Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-02

Of secession and dissolve this Union, an,
having traced this thing TO its logical an,
physical results, wenOw acknowledge thi
lag of our country, and promise obedi
enee 10 the Constitution, and the suprem
acy Of the law.n LCheers.l
Z say, then, when You comply with th'
Constitution, when yOU yield 20 the law
when you acknowledge allegiance Do th'
Government, / say let the door of TIA,
Union be opened and the relation he re
stored to those that had erred and had
stayed from the fold Of our fathers
! Cheers
Who has suffered more than ] have
I ] ask the question. I shall not recount
I the wrongs and the sufferings inflicted
/ upon me. Iii is not the course 10 dea
! with whole people in a spirit of re-
/ venge. I know there has been a greai
deal said about the exercise Of the par
/ don power, as regards the Executive
and there Is no one who has laDored
harder than ! 30 have the principals, the
: intelligent aud conscious offenders
/ brought 10 justice and have the princiPie
vindicated that treason is a crime.
I lCheers.
But. while conscious and intelligent
/ traitors are TO be punished should whole
communities and States be made TO sub
init TO the penalty of death have
quite as much asperity, and perhaps a.
much resentment as a man ought to
/ have: but we must reason regarding
msu as he Is, and must conform our ac-
tion and our conduct 20 the example OF
I Him who founded our holy religion.
came into power under the Conslitu-
ton of The country, and with the appro-
baton of the people, and what did 1
hnd2 i found eight millions OF peo-
uIe who We're convicted, condemned
under the law, and the penalty was
death and, through revenge and
rassntments. were they all 20 be
mnihllsted' Oh may I not eN-
claim, how different would this be
from the example set by the Founder OF
our holy religion, whose divine arch rest
its eEtremities on the horizon, while its
span embraces the universe Yes lie
that founded this great scheme came
into the world and saw man condemned
under the law, and the sentence was
death What was His example In
stead of putting the world OF a nation 60
death. He went forth on the cross and
testified with His wounds that He would
die and let the world live. Let them re-
pent let them acknowledge their RASH
ness: let them become loyal, and let
them be supporters Of our glofous stripes
and stars and the Constitution OF our
country. ] say let the leaders, the con-
scious. intelligent traitors, meet the
penalties of the law. But as for
the great mass who have been
forced into the rebellion-misled in
other instances-let there be Gle
mencv and kindness, and q trust, and a
confidence in them. But, my country
men, after having passed through tins
rebellion, snd having given as much evil
deuce Of enmity 10 AZ As some who croa6
q great deal about the matter. cheers
when l look back over the battlefield
aud see many of those brave men i'm
whose company / was, in localities OF
the rebellion where the contest was most
difficult and doubtful, and who yet were
patient, when ] look back over these /
fields, and wherethe smoke has scarcely 4
passed away where the blood that has F.
been shed has scarcely been absorbed |
before their bodies have passed through /
the stages of decOmpOsitiOn-wha do ] I
fnda The rebellion is put down by the I
strong arm of the Government, IN the I
field. But is this the only way in |
which We can have rebellions phls /
Sas a struggle againt a change, |
and revolution OF the Govern 1
ment, and before We fully get from /
the battle-fieids-wh our brave men
have scarcely reIurned 10 their homes 4
and renewed the ties OF affection and |
love to their wives and their children I
we are now almost inaugurajed into I
another rebellion. Cheers. One re- |
bellion was the effort of States TO secede, |
and the war on the part Of the Govern |
ment was % prevent them from accom- 4
piishing thar, and thereby changing the /
character Of our Government and weak
sning its power When the Government
has succeeded, there is an attempt now
10 concentrate all power in the hands of
. few al the Federal head, and thereby
bring about a consolidation ef the Re
public which is equally objectionable
with its dissolution. Cheers. We find
a power assumed and attempted TO be
exercised Of a most extraordinary char
lcter. We zee now that governments
.an be revoluli0nized without going
nt0 the battlefield; and sometimes
be revolutions most distressing TO peO-
pie ais effected without the shedding
if blood. Thai is. the substance of your
Government may be taken away while
here Is held out TO You the form and the
hadoW. And now, what are the at
empts and what is being proposed We
ind that by an irresponsible central
directory nearly all the powers Of Con-
rress are assumed without even consult
ng The legislative and executive depart
nents Of the Government. BY q resO-
uHon reported by a committee upon
whom and in whom the legislative
lOwer Of the Government has been
odged, that great principle in the Con-
Jimtion which authorizes and empowers
he legislative department, the. Senate
md HOese Of Representative, 10 De- the
udges of elections, returns and qualiii-
.atiuns Of its own members. has been viz
usliv taken aWaV Tr0m the Two respective
branches of The National Legislature, and
on erred upon az ummittee, who must report be
ore IIr nUlE can oct on tle question 0f the adj
1Is-luu 1f members 60 their seats hv this rule
hey assume state { 1ai vi llte lnian- ana %
slfe us practical relations restored Toy thai rule.
-ioFe 1le House can Judge nf the 4ils-llluailols
q lIs own members, W hat po-ltluu ls fnat
'ou have bgqn struggling ior four years 90 put
0Wu a rebellion. You clulenuel 40 The begin
ing OF that struggle tIat state had NOT "a
light 10 go out. You said DO had neither the
ight nor the power and 70 has been settled that
DE States had neither the right nor the power
% 20 0ui 0f The Union. ana when YOU deter /
line by the Executive, oy tne nnliafg, and by
he public Judgment, tnal ihese states cannot |
ave any right 10 go out, This Committee turns !
round and assumes chat they are out, and tnat
hey shall u4L come in.
i am tree Io Say as voar Executive that I
am Hoi prepared 90 lake any such posi-
lon. Great and prolonged cheering. said in
Jon. THAT the States had uo right fu --.e.le. |
hat question has been settled. Thd~ deter ] .
lIAel ! faUuoT furu round ami g,.l -.ir lie de
rrr JU az llul J 1ruit-s % have done during :
ls lasi four saan.s I say thai when the states
hat attempted 20 seeeue comply with the Con-
tuition, and give sufficient evidence of 10y
tls. sfldli HEfaud % them r1e ri.llf hs,nu 01
-liowshin. and let pence aud union Be restored.
am oppused lu tle Davises- The ToumbSes, The !
erraivr ON the other hand men. A voice ]
JaiI flarn or i-I care uot hy what name
o1 1ll fueu- --i4l Gipu-rl Is l.g Untun;
la ifae lo-af to YOU ihaf ana sum win the I
.e1pIa d lm still Tor tue preservation of these
iaIe-afUr tle Preservation OF tNIs Union. and &
% uyor % tlis grea' Government accomplish ,
ug II~ destiny
We're rHe President was called uBou 20 give
lu u4tue- 20 Litr three uT the members OF Con- I
res p. v nom he had alluded as being opposed
% Tire u4g4.l
The gentleman calls for three names. am
ilkmg ,o my Tleuds.aId leilOw-citizens here. !
-l-ers-' ~UppO-e ] should name 10 yuu those ,
ameutai principles uf this Government, and
o nuE lus1rug 70 destroy them. I say Ihau- {
umner. of Massachusetts,; Isay Wendell Phil
l,s, 0l Massachusetts,. l6reat cheering, and a I Z
] io not waste my fire on dead ducks rIaugh- ,
~ J stand iOr The country auu though my .
l-mIe, may trHduce, slauQer and VITA perate,
Iav soy, thai ha- uu 10rue-
rugd oy real ~ pretsQded friends nor DOL in-
sud 10 be bulIed " my enemies. Cheers
.u honest conviction is my auslerauCe the
9nslliuil9n my guide. SNOW my eoun'la-
sen, Jhai lt has been insinuateQ-uays said d. (
-ctly. lu lIal places-tnat II SUCH % usuI patton
power had Deen exercised Two hundred s
ears ago. ln particular reigns, 10 would have Z
80 tH fldIvlduaI ms head. What usurpauOn 1
jas Andrew Johnson been guilty or Cheers
ui cri-s OF None My July usurpall1n has Z
cen c0muiltleI DF Standing between the peo- I. 4
le and theencIphc chments of power; ana pc
au=e dared sas- lu a conversation with "a fei- Z
IU-Cltlzeu ana senator too, rIat 4 thought ]
TnelIimsuts lo the Constitution ought not 10 q
- rH frequent i-s. tise Instrument lose : !
d -a1 eaue-lF ana dignity afH oe wholly .
% SIGHT ol IA short lme, and be- /
bought that such snd such an a4iI pdnlent was
. thai ought 10 De adopted, it Was ssig that Z
4l ssigEr-ira stlcH an Uaur latl0u. uf power AS {
lauld hare cQsl "a king his head in "a certain I :
as exclaimed that We ale iu the midst OF I
aIthquazes ana he treiulied-" Yes. there IS 7 &
f elrlhq quake approaching; there is "a ground .
well cgmlu4 % popular Judgment al- .nlignA7l
heir .4szliltts % in no other way. know who ,
~ their friends when and where and ID what
Yer pusluun 7 s1aHd-and 7 have ueoupied {
lauy positions iu tle Government going
,sms gentleman there behind me ss5s, 'And d
Ias q ltIl0I-' Laughter Nov that don't AZ
-af Me lu foe least W hen 7 Was sailor I I !
lWa WaFs made close tt ana was alWuys pune q
lal 10 u.g cusinme0si aila did good work "A D
nlle' I'D paltu-nprk,
The Ffesdgut--&u, ] did not want any y
aIchHors but We pass BY this digre-siUn.
nfilllf l4qAs have .saeu thrown out--Auu when
Tiuciples are involved and The existence Qi fpy .
1uuUE lmpeuied, I wu, as ou infnei oesa-
eadt lsurpaugn Mhen ana Were h.tNe !
elu guilt 0i tklsg Where is the man 81 an !