Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-29

UtCl-lOn VI lLlt BElAll llTucN Ou NAlt w.
ton whether the war her raging was
such a contest as justified a resort to
the modes Of public war. of which
blockade was one. Justice Grier de-
cided that it was-that 80 far as the
purposes and weapons of wal were con-
eerned, the two parties were belligerenIs'
and that the Government might pioch
ade the ports and capture property WlInIh
the lines Of the district in rebellion; pre-
eisely as If that district were an lndepeh-
dent nation, engaged in a puolie wal
but he said not one word winch cOu
/ assert or implyt that il was an indepeh-
| dent nation that il had a separate eXis
tsnce or had cone out Of the sover-
| eign y jurisdiction of the United states.
| on n contrary, everything he SAID, the
/ very passages quoted by the gentleman
fro4 P~ennsvlyania himself, imply and
essert precisely the opposite. He speaks
of them not as sovereign, but as
| claiming 10 be sovereign not as
being separate, but as trying TO De
SEPARATE feonl the United States. The
| gentlemen from Pennsylvania MI. sic
yensl smoke of States forfeiting their
State existence by the fact Of rebellion.
Well, 1 do not see how there can be such
forfeiture involved or implied. The in
dividual citizens o. those States went
with the rebellion. They thereby in
Cured certain penalties under the laws
and Constitution Of the United States.
What the States did was to attempt to
interpOse their State authority between
the individuals in rebellion and the Gov
eminent of the United States, which
assumed, and which would carry out the
assumption, TO declare these individuals
traitors for their acts. The individuals in
he States who were in rebellion,it seems
to me, were the only parties underline Con-
sutton and of the United States, could
incur the penalties of treason. j know Of
no law, / know of nothing in the Con-
stitution OF the United States, 1 know of
nothing in any recognized or established
code of international law, which can
punish a State, as a State, for any act il
! may perform. Ii is certain that our Con-
stitutiOn assumes nothing of the kind.
Ii does not deal with States, except in
one or two instances, such AS elections of
members of Congress and the election OF
electors Of President and Nice-President.
"Indeed, the main feature which dis
tinguishes the Union, under the Consti-
tuition, from the old Confederation is this,
that whereas the old confederation did
deal with the States directly, making re-
duisitiOns upOn them for supplies, and
| RELYING upon them for the execution of
! lis laws, the Constitution of the United
| States, in order TO form q more perfect
! Union. made its laws binding ON the in
dividual citizens of the several States,
whether living in one State or in another.
Congress, as the legislative branch Of this
government, enacts a law which h be
operative upon every individual within
it, jurisdiction. 1t is binding upon each
individual citizen, and if he resists 1t by
| force, he is guilty of a crime, and is pun
| - ,.alrAsnnlr anUfhinH in the con-
/ stitution or laws of this State TO the con-
| trarv Notwithstanding. But the States
| themselves are not touched by the laws
bof the United States, or by the Constitu-
ton of the United States. 4 State Fan
not be indicted a State cannot be tried;
q State cannot be hung for treason. The
individuals in a State may be so tried,
and hung, but the State As an Organiza-
tion. as an organic member of the Union
still exists, whether its individual CHI
zens commit treason or not
Mr.. RAYMOND, far from in0ulging the
vindictfve spirit Of the Pennsylvania
member, is for Cancellation and r~estora-
ton. He says, in conclusion
1--WE are not seeking to force a remedy
for private wrongs, nor TO revenge or re-
taliate for private griefs. We have
great communities OF men, permanent
interests of great States, 10 deal with,
and we are bound TO deal with them in q
large and liberal spirit. 1t may be for
the welfare of this nation that we shall
cherish toward the millions Of our people
lately in rebellion, feelings Of hatred and
distrust: that weshallnurse the bitterness
their infamous treason has naturally and
iustIv engendered, and make that
the basis of our future dealings with
them. Possibly we may best teach them
the lessons Of liberty by visiting upon
: them the worst excuses Of despotism.
Possibly they may best learn 70 practice
Justice 10 others, TO admire and emulate
our republican institutions, by suffering
/ al our hands the absolute rule We de-
nOunee IN others. 1t may be best for Us
and for them, thst we discard in all our
, dealings with them ali the obligations
and requirements Of the Constitution,
and assert as the only law for them the
u-nrestrained viii of conquerOrs and mas
tiers. I confess | do not sFmpathize
with the sentiments or the opinions
which would dictate such a course.
would exact at their hands
al needed and all just guarantees
for their future loyalty to the
constitution and the laws Of the United
States. l would exact from them, or i'm
pose upon them through the constitu-
tional legislation of Congress, or by en-
laszing and extending, if necessary, the
scope and power Of the Freedmen's
Bureau, proper eEss and protection for
the helpless and friendless freedmen so
lately their slaves. l would exercise a
rigid scrutiny into the character and 10y
atty of the men whom they may send TO
Congress. before | allow them 70 partiei-
pate ia the high prerogatiyes Of legfsla-
ting for the nation. But / would seek 10
sllav rather than stimulate the animosi-
( tiss and hatred, however Just taey NAY
be, " which the war has given
rise but fCE our own sake, as
we'll as for theirs, ! you'd net visit
upon them apolicy Of con6seaDsu, which
has been discarded in the policy and
practical conduct Cf every civilized ma
ton on the face Of the giOGa. ! believe
it is important for Us as well as for them
/ that We should cSiaYsUe friendly rela-
, tons with them that We should seek
!, tha promotion Of their interests, as part
= and parcel Of our own. We have been
= their enemies III war; in peace let Us
show ourselves their fnsEas. Now that
slavery has been destroyed-that prolific
source Of All CIR alterations, an our hates
and al our disasJefS-tbere is nothing
!, longer 70 make US foes. Phey have the
same Interests, tke same hopes, the same
aspirations, that we have. They are one
With rs. We must share their sutferings,
and tBey vii share u advancing pros
perity."
These extracts will show the spirit Of
the t~o wings Of the Republican party in
Congress. It remains to be seen which
of them represents the sentiment Of the
majority Of that body. Until that Is de-
veloped, We have not thought it worth
while to cucumber our columns with
their speeches IN eItena0.