Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-09


eas 70 be accomplished. Hs wished 10 hayl
7 those characters ont Of the countIy who cam
0 fruz the North, snd who refused to fRh. for "a
but maintained HE foTf1sF proposition, that j
was contrary to intsmEtioHsl laF TO forea thafz
in ihs arIaF. he had beard for the first tine
irem the gentleman rom Teansssee-ghas eiti
5 zeuS Of Lsaisiapa had been forced into ths
j United states service. Il WAS strange pisel
OF information, sihee usiihsr himself nor any ol
, ms eolisaglcs from Louisiana hsd ever heard Of
, il bafoye
Mr. Foote said that those cisizsus 10 ahom be
J bad sicded hsd boon subjsci6d 20 ghe tests
J test which either made thera ciFzsns Of tas
3 United States Or drove then from the csuu:rv.
BET not Only were they driving eiiizsns iIt5
theiT service, bat WeTe eonscfibing theIr glsves
y Withoa' tia shsdeH Of The formuIz Of sn oath
. Mg. Conrad ssid that the question wss, hgvo
they forced Ositeder.te citizens iHfo fhaT aruny4
Ia thsir msssy aeis Of unezsus9lsd fyTaanT,
ieeE had done Oeua act - thif ncs rom any
tegsf4 g Tia rights of the cisiz sla, bal GA an
oveEs hadowiSe regard for the law 0f ne s.ioBs.
de believed that every o.iEsn of Harvianf in
cur midst sh5uiG b willing 70 fghi foT Hsi but
stus 81 = TEs : b-atoTcsi ard isazl fact that
Asyisal Was ono Of The Uoitsd Sialss, aRd
stefs'oTe ocmss directly undsr the DroVisisns Of
tits cot A bill wss asssed lsst 60 5ion sreiud-
tny hsyisndeTs t1K The eous Tiplioa. TINS
biA pas b = on me same footing as the CHI
zens ef Massachusetts. No Atrghzrn raeu
shQDl8 Be csEE1cfrs as resi3eufs srsenz ns
HuuGTods G. nea b1fR IN The II fgharn S:ssss
TU.s is our sTIi.i=s eEd hai d5ns gallant eervicc
II there were auY now aEong Hs Eos ia tbs
army, they Should be irsgtea ss GoufsGa-sta
Citzsns o. 80 aiisH ensuiss. AID 10 1yosil5,
therefore, suggest tbss the WeT5s, "si men
claiming 20 be cit zsrs Of sry Of The Nortbern
) S.strs' sie., be stricken cut snd tho clauze
ISL Llsn bern Ia Gay Of ths NoT.heTn SAFES or
/ Territories who shE4i bs in shs Confederate
States OK and after tbs -lss Gay Of Nay next
I Ehsli bs presumed q haze elected 10 Hsve b.
come citizens Of tbs CaniederA,e Sla.es, and
sEsll be liable ts1hs Same obligations as other
I eii sens"
Mr. Vessssid that ihs question involved IL
! this bill YVES NOT in regard to tho ststas Of any
district OF LsuisiAHS * &issour; but was
( wbsiher msn wig hsYs fad from tbe Liueolz
draft arc 70 Be permitted 70 .ako Tefaso IL this
! CjEtedeTEcy, 10 cat Bp evcrylhing and do ngth-
/ lug for the cause Ikesa men sre called rcfu-
gees, who have eoRsrdiy fed their hemes to es-
cspa hghhDg en- 5ither side. Weye 8e TO be
told that this ConiederseY was 30 be a haven Of
Tsfuge for every cowaEdly skulksri Were ge
70 permit suoh men 10 coT3e here snd dcbber-
stey contribute to o1f stsgEali0n, in order thst
they night save themselves from ths perils OF
wsTl ThoTo were in this city, be had under
stood, from twenty-five hundred 10 thres fhOu- I
sand exsmpliona granted TO 8aITlGnders. We !
hear "Msrylsnd, my Maryland" with "tbe /
torch upon her temple doors" aDd all that sung /
about town, and no sooner dcss q man from /
Maryland come here than he oniefs into every /
SOFT of speculation, and leaves his Maryland" /
to Do Teseasd IRON the "dsspots heal" By Con- I
federats valoF; while Keatoekiens sn5 Missouri. |
aus, s,Withths marks Of Northern degradation upon /
then emaeised limbs 20 sooner got hage than they
are seized BY the coDBeript efhcers and penasd i
up, 70 Be sent II without ceremony to ths field /
Of battle,
de was called uPan recently to aid some Of
tts gGlaut KsRtUckisns who had lust arrived I
by asg Of tTuea and whs we're seized By the
conscript <f6 sers in this maB1or. Many Of
them bore upon their wrists the marks Of hand
ouffs they hsd Eorn in G0rthegn prisons On
the same steamer came bali q dsz5n finely
dressed individuals from Baltimore, VINO stopped
as ona Of the bsst hotels, and alter dinner CON-
foFtsbly laid back, and picking thsiT teeth pat
r,1liesily avsIrsd that The South Woald GER
tsinly succeed, - 'ihe South must suceesd," and
similar encouraging declarations but they took
care not 10 Csms forward and prefer their aid
to that success. As g representative Of Aiss0s-
Iisrs. q. h0ne and in tho 6sld, he eould say,
"Ws have proven oW z-El, and WORid ask,
have they proven tbsirs Ho desired to say to
thsm that il thsy cone here at all, it muss BE- 20
Work, and not 20 cal only. We want no dead
heads with Us. The objections to he bill he did
uet dsem sufficient Its application was very 4
plain, and the phTsseoiogy was quite good
enough.
Mr Miles said that it had been the inYarisble
practice Of this government 20 observe with
serupulous nicely the laws of nations, bat tho
ensmy's contempt for eli laws, lceal and inter-
national, rendered it proper that we should ad-
vance our regsiiation With his measures pari
pGssR. Why should we kold up fer ouIsslves
I ho international Law, when tue outrEges OF the
enemy every dsy showed thsir eonteDps for il
Within the past few weeks ne have had eYi-
denes OF z most iRhumAD bAIbsTIty, inflicted ia
Eastern North Carolina By the snsBy, upon
two ladies, who were seized and even tied, sBd 1
carried away to p1ison in Norfolk, to be held Is
hostages fef 3 negro who had been captured By
our troops They hsYs slso taken our citizens,
burned their homes, driven them cat Of their
lines, TO seek sympathy and protection in our
midst.
Mr. grnitk. Of North Csrolina, here, By sbe /
courtesy OF the gentleman from South CaroliRa,
esys q detailed account OF tts outrage upon the
ladies' absvo siiCded 70, and, also upon seycFsl
reRtzuau residing in tho ssTuo ssction. Tie
account hss bsea published ln he city papers /
Mr Chsmbllss. Of Virginia, asked tho geHile-
man whether the peopls iB lhas secuon of North
Carolina hsd not spPsalsd 30 Gov. Vance TO
vithdj sW ihs COpiedefats troops iToa their
midst.
M. Smith said Re di3 not knew Of any sach
appeSl, but had heHd ihat, being guerriliAs,
these troops weIs being ssithdiawn. 80 rs 20 DO
Termed iuto regimenE Of Tegul1:s, and he had
also heped thst measures were put on foot, by
sens of ths citizens 20 obtain their witadTswhl
70 hsl tbey Elighs be protected against t5s ffe-
auent ineursieTs aad hosni.y Of tho enemy.
Mr. Chiffon, OF GssIgS, PTogOsed a sUbsti
suis, TO the efaes that al resid,nls, on and after
the izs ef FobTusry next, between tho ages Of
eiph cen snd fp-ty fse-ysaEg, sbnh be liable to
ssTvics in tbe gsmY OF the ConlsdsTste States,
aogvsiths iandiYg suY clam they may pus mp oi
ncn-Tesi1sEcs or Gliensge, provided that lhis
shall No. repeal any existing exemption law,
and the President may Bxemp;," eic
DIR Miles resumed ais Teliafks IN reislion 70
the eourss af the suemy, and said that the
United States had 20 hsbiiuslly and peTslsieRtiy
INDUCED in these ouiragss thst Il would be iEE-
tiEabie in us TO retallate, sRd be thought Is
should be laid down as . maxim ia the law of
nstions, Wbero one bsiiigerent ignoTss sll laws,
his course would relieve the other irom al Obh
CATION under IT, W6 bad sndesYOrsd, from ihe
start, 10 shsW 70 ioreign powers that We desired
TO pursue, and did pursue course IN compiete
sceordspee wish the laW Of nations bat after
al whst a6vahsSgs have We gained BY it HEYe
ioregs nations shown any disposition 10 spprs-
eiate arrFthiag we have done. or may do, which
eyinesd regard for humsRiiy OF morality
Everybody remembers the auplciiy with
which England hss acted toward rs, Wills other
hfss class powers have entirely ignored eur ex
issenee. The Northern Government forces the
cath Of Gllegisncs upon our aniorEuDste soldiers
in their hands, at ihs p0iRs Of the bsyqnei or
upon the Posr wretch shivering in = dungeon.
Wherever that cath has been taken by Con-
federste, il has been wIUng from hin With stET-
vaiion or the damp daEgeon es his alternative.
They have taken or negroes away rom as,
and, without even the formali!y Of "a oath, +
hsvs forced them in shsiT army to fght against
rs OlheF eu.Iages might be Eseeunled thst
wou!d make ise blood eardle with horror, and /
veTo We te be told now that Ke mast net retail
isls though resPsettoT the law OF natisnsl Must
We be tod that We must not touch eBe Of their