Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-21
JEFFERsON-s BIRTHDAY.
President Johnson, Policy Approved

The birthday of THOMAS JEFFERSON,
the expOunder of the Constitution, was
celebrated at the Maison Doree, in New
York, on Friday evening, Speeches
were made by GEO. W. VARIAN, Esq,
Hon. BEN. WooD, ex-Ciov. SEYMOUR, OF
Connecticut, Hon. c. c. BURR, and Gen.
G. W. JONES, OF Iowa. We have only
space for the remarks Of Mr.. VAR1AN,
who presided. He said
GeHtiemea! ItafTords me sincere pleas
ure 10 welcome YOU here this evening.
! Since the last anniversary of Mr.. Jefer-
sons birthday, celebrated in this place.
/ great and important changes have taken
place in our country, An event, the like
] Of which only occurs once in an age,
suddenly changed the whole aspect of
political affairs. The representative and
| embodiment Of Abolition principles was
/ stricken down IN the very zenith Of his
l success, and it is cause Of congratula-
| ton 70 every Democrat that mis- success
I sOr, instead Of carrying US further from
the grand and glorious principles upon
/ which this Government was founded
and stricken country back TO the
/ haven OF peace and prosperity in
which the Ab0liJiOuists found il. Every
/ Democrat, every patriot will joyfully
I wish him God speed iG such q noble mis-
! sion. And If Andrew johnson shall sue
/ ceed in rescuing our country, as IL were,
I from the jaws Ofdeath, his name viii de-
seTvedly stand high upon the roll of fame
I But il would be insincere IN US, and IN
worthy Of men who, like ourselves, have
for five long years, breasted abolition
hate and fOlly-many Of whom, indeed,
have sacrificed wealth and position, YEA
some I see before me who have suffered
l cruel Imprisonment for the faith once
delivered 70 the Democratic saints; il
would, / say, be unworthy Of Us If we did
not assure President johnson that our
conviction Is irresistible, that there is no
surestanding ground for him short of the
JeflersOniOu Democracy, the resolutions
Of / 703, and the Dred Scott decision, State
rights, and white citizenship. The great
danger Of the present Is the tendency to
aequiesce in the wrongs which the Aboli-
ton revolutiontists nave inflicted upon
our country, but il Is the work Of every
true patriot to secure, 10y political agita-
ton, every right the people may have
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war. Some over sensitive people have
suggested that our society ought to drop
The name of anti-Abolition " because
the natural relation Of the races in the
South has been trampled down by mill
tary power. Now, believing the negro
10 be an inferior and distinct race,
made so by the Great Creator OF all.
and believing furthermore, that the white
man Is superior, aud that society is more
harmonious where these great distinc-
tlons are recognized, we do do not under
stand why we should swallow our con-
yictions, and call that white which We
know most unmistakably Is black. We
are not in favor Of abolishing the dietinc-
lions Of race, and why should We be
afraid to say sO2 We never have been
Aooliuonists, and we feel some pride in
having II distinctly understood that
We are opposed 10 them now and ever
more, and not afraid to say SO. There is
anothef class Of people who tell US
that we have ne right to celebrate
MI JeilersOn's birthday. In other
words, That Nh. Jefferson, though strong
state Rights man, was an Aboiitionisfi
To this reply, Mr.. Jefferson never had
the first conception Of what is now known
as Abolitionism. Idefy any one 10 SHOW
3 sentence from his writings whore be
ever favored the equality Of the races ~
lifically or socially. The man who ~.
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