Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-10
THE WISCONSIN, zEeIsLATURE- a
HOWL FOR BLOOD PROM a RADICAL

HOWL FOR BLOOD PROM a RADICAL
GOVERNOR
MADISON, WIS, Jan. !, 1856.
This evening the new State officers
were sworn into Office.
Gov. FairchiId, in his inaugural, says
with the return Of peace much Of re-
spOnsibility and care has passed away.
The people ofthis State will ever remem-
Der with pride that they nObly answered
the calls Of the general Government fol
men over ainety thousand Of Wis
consihis sons went to the front. With
the close of the civil war all dangers
have not been averted, nor have all
responsibilities ceased. Great political
problems remain unsOlved, and their so
luton requires, not only the exercise OF
the calmest Judgment and the purest
discrimination Of our greatest public
men, but, also, earnest thought, unwea-
ried efforts and honest purpose Of all in
telligent citizens of the Republic. Two
great and important questions are
already determined by the late war. The
right Of secession so strenOusly claimed
by the people of the South and vigor-
ously maintained by their arms for more
than four years, has been forever
decided against them, and from
this judgment, obtained by the
Union army at the point of the bay
onet, there can be no appeal. The ma
tional unity has beenfully demonstrated,
and the national honor fully yindicated
by thea armed power Of the Government.
Those who sought to divide and destroy
the country have been compelled to bow
their heads before the majesty of the
law, and on Bonded knees ask pardon foT
their crime. The verdict Of the Ameri-
can people Is, that any attempt to right
ianeied or real grievances by force OF
arms, IS treason. They ask, as they have
a right TO ask, that the highest judicial
tribunal in the land shall give expression
70 that verdict, by a trial upon the charge
OF that high crime, in accordance with
law, of the chief representative OF
the rebellion-the man who stood
before the world as the acknowledged
leader Of traitors. Not until Jefferson
Davis shall hare been tried, cOHUictcd
and hung for treason, dad the fact that
treason e a crime, Which cGRnOt be COM
D9ated nth in1pulity, shdH hare thus
been fully demonstrated, UAth Anaeri-
can people be content. The American
people have demonstrated that the
Union is one and indivisibie-that its
people, of Whatever race or color, shall
be forever free. 1t now devOIYes upon
us TO see 10 it that freedom so estab-
lished shall be something more than
mere name it must be 50 broad and
comprehensive as to include within
its privileges and rights all races and
cOlors, and must be so guarded by
and hedged in, with constitutional
enaetments, that no person, not
even the highest in the land, can, with
impunity, trample upon the sacred ma
tional rights Of the humblest citizen,
whatever may be that citizens creed or
color. Special enactmeuts must be passed
for the benefit Of the freedman, to pro-
tect him against the oppression Of his
late master. He should be admitted
upon the witness stand and in the jury
box, and be made t0feel hat he is a man
invested with, and protected in, all rights
OF manhood. 1t is n matter OF regret
that citizens Of our own State should
have denied colOred people in our midst
the right Of suffrage. Time will yet
modify their opinions. This privilege,
sooner or later, will be extended to that
class. In recOnstTucting theStates lately
in rebellion, ii seems both necessary and
proper that ample evidence be required.
upon their part, that they are disposed TO
yield a ready and willing obedience to
III e|AA"AAAaNAgA 9A4 NAA@ ALN-a lldNAl
State ought also % be required TO ratify
further amendments to the Constitution
forever prohibiting the payment Of debts
contracted in support Of the rebellion,
and affirming the -sacredness of the ma
tional debt; also declaring all ordinances
of secession null and void apportioning
representation in Congress upon the
basis Of the number of voters in each
State.
"Nith these conditions faithfully car
ried out, and with the necessary Con-
gressiOnal enactments for the full pro-
lection Of the Union men, white and
black, the people will be glad to admit
those States into full communion with
the Union, and welcome them with open
arms. One of the greatest evils inflicted
upon the country by the var Is the i'm
meuse National debt. The faith Of the
Government is pledged for its payment;
1t must and will be paid, principal and
Interest The National honor is at stake,
and people who created the debt,
in their almost sUperhuman efforts to
maintain g free Government, have not
only power but the will and in
to fulfill their obligations TO the
extent. 1t would have been bet
ter 10 have failed in the contest, and
been blOtted entirely from the face OF
the earth than, being successful, disgrace
by voluntarily ignoring the
of those who come forward to,
the Government in its hour of
need. Reputation, in any form, or
under any circumstances, is one of the
greatest Of national evils and the worst
Of national sins. The power is in the
of the President and Congress to
make victory, so dearly won, a lasting
benefit to the country and, with full
confidence in their wisdom and judg-
ment, the people await their action"