Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-30
3ailg gppeal,
MORNING EDITION.
GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARoH 80. 1854
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tha Richmond DtspGteki which, considering the
seni-ofieisl character Of that Journal, is equally
remsIkabis for it's admissions in regard to facts
and its misspprahoDSion of the attitude Of
Georgia and the President"
Oar Richmond cotemporary has tho good
sense 20 use IN a very mild manner, the siereo-
type argument, that the course Of Georgia is III
opBortune. Il leaves chat 10 less expert defend
ers Of the Administration policy. It knows too
well ihst the measures passed BY the late Con
gress arc net to be defended on the ground Of
thsiT opportuuensss. These belOng TO the kill
or cure" practice Of dcspairing country doctors
and city quacss. Three years Of bOichiag had
brought the patient to a low stsgo-friends were
alarmed and clamoTed that son8ihing should be
dore-and forthwith lTom secret sessions are
brought patent potiOns which win either kill or
cure-lhs doctors 90 not exactly know which.
Yet, after all this qaRckery, the Dispates ad-
mills hat iha lilDes never looked Brighter foT as,
or darker and gI0omier foT our hated foes-ihar'
& care viii hardly ariso IN which suspension
of the writ Of habeas corpus will be TesoT!sd to
/ by President DAVIs-thsi the necessity Of this
suspension may have bco8 eIaggegs!ed--Ehat
the financial and military measures may be
amended. With these admissions On he part
of our Administration advocate, VIC are Al q loss
to conceive what opportuneness ihere was in
ssn-repudiation of shs Government debt, aud
in e1acting that stIipling5 between seventeen
and eighteen should &c to school with military
pass in theT ssicbels and men beiween forty
I've and fifty should plow their fields under a
passport hcm tho provost mhTshEL Why
change tie previous practice Of the AdminislTa-
tiCn When the first law censcribsd men to
forty years Cf age the President called ont those
under tbirty-fve, and left tho others 70 pursue
their avocstons without hindrsnce. The lsss
law corsCuhes to fifty years Of age, and those
under loTiy-fve only ars called into the service
tie others stay at homa to plow and Eosp IN
der military detail. Why this needless and irri.
tltirg change in the practice. Of The Admins
traGon1
But what Of the personal liberty Of those IN
der sixteen ard over 8ly years of sge7 Why
suspend the wit Of habess corpus in tLsit
cases, when cur prospects arc 50 bright and
those Of cur foes are so gloomy Why give to
hundreds Of military officers an arbitrary power
to arrest Why establish permanent military
courts TO try citizens, and restrict hem froA
Hberating the arrested party even when no
probable cause for deten8ion is found Why
deny to any man"upon whom the wiiheriBg
biigh! Of suspicion may fsll, the right 10 be in
formed Of the crime laid TO bis charge, and 10
30 confronted with his sccuseT Why with
hold from him the inestimRble privilege Of
bringing forward whatever he may have 70 sd
1uee in defense Of his innocence, his liberty or
lis lie Why remand him to prison when 10
probable cause for his detention is found !. to
wait an order for his liberation from some mill
taTy officer, perhaps the very one who arrested
him, PerhsRs his secret sccusoT or bis enemy
Such is The policy Of the Administration, in op-
position to which tho Georgia platform has been
/ laid down, aHd Of which the DiFpateh exhibits
3 singular misrepresentation. 1t is not strange,
/ therefore, that that Journal should not compTe-
hend he attitude Of the Vics President.
Before examining ihis lot Us explain what the
I Georgia platform is. It coDprshends the great
elements Of fnsnce, wsr ard liberty. Here are
its three propositions:
First. psy your d5blE honestly.
Second. Fill the armies, but hsTsBs not ihoss
exempted from military service.
/ TEird Give every msn fair showing for
life and liberty.
This is the platform laid down by Governor
Brown in his recent message, and adopted by
the Georgia Legislature. Its elensats are ss
enduring as the granite of GeoTgis's hills They
will defy the tooih of Time IS long as one heart
sspiros for freedom and right When Mr.. STE
PHENs placed himself upon il, and bTesthod
eloqaeRes thrilling With patriotism upon the air
of Georgia, tide of enthusiasm for cur cAuse
and its gallant defenders poured over The whole
State. And Why should be not do this 2 Why
should not his voice, wise IN council and potent
in defense, DO brought to his counfIy's aid in
her hour Of ncsdl IF erTor persists in folly,
the voice Of wisiom should be uplifted. In do
ing this br. STEPHEss has lent to the Admin.
i5IstiCn she strongest support thsi patriotism
can bring to power. The DisBaiek sHppOses q
case, bat doss not follow il to iiB logical se-
quoHco. Upon bim," says hat journal, Gin
csse Of The death or disability Of the President,
would dovolve The solemn responsibility Of
Chief Magistrate and commandeE-in-ohief of the
armies Of the COniederacy." Were be to enter
upon these duties with recognition of tho
great principles Of Tie Georgia platform, be
would bring to bis administration an efficiency
which would nerve eur armies with miehtier
power, snd spread a wilder dismsy among our
foes. We should not need 10 confer upon him
"a dangerous power" through necessity
that may have been exaggerated" nor resort
20 legislation with partial defects, which q liz
tie dme Of Prsc.cal test viii develop, and tha
tbSn may be amended" In a great struggl'
foz hbsriy, the substance must not bo abandoned
for lhs shadow, and wisdom must preside ss ih'
helm, foT there is no time to amend eTTors. II
.be rush Of revolution nations heed not the oTds
"zs yoa were"
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