Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-05-04

a decree that was not TO be broken with
impunity by anybody. That was made
by Darius, The Mede, when be said that
for a certain number of days no one
should bow down and make "a prayer %
any god but Darius, and IL ANYBODY did
he was 10 he put in the den of lions.
Here In Missouri, In the nineteenth cen
Iturv. we find that no man can preach
the gospel Of the Son ofG0d without per-
mission of the state. It is not republican,
it Is not American, OF in accordance
with the principles Of on government
And SO sure as the sun is in
the heavens, the people of this country
will rise to vindicate their right un-
der their constitution to worship God
under their own vine and fig tree.
rCheers. Daniel vast put in the lions
den, and his enemies thought they had
/ triumphed over MIN. But wlen the king
looked into the lions den, Daniel cried
ont. so king, live forever; my God,
whom 1 serve, has saved me from the
mouth Of the lion.n These priests and
ministers who are thrown into prison in
/ free America in the nineteenth century
will be like Daniel, and when Darius
z shall say, ooh, Cummings, On, Hogan,
i Oh. GareSche, has y0uf God saved you 3'
the people VIII say, "Nesr cur strong
] hands will rescue you from Darius, the
Mede, and from the laws Of the Iedes
land Penians, that GU non-Americans
Z have ad0pted.'' Just as certain a. the
ides Of November, every man who had
Fauvthing to do in this work gu bestruck
down.
They have included in this system, in
\ order 10 overwhelm the people, a system
Of oaths contrary to the constitution of
I the Emitted States. And that C0ustitu-
I ton Eiudicates itself against the coBstitu-
/ ffon OF the state Of Missouri. And / tell
vCu, in the case Of Cummings, which
was taken TO the supreme court, that
court has declared the oath of Missouri
to be unconstitutional it is true, no
written opinion has been made, but j
I have it from one Of the judges Of the su-
urzme court themselves. Ispeak what I
know when ] say this. But 4 part Of
that court Wee anxious, as far as
/ possible, TO preserve tnrsg party power,
I and they got % msn of the majority or
the cont b. agree That the deeslouslOuld
not be published until next December.
shame, shame, OF Ihes supreme court Of
the United States. Win us erGlne
trailed ia the dust, its glory las departed
We have fallen on evil times; We have
GOT at the head Of t;,at court apoliti-
elan, and i say We have goo 70
choss him of oft. LCheersl he Is there
I 60 subserve a mere temporary, partisan
Durpase. he has trailed the glory Of the
supreme court ia the dust end rendered
ii Gisreuutabla fer anybody TO have aAg-
I thing to do with it. Cheers. But sup
/, pose they have not decided iL. Va have
fba power TO decide Il, and IL is our duty
] y, fsai,'4 t. for ourselves. isaF that oath
/ Ii tmconsfffuta uui and has no binding
! force ON apvhedv aud WheH EQH come
up TO vote be sure 10 be registered.
I When YOU come up 70 be registered %
the man who f. charged with the registry
seeks 70 deprive YOU Of your right OF
I voting, Just say 10 him, "-ir, do it at
/ your peril Cheers. am not opposed
10 a registry law, Il ID is fam and honest 4;
but III it is partisan and seeks 20 rob You
] Of your right, say TO the man who does
IL, " II you have got property l viii take
/ it,N for there is a law by which he can
Z hrpuuishei. Andifhe is a man Of straW,
( then say 10 him, Sir, my rights or your
! Blood tell YOU, gentlemen, il has
I come TO this, that men are not 20 suffer
I themselves 10 be put under foot
by any partisan power that may
/ accidentally come along. Let every
man feel that he is a freeman, and
that he VIII have the rights Of a free
man, no matter who says 10 the con-
| uary. Idon't want blOOdshed / don't
/ counsel resistance TO the law where the
( law exists; but when the destruction Of
rioht IS sought: when ], enjoying the
right Of a freeman, am deprived Of that
I right. il Is my duty 10 resist such en-
/ cbachnleuts. ] am just one Of those
who believe that registrars viii be
I mighty scarry in this country by and by.
I fCheers7 You may say Gov. Fletcher
Will order out his posse CclN-t-at-lS.
uaughterl But il strikes me there Is a
I court, and that there was p case IN that
court-was there not, Mr.. GlOver2 ar.
/ Glover nodded assent 1 tell you the
I best ntrye TO operate on these men Is the
\ pocket nerve and ifyou operate properly
/ on that, they viii begin TO work for the
white man after awhile. But don't
! appreheudm much trouble about this regis
! try law. ! think it's more Of a bugbear
to scare innocent children. ] don't
Z think men will be afraid OF il. Livery
/ man ia this country should come up and
demand bis rights and il be don't get
| them, sue for them or something else.
Feilow-citizens, our national affairs
I demand our Attention, as well as state.
! Congress i composed Of men elected on
the plea cfbeng union men, But While
/ fhev are represeuMfiges Of tie union
I nayfv tbev have sought % dissolve the
union. During thewar ID was cOutenaed
I ia states wers not out Of the union, but
only IN revolt, and President Lincoln
said 70 the peopleof those states, when
Won lay down Your arms you shall enjoy
| an your rights in the union But the
1 majority 10 congress say, &oI you are
ont, and weNiil keep you out another
principle IN our government Is, there can
4 be no taxation without representation
We tax them in every way but We doa't
1 allow q single man cOnnected Win the
taxing power 10 represent them | am
! opposed tofhis, and ana for the admission
| o. members Of congress from the south
I ern states when they present themselves
right Chess But sOmeOf these gen
Eemen say, Do you want rebelsl Ia con-
| gresa % make laws for US whose hands
are red with tbe blood Of our brothers ?'
lIsay no; and nobody asks II. But they
1 have men there Who are not in that
Ok. There are men there who have
4 fought the battles 81 this nation, who
I have raised troops and sent them into.
I the Ted. such me- have been elected
4 70 congress but they won't let them Ia.
I Johnson, Of Arkapsas, is an instunce in
| poiut. There wac a young man, how
/ ever, from New Orleans, who wa elect
] 81 81 free negroes. He lived about here
I once and his mamie Is Yarmouth, He
came 10 Washington to represent the
( pemmeR Of color; and the gemmen Of
/ color having been honeyfuggled by MI.
/ Warmouth must pay Rln something for
his troubfe and 30, when they came up|
10 vote they were charged q half doliaa
or 3 dollar, or Ave dollars, as the case
might be: and the money was putin the
hznds OF Warmopthet TO pay his expenses
while he Was contrasting in congress fora.
SCAT He came Z congress and Mr. Ste
vens ons day offered a resolution that
mr. Wsum0Uth, q representative from
ifha terrifory Of Louisiana, be ad-
imfited on tie floor Of congress 0fe0unse
a msl6rity passed H. foE they underssood
] ~ We the Representative 81 the blnck
man. Rus fh6V I'D nos exactly under
stana Low al ibis money ~as hOneyfgg~
! oied Oh u thesc biack men ID order that
Warmp11 Mleht haye S seat M cons
eresa a e@ days afterwards, harQlame