Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-01-18
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THE oHIO tEHOCR CY
Hon. George II. Pendletou presided al
the Ohio state democratic convention on
the Sth instant. On taking the chair be
delivered a speech, from which We ex-
tract as follows
We are in the midst Of revolutiop-
( radical ideas carried into execution by
/ lawless means - the anchorage OF
: public opinion everywhere giving
wsy-Our opponents in the states
and in congress, and everywhere
, using that power 10 subyert the
constitution, to exclude states from
/ their representation, to break up their
, social system, to promote discord aud
disorder in their communities, and To
J impair their material prosperity. And
now they graciously propose to cease his
| abuse of power If the states, both north
and south, viii consent to their own deg
radiation. I am a citizen and native uf
Ohio. l speak to Ohio men, whose first
duty is 10 care for the interests Of their
state and her people and, speaking
Ithus-considering only the influences On
! our state and its Institutions say it is
our duty, even if the kingdoms of the
earth were offered to Us at that price, to
say, as was said to the temper
Of old. "Get thee behind me, Satan +"
Let Us stand fast TO our integrity at
every hazard let us hold on tOthe SQUAD
doctrine as delivered to Us by the fathers.
II is the only hope Of republican govern
ment: it is the only bulwark against
despotism. I do not conceal from my
self that we have been defeated, and that
we may be defeated often again; yet l
look with hope to the future. The prssi
dent is firm in his position and decided
in his action. The supreme court of the
~ \ sH5 4.
fame, true TO the purposes Of its creation,
rising .above the dictates Of passion,
above the behests of party, has vindi-
Gated in noble terms the integrity Of the
constitution. It has announced the
doom Of military commissions for the
trial Of citizens, and set the seal of repro
baton upon the preteXJs Of military ne-
cessity.
At the election last fall, the democratic
party polled 800, 600 votes out of 4OOp,-
/ 600. A change OF nifty votes in l0JO-of
90, 900 in ! COS. 900, less thsBsSix per cent,
would have given Us a msts5tI'ty.
In Pennsylvania, New York and Iu-
diana, casting seveuty-two votes in he
electoral college, and 100000 by he
people, We were defeated less than a. .WO
! A change Of less than one aud One-bslf
! per cent, or less than fifteen in 1860,
would have given Us a majority. In
/ eleven states of the union, excluding en-
4 tirely the southern states, . change OF
l sc, 900 votes on the result OF last fall will,
1 in 1858, elect president and msjoity
Of congress.
! Is there cause for dependency here ?
/ Is there not, on the contrary, every ma
/ son to GOpe? Was ever y great battle
| fought with less disparity OF numbers2
Let him that is tmid remember how
the cavalry Of Charles NsrtGi fighting
with hearts firm ss ramparts and With
iron arms" 4" received and conquered the
hosts of the Saracens. Let him remem-
Der that Cressy and AgiuCOurt are glori-
Gus because valor and constSncy made
I'D for numbers. Let him remember
that John Sobieski, with 81, 900 soldiers,
rescued Christendom under the walls
Of Vienna from the grasp Of 500 600
Turks. Let him remem Der the pride and
p0mp OF the Spanish Armada, and its
speedy and ingloriOus end. Let him
remember the retreats, and defeats, and
disasters which befell Washington, and
the crowniBg glOries OF Yorktown. And
If be needs further encouragement let
him rememUer against what Gdds OF
numbers Jackson saved New Orleans
And what shall the southern states do in
their extremity2 1 haze said that ] am
HNEhhAlAk AN III NAAAN AA4eAA lf AfA4AA men vi
their duty 10 their own state and people.
I would not dictate nor urge, nor advise
others. They must follow the dictates of
their judgments and cOnsciences. But
If / might be permitted TO say that
which lies near TO my breast, it would
be this: Let the southern sta es be pas
sive and patient. They took up arms,
they were. defeated-they surrendered.
That surrender involves the necessity Of
faithful obedience to the constitution and
the laws. They may be pOwerless TO Sc /
cure these rights and liberties. They
may be subjected by the strong arm to
oppression and wrong, but they can de-
cline TO advise q change in the coustitu-
ton. They can refuse to consent 10 the
creation Of a despOtism. They can refuse
10 do voluntarily that which their jndg-
ment rejects and their feelings detest
They can maintain their honor and self
respectively can at least decline to be
the fscile instruments OF their own degrs-
dation, and they can bear the consequences
Of their course. They may be deprived Of
representation, they may be even reduced
TO territorial condition. This is no easy
task-it viii not be lightly undertaken
il will not be easily faculties
will arise at every step. II is so bold 8
usurpatiOn Of poWer-invOiviug so many
interests, both Of the people and the
states of the nOrth-sO revolutionary and /
disorganizing-sO flagrantly at war with
every provision and theory Of the consti- |
tuition, that Il will scarcely be possible to
execute il fully. But if the attempt
should be made successfully, this, too,
being imposed by superior force. they
can bear. Let them oppose it by the
passive resistance Of mastery inactivity. {
Let them repair their shattered for
tunes let them WOO prosperity aud
wealth let their fields wbiten with cot
ton, and their plantations yield their
increase Of corn and sugar and rice let
them, moved by their own iuu1ulses, and I
not by dictation from OtheA, revise, If
necessary, their legislation in regard to
the freedmen and secure to them all
their civil rights by the same process Of
law, expressed by the same courts, and
the same penalties as are used IN the case
Of the white men. Let them, if neces-
sary 10 secure this ample protection, re-
wise and change the public opinion Of
their communities. Let them BE- zeal
Gus IN securing to them every oppOrtu-
nifty Of fitting themselves for their
changed condition, and every advantage
for q good development which a healthy
social aud governmental system will per
NIT. The necessity Of both sections viii
coerce social aud commercial intercourse
and this, in time, will soften asperities,
and assUsge bitterness and promote good
will, and restoration, if IL ever comes at
al, viii be upon sound basis.
This frenzy Of passion cannot last for
ever. Reason must, sooner or later, re-
sume its sway. Those who think other
wise, il has been beautifully said, forget
thSt the angry rapids Of Niagara lead 10
the placid eXpGDse OF Ontario. Ii was
an eastern sage who urged his master to
have engraven on his siguet ring, that It
might &c ever before his eyes, in every
vicissitude Of prosperity or adversely,
And this, too, shall pass away. This
year, OF next year, or in few years, or
10 ten years, reason viii be beard, and
our principles and our party will tri-
umph. But if it should not come in our
time, and II we Of this generation must
die with our harness on, IN the midst Of
this struggle, We shall at least have the
testimony OF good conscience; We shall
at least have kept the faith we shall at
least have the assurance or good hope,
for We know that great parties, strug-
Cling for great principles, ike good men,
leave behind them footsteps ia the
sands Of time. "
ReIiEsoR.
There is a religion@in everything
around us-calm and soly religion ia
the unbreathing things OF nature, which
man would do well to initiate. Il is q
meek and blessed influence, stealing, as
il were, upon the heart. II rouses not
the passions, and is untrameled BY the
creeds, and unshadowed by the super