Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-06

Is ings in Washington and New York o
! the 22d ult., the following observations {
y prominent men touching the relations q
y peace.
3 r. T. Merrick said:
T The most difficult problem presente
q 10 the fathers of the American COnstitu
ton, in the Organization OF this Govern
= ment, was so 20 adjust its powers tina
I the States might retain all necessar.
% power 10 regulate the State institution
and preserve their commercial independ
ence, and, at the same time, by TIM
Union, in one common political organi
zation, establish central gOvernmen
with adequate authority to manage an'
control those matters that aitect tn
! general prosperity and the general wei
tare Of all. This just and difficult prob
lem was settled by the adoption oi IN
Constitution Of the United States, II
which the respective rights and duties o
each, the State and the Federal Govern
ment, are so clearly, judiciously, anc
wisely defined that neither can
b pass the limit without a conscious
I violation of the duty that sacred charter
imposes upon each. Under that charter
there is no power IN a state 10 withdraw
from its allegiance 10 the Federal Gov
/ ernment, or relieve its people from the
individual allegiance which each owes 10
the Government. The compact holds
tine state bound in It's sacred folds 70 any
other State, and IL holds all the people
bound in their allegiance 10 the Federal
Government; and any legislative act at
tempting 10 withdraw the States from
their allegiance is null and void, because
the Constitution Of the United States j.
the supreme law of the land. Therefore
the various ordinances Of secession
passed by the Southern States were
1 vain enactments OF no obligatory
force, and utterly Intellectual 10 dissolve
! the relation in which these States stood 10
The ether States Of the Federal Union or
| relieve the people from the allegiance
/ they owed 10 the Federal Government
/ When these ordinances were put in force
| and state governments organized under
/ them, il follows As a logical necessity
/ that the governments so organized were
usUrpations; and the armies Of the
/ United States We're called 10 the field not
20 subjugate {. people and conquer ter
ritOry, but 10 overthrow usurping gov
ernmeBt Of the Southern States, pro-
tect Il minority over whom those govern !
ments had been established, and re-aStab-
lish the supremacy Of the Constitution
and laws Of the United States. Our peO- I
pie rallied 10 the unfuried flag of the |
republic. they scattered the armies of 4
rebellion they frustrated the UsurpatiOu I
that assumed authority in the South, and 4
the shreds of the Confederate ensign arl |
now seen only 10 decorate the national /
standard and illustrate its glory. Their 1
armies have surrendered, and their peo- /
pie sue for peace. Organized resistance
20 the Federal Government, in military.
array, does not now exist within the
limits Of the United States Her flag
floats on every foot Of her soil, and her
Constitution is recognized as the supreme
law throughout herentire limits. Peace,
thank God, has returned, and with IL
the President demands should return the
blessings and relations OF peace.
Hon. A. J. Rogers remarked: ] be-
lieve that the Constitution Of the United
states Is the Union, and when the Con-
stitution is destroyed the Union Of this
country will perish and 20 down with ii.
I mean, my friends, the Union that was
made by the patriots and the statesmen
of the time that tried mems souls; the
Onion as handed down 30 MS by our faith
ers for the protection and defense Of the
Liberties of the white men and the white
women Of this land, / mean the Union
which secured for US so great and glO-
riOus an independence-the Union, under
the Constitution, which has brought Us |
at home and consideration and ]
respect abroad equal 10 any country {
among the nations of the earth. And ] ;
believe that uHlesS the doctrines of An I
drew johnson with regard TO the recon-
structiOn policy shall be sustained, that Z
iespotism and tyranny in this country {
will march forth in undisturbed D
tranquility, and when our ewes e
are opened, shackles and chains O
shall convince the people of this
country that their liberties are invaded
We all know that at the commencement
IF this rebellion the people of the South
IF the Union. The people OF the EOrth
aid they had not that right, and two
Millions Of men were raised for the pur-
bose Of proving that this Government, I,
made by our fathers, was perpetual, and n
% proclaim to the world that no State ,
lad a right 10 withdraw itself from the
Union. Has that money and blood been
in vain The States are in o.
he Union; the Union is intact. The q
federal Government is one of limited o.
,Ower, and whenever the Federal g
Government proposes to interfere %
With the States Il is way u
eading TO despOtism and tyranny. y
say there is no test oath that ought to q
re applied to the representatives from 9
be South. They are entitled TO repre- u
by authority Of law, and when "a
hey took the oath laid down in the "
Constitution of the United States they X
id all that was required Of them. / am u
.ere to denounce this wicked, this pesti- u
ant, this despOtic oath ss more wicked P
nd tyfalnicai than any authority ever ~
XerciSed by Charles tie biT-t, by wlHch I u
e had his own head brought TO the el
lock. When the war came | was on / ii
be side Of the Union. / have right 10
rotest against any act Of tyranny which q
ursed the iast administration aud which q
i'll tend 10 plunge the country into war q
gain, ! supported Abraham Lincoln in q
very constitutional movement TO put !.
own the rebellion, but when one of the ~
biects Of the war was to strike the ~
lackles off. the slaves and rob the peO- h
le OF the South Of millions Of dollars OF p'
r0peFJy ! protested againstit. But | am ~
ere to-day 10 support Anurew : iOhnson- ol
OF because he is Andrew johnson, but be- ~
luse of his efforts 20 restore the Union. Ia
md il Is 10 sustain the exercise Of con- OF
.itutional power that ] sustain Andrew 81
0-nson in the movement he is making .,
D bring back the States that are sup II
osed 10 have been out Of the Union. OF
md I am disposed 10 exercise toward the III
outheTn people the most Christian and az
laritable feelings. / have not forgot
-n yet that had il not been for revolU- so
on that bright flag would never have II
cen planted upon this continent. A SC
ley hal 10 sgocumb, lei us meet them o'
a the principles OF charity, take them Nt
y the right hand of fellowship, ana lead "a
lem back into the Union Then, " ith y
eace restored We can march in one 70
did phalanx 90 the halls of the Monte u
lmas, and eventually aid Ireland in to
chewing - =: iherty, a
Hon. b. NJ. Boyer saidi although h
e naga tTiumphantly emerged from -,
,uf years' terrible War, get tle loHstitu- ia
on OF the United States has not been Te- IN
oTed. The work of restoration has Yet +;
be completed. The warrior has done fs
is work, and done it well, and a task =,
ow rests upon Congress and the people. \.
ndrew Johnson, of Tennessee, the le- -
timate successor Of the Father of his ~
ouutry, si,s - the place of Washington 4,
nd presidas over the aesunies OF the f-
-eat nation. We can but pledge our 70
Ives to stand determinedly by the side nr
Andrew johnson in the work he IS -
lrsuing. He stands to-day a God-sent ON
nd God-posted sentinel upon the watch tr-
wersof the Union. The radicals claim ~
.at the Southern States are dead. but we NJ
vthey are in the Union. The gospel Of the az
ideals kills, but the word ofthe President fol
axes alive. But suppose the States are sn
,ad, what is the nOblest ami tTuest pa N,
iutism? to tTamPle upon their PROSTATE no
rcasses or 20 breathe in them anew the ~
cath Of lifes We fought TO maintain a,
e Union: but what sort of a Union is ~
at which would be merely pinned to- ~
ther bv bayOnets? Such a Union no
ouid not be the Union Of our fathers. H.
lat Union was founded upon the con- nj.
Mt Of the people, aud did not need to be Nj
forced at the point Of the bayonet or at ~
2 mouth Of the cannon. ] would not ~
ing the people of the South back as he
iYes-n0t emasoulated and shoru of ~.
cir manhoOd-but they should be ~,
ought back or the principleso of equality an
d fraternity. That Is the only platform in,
'on which the Union can be recon- M,
.ucted. ~ ~
Secretary Seward observed: is
II haveread the history Of this country sea
Tectly, it has settled these three things:
rst. No State can keep itself out of the or
lioni or Keep Itself in Territorial con- res
lOn under the Union. IN the very be- jec
lning four States refused 70 enter; with MOI
y faces they all came in afterwards, eSl
lking the whole number Of States thir- the
~ Instead Of the nine first cousenting. col