Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-17
anar 800 arrairrna.

FROM the Nashville Press, February 81
GOVERNOR JOHNSON, ETC-F0r six months
we have restrained An impulse, which has boon
strongly fols, 70 oppose aad to expose the oouss
pursued by the military governor eff Tennessee.
We lave bgsen unwilling TO foment divisions
smopg those who might be useful in the gTea.
work Of restoring the State and The people to
their proper place in the / sdsFal UsioR, aud 10
the condition Of prosperous security, which bad
been forfeited By participation in tho nad
scbsme Of q Southern CoHfeieFsey. i could
not be expected that such : work was 70 be a.
~colhplishsd exclusively by clean hands, directed
By pure minds, and VIC lelt it > duty to coop
crate sven With some who we're mixing their
own sslGsh purposes with protested aims OF
PUBLIC good.
But both honesty and policy impose a limit
upon this fcrbesranee and Gov. Johnson sua
his purchased satellites being, ia our opinion,
toe great and only obstacle to the restoration Of
Tennessee, we feel tsEt it is our duty to expose
the total want of sincerity, consistency and
principle, which ehsracterzas his present pro
fsssed faith and actual practice. As showing
his estimate Of his present associates, the Adolf
tionists, At . time when it was his Interest," de-
roUncs them, we yesterday printed some qGots-
lions from sn old document Today we cfer
some cumulative testimony to the same effect.
We auete from the same "old document" to
which We referred on yesterday:
After reading from a letter Of John Qlincy
Adams, Ar. Johnson splufged in the following
lofty strain:
In the sentence be had just read, Nj. Adams
says he is no Aboliilonist; but IN opposition 20
slavery, he goes as far as any Of them; audi If
he emancipation Of the negroes in the South
has to be effected by the shedding eff blood, he
save, Hlst come" Can tho Slath be mistssen
as Re the meaning of language ike t6isl Is II
- 1911 TnHH ut es-mn La-
were aroused from their spathyi he said tas
w.s a question that the SouIhshouid unite upon;
the Whole niuegyihTee members from The elev-
en slsvehoIding States should como up on this
question as q band of brotbeTs, joining il ere
f~Issernzl hug; heart responding - heart tuTnIUg
their faces towards heaven, aud swearing, by
their alisrs and their God, that they will sink IN
the dus. together before they will yield TIA
great csmpromiss contained IN the Constitution
Of their fathers.
Well, after this efusion OF 'qast iitca' el0-
ouerce, whsre do We find Nj AudF johnson
howl Why, as G5vernor-G General OF Tennessee,
| eubrseing il = close, @hateInal hugr--Bot Bine-
ty-twa Southern members Of Congress-bal
| every one whom be then denounced As an AoG-
lition scamp, between the Aroostook aDdihe
RIO GrSnde. Verify, Circumstances form tho
eriy creed, sud e1ps3ieBey the only G d, Of
some men. A wrathfui aud d mandatory de-
fsnse Of the South dossn't pay nowadays
J f DAVIS & ca. "haye got" no greeDbaeics.
Qaotine from q speech ef Mr. Adams, in
Congress, Mr. Aady Johnson then d8Bhsd into
Mysteries after the following fashion;
He ASKED ahat the paragraph rs had Just
reed meant; what effect Il was calcnlzted %
have upon The AboIi6eaisss OF the Eer b, and
tas slaves of the S5ushf Il is q slimulsDt 10
tie one, a lure thrown cut to the othsIl Is Is
rot saying 10 he Aboltionisis Of the Moth,
Persist III your 6endsh purposs7 To tie iHcsr-
diary, who is standing with his torch Fesdy
ligh5ed. prepared only fof the destruction OF the
South. Proceed touch ths match, wTsp the
dwellings, Of your masters IN flames, psodues z
seville wsr, maze il Necessary tor the pTeserVB-
lion Of yoar masters to. cal upon iAs n0n-slave-
holding States for assistance, : sad under The
T~say-maSing power" you al shalt be emsnei.
pssedt Gracious God sEs we prepared for
scsnss ike shesei Are va prepared 10 suIrsn-
der cur homes add our hresiGesi are we pre-
psred 10 ses our Zelda, thst nov IN due seSscn
yis.d luxurioas crops, relapse into their original
state, or b converted INTO fields OF carnage ?
Are Ns prepared to see thg bisek hands OF his
negro Tssklng ia the blood OF the white man ?
Are We prepared 10 see ~inEOesat w0men and
ehiIdFsr, virtue and bssuty, al fall . helpless
pispl Arc sc prepared TO see tbs isad shz.
gaTo a brother 6ifta dEeaeae1 with q brothers
6lood9 Irfaa, 81 We pfepased to sse peace,
prosperity, coBsentneak AID haPgieezs eou7Oft-
I'd toto discord, desolssien, cries The most EeaEt-
Tsnding, lamentations producing Go use lie ian
gasgs of the post, shIieks-
- So Wild, SO loud, so clear.
Even listening sngsis s,oopsd rom ksaysn to hear"
and yet 70 be calm and deliberate
Ia the coacluBnn Ct his long speech, Mr.. A.
Johnsea tksn oxssredH into Al examination OF
shs ways Of Providence in the management ol
this world; citing the lame instances in Bibli-
cal history, that DO used il his lAis speech q.
the Capitol. he ased them, ia the former case,
70 wErn asd d~enouhcs Aholid0nis.s, As. ia tbs
latter, be poinseA them sgaiRst slavery Rad
slsvoholders. The Governor Genera don't
know mach Of the Bible, but S .1l and Hefod
are at his fsgsr eads, to be employed Cor end
against anything asd anybody. Here is bis
perorstion
4 might refer TO instances in modern times :
might refer to the occurrences of Isa0, when
= nest extraordinary excitement Pervsded the