Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-01

Tbs EENACEs OF THE FUTURE
The people Of the South viii have the
right, at any future time, TO throw of the
governments about to be imposed on
them by force and fraud united, and to
a~nuihuate theC Constitution which srenot
their set and deed. They msyi they
will, for q time, submit to these Govern
ments and these Constitutions; but they
are built on the sand and cannot endure.
If they were ever to accept them by
their votes, and make them their OWE
shameful work, they would not thereby
~irrevocsbly cede away their liberties, and
their right 70 govern themselves and the
inferior rscs that is encamped, q mere
hsrds Of foreign barbarians, alien IN
blood, IL tie land which belongs to the
only race that has ever proven itself
competent to the task Of s~elf-govern-
ment. The people Of e State may extin-
guish Themselves, and losd the limbs Of
the State with chains, that it msy be
dragged in triumph in the train Of the
c0uqUsror: but the Constitution Of each
State, guaranteeing its Sovereignty and
Independence, is SIS immortal as the land
which it protects. They cannot eXtin-
guish the State. "As we'll" in the
words Of Lord PLUNRETT, some Of whose
idess We have already borrowed, " might
the frantic suicide hope that the act
which destroyed bis miserable body
should extinguish his eternal soul"
Nine millions Of people cannot be
dragged at the tail Of any nation on
earth.1 This was said Of Ireland. It is
true Of the people Of the South, who are
for the most part the descendants OF
Englishmen and the attempt to degrade
them to the level Of Africans and make
their former slaves their masters viii in
the end prove a disastrous failure. The
laws Of Con and Nature are not
violated with impunity and the day
will come when the South viii rise to its
feet once more and shake of its shackles.
To-day it seems IS II, in the words Of
RICHARD LABOR SHE'LL, Every effort
for her a-meli0ratio0 will be idle; every
remonstrance viii not ouIy be treated
with disregard, but with disdsin and
for the next twenty years We msy as
well rellnquish every hope for our
country"
But years sre the moments Of the twi-
light Of Independence. No wrong en-
dures forever. It has in it the seeds Of
decay from the beginning, and st lsst
Right snd Justice re-assert their domin-
ion.
Men Of the North, your leaders are
trying dangerous experiment You are
making the South the shame and weak
ness Of the United States. " You may
strike agitation dumb, you may make
millions Of mutes; but beware OF that
dreary silence, whose gloomy taeiturnity
is only significant o. the determination
Of It's fearful purpose. Beware Of pro-
ducing q state Of things which may
evenUuate in those incidents Of horror
which every good nan viii pray Con to
svsrt, and which viii be lsmented by
those who contribute to their occurrences,
when repentance ike that Of those who
are forever doomed shall be ~unsvsiling,
and c0utriti0n shall be vain" II EGG
land had needed these words Of SHE'LL,
pronounced in 1874, Ireland would not
to-dsy be the weakness Of the British
Empire.
Nor was this less true, that was said
BIZ SAURIN: "YOu may make the
Union binding IS 8 law, but you cannot
make it obligatory on coRsistence. It
viii be obeyed as s law as long as Eng
land is strong; but resistance 70 it will be
in the abstract a duty, and the exhibit
ton Of that resistance viii be a mere
question Of prudence"
These are words OF warning that come
to Us from the Past, and it IS not seditious
or -treasonable TO repeat them. We have
heretofore ssid, aud it is undenisble
that by establishing 3 dezpotism over
these ten States, and putting them be-
yond the pale OF the Constitution, aud
deprivIng their people Of all the long
cherished rights Of English freemen, the
Congress Of the United States has re-
leased our people from their allegiance.
It does not govern them as citizens, but
delegates % Satraps the power to rule
them as slaves. The experiment is dam
gerous and Will prove ruinOUs and II an
efficient remedy is not speedily applied,
the evil viii be beyond the reach ofcure.
DE Of the North must compel the mad
men who are engaged in the work Of de-
structi0n, 70 stay their hands. They are
bent on measuring their strength against
that Of the people, and already deserve
the halter. Shall their energy and daT-
ing be greater than those Of the people,
wbO arc striving to preserve that Consti-
tutional liberty, into whose bosom these
assassins are ~plunging their dsggers that
hack each other in the vitals Of the Com
monwealth? Years ago, Mr.. BURKE
said:
Novelty is not the only source Of zeal.
Why should not a NACCABEUs and his
brethren srise 10 assert the honour Of the
ancient Law, aud to defend the Temple Of
their forefathsrs, with ss ardent a spirit,
As can inspire any innovation 10 destroy
the monuments Of the piety and the
glory Of ancient ages? II is not q haz-
srded assertion, il is a great truth, that
when once things are gone out OF their
ordinary course, it is BY acts out Of the
ordinary course they can alone be re-
established"
To temporize, and treat the disease OF
the country with ~palliatives, is TO make
its dissolution certain. It requires the
moxa and the actual csutery. The chief
con~spirators are the enemies Of the pub.
lie liberty; and it is for the people Of
the North to deal with them as they
deserve.
We Of tie South, where intellect and
experience have ceased 70 have anything
10 do with the Government, and those Of
the white race who have 50 little shame
as to consent 10 seek for Office and accept
Il ST the hands or negroes, must consult
the whics and be ruled by the idiotic
folly OF their constitueHts,-Ue a do
little to relieve the country Of its ezlami-
ties. In God only, and the Demo-
cratic masses Of the Northern
people is our hope. Yet let US not
despair. To that we can always resort.
And, in the words OF Burke: " Even 10
solitude, something may be done for
society. The meditations OF the closet
have infected Senstes with subtle frenzy,
and iuhsmed armies with the brands Of
the furies. The cure might come from
the same source with the distemper. 1
would add my part to those who would
animate the people 10 new exertions in
the old cause"
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