Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-29


3 fhc Constitution. IL is subVersfve OF H.
e true purposes Of the Union, and is, in 10.
, Judgment revolutionary ia lls ienoenc5
! WHAT right sir, have gentlemen VIII
: are in the majority on this floor, an
> who control the action 0f this House, Z
!, saw to the people or Tennessee aud Nora
IA Carolina, or OF any other State withil
II this Union, for, sir, all the states are y
s the Union as equal members), that the.
9 shall not be represented here if they sen,
q members who have been duly elected
and Who possess the qualifications re
. quired by the Constitution:
Sir, huhdreds and hundreds of thous
ands who are deprived under the term
! I Of this test oath Of July, 1862, from hold
I ing office under the General Govern
, nent. because they have been engages
1 either in the civil or military service O
the late iusU-ent States, are men h'
: have acted under the honest and sincer'
belief that their states had the right .
saratle: en- opinion most Unwarrautaoi'
! in my Judgment, yet II is known toeYer1
: man On this floor that there always eN
isfed. prior to the termination OF the iat.
e strf,peie. q large body Of men in th'
2 Southern States who believed thata-tat'
e had a right 90 secete when I'm her Judg
. mant ner rights OF Interests demanUcdlt
= a most fatal ae-esy, i admit, and on,
= which Z have siWays opposed. Euf
: however erroneous this opinion was, anc
] fl was, i'm my Judgment the greatest o
errors. still ir existed trom an early period
OF The Government, and was, / believe
. honestly entertained by manyof the peo-
z Die Of the Southern States; and it would
r be- difficult % account Tor the fact taai
r. almost an entire section Of this country
r. rrH
T. Union on any other theory.
Bat sir, leading and influential jour-
, mails and statesmen "a the North, en-
Z c1u-aEeG these people in the belief thai
they might peacaably sceede. Senator
Wade. fn a speech delivered ia the Sen
ate. tAirI session Of the Ihirjy-four-h
I Congress, C77grrs i5ll1' Globe, page .,
rpfarriug % speeches OF Southern men
. about the dis-1luiiUn Of the Union, said 4;
"If they do not feel Interested in up
holding this Union, ifit really trenches
on their rights, II DO end8u-e1s their in
stltuti0us to such an extent that they
cannot feel secure under IL, IF their inter
e=-s are violently assaiied by means Of
this Union, I am not one Of those who
would ak them 90 continge nl s1cl
Union Tt would he doing violence TO
the platform Of the party TO which / be-
long We have adopted the old Deela-
ration Of Independence as the basis Of
our political movement which declares
that anv people when their Government
ceases 10 protect their rights, when it is
7 so subverted from the true purposes Of
J government a. 70 Oupress them, have the
right to recur to fundamental principles,
and If need ba 10 destroy the Govern
ment under wiIirh they live, ana 20 cree.
on lis ruins another more conducive 90
their welfare.
Il hold that they have ibis right
I viii not blame any people for exercising
! it whenever they think the contingency
has come. 2 shall certainly be the adYo-
cate Of that same doctrine whenever i
find tf7at the uriuc.rlas OF this Govern
ment have become $50 oppressive 20 the
4 section to which belong tAat free
/ people ought not longer a. endure IT,
/ Gou VIII not lind me backward % being
I the advocate of disuuion: but the con-
I tingency never having come, have
I never opcued my HoHtl in opposition to
I this Union. But, for IeaVs.-'5 sake, act,
not talk / am tired Of this eternal cia
! Of dissolution Of the Union when IS
brought ug ul all occasions, and thrust
! into our faces as though We of ths Notth
/ had some peculiar reasons Tor l-.i---- iIl-
+ ing the Union that the southern States
/ have not. / hope the Union viii con-
tinue forever ] believe 1t may con-
I tinue forever. I see nothing - present
( which I think should dissolve it; DuI If
the gentlemen see Do, i say AGAIN That
I they have the same interest IN malmain-
ing this Union, in my Judgment that We
Of The North have u t-eE J-ilA tLvy
I have not, be It 50. You cannot loFclbiy
hold men in this Union; for the attempt
20 DO so, iC seems TO me would -uoveTt
the first principles Of the Government
under which we HTa.'
Here we have the eSpiieitanl unguali-
fed declaratiauthat sUg cannot f1-ciuly
hold men il this Union
But, further. wc fad IN Che Sew York
tribune. February %, 1861, the following /
Whenever il shall lie clear that the
great body OF the Southern people nave
become conciusiValv alienated from the .
Union and anxious t0 escape it, va viii
do our best % forward their views.'
Again, the same. paper Of date March T.
2 1854, @5 i.~se this clear statement on /
the same point:
We have repeatedly said, aud we
once more insist, that the great principle .
en- bodied bv jefferson in the Declaration .
OF ildeDendence, that governments de- .
rive their iust powers from the consent
Of the governed, is SOUND and gust and .
THAI If the slave states, tneucE5n Stafes,
or the gulf States only, choose to form
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rg7 n lei tba cotton S-stas a. if thew
rssTIz- Is-frs.I r. vs. no. 7o9.I,- tIa1
ygfili5r liar ne Trnfe1 sbo,,l,I F., ,,o9g
faith make them the offer but / now
7eefllv ragrer that ID was ua- I8sde and
acted on"
Lfeut.-Cov. Stanton. I'm q speech de-
IivasaG en- this floor on the 18th of JanU-
srv. 1861. used lie following language, F
which I viii ask the clerk 10 read from
the CJpgrcssiOBGl GEoJs which I send 60
the desk
The cierS ssal as follows:
81 grant you very freely ana frankly
that I DO not believe this Government
can he pc-uanentlv held together by
military i0TCf DO not believe that any
sectinn oftlis oufcderacv wifi ultimately
subiugafe nd ovsrrrn dc other and hold 4
It as conquered ur0vince. / have no
idea Of any such 1hihz. It's against the
genius ana spirit of he age. Nobody
would attempt any such thing. / regard
civil war as really settling the question
that there Is 60 be ultimately a separate
coufaderagy. have no idea that such
Rcr could end otherwise than IN a seU9-
ration OF this unioH, and TIE CrEaai-a-
ton OF separate conteIeIaeles. am
perfectly saJlslled OF mat.
Nr. lnck but the same distinguished
gentleman, 80 aeUilili aFse.hi ae..Yerrd
during the same session OF Congress- on
the 25d Of February. 1851, SAID;
Z. Mi. Sneaker when there were fifteen
slaveholdinc States acknowledging allie
glance TO this Federal Government, and,
therefore; having ia their hands lhe
power 10 psotett l.isi.is ,ss- akaiii>t any
invasion OF their rights on the I@tt OF lAe
Federal Government, II WAS a matter OF
very Ettie consequence "lelIef saoh an
amendment as Jhat were incoi pofa-eu lll
the CONSTITUTION OF hot, t''iJ t'e rlAia OF
Jhe country Is nov ladichilS anu essen
tally changed. seven or elsiI states
nov oeny 'hei' 2leS.alge 70 thls EoN-
ernmeht' nave organized separate Noh-
ledetacg, and nave desiaseA thSit ,5i, inae-
pendence OF thiS government Nheiihef
that independence Is % oe nam taineu OF
not ls with Jhe iuture II tney shall
MAINTAIN lheir position ana II puohC
opinion ~ tlos- seceoiiAs etates shall
sustain the au1hor!'ies suefe ior yeag or
Two 20 come 50 ~ 20 si.o" t-lS.t hott.iiie .