Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-04

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The return Of this day, ninety-one
wears after the Unanimous Declaration
Of the Thirteen United States OF America
in Congress" announced to the world the
Independence OF these States, brings
with it to the oppressed people Of the
Southern States and the DISTINGUISHED OF
Tennessee only bitter memories, and
plunges them into a prOfoUnder sadness :
for il forces upon them the recollection,
OF that which amid the busy cares of the
world adthesel fsE interests of everyday
life they sometimes for a little while half
forget. that once free and their States in
dependent, they are now slaves, and that
except Tennessee their States no longer
exist, but have become parts of Military
Districts, whose government is vested in
Generals OF Brigade or Division, that
r also their Sovereign Legislators and
whose will domineers v their Courts.
They feel, more acutely than ever, that
eveu the decent forms Of free govern
mept and Of the administration Of jus
tica. which sometimes with a thin and
RAGGED veil hide from a ella ned people
their degradation and shame, are not
preserved but all the sscl ed guarantees
Of the Constitution and Magma Chsrta
are for them abrogated, and over them
absolute and irresponsible power reigns
supreme.
It is natural, therefore, that the people
Of the South, their States no longer free
and independent, bat only the exani-
mate corpses Of States, 10 be re-
stored, perhaps, to their old vigorous,
heroic life, but only to All existence Of
shame and dishonour, should feel DO in
e,faatlon to celebrate the anniversary
of the Declaration Of independence Of
.be Thirteen United States, Even the
coptented slave does not celebrate the
anniversaries Of his lost freedom.
Nevertheless, s great orator might
pronounce & great Grafton, on this ami
yersary. to the people Of the South, upon
that noble declaration which trans
formed the Thirteen Colonies Of Eng
land inso what Georgia and Massachu-
sets for long years aflerward called
themselves, "By the grace Of GOD, Free,
Sovereign and IndeDendent States.' 1t
vouid be but to mock at their present
-oiserv. TO remind Virginia, North and
South Carolina and Georgia Of the in
alienable share in the gl0ries Of the Rev
olutionary contest, or the benefits and
blessings Of the Union Of the States e.
fected In I7s7, or Of the guarantees and
securities Of the Constitution, which hos
been so changed by violence and force
as to warrant the establishment OF ORR
entail despotisms, he denial to white
men Of the rights OF Englishm and the
transfer Of the powers and business
Of the government to the black dss-
oepdants, three generations removed,
NJ naked African savages.
But lie could show the people Of the
south that their construction Of the Con
stitvtiop and Of the rights or the States
nnder 81 was correct. He c5uld demon
ssrste the dishonesty of tliat wret,hed
logic which from the phrtse eve the
nnnUIH az Etb ALAAN4 9NAAIHf ~ the pre-
amble to the Constitution, deduees Che
forced conclusion that it was not made
bv the states, hui by the Sovereign peo-
pie ofail a. q people, by simply show
tsat by the Declaration Of the
f-rsesora. Sovereignty and Independence
~ each OF the Thirteen States, the Rep
-sssptstiyes 6sshlese States did, t. use
tkelr own words, in he 7anae sna b.
ae a~ataossg o. rms GOOD PEOPLE OF
gHrsr cotoNIEss sOlcmnlg publish anal
dselare1 each Colony q fee and indie
pendent fstata eonpeteHt to levy war
aecancfld 3 peace and Do an other acts
thiDts (which Independent states
81 right do"
IA Ii could Justify tie Southern
sor their attempt p win indie
eadenes tod 3 separate Na tionaiiLy, b.
vel quoreg from the slime decla
@Ga7srnmeni aie inssltute4
Eonc meA to secure tpq rights pf life,
ay and the pursnit pf happiness
seh overnments dlflre Their Just
iroa consent III The gov
and shat whemA apy farm
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10 Memphis Apye
A cOpy-At0sfs
By K. ,. RLkcE, Deputy CLERK and Maste
Heiakell, scou a Heiskth, Solicitors fort
plainant, lsSlaY