Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-13
.yEFEPTETS APPEAL.
RFRELLTOy.
from the Natlousi IntsiIigsneer.I

= Coo kkEAtEsAFLkONs8r
from the National Inteiligeneerl
A vast deal has been said and writer
about the rebellion of the Southern
= people; much pertinendy, much NOR,
impertineutly. This rebellion is past, il
is ended; we let itgO. II is of another
rebellion, not past, but In process, o.
: which we propose to speak. 1t is the
> rebellion OF 3 political party, which
= though condemned by their own con
stituencies, is still in power, against the
! Constitution and the laws. This is the
only sort Of rebellion Of which the Gov
eminent can take cognizSnce. The
: Southern people rebelled only in one
psrticular-they believed In the right OF
p secession, and took up arms in its de-
Tense the Radical party have rebelled in
a thousand ways. q aH ll4
The Constitution, article l. section 8,
says: "The Senate Of the United States
; shall be composed of two Senators fronn
each State, chosen by the Iegisiature
thereof" etc.
The Radical party, in most obvious
violation of this clear provision, this
J imperative SHALL" positively and per
sistently refuses TO allow Senators from
ten Of the States Of the Union to enter
and take their seats in the Senate Cham
Der. Mark this, Il is rebellion.
Again, article III, section 2, The trial
of ALL CRIMES. except in cases Of i'm
. peschment, shall be BY jury --
At the recital OF this just, wise, and
benefeent provision Of the Constitution,
the humane guard of the innocent, the
very bulwark of individual liberty, what
a flood of violstions Of it rush upon the
miudT The time comes back when citi-
zens were hunted down at midnight,
! like assassins and outlaws. dragged from
their families and homes by hired ruff
fans who lived by bloOd-money, and
thrown into lOathsOme prisOn-hOuses,
without knowing what crimes they had
committed or of whatthey stood charged,
TO go through, not q trial by jury, SIS or
dalned for them by the laws Of the land,
7 but the farce OF trial by some sort Of an
! irresponsible and Illegal commission"
/ organized not to try but to convict. Ii
/ is unnecessary to 60 into details; it IS
1 enough TO only hint at what IS long
catalogue OF dark and siekening horrors,
which stains the nation with disgrace,
and fixes upon the Radical party that
violated civilization and humanity in
/ penetrating them, the ineffacesble
stamp Of a deep and burning infamy.
Mark this, too; it is not only disgrace
and wrong, it is rebellion.
Article III, Section 8: &C. No sttainder
OF treason shall work corruption Of blood
or forfeiture, except during the life Of the |
person attained"
Bearing this plain and imperative |
provision in mind, Tecur st your leisure /
to the reckless and lawleSs c0nfiscatiOns /
which have airesdy taken place in vsri- |
Gus parts Of the Southern States without (
a shadow Of authority and remember, /
further, the sweeping scheme Of eOnf1sca-
ton contemplated and advocated by .
Thsddeus Stevens and other influential .
leaders Of the Radical party, by which it
is designed to rob the distressed aud i'm
poverished whites Of the South of all that
remains to them-their lands-and give
them away, for political purposes aud to
buy the negro vote, to brutalized, half
civilized race, hardly step above the
sauguinary cRnnibais Of their native
African wilds. Marx this, also, it is not
crime and persecution alone, it is re-
bs1lion.
Article ", section 8: "No new State
shall be formed or erected within the
jurisdiction Of any other state"
On this point it is not necessary to do
more than simply refer to the territory
known as the Z" State y Of West Virginia,
carved out Of the State Of Virginia, 60
promote the rebellious schemes Of Rsdi-
calism, 10 impudent defiance of the Con- ,
which expressly declares that ]
such q thing ShdH not be done. Mark it; !
it is rebellion. :
Article Of the amendment: "COn- !
gress shall make no law
sbridging the freedom Of speech or OF J
the press" etc.
II a Radical Congress has not made !
laws sbridging the freedom Of speech !
and Of the press, the Radical party has :
made pTecedents, and taught its reckless, {
turbulent, incendiary followers that in +
these matters they are 8 law unto them .
selves. No one can forget, as no one can J,
euumerate the many occasions when
they have silenced and driven from the .
stand, if not driven into a dungeon, :
public speakers who could not as honest .
men scquiescs in the dogmstic Radical 5
doctrines and policy, and did not share, n
Dut eontemued and eXecrsted the pre- y
vaIiiHg fHuaticism of the times. In
stances Of this sort, II not by legal enact >
nent, by the advice, cooperation, and "a
,olusiun Of the Radical party, if the re-
cord were looked to for 3 full recital are
Is numerous as fallen leaves in autumn.
DAILY last year was the President Of the
United States himself, in the person Of =
udrew Johnson, when on his Journey
Westward to attend the laying of the
stone Of q monument to per- e
letuate the memory of = dead states o
nan, at Indianapolis, when addressing u
lis fellow citizens, silenced, forced by the
lisciples and teachings of Radicalism to v
cave the platform, and retire to his lc
lotel; and this not without free use of OF
.ludgeons and bullets, endsngsriGg, II a.
Iot designing the life Of the President, p
nd killing others Of the ssssmble null p
itude.
And turning 20 the press, who has for ~
often the suppression of newspapers in IL
n parts Of the country? Who does not oi
as cnuspieuOus examples, the +
Impression Of the New York World and u
Jew York Journal of Commerce, and %
heir editors arrested and lsdgsd, or or p'
cred to be lodged, in Fort Lafayette? 81
md for what were they suppressed? 81
or not bending to the lawless will of N
,Ose and visionary despots, for question vi
ig the right of the majority TO do GER US
lin things, for expressing their own po- NJ
teal opinions as they had an undoubted Sc
ght to do, for giving warning to the IN
tizens when their institutions were W
zen TO be endangered, and for defending en-
I'D inculcating defense Of the Constitu- OF
on and the laws. Mark all this-this ",
lencing Of free speech and suppression Ii
3 free press il Is rebellion. II
Article II Of the amendment: " A well re-
gulated militia being necessary to the en
eurity Of free State, the right OF the Or
.ople to keep and bear arms shall not sr
infringed.H ~ un
How many Well-regulated militia T" we
e now to be found ia ten ofthe South vi
n States Of this Union though the Con- as
tuition declares that such militia is tlo
YaeoessdTy TO the security OF 3 free Ws
ate ,n and provides g that the right of WI
e people to keep and bear arms shall gu
4 De infringed?" How many Of the Ch
lutherA white people possess arms, or on
e allowed to possess them This be- tn'
mes Just now q very practical question, Cn
view Of the possible, If not probable, tui
,rising OF the negroes, under Radical on
itiOu, II not instigstion, against their VIC
rmer masters and their best friends I; en-
ID should such an uprising take place, we
G whites unRrmed, and the blacks, as AS
mmOn report declares, armed very po'
nerally, what is to prevent the white cos
Ople being eXterminated This wise va
DIVISION Of the Constitution, as that in Dol
-ument itself states is q necessity" dal
" security "The militis,n - SAYS po'
lief Justice Story, is the natural de- To
lse Of q free country against sudden for va
N invasions, domestic flsurrecti0ns and Wn
mestiC usurpatiODs of power by rulers.u wa
II the Radical party, as part Of their
leme Of revolution, have done away TO
III the State militia, so wisely or
ined by the trainers Of the Constitu-
u. and substituted Tor It q regular hAi
Ipding army, in order more easily and Olu
ly to carry out their own bad designs. wv
ID here on this point permit Us to Ia Ia.