Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-17


= perfect union which sprung out Of th
= adoption Of the Constitution, declare.
themselves armed with al the poWe
u necessary 90 maintain their nationality
e ami the supremacy Of the law s-ainst ai
j. eIamue- whether from seeding -ta5ei
or tHe c5n-piratoTs and their allie- beyou,
the wr.srs. for Great Britain and France
b were DcgrteFDs crfITiIfis. He supported
the right hy virtue of the Constitution %
D exercise all power 10 suppress internal
p iusurrac;iau and foreign invasion
Mr.. N00rhze- Mr. Bingham yielding
r. the floor. said he expected 10 be scOlded
; for what he had declared. The Ameri-
r. can Union being one Of states once
: formed. he did lot know Of any power
/ iu the state or Federal Government %
10 destroy the States. If that signiiied
''ouce a state, always State,' the gen
p Jemau was right If hard epithets ap-
, piled 70 him they also applied TO the
= President, for the President declared that
J the true theory was thatal the pretended
acts of secession were from the begin
ming null and void; that the States at
tempting 10 secede had their vitality im-
paired, but not eEtinguished, and their
functions were suspended, not destroyed.
But gentlemen say all the states which
passed ordinances Of secession We're dead.
=
b.UW2 Did Jefferson Davis Eil them, or
the eleven Confederate States Where
il the destroying angelo He held that
there was no element Of destruction in
them; a. in the beginning, 50 now they
are living States In the American Union.
7 lie repeated he had asserted the position
Of the President, and every assault upon
him was an assault upon the President.
+ AIr Bingham resumed, and said the
. Gentleman from Indiana had notified the
. House and the country that the Presi-
dent held the principle, "Ouce q state,
. always a State But the President had
. asserted no such thing, nor did the Pre-
. sident assume that the rebel States, hay
f ing surrendered 10 the victorious leglOus
Of the Union, are entitled 10 representa-
ton without let or hindranee. Would
the gentleman undertake 70 say, by the
mere-t platiJgic, that if five thousand
men in south Carolina chance % be rep
resented in a convention, for the purpose
Of coming back into the Union, the resi-
due Of the uurepentiug rebels have
right to be reureseuUe1 ds q state.
1lr. Voorhees, replied, the easiest and
most absurd argument was TO suppose an
absurd thing. Gen. Grant did not find
such g state Of affairs, and he was willing
To take his word. When five thousand
men were found represented in couven-
u5u Is Eou.d be time 10 consider that
question.
Mr. Bingham, resUminT, said the gem
Iemsn from Indiana stood behind the
shadow of Il mighty name He was not
certain that Gen. Grant touched the hor-
dPrs Of South Carolina The gentleman
said he was satisfied with the testimony
OF Gen. Grant, but he could not be thus
satisfied because Gen. Grant has nOtgiven
such testimony. He was not willing
ro cUnceIe that those who gave aid 20
the rebellion should be intrusted with
tie great interests Of the Republic. The
only safety 10 the Union is in the hands
Of its friends. The purpose is simply 10
take security for the future, but not ask
indemnify for the past. The gentleman
himself voted for what he wanted,
security for the future, by casting his
vote in favor OF the constitutional
amendment prohibiting the assumption
Of the rebel debt. IF they could demand
that one security for the future could they
not take I'M more for the benefit OF ali
sections, Ii did not appear 10 the gem
tleman when he read from the President
message that therein the President repro
GUCel from the author Of the Declaration
Of American Independence the truth
that the true interest of government is
equal and exact Justice % all men. Ny
This constitutes the WatchwOrd of the
Presidents message. But of this the
Gentleman was ObliViOus when he made
bis speech. Ia the first Congress Of the
Confederation 8 motion was made 70
limit ciriHu-hip TO white freedmen
FOw-ffths Of Gi The people who were
there represented, and in seventeen hum
dret and -gventy-eight the deputies re-
q B. 9 d 4 |Hr.... IL
from the fundamental law, and, there
fore, it hever found place I'm the Con-
-Jituti0n and laws Of the United States
Having one measure of security we may
require another and the purpose Of the
Constitution is equal and exact Justice.
he thanked the President for uttering
this watch word Of the purer
and better DAYS of the Republic
It applies equally 70 the white
and black man. The time was when it
was unsafe for q citizen Of Massachusetts
0f other Northern states o. be found in
the streets Of Charleston OF Richmond,
because IN despite and ia violation Of
the Constitution Of the United States, al
guarantees Of that instrument where dis
regarded. It was time we take security
for the future, SD that no more attempts
may be msde % dismember the Republic.
lie repellei in soagn ths assertion that
be cO-0peTated with any party which
imposes unequal and unjust burdens On
any state OF the Republic H9 under
took % "a 8 thar the President would CO.
operate ia introducing into the COustitu-
ton that which viii perfect it, SO that we
may reap the great end for which the
Constitution was ordained, sHd 10 make
d more perfect Union, promote The pub
lie tranquility, and establish justice
as now written in the front Of the Con-
stirgCion, well might the President say
equal and exact justice h all men. He
repellsd every intimati0n that the yep
rasa-tatiVss here nave manifested the
slightest disposition 10 interfere with the
just prerogatives Of the President, or TO
make up s. conflict with him. ICthsd4Y
ever comes when he VIII find nOsUppOrt-
ers except among those vhO in eighteen
hundred and siXiv-i1ur were buried so
deep that the hand Of resurrection can
never find them, then God help the
President and save him from bis friends.
APPLAUSE,
The Speaker probably iuterposed to
check the disorder, and reminded those
who produced il that neither such appr0-
baton nor disapproyai would be per-
miited.
Mr. Bingham, resuming, examined a
little more closely the Presidents posi-
ton He had understood al hls life that
difference iu words was nothing If they
agreed I'm substance. The express posi-
fi0n Of the President was in exact accord
ance with the position Of the House
that the functions Of the inslrree-
tionary States were suspended by thef
own act. They cannot assert lnelrHgnis
or claim representation on this noor
until the representatives Of al the states
are satisfied that they have placed them 1
selves iu their proper positions. Tie I
President SAYS the continuance or the !
States il assumed for federal purposes. I
Once q State, always a State, Tor I
federal purposes, ill the sad day when !
treason shall triumph over the R6puD- /
hg. South Carolina, by her ordinance 1
OF secession, could not blot out the state I
lines, So far As established for federal pur- I
poses, The Judicial district remains des- I
pie her treason. The moment we cap- 7
llfed Hilton Head, by authority Of the 4
people oi the United states She ceased to I
oe ol4Je Tor municipal purposes; yet the /
-Auleilc4n people might open courts OF I
llsllee tIerai and proceed % execute /
Judgement according tO law, against I
every offender The whole Stats vvas .
then Tor Federal not for muniefusl |
purposes, and never can be- for rotini- .
cipd purposes until the States are or I
ganized Tor municipal Eu. POSES ID Tie I
satisfaction 81 tie people OF TIE United 4
states. The State Of South Carolina co.. |
oreraung when the national sovereignty |
comes 30 he restored in South Caroline I
Virgfnia. ami other Southern Stgfee
me Judiciary wiz be extended, take care
and discriminate between those who
were driven into rebellion by bayonets,
and those who p,otted and organized
treason. There was q difference between
Mr. Davis and those starving and con-
scripted men who entered the army de-
pending on il for their daily bread. In
conclusion, lie offered the following as
substitute for the resolution Of the gsi-
tleman frem t2diaua
The ssibstitate Revolutions.
Resofued, That this House have an
abiding conhdencei In the President; that
in the future, az in the past, be Wsl lcO-