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

3 driven or brow-bsaten, that be is 20 b
, / treated respectfully, and that he is a fol
, grown statesmen.
j concur with Andrew Johnson, whei
J | in lhatfrank, sensible, and manly speech
I he declared, that
If while The rebellion was going oT
the Constitution was rolled up as pieei
OF uarehnaent ff It was violated ia som,
! particulars to save the Government, thi,
! may have then been some excuse 90 jus
, tify it; now that peace has come, now
that the war is over, we want a written
Constitution and the time has come K
take the Constitution down, nnroil Id
read and understand its provisions
And also in the firm belief that Charles
sumner and Ihaddeus Stevens. and 9th
ers who arewith them in crowding meas.
ures through CONGRESS which are designed
10 prevent the restoration Of the Onion.
are as much opposed to the fundamental
I principles Of the Government, and are as
much labOring to prevent and destroy
these principles, as were the men who
I fought against us ia the recent rebellion
and, although their efforts win be futile,
/ yet their agitation is detrimental h the
[ best Interests Of the country, and should
I be disc0untenanced by all loyal men.
4 III the people OF the country would only
/ unite on this great platform, which looks
/ to the Union Of all Of The States, the pro-
4 lection of all Of its inhabitants, and the
4 paymentof the public debt, new inn
petus would be gwen 10 the nation, and
'' an the clouds which Ger our house have low
Would be IN the deep bosom OF the ocean
buriea.'
My feil0w-cjtizens, let the dangers
which now threaten cur beloved country
but pass away; let the clouds be rifted
asunder; let wars dread alarums be for
gotten; let the "sword be turned into a
ploughshaTe and the spear intOa pruning
hook, and these dissensi0ns and strifes
cSused by the antagonisms Of ideas Oui-
eteG, and this nation in the compactbess
and unity Of its wen balanced system.
wiz reach an indefinite period OF iifa. 1t
is just starting in the race Of glory,
abounding IN energy, thrilling in strength
and fiIil Of confidence. Our destiny must
be upward and onward.
To make a nation perfectly independ-
eDt, IL must possess within itself all Of the
elements of national greatness, Of internal
power and productive wealth. Il must
tants, have workshops and factories
enough for the manufacture Of every arti-
cls necessary for their comfort aud con-
venience, planting interests large enough
to supply the raw material, and their
commercial wealth SO as to diffuse and
Interchange between the manufacturer [
and the planter, and the agriculturist, the
products Of their respective avOcatl0ns {
and trades Such was the condition OF [
the United States before the rebellion; !
such it must be again, and the party that /
stands Ia the way of its contamination, 1
viii BE- ground 20 powder.
The Northern and Eastern States fur /
nished the manufactures Necessary TO /
clOthe the entire country; the great gran
airy Of the Northwest gave the supplies 4
TO feed it; the Southern States furnished
the raw material, and the commercial
wealth Of New York and New Orleans
moved it all as the necessity and trade
required.
say 10 you. my fellOw-citizens, that
this great war demonstrated that our
i ederal system Of Union and Govern
ment is as admirably adapted TO the en-
f0rcement Of the laws when sought to be
evaded by armed resistance, a. to the
purposes Of domestic peace and happiness.
Ia unity of council, in pr0mptness Of
action, IL all the arrangements by which
the forces Of a country are brought 70
bear with dlrectness and energy upon an
enemy; in the operations by
which men are marshaled into distant
service, and credit Is made to concentrate
and give 10 public objects the diilusive
wealth of millions-0ur Constitution and
Government has proven itself not in
.erior in those things which mabearinies
nvincible.
The only remaining question is, how
shall the American Government treat
The citizens of the rebelliOUs States
Shallitclothe its polity with acharacter
IF virtue and benignity ? Or shall it prove
hat il engaged in this war, and mar
ihaied its forces for victory ia order that
c may despOl, suaiugate, and tyrannize
over the vanquished2
Shall it prove that it vanquished in I
order to improve and bless? If such is Z
.he object, then let Congress adopt the
policy Of the President. He eXalts its /
'epentaut and pardOned enemies into an ,.
quality with the most favored citizens.
He shares with them ON fraternal terms I
he benefits Of American Institutions. !
lie makes them partakers Jointly with
,ur Internationally loyal citizens, in full .
md free abundance of all the priceless
of its laws, liberties, name
md honor.
Tt is a divine, rather than a mortal trait q
hus to exert superior force; not % claim
triumph as a conquest, but to difiilse a +
,lessing; not TO arrOgate superiority over a
hose whom if loyal, would be equals, x
uJ endeav0r by kindness and affection +
o raise up the disloyal, the depressed,
nd the Wretched TO a generous commu- =
itV with others, in all that our fathers ( {
alOr Won, and our own brave soldiers n
reserved against their fiercest and I
lOOdiest assaults.
A policy which this embraces, where I
le opposing policy would destroy which
est0Ws what no conqueror ever before j
III, freedom, protection, and indepen-
ence, on the sole condition Of loyalty, I o
aust be successful its authority is i'm ac- b
0rdance with nature, Justice and right. d
The conquest that is crowned subiuga- II
on, spOHatiOu and disiranchisemeut, \
arries within Itself the seeds Of discon- z
snt and danger. We know and feel q
nat it has to be maintained by constant
]rce, and is full of turmoil and strife, q
efore the repose Of the country is ulu- d
lately obtained. L
Therefore, I have always argued and V
oted in favor Of the br8adest hberality u
have after months of intimate associa-
on with the statesmen at Washington, "
lUnd no reason 10 change my vieWs-On b
le contrary, many to strengthen them. g
Our course therefore in Tennessee is a n
lain one. Give % the President Of the d
nited States and his true friends your Y
irnest sympathy and cordial support la
bey the laws, be peaceful aud quiet, and 81
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