Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-18

4 It's pr1udest cities are ruins. CharlestC
Z remains, ike the ruins Of Carthage
Old, an appropriate Ta0numsntiOf the pc
hdy which has sunk the sunny South
/ darkness and desolation. Meantime q
. North has risen ia increasing grandel
aud wealth throughout the progress
the war. What hearts those men nl5t
have who, standing RlOof from the va
j snd epjoyipg ehe glory aud blessings
the victories won by our gallant armies
without sharing their tolls and peril
row, instead Of initiating the soldier
maenauimitv IN lifdng up fallen brC
ther, would strike down again the heil
less and who demand spoil contlsca
1-ti0h, more blood and 4E0uift have it she
on a scafi0id, where they could enjoy IN
/ tragedy at ease as in a theatre.
How differently felt that true friend &
the Union-President Lincoln. His hU
mane Instinct taught him that the bleed
ing gashes made by the.sw0rdi which ha
.sevHrHd f0rlthe time, the adections o. tn
! country. We're best -eul'ed when so0nes
bound aud healed with the frsJ inten
ton. He looked upon the Slates q
members of tae sans hodyI sal mHted'o
I ID by ali the indestructible ligatures Ofth
Constitution, but suffering, under th
weight Of the UsurpaiOn a suspended
I animation. That removed, the state
were in a condition to resume their func
. lions with al the rights and faculties Inn
I parted to them by the Constitution
I When the military power had done 10
! duty delegated by the supreme law, ant
I had suppressed the insurrectiOn, had eX
Z tirpaLed its cause, and ali ImpedimenJs 6,
! their normal prescribed action, by VIVA
7 right did Congress interpose, assume %
{ pFeseelbeeButftinps not 10 he found il
THE sUpreIle law wbieh1 was a iHw e,
I Congress itself. and which established
I the state rights in der0gatiOn of which
4 CaugFess attempted 20 legislator
It was upon this attempt that Lincoln
| put his veto. Congress undertook 60
enact conditions not in the Constitution
of the United States, upOn which the
Southern states E1onfd sEF with their Sis
dgrs-af the North. This the president
considered sheer arrugation. II was pre-
sumiug that the States were dead that
ullezCTeRerGl Government haviBg- failed
iIliIs duty 70 suppress che cUnsptr.icy and
iRsernectiOu under which they were 6nm-
PEELED TO succumb for a time, the States
had committed suicide-had become out
lying Territories, conquered from tor
sign enemy The whole preteXt was
quilt up OF falseassumptions. The Presi-
dent proclaimed thai the war was waged
by the nation on tue principle that the
STATES in which the rebellion reigned
were parcel OF the natiOn-e0uld nor
stuuid not be separated from it by their
own or any other power that neither
the Congress Of the United States nor
that OF tle usurping GOhfederacy could
alter their status Ia the Union.
O. H.r u D #s.fr y
over the whole country and IN Congress,
The President was nominated for re-elec-
ti0n -f7y- the Republican Convention at
Baltimore, which reaftirmed his princi-
pies. Leading members OF the party in
Congress protested against the doctrine,
called it IN question, in an able mani-
fsst0, which was az appeal 10 the people
against IT, but their vote ratified it at the
polls. 10 was 5roughtup Al The last ses-
sion of Congress GoE practical application
iu the admission Of Louisiana, and was.
only defeated ~ q sort of revolutionary
tacucs on the part ST Mr. Sumner and
i've other senators, who, when tie bIl
was on its passage, took the floor and an
uUupced the determination % speak 0at
the session and i0se the bills necessary Co
support the Government aud carry ON
the war.
Vow, The y hole radical party have as
suIned as Their party principle the anJl-'
constitutional doctrine that the States
put IN allegiance by rebeili0us usurpati0n
shall enly be recognized, as ia the Union
when submitting 10 terms prescribe by
al act of Congress. This attains the
point at which the Essex junto-the high
flying Federalists at the NOrth-weuld, 1
at The beginning OF the Government /
have liked the power Of the General Cow
eminent. The whole policy of this aris-
-ocratic body Of politicians have ever
been, and Is now, the concentration Of
The supreme power in the hands OF Con-
yress. It's legislation Is TO pervade the
States- and supplant thatof their Legisla-
lures.
They make full manifestation Of their
design In their Freedmen's. Bureau bin
and their Civil Rights bill, by which
hey undertake 70 establish q nation Of
negroes anaoHgE a nation Of whites. aBd
'erier them Independent Of the laws
md courts Of the States IN which they
Ia contempt of all sense Of
ustice and humanity, their revolution
iry measures invading the rights Of the
states and snnuAing their municIpal
avs, by excluding them from their
tights IN the Union, and their represent
ltion from the halls Of Congress, and
governing them as England once gov
srned ireland, refusing TO hear her voice
IN the Imperial Parliament
As Ireland was governed by laws sent
% her from England, - the eleven. States
u the south, sill eXctudsd from repre- l
I'd Congress, although theyhave
.iven proof Of entire s1bm ission b the
avs and Constitution and aeeuiesce IN I
al the issues determined by the wsr, are I
goverBed by laws shaped in a caucus, and .
Jassed ~bY a Congress representing {
mother section ofthe cQEntrs' exclusively I
7lhe CofEdtutinn expressly provides,
hsttae RneEiden4 ef-fh8 Ehited States Z
md Congressional represep tatiYes shall /
le chosen BY the votes Of persons IN each I
,-s-e authorized by it 10 elect the popu- 4
ar branch Of It's Legislature. This right /
Z expressly reserved 70 oGOh State 10 /
prevent the consolidation Of all power
"a the Congress Of the United States. /
If that body had the right to make I
he votes empowered g elect h, tbe
5fiCsh Parliament would not be more I
'nsnipotsnt The leaders Ia the present
,ongress have repeatedly oeelared that
be only lQg& men in the South are the
legFoss, and they insist that they shall
,e entitled %. universal suffrage, while
very white man should be excluded
Who cannot take the test oath, denying
hst be had ever syulPathized with ang
ne sugsged Ia the rehellion. Congress
AS h0t Yet-VentHred 70 annul the clause
8 the Constitution giving the creation
& electors to the several States; but Mr.
.umueT, who speaks for the Senate, has
N.H ffr.an .
neBduaeut 70 the Constitution WafIanls
Be concession Of suufage % the negroes,
"a a measure bas been introduced 10
1e House OF Isspresen tstivcs TO deny it
D al tie. white people disqualified by
But peither Of these eXpedieuts need be
esorted 70 now Congress, 5y excluding
-om the National ! leg islaliise shs lEhsie
ace ln he south thai fought the battle
lg our Independence, aud who c0ntribu-
ed largely IN founding what has hitherto
zen looked upon az the white mans
estsbl izhad bg nis courage,
!ltaliieence aAd iahor as bis own tree-
lold, and as the Inheritance Of his child
en, renders any further disirHuchise-
nent superiuous, and his degradation Is
completed by putting The negroes upon 2
liEhaT ground thau tne Nhire Faoe IA
,tnei respects edncating their children /
: me nationa expense. feedinE cloth-
ng-9nd she tsring The hundred tliousauls
30 Tesect the tempting wages s kioa Ta-
'lls 4teM " F9iHfn lu enpiog guleat 4n
ne lsoatnf-ae recording to them seats Ia
he galleries q toe i've HogAes. f5s
nalez aftifed IN every variety orcostubae.
be females lat least the better Iookipg
i then2 tqsilirg "a SD, (it Is 10 BE
loped not al the expense % the Ereas-
irg p the men repaying with appiauss
lie recognition By Henatara 81 thsir ser
nee thai saved the coaHtry, and the
zones HePa5inE hy haguets and giances
Fifh which they are hcnored from be-
oE. Ftis reasonable, indeed, that they
hagild eoesEpy PCS lions IN the chambefs
ro5n which lnnititGdes of men and NO.
aen of our kindred aFs tuEiiea away
iaIlg. The. lsgislRti0u being g.direeleG for
be most part to put up the blacks and /
degrade the white race in the prescribed 1
states, i Is proper fh4t the tavorites who 4
axe the deepest interest Ia TIE debates 4
mould be prefeIIest as tile audience.
. itnis preferepce of Eaee- 81 exhibited Z Z
5 true IN ma iianaii Of perfect eqEattys 4
he phrase is 9 thin disguise. The meas
lres proposed - produce this equaifty 4
IRE al frapght with Injustice and viola A
Ion Of fi'Rtrmental law. The Ffesd- T
nsQi 3 BE- bM proQeeded.oB condsca-