Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-06

. and where he has aiWaYh uecitfcu llA
y self 70 siand-from his great speech
the Senate in December, 1850 ineludin
bis sneanh At the st. Cloud Hotel, TO p
mastery effort on the I'D day q teor'
srv. Isas-when he announced to the q
senhIed thousands who listened % h
- thrilling eloquence-that he could not
a eaioied by his friends or bullied By h
N enemies.
% If then show that he stands, wheI
4 Mr.. Lincoln stood, where the Union pai
y tv Stood. where Nr. Chase stood, wbeT
the Congress- Of the United States, up
the 3ath Congress always declared the
stood. and fhaf he has not abandoned on
y single one Of the positions SO assumed
Il chen it does seem 70 me, that we shonh
9 an rejoice. II such sentiments should fe
y come the doctrines of a partyl that siiaI
e unite TIE whole nation, and thar tn
charge Of treason 20 his party, OF Vioiat
e ing his solemn pledges % those wn'
5 elected him, are false in fact ana ouBh
not &C. be needed for one moment
We should not be alarmed il tile kl1s
: and coneiliat0ry policy OF the Ereslden
has won forhim friends from the Demo
: crats, from Che C0pperheads, nom thS
rebels. u his policy IS right and such a
{ should commend itself % al, then i
seems 10 me that we should not be
frightened by the cry Of party, or Of the
. fusion Of parties, but rather Rejoice that
we have "a statesman wise enough and
! patriotic enough, 10 adopt a platform Of
principles and a line Of policy that VIII
obtain the Jealous support Of bis former
opponents, and especially, If in doing so,
he does not abandon a single one of Che
great prime pies Of the party to which he
4 IS indebted for his elevation to Office.
I am glad 20 know that he has sue
ceeded in an object so praisewsrthy.
3 ana willing to give the right hand Of po-
! litical fellowship 10 all who VIII stand on
& his platform. I care not who they are.
/ Standings as Andrew johnson does, where
& ] propose TO show his party has always
stood. and ignoring a. he has the courage
I 10 do, party ties and party discipline for
! the purpose Of maintaining the COnstitu-
Z tion Of his country, feel that it is the
I duty Of the patriot TO stand by and sus-
tain him.
Gov. BrownlOw and bis friends sustain
1 the self-styied Union party in Congress
and eul0gisa Stevens, Sumner, Kelley,
and Others. I sustain Andrew Johnson,
and the question for you TO decide is,
which is right ?
Ifthe policy proposed by Congress is
practicable, and wise and just toward the
loyal people Of the States ia the rebellion,
then ID should commend itself to your
consideration. II, on the contrary, il is
uliberal, impolitic and unwise, then you
should reject it.
1.-THE policy Of Andrew Johnson in the
restoration of the States, if the policy of
the Union party during the war is just.
and wise, and practicable, then you
should give 70 it your approval.
H. is nrlaH
By the evidence they must be tried
and by the rule and plummet Of impair
tial justice and practical wisdom, their
merits and demerits must be determined.
The friends Of Andrew johnson do not
fear discussion and investigation.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.
The legislative, as wen as the execu-
tive. department. Of the Government, by
It's acts presents an impossible barrier %
this intended iur0ad upon the life Of the
States, and gives the official lie to the as
sumption that they are dead.
On the 5th Of August, 1851, in the
midst Of the war, Congress passed an act
TO provide for raising revenue In that
act a direct tax is imposed on the United
States, under thai clause of the COnstitu-
ton which declares that representative [
and direct taxes shall be apporiOned I
among the several States which may DE
included In this Union according to their
respective numbers, and that each f.
State shall have at least one representa- .
tive And in the app0rtionment the F.
law uses the following language
That q direct tax is hereby annually .
laid on the United States, and the same I
shall be and is hereby apportioned 10 the /
States respectively, and in the manner I.
following: tennessee, S6G9, ,4gS 90. and !
the other States declared in rebellion are Z
mentioned by name, and taxed accord /
inCiy.
Here, by this act of Congress, these
States are enumerated BY name as States I
Of the United states, andstil belonging 1
to and Of the Union /
Why, we know that every provision Of I
this law is enforced in these states. I
Stamp duties and income taxes are inn
posed upon US. The tax eatherers Of the 4
Federal Government are amongst Us, eX-
acting taxes, and vet, when we ask for
ii is. denied. "Ffs5iaH
lelte'i is the rule as in the restoration Of
the States In their political rights, yet
the opposite rule Is enforced as % any OBJ
legations they may be owing. These
burdens we have 20 bear; let US bear
them patiently.
on the 4th day Of March, 1862. Con-
gress by law enacted that the number Of
members OF the House Of Representative
should be after the 4th of March, J ,63,
two hundred and forty-One. OF this
humber fftv-seven were assigned TO the
states by name which had been Ceeiar5 q
n iusurTecti0n and rebellion. Yet, there
are now only cne hundred and eighty
four members composing the House.
" here are the others2 Some Of Us for
months applied, but we were refused.
ON the first Monday in December, 1861,
after the passage Of the or6iuance Of Sc
.essiori by the State Of Tennessee, and its
-atiiicatiOD by the people, and the resort
% arms had been resolved On, Horace
MAYNARD and Others, as members from
he state Of Tennessee, elected al the d,
seHersl election on the first Thursday in
August, 1851, were admitted to their seats
IS members Of the thirty-seventh Con- /
,ress, and Andrew johnson occupied his
,iace in the Senate Of the United States
IS one OF its senators.
Not only SO. but ports OF entry we're es-
ia some Of these States-and
Judges, marshals and district attorneys
.ppOiuted with the consent Of tie Sen
.Ie,
AN Of this was done during the pen
.eucv OF war, and yet, now that The war
.as ceased. it Is urged that they are no ,
1neer States-but Territories- subject TO
he VIII Of the cOnqueror. II
The record Of the Congress is therefore =,
gainst the position that the seeded
.tates were OF are cut Of the Union-in
ny sense or for any purpose, ESeeu-
i've messages and pgoclamauops and .
enactments all concur In ,
r0nouncing it false IN theory and in =
act
il does seem to me that the Republi-
an party are preClIded by the facts sta
ad. and denial BOW, On tnnA part 70 :
he states Of representation, il a Want8n
tack upon the President Of the United
tates: stultiies its own action as q /,
artv: and involves its followers in a
ark labyrinth Of inconsistency, nom
Which there is no escape.
.sE vEroEs AND SPEECH OF THE I'D )
FEB, 1855.
1t Is with pleasure ] say TO you, my i
allow-citizens, that I cordially approve
& the Presidents course in refusing 70 j
i've his assent to the kreedmen's Bu-
eau biz. and concur with the patriotic I
essops assigned by him in bis message, 7
7hv he would not give his assent TO it. Ii
To my mind, the bill was full Of faults. /
{ seemed to me that there was no neces- Z
ity for the measure that 10 substituted z
Military for civil jurisdiction as to all &
uestions arising underit; that it abroga- {
"a the trial by Jury, without establishing
ny fixed rules Of law or evidenced govern e
he tribunals created that it set aside !
be safeguards which the wisdom Of ages !
ad estabiishe for the protection Of in :
ocence: that il provided for the support !
( millions Of negroes, whilst it made no 7
roeisisns f1T other millions OF whites Z
1ually enuuel b tbe charity Of the Cow l.
rnmeut-if the Government b. iQ Te~
live itself into a great charitable lnstitu- !
an that il deprived owners Of their
.pds without legal proceedings thai II a
'aeed ia the charge II ageHts the inter- =
- Of four millions Of people Whicn =
.ould have concentrated in their hands r
1,oqser dangerous 10 liberty and destruct-
= Of political morelify- and That it q
.ould have incurred au expense in Its +.
of many millions Of dollars, Z
-hep The Treasury was already grOaning =
,t7s- the burdens Of It. For these rea-
~. and raanv Others that suggest them RI
lives uOon reading the bill ana tile mes
,ge, 1 give nay hearty assent % tne veto. n
The Civil Rights bin Is equally Qoiec- +,
enable, and the ciear, suceinct ana I'M d
ressive argument Of the President ia I,
Is message, demonstrates its unconsti- !
and its defects on the score Of :
lere policy. M