Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-22

D MAKE a MAAAG AeAg VI GIAAAAlAE@H@-
slaves, citizens by a law it having only
the power to establish a uniform rule OF
naturalization.
It is true thatitis only the citizens Of a
State who are by the Constitution Of the
United States, " entitled to all privileges
and immunities Of citizens of the several
States and that il there a be citizens
Of the United States, not citizens Of any
State, it is impossible for Congress to
give them any Of the privileges or i'm
munities OF citizens Of a particular
State.
It's true that the Constitution does
not recognize any persons as citizens OF
the United States; except those who are
citizens Of q State, and that the provision
above cited is the only one thst made
any persons citizens OF the United States.
And it is equally true that if there can
be millions Of citizens Of the United
states. who are not citizens Of any State,
all the States might agree to dissolve the
Z Union and resume their original Sow
ereignty and Independence, and still the
United States would continue to exist,
I composed Of those who are not citizens
I Of any State and these, as q Nation,
would be proprietors Of all the property
/ Of the Nation, and the people Of all the
! States would be guilty Of Treason, Il
they asserted by arms their right to put
- D., Tho TTnfon
1t is true that, according to the pro-
visions Of the Constitution OF Ten
nessee, Of 1884, directing the only
mode by which it should be
amended, the amendment and SEIZED
uIe adopted in 1865 are null and void, be-
cause not adopted in the manner pre-
scribed. nor by a lawful convention O.
the People Of the State
It is true that even if the said amend
meuts and schedule were valid, they
only abolished slavery and involuntary
/ servitude and thus emaneipsted the
negro and muIatto slaves resident in the
{ State: without declaring them citizens Of
I the state, and provided that " the quail
I fcation Of voters, and the Limitation Of
I the elective franchise" might be deter
mined by the General Assembly which
should first assemble thereafter; without
giving the Legislature the power to
make citizens of the emancipated slaves,
and without declaring that its enact
ments should become part Of the Consti-
tuition and that it did not become so,
because D subsequent Legislature can
ranesl IL: nor could the Legislature
make citizens and voters OF the freed
man. because the Constitution requires
voters to be citizens Of the United States
and Of the State. and the right Of suf-
frage can, in the nature Of things be-
long only to citizens OF the State, it
being the highest privilege Of citizen
ship.
OF course, while the negroes Of the
state are permitted to vote, and judges
appointed by a Governor elected by the
negroes msintain their right 70 do So
and eighty thousand white men are dis
f-ranchised. it is certain that the Legisla-
ture. also in large measure elected by the
negroes. will pass no law authorizing a
Convention, and permitting all White
men to vote for Delegates.
Sgppose, then, that the ~disfranchised
whites. and others who are Disguised
with negro suffrage, hold elections Tor
delegates to & Convention, without au-
thority by legislative act that the Dele
gates so elected are allowed to convene
(which they probably would not bel
t5at ibav frame a Constitution, and sub
init e e the vote Of the white men Of
the State. vino edopt it, and elect a Gov
ernor and Legislators ard other State
officers under it, what them fSst Is
sbstD oRR and his followers did in Rhode
Island in 1913. That State had no Con-
stitution, and VAS governed by the old
Colonial Charter. DOH sud his party
held a Convention, made 3 Constitution
and he was elected Governor and
undertook by force Of arms, to get pos
session Of the powers Of the State. But
the old Government was the regular one,
and was sustained by the United States,
and DoKR was indicted for and convicted
Of treason against the State. The Su-
preme Court Of the United States refused
him a Habeas CospGa, and his attempt at
revolution proved an abortion.
So the United States would recognize !
the present Government Of Tennessee as
the regular and legitimate Government.
The State Is in the Union under it.
Under it it has its Representatives and
Senators In Congress. Ii an attempt
were made TO overthrow 1.-THE Governor
would call on the United States for aid
70 . the instruction and An
DREW JOHNSON or his successor would
put down the attempt, with the military
Of the nation.
Nevertheless, the Caucasisns Of the
States will not long submit to all
the evils and dishonours OF negro suffrage.
Those Of the North cannot look from q
distance with placidity and Undisturbed
by them, upon these mischiefs. If the
negro vote helps Rsdicaiism this year, it
may not do it iR the next. It will, at
least, not confne itself to overpowering
the intelligence aud wisdom Of the white
race in the South but it will come d.
rec,ly in conflict with the will Of the
same race 10 the North. Negroes will
soon make their appearances In Congress.
It is but a step from the State Conven-
tons into its halls and the plantation
negro. uncouth and barbarous, or his
lacouered and vsneered brother Of the
CITY will sit by the side Of the represent
alive Of the yeomanry Of the West. We
do not lose hope. TIE darkness may
last our day, but the light will return by
and ~. We shall not be bOndmen as
long ss the Hebrews we're in the land of
The Mitzraim. The will Of the people
will. after a time, be expressed through
the constitutional channels, and then be
indeed the law OF the land and the
white race will once more govern itself,
without the help OF the sable progeny Of