Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-19


pact and powerful which sympathize.
with the men and principles Of the rebel
lion. Ii commands every agency 10 up
crate upon public opinion. II has iivt
: well sustained and ably edited papers ii
Memphis, four in Nashville, one
b in Knoxville, and a weekly in eacL
imaartant village. Their par
doned. but talented and still pop
b ular leaders are with them hun
drels of rebel ministers, who
b glory in having led OF in
b the rebellion, and who have been
b throughout the war the blood
= lest minded men in the South, art
Still in the confidence of their people
All these appliances acting in harmony
I mould public sentiment as they please,
and commands party of over two-thirds
b of the white men of the state. Free
from restriction upon suffrage, they will
probably cast ninety thousand votes in
the State.
. Il is "A sad delusiOn and dangerous
mistake to suppose that tins haired ol
loyalty, contempt for the negro, and
alienation from the Government, are
confined 10 the politicians, or leaders, as
II they are termed, and that the common
people have been all the time loyal. Ii
is certainly true that a portion Of the
Southern people went into the rebellion
reluctantly, and that afew were actually
forced into it, but il is equally true that
niue-teuths Of those who went in re-
luctantly came out the bitterest Of rebels.
The process Of firing the Southern
heart, and of educating the Southern
mind for treason, had been progressing
for many years, and had reached all
classes. Long before the war, the COM
mon laborer had learned 10 curse the
/ Yankee and AbolitiOnist, and to talk
about negro equality and his rights in
the Territories. Filled with mUrderOus
hate, they have fought four years against
/ their country They have denounced.
and heard IL denounced with every
. breath They have suffered cold, hunger
I and wounds in an effort TO destroy it.
/ They have slain its defenders, and seen
] their comrades fall i'm the same cause.
J The laws of human nature forbid the
/ idea that they love their country.
/ Indeed, it may be well doubted
[ whether the capacity f0rpatfiotism Is not
I eXtinguished IN many Of them. Your
memOrialists regret 10 say that as yet the
1 loyalists Of East Tennessee, brave and
noble as they are, have not kept pace
with the spirit OF The nation ia extending
civil rights 10 the negro, and conse-
quently there exists a want of harmony
smung ourselves, but they do not doubt
that the patriotic but rural people will
soon take a position worthy of their
fame. But in any event, all legislation
looking 10 the elevation of the freedmen
in a moral, civil or political point of
view, must come from Congress and not
from the State Legislature. ltmay be
that the present body may pass some
favorable laws, probably they Will, but 1t
is easy to see that they viii be swept
away by the next General Assembly.
Supposing the supervising power OF the
Gemsral Government Withdrawn from
Tennessee, and assuming that, 10 some
extent at least, the passions, prejudices
and reseBtmeHts of the majority of the
people will be reflected in their legisla-
ton, it is not difficult 10 anticipate the
true policy and the character Of the civil
and judicial administration which will
prevail. il may be safely assumed.
I. That 50 far q possible, i'm leglsla-
ton and the beztoWal of patronage, and
the management Of aN public affairs,
the late rebels viii bc the preferred class,
and that all the acts of the late rebel
state Government, including the removal
and destruction Of the State Banks and
state Treasury, the disarmiug and con-
scripting the people and the impressment
Of their property, aud all the acts OF rebel
officers, soldiers, and glerriuss, viii be
iegalzed. Those who have been robbed,
wounded and Imprisoned, viii 60 mre-
dressed while those who have inflicted
these injuries viii be justified in law as
they are i'm public sentiment.
D As is even now the case in many
localitle-, services rendered and wounds
received in the Confederate cause viii be
passports 10 prefeTment, while 10 have
taken sides with the cause Of the Union
viii be equivalent 10 "a judgment of in
fsmy, forever c0nsiguing the offender 10
oh-curity and disgrace.
g. IT The Legislature does not vote
thanks and medals TO Southern heroes,
and mite with other Southern States 10
pay the Confederate debt, il viii be from
lear of policy, and not from want of sym
pathy or desire.
J. A. far a. possible, restrictions viii
be thrown around the negro, and his ele-
walton iu the scale Of being discouute-
nanyed, if not actually prohibited be
viii be excluded from the courts. from
common schools, and probably from an
means OF education-frOm business and
privileged occupations, and perhaps from
The acquisition Of property.
Such, We apprrhend, viii he some of
the TeSuils OF well known laws of the (
public mind, and it requires but little /
speculation 10 anticipate siiil further and /
more ultcriOT results. IL is very ques- I
tiouable whether East Tennessee viii |
submit 20 a rebel Government. Her peO- /
pie viii never tamely succumb 10 those
who have pursued them iihe blood
hounds fpr four years. lf she does not /
resist by force ahe will refuse her reye-
uues and scorn 90 send Err Representa-
tives 20 take seats iu a Legislature COM I
posed of rebel officers and guerrilla 1
ieadeTs-Uuion men viii feel that they
have lost and the rebels won and that
their martyrs laye fallen ia vain. Even
now. in many localities they are crushed !
by the power Of numbers and actually
afraid 90 speak lik frremen.
Loyal Immigrants will turn aside to
more congeni3l parts, aBd the South will
ha left 10 herself to resume her former
rate Of progress.
The uegroes win be forced 70 seek an
asylum iH other lands, or perhaps they
viii become a declining race, relapse into
harharisn, and disappear from the face
Of the earth, an event confidently pre-
dictad. and in fact hoped for 10y seces- !
sioniSts.
Your memorialists do not presume b. |
point ont the means Of aVerting the dire 4
ful results they have attempted 10 fore /
shadow. They simply ask protection. 1
They pray that the Government will not /
forsake them by Withdrawing its direct l
agency in our affairs, thereby delivering 4
them 10 their tormenters.
Your memoriaiists will say, however, /
that they desire 60 be represented Ia Con- /
gress. The loyal people of Tennessee /
have not forfeited their civil rights by the 4
misfortune Of being gsurroundeu by rebels. /
And If difficulties should occur hereafter /
a. is 10 be feared, IN that event they de-
sire To have q voice IN tie councils Of the 4
nation. But if our form OF government /
is such, that 10 admit our representatives
20 seats IN Congress viii compel the
Of the supervising control OF
the national Government over our inter
nal affairs, thereby insunng the ascen-
dency Of the rebel majority, your me-
morialists prefer and they are sure the
people Of the State prefer to live IN
territorial condition, and even under
military government.
From the rebel yoke they pray TO be
saved. From such "a fate We rely upon
the power OF the nation % rescue ". In
behalf of ourselves, in behalf Of the 10y
sliSt, OF the State, Of whatever color, and
in behalf of our posterity, we appeal 10
lhal Government we love ana nave
served, tD save rs from the power of
those who have inflicted upon Us every
conceivable injury.
W e are your, nust respectfully, obedient ser
4. }. EIsT,HEE.. ~ DERBY.
=. ~ uENkos, ROBERT WErrNULLuR,
T -, ~ hANihr IrLif. bhGssEE,
5eHN sHivlgE,' r. sHSDEk.
EKniHAs kUHS, a. W. HAWKING
r. 7. CoNE
s, lowering.
Chairman pro tel6 of CeLilaI UoumItt3,l
hea. Orders have been issued for fine
release Of the Confederate Quartermaster
X. Is. Wmder. He is not the Winder as
sociated with Win la Andersouville.
Es- President johnson was a Iucky
man on New Years day. Somebody in
stamford, Conn, sent him a turkey
which weighed seventeen pounds.
nsg- An attempt is being made al Paris
to reduce The coinage OF France, Italy,
Belgium and switzerland TO uniform
s.sndard.
ESy- A very mean thief has been de-
teeted stealing currency from the box
placed la the Patent Office 10 receive
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