Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-01

"DOnit pay for an ounce OF the damned
Tea; p and plausible speakers, like tn
ORRs and PATrONs, ventured to recon
mend for consideration the o
paying for the tea, to open the way
WARREN said, for every cOmplianc.
even to a total Submission aud thi
blockade, the fleets and the army could
not bring out even a symptom Of com
pliance.
In the great debate in the House o
Lords, in January, IT'S, Lord CANDIES
said, at is as lawful to resist the tyr.
amy Of many as Of one. Somebody
once asked the great SELDEN in what
book you might find the law for resist
ing tyranny. 1T has always been the
custom of England answered sELDEN.
and the custom of Englaadis the law
Of the land.'n
In the same year, ALEXANDER HAM
mUoN wrote, "Civil liberty cannot be
wrested from any people without the most
manifold violation Of justice, and the
most aggravated guilt. The Nations
Turkey, Russia, France, Spain, and all
other despotic Kingdoms in the world,
have an inherent right, whenever they
please, to shake off the yoke Of servi-
Jude, though sanctioned by immemorial
usage, and to model their government
upon the principles of civil liberty.H
In February, I775, JOHN ADAMS said,
" Resistance by arms against usurpatiOn
and lawless violence, is not rebeIlious, by
the law of God or of the land. Resist
anee to IaWfut authority makes rebellion.
HAMPDEN, RUSSELL, SYDNEY, HOLT,
! SoMERs, TILLorsoN, were no rebels. II
! an act Of Parliament is null and void, It
is lawful to resist it.D And FRANKLIN
said to Lord NORTH, what ought never
/ to be forgotten They that can giUe up
essential liberty to obtain a little tempo
ram sGJsfy, deserge neither liberty nor
safety.u In the same month he wrote
these words to JAMES BOwDOIN Of BOs-
ton tour honour as a people is become
a matter OF the utmost consequence.
II we tamely give up our rights in
this contest, a century to come viii
not restore US, in tbs opinion of
the world We shall be stamped with
the character Of dastards, poltroons
and fools; and be despised and trampled
upon, not by this naughty, insolent Ma
ton only, but by all mankind. Present
Inconvenience are, therefore, to be borne
with fortitude, and better times ex-
pectad." The honour Of that people is
not nov a matter Of quite SO much CON
sequence. N2gO, it is very willing to
establish a desp0tism over other people,
and is eager to hang thaseewho only fol-
lowed the example set them by Boston
in 1775 only, it was a tar that was to
cost their pockets a little money that
stirred New England to Revolution, as
it vcs an embargo not forty years after
that cuFtaiiad these pecuniary profits,
which caused it virtually TO reOel ags!nsN
the General Government, by directly
giving aid and comf1St to the public
enemyi and in 1851 The South fought
for a great constitutional principle, into
the consideration of which no sordid
calculations Of dollars and cents entered.
II never rebelled because New England
numbered it with a tariff a thousand
times more than King and Parliament
deplelsd the pocket eof the people Of
nT..e,obuuatf Raw
Virginia spoke as manfully az Massa-
ebusetts. awe cannot part With lib
erty, but with our lives" said the inhab-
itants Of B%otetourt. "our duty to Con,
orr Country, ourselves, and q poster
itv, al forbid it. We stand prepared for
every contingency" "FOr my part"
said ADAM STEPHENS, before 1 would
submit my life, liberty and property to
the arbitrary disposal Of a venal a~ristoc-
racy, 7 would set myself down with a
few friends, upon 5oms rich and wealthy
spot, six hundred miles to the westward,
and there form a settlement which in a
time would command attention
and respect"
Is a snob oligarchy any better than 8
venal arist0cracy? Is it any more re-
spectacle 10 be ridden until our backs
are CALLED, by WILSON, SUMNER, CHAN
pLER, NYE, Of Nevada, PoMERoY, oil
Kansas, God knows who from Oregon,
THAD. STEVENS, the back-windOw hero
OF the buek-shot war, than it was for the
Colonies to be domlneered over by
RoRTH, DUNDAs, WEDDERBURS, SAM
and others, who were at least gen
tlenen? Better we should all seek an
other country, and leave the ruined
south to thanegFoes and their psFamours,
than to submit to what every duty for
bids. Now, however, liberty is 3 good
thing to have, II it can be had cheap
but If we can make money instead, il
answers quite as wen.
Night we not endure something, also,
rather than submit b the ezactions Of
.nsolent tyranny. In March, 1875, the
Colonies did not desire independence or
separation from Great Britain. Then
SAMUEL ADAMS wrote 70 Virginia, "sSee
what indignities we suffer, rather than
,recipitate a crisis " and the soldiers
encouraged t%oprovoke the people,
hat they might have some color for
,eginning hOstilities.ii 1t was at the
anne time, that DIR. Samuel JoHNsoN
aid, Show is 10 that we hear the loudest
lslps for liberty among the drivers Of
,egFoesq The slaves should be set free
bey may be more grateful and honest
han their masters.n New England has
low acted on his advice. This same T,
Iumsy Titan Of literature cried, " Moth
az a be more noxious to society than
lemency which exacts 40 forfeiture, ~ !
yhich is the very doctrine now urged ia /
diluted form, by those who still wish
D enjoy the luxury Of having President
hung. At the same time, JoHS /
Wesley assailed the Colonies. One
nth, however, at least, he uttered. BE ;
ia. mo governments under heaven
re 80 despotie as the republican; no sub
are governed In SO arbitrary a man ;
er a. those Of a Commonwealth. The 4
eople never but oncein all history gave I
,e sopereigp power, and that q TO G
IAsANIELLo Of Naples" Is
In March, II75, BDMeED BURKE said, \
the House Of Commons ia words as i
oauent az their wisdom was profound 81
As long as you have Che wisdom to b
,ep the sovereign authority Of this y
nntry as the sanctuary Of liberty, the Il
cred temple c~onsecfated TO our common b,
IT'D, wherever the chosen rae and
ns Of Knglend worship freedom, they n,
turn their faces toward you. The :,
ore they multiply, the more friends ii
u will have the more ardenfly they M
re liberty, the more perfect will be g,