih Of March be was insusurAed, and In his address
deprecated civil war using that ever 70 be memorab'
language Suppose you 20 war, you cannot fight al
ways, and when, after much loss both Sides s1d
gsn on either you cease ghng the identical old qaes
tions As tn terms Of intercourse sgsin upon you
Seven States had 70 that time seeded from the I'm
| ion. All believed that the would be avertsd Al
The conclusion OF the address the lamentsd Douglas
who had closely watched every word a. Il escaped from
the lips Of ths President turned to a friend and with
tears his Thanked God that after All the eec
ton Of Abraham Lincoln ouid not Involve the na.iou
in war" 4 secret meeting Of the Governors Of snam
ber Of States uss SOON after held in city Aschsms
was devised and vessel under pretenss Of fur.
For; Sumter.
| On arriving in Charleston hsrbor the pso.
| pie OF that city fired upon the fort The
telegraph bore the to this city, and on the
/ first mention to the President, he exclaimed
! knew they would dot, which TO nv mind Is cen
eusve that il Intended expressly for that purpose
Seventy-fve thousand were immedstsv lied for
war was inaugurated, twenty days given the
surgents 10 lay down their arms a0dtana i've hrn-
dfed thousand soon called for hOstiliiiss com
mesced. The rebellion to be crushed insds Of
sixty days more troops called, the Union was to
be Tosto ed with all the rights equality AID dignity
the States uAimpArsd. No man permitsd 10 ques
i9n, for momcnt the right Of the Government to co
tas state baok into the Unisn To doubt the right
question he speedy suppression Of the rebellion and
restoration OF the Union, was TO be denounced as
traitsr to the government and sympAihlzer wi b the
South Thua, sir, the insugurRtsd The first
year passed away the second and paGssd in like
manner, Of he the third
Holo Nolo StGEas the Rarf
And now, sir let me again inquire how stands the
Union to-day The brief period OF three short years
hiss produced fearful change in this free happy and
prosperous Governmsnt free In its restraints upoa
persOnsi liberty gentle in its demands upon tie
of the people, that the celebrated Humboldt
Europe, sad The American people have q Govern.
ment which yeu can neither see nor feel" So different
is row, and so great the change, that the inquiry
might well be made to-day not in OOnst
in ST. Petersburg ia Vienna, in Rome, in Paris? B
liary governors Anq 'hslr provsit msrshas override
the laws and the echo Of the armed heel rings forth
clearly now in America as In France IN Austria and
the President sits todsy guarded by armed soidisry,
stationed at every approach leading the Executive
mansion. So far from crushing the rebellion in sixty
days, three years have already passed away and from
the day which the ooahiet began up to the present
yond the sound Of their guns The dome of the Gap
itol In which assembled
The Prospect NOlS.
The city Of Washington Is todsy as it has been FOR
three years guarded by Federal troops il all the forts
and forthestonE with which Is s surrounded 10 prsyent
attack from the enemy and as an evidence of the
6espondeucY OF the Administration and The unsuecsssfu
opening Of the spring campaign Of the fourth year In
the progress Of the war the Morning Croniele Of this
city the Presidents organ, in editorial few morn
iDgs since said: Charleston has been taken Lee
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psdion was failure; ths Sherman expedition has not
been success and the rebels have everywhere shown
more yigor than they were supposed to eossess" Al
though the same pEpe and others In support q the
Administration. have told the country from time to time
during the past winter that the rebellion crushed
ana avery deed that the Confsderatss were de-
ssrng IN whole Kiments time, coming within our
lines taking the oath, and describing the o horrible
suffering and decentralization from want of food cloth
ing III rsstmsnt, yet az the very tims the people
have been deceived and mslsd from day day. The
President calls for 10000 troops, and in few
weeks follows II with additional call for 100000
more. making 100 600 since the first Of January,
2500O0J since the commencement Of the war out
Of he 500 900 who voted inths aoeAiled loyal States
at the last presidential election, when IS 600 militia
were 70 end il in twenty, or at most sixty days.
WAO ara ths Party lsh0 Encourage aHd ars Re-
SBOHStble for The WaT--tks &" Peace" Mr. Lin
coin Proposes to The South.
MR. CHAIRMAN: have thus made a very brief state
msnt Of facts to the condition Of the Union to day
and for doing which have doubt the usual charge
Of encouragement for the rebels the CATION
Of the war, the rebels aided by their friends on
this floor and the like charges will be repssted again
by gentlemen the opposite side Of the house and
~ have heard such charges repeatedly during the
past four months say now, and here, that the real
friends of the CcnfedeEstesthose who give them aid
and encouragement and enable thsm to carry on the
the opposite side OF the house and In he
control Of she Government Your conhscation reGolG-
voted for and passed by the friends Of the Admin
isiraon by which you propose to thrust your hands
into the eon Of the deosss father and take all he NAV
have left his death his widow and innocent and
chf mi ftv
men TO the Confederate army.
The order issued by the President Gen Saxtou dl.
vdng up and PRreeing out tbs State of South Carolina
am ng the groes aud enlerprisDg Yankees Of Mas
saehuseits, gives courage energy and enthusiasm
the now in arms in the Confederate states. The
order Of the President 70 his military commanders 10
Louisiana and ArkAusss and the order In pursu
thereof by Gen. Banks to the people Of Louis
ianGin which. by single dash Of his pen, he strikes
out Of existence the Constitution and organic law Of
ths ate, and by virtue Of the power vested in him as
Insior general proceeds 70 call and hold an election
and insugarats State officers, aud set up State Gov
ernment-snd the legislation cOnsUmmated and pro-
po by Co gress and spesches made upon this floor
in support Of radczsmi IL strengthening the Copfed
ersey and Droionging the war Herein, sir, Is where
they find Rtrenstb; the friends Of The Oonfederaey
in the Nor.h the sdcsl Aboiihonists and the rad
sal press soadng on the Pfesident 10 issue procsmA
lions aud military orders which provide food rsisat
ztrength and support for the CoRfederAeyc
II Mr. Lincoln had made gift Of raillions OF green
backs Jefferson Davis TO be used bounty money
recruiting the Confederate army, he could not have
dOae better service 10 the Cause OF the South
than be has done by this silly, absurd and InsuIt
Ing amnesty proclamation, and mis- equally absurd
tempt create Sta governments By dictatorfsl pow
er He has in effect said the Southern peoples You
shall return TO the Union except under such local
governments snd my military officers dictate" gnd
with the aid Of bis friends Congress he is enabled to
add, " In the event Of your submIsion and return,
your estates shsl be eonsCa aed, your property per-
sonsl and real shall be taken from you; your children
shall be dnhsried and left homeless and Penniless TO
stRrve under the and hatred Of Northern faDa
Tics; your lands and manor houses shall be psrceled
among rstaRsrs the negro (Freedmen) and the
cha NafHa 1nrnNa AZ NVrnu arfk
you--beggars and casts-sbal be forbidden repre-
Ssntasion IN our national eoune and be shut out for
ever from offices OF trust and honor"
Such the language Ia which Mr.. Lincoln and this
Congress- and the preceding Coress have spoken and
are speaking 10 the people Of the South Ard now,
s with such prospect before them as the sequel OF
submission, outawry, disfrsnehisement social moral
and political degradation, penury for themselves and
their children, deereed as their portion will they throw
down their arns aud submit to the terms7 Who shall
believe that the free, proud American blood which
with qaick pusRons through their veins %
our own will not be Spilled to the last drop 10 resist
sncef This is the source sir, from whence comes en-
COursgement strength support and sustensuee for the
herein lies the secret OF the unity o thsr
action The prOongiion Of the contest and the oespera
Of the conflict, produced not by anything said, or
measures proposed by gentlemen upon this SIDE Of he
house. By any proposed policy adyocated
bv The Democratic arty bus BY the acts Of the gentle
men who make the charges snd the President and his
military commanders who Issue the proclamation aud
military orders
Can Var Restore. tks URios?
Mr. Ch&1rmRnt nave 0eeLne1 II proper tAua % ~
vert to the charges OF encouragement 10 ths Oonsde-
rates repeatedly made upon his floor and again re-
cur the consideration Of the Union Can the Union
be restored by war; l answer most uuhesiiaTingiy
and deliberately, no, HeUer war is final and seTdt
separation" Ny first and highest ground Of oPPos-
lion 10 its further prosecution Is that is is wrong; IL
is in violation Of the ConstituEion ana Of the funda
mental principles which the Federal Union was
founded. Ny second objection Is that policy Il Is
not reeonEtruetive, but destructive, and will II con-
tInued res7lt speedily In the destruction Of the Gov
and the loss Of civil liberty both North ADd
South, and 1t ought therefore, flmsdiately cease
RhGt tAs Var has Taught
Three yesrs experiences in attempting by numerical
prepOndeFsnee and military proWess of section ex
erted 20 the other into has convinced
thoroughly that Il Is ss sefoontrRdietory es
Il Is rEdetory because Is violates me
Craat nrinefpleE OF free gOyernmant which derive