Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-19

The Republican state Convention OF
Massachusetts,, composed Of l4l7 Dele
gates, was held at Worcester on the 18th
Of September. Among the Resolutions
adopted were the following:
Resolved, That the conduct Of Presi-
| dent Andrew johnson, his fellowship
with the foes Of the country, who are
plotting in peace for the success Of their
conspiracy which failed in the war; his
usurpations Of unlawful powers, as well
as the fragrant abuse of powers cOnfded
to him his persistent determination to
evade and defy the laws and defeat the
will Of the people as declared in them T;
his removal Of faithful cabinet and mill
| tary officers for no other reason than that
they stood in the way Of his hostile
purposes ; his deliberate and successful
endesvOrs to continue snd a~ggravate
disorder and insecurity Of person and
property in southern communities, re-
sulting at times in the massacres of inno-
! cent citizens, all made more conspicuous
and painful by his perverss character and
disregard Of the proprieties of his high
station, all render his continuance in
I Office the constant cause of the gravest
anxiety, and make it imperative to
employ every constitutional mode Of
curbing and resisting him, and if neces-
sary to deprive him OF ali power to harm.
We, therefore, In behalf of the people of
Massachusetts, while declaring our ap-
prOval OF the past measures of congress
to arrest the career and defeat the plans
Of this dangerous and desperate man,
pledge slsO in the future to that body the
fullest support in such constitutional
measures as in its wisdom it may find it
necessary to resort to in furtherance Of
the same end, even in the exercise of
extraordinary power to remove from
Office this destroyer Of the public peace
and the enemy OF the government itself.
Resolred, That we thank our senators
and representatives in congress for their
resistance to the u~surpatiOns OF the presi-
dent, and for their earnest endeayOTs to
establish justice, insure domestic tram
guilty, and secure the blessings OF liberty
10 the country which was deprived of
civil government by the rebellion.
Massachusetts, therefore, declares in
favoro Of deposing the President. UNew
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio are car
ried by the Democrats, the notions of
Radicalism msy be slightly changed, and
it may become less rampant and more
circumspect.
HENRY WILSON, or the person who
goes by that name, delivered himself Of
a speech, Mandatory Of the Radical party,
stuffed with falsehoOds from one cad Of
it to the other. This is but one Of q
score:
During these thirteen years the repub.
lie has been the theater Of a gigantic
struggle between the cOntending forces
Of q brutal and degrading b~arbsrism
on the q hand and a humane and
Christian civilization on the other.
Deeds have been wrought on the
one side against country, liberty,
justice and humanity, that have
brought dishOnOr to the actors that will
deepen through the ages and blGcken the
pages which shall bear them down to
the coming generations. Deeds have
been performed on the other side, for
country and humanity, that bring the
dews of blessing down from the heavens,
and will live forever in the hearts and
memories of mankind.
It is a sublime im~pudence, that en-
ables a man 10 make such assertions as
these, when 8 devastated South, sacked
and ~plundered every where by the le-
gions Of a hsmane and christian civil
lization," gives him the lie in a chorus
Of voices louder than & thousand thun-
ders. It required almost as much nerve
10 eulogize that most mereiless and ty-
rsnRical Of despOts, EDWIN NJ. STAN
TON, and the monster Of Public Injus-
tice, Holt, The jubilation of WILSON
over the certainty Of negro supremacy in
ten States, in which the Higher Civili-
Eation has succeeded in securing the
/" brutal and degrading barbarism Of ne
gro governments is simply disgusting,
as are the vote of thanks Of the Conven-
ton to Southern en~franchised, and the
glorihcation at the establishment of
/" good government and peace" in Ten
nessee. Have we not truly said, that
lying is the National Weep
or President JOHNSON, Nj. HENRY
WILSON spoke thus:
Time, it Is said, brings about revenges.
Perhaps it may so happen that an out
ragged nation that is master Of presidents,
congresses and generals may bid this
mRn-drunk at least with unreasoning
psssion-descend from that lofty position
from which he smites down her honored
statesman and her brilliant general. and
go back 10 that famous Tennessee viii
lage where his abilities will find an an
propriate sphere OF action in filling again
the Office Of village alderman. It is not
given to men OF the capacity Of Andrew
Johnson, however lifted up to exalted
positions, to belittle Edwin NJ. Stanton
or Phillip h. Sheridan.
That is pretty cool, snd decidedly
rich for HENRY WILSON. He. OF all
men, has the least right to sheer at the
origin or former occupation Of other
men. 1t is a base and mean and low
thing Ia any man TO do so. It is most
base and mean and low in WILSON, who
does not, it has often been asserted and
published, even wear his own original
name. That he has risen to distinction
from q low origin and humble occupa-
ton, is an honour to him, 80 far as be has
risen by honorable means. But 1t is no
honour to him to sneer st others, who at
least, were never belOW him in life.
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