Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-08

iminarv To all Others. The small panu
of tyenty-oue. united a. brothers.
did not hesitate as 10 ihelr duty
and left unhesItatingly, because they De
| Ieved it, as we believe 10, am attempt al
subversion Of the Government, Is mol
this "a 1ree Government. ana had not
your representative a right 10 abandon
! his seat in preference TO surrenderlng
your liberties:
He entered into q h~riefhist0ry Of every
man who resigned his seat, and paid a
touching tribute 20 those whose course in
The war had ever been on the side OF the
Union. and who had maintained their
opinions most calamity with arms in
the field. He quoted the speech Of some
radical who had said, "The war Is ended
in the field, but transferred TO the cabl-
net" and deprecated such doctrines.
He read a resolution offered in the Leg
islature Of Massachusetts, attacking Pres
ident johnson and his remarks in the
recent speech delivered at Washington
and denounced the spirit Of such action
by that body.
He eulogized President johnson and
MS policy, and was here interrupted, As in
other portions of his address, by much
applause. He said with President john
son, there is no such word Us fail, and
that he would preserve the dearest inter-
ests of our common country, He called
upon the foreign born citizens 10 assist
with energy the effort To rescue from
I Radical fn fueuce our common country,
from a worse bondage than theyfed from
az home. his speech at the conclusion,
was loudly and repeatedly ~applauded.
Gals were made for Mr.. Poston. Again
we pretend to only a short synopsis OF
some portions of the remarks made by
Mr.. PostOn.
He said he came to Memphis twenty
seven wears ago q beardlezs stripping, and
stopped at the solitary tavern, not more
than fifty yards from where he was then
standing. He spoke Of his early years,
Of his struggles in the battle Of life, and
the uniform kindness of the people Of
/ Memphis 10 him. How he had desired
only 10 be a lawyer, and had no political
aspirations, and simply desired 70 pre-
| serve 20 himself, and secure 10 Others,
the right Of the ballot box untrammeled.
| He had not desired to be g represents
tive, and only yielded 10 the ex-
pressed wish of the citizens OF
Shelby county, and appealed TO the
legislative record for his action there.
AAE AatA AnAAAAE4 ~ lANFNA hN AAAf A@A my
Of the Legislature by every means in his
| power, and even his political opponents
| would bear testimony TO this fact. He
thought the Governor had gone beyond
his province as Governor TO place n
stigma on his name before the people OF
Tennessee. He also eulogised the repre-
sentatives, whose action had conceded
with his own and that Of his colleagues,
one Of whom, Mai. Lewis, had been the
intimate friendaud counselor Of Andrew
Jackson through all the long life of that
| great and good patriot. The retiring
members were superior in social position,
worth and patriotism TO nine-tenthsOf the
radical majority, and vet are pronounced
upon by such men as Fletcher and Brown
low. He analiZed the existing franchise
law, and, as a lawyer, believed it had eN-
hausted the power of the Legislature in
the premises, and pariimentarily, a law
cannot, after its passage, be altered,
amended or changed at the same session
Of the Legislature, and this session was
but an adjourned reunion OF n same
session. The Committed had adopted, in
lieu Of all other bills, u much more
stringent than the existing one, and eX-
Guiding mani now allowed 10 vote. a
motion TO print this bill very unusuall
was voted down, and thus many mem-
ber- did not fully understand its prOvis-
ions; and smother motion was made to
DasS il on SIS second TcCdiNQ. This sum
mary method Of passing biusO such i'm
p0rtance ne did not anduever would sane
ton. He gave % detailed and technical
account Of the effort 10 pass
the bill, and its unusual and
most hasty preparation. Mr.. Pos
toms remarks were lawyer-like and fOrci-
BILE, but our limits do not enable us TO
present them at greater length. He fur
ther said "that bill affects the dearest
rights Of three-fOUrtbs Of the people of
Tennessee, and that the radical majority
found themselves, as they ought 10 have
done, without a quorum for business, ]
represented the proudeEt county in Ten
nessee-the first i'm commercial impor-
lance and population, and destined to be
come first in influence in the State; that
sooner than surrender the liberties Of the
people he represented, be would sacrifice
the Interests Of merchants, Of lawyers, Of
farmers and all other classes. He would
not consent 70 place the power, such as
the provisions Of the bill would place in
the hands Of the Governor of Tennessee,
into those of his " venerated
father. were he living. He
believed the bill was proposed by
Fletcher, land in his hand wTitingh the
Secretary of StateofT Tennessee. Fletcher
brought into the radical caucus, and in
troduced it by q speech Of IN hour, il
introduced on the 18th Of February,
-cOucUcted by Fletcher and BrOwnlOw,
between them, and the method fixed for
passing il through the Legislature. The
Governor, his political and church
Far.H.l AfaHf4AIfAF aud MN. rr=.L 80.
confident Of its passage that be
wrote "a piece for the Knoxville WHO,
advocating this very measure and defin-
ing his position on lt. The assets Of the
Bank Of Tennessee, vet available, is the
snug sum OF > 1850, 600, which was COM
mitted by another proposed bill 10 six
commissioners, without giving bond, and
% be appointed by the Governor. Mr..
P0-tOn was for a franchise bill, similar
10 that made by the founders Of the con-
stituiion of this State, and allowing those
who had je0psrdized them allegiance to
vote, on renewing their allegiance in
the manner prescribed by the amnesty
proclamation, de deprecated emigra-
ton Go Mexico brother countries wished
70 lay his remains where he had passed
his lie, iu his native land. He paid a
beauCful t4uute % Gen. Chesthanl, and
his recent letter defining his future
course as "a citizen of the country.
lie closed 10y advocating the policy Of
President johnson, and compared it only
TO de example Of the Hero oi the Her
mitage-Andrew jackson.
Throughout his speech he was fire.
quenLy applauded.
On motion Of Mr.. Lofand, the Chair
man appointed a committee Of five TO
draft resolutions expressive of the senti-
ments Of this meeting which committee
consisted Of Messrs. Lodand, Becktel,
Heating, Butter and Wendlan.
While the committee were drafting
the resolutions, the Chairman, Mr.. Mar
TN, spoke in praise Of Gov. Brownlow-
who be had known thirty years-as q
man and socially, bat disapproved Of his
POLITICAL radicalism and endorsed the
action OF the twenty-one members who
withdrew from the Legislature.
WHEREAS, We, the people Of the
county Of Shelby, having assembled for
the purpose Of taking into consideration
the course pursued by u representa-
tives in the Legislature, Samuel p.
Walker and w. X, Postoni by which
they. with Others, prevented the radical
majority, IN the House Of Representa-
lives, from passing ga bill, without
amendment or debate, 10 amend the
present franchise law" passed June ,,
1865, "the object Of which is to limit
and lessen the number Of qualified vo-
tiers, a. a-scertained by that law, and to
lodge the control of this most important
political power in tho hands Of the Gov
ernur.n And
Whereas, We firmly believe no
greater act of injustice could have been
perpetrated uponthe people Of Tennessee,
BY The Legislature, Than the massage OF
this franchise bin. the uncoBstftutjou-
atty of which, with its Inequality to the
different divisions Of the State and other
insurmountable objections % Is, are fully
set forth, IN an address 30 the people III
Tennessee by twenty conservativemem
berz Of the House Of Representatives.
among whom are our immediate Repre-
sentadves, Walker and Poston. There
fore, be il
ResolUed. That We indOrse and sustain
the Hon. Samuel p Walker and Hon.