Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-19

"a a violation Of her agreement contained
n or preceding the COnstitntion. fhe
,eonla Of a state are the State. 1t Is
,onsense to pretend to distinguish one
rom the other. Admit that the State
Ia agree never 20 secede. There is DO
reason or rebellion in her breaking that
agreement. The oorporatiOn called the
States Is not Lord or Suzerain
over the States. CUG TA OF
The decision Of the Supreme Court Is
q terrible confession since It admits
nsv Demonstrates. THAT, aecotding tothe
theory OF the GoEernment, as laid down
nv MARsuAu.-sroRY aud WERsTERs
and adopted by the Northern States and
a. enforce which those States have
drained five hundred thousand human
hears oftheir blood, a State or ten ststes
lawlessly stripped Of all their rights BY.
The Others, 10y means Of an act OF a Con-
gress in which they are denied represent
tation, passed IN despite Of The veto OF
tba Presideut-a State struck down ike
a buuock smitten with the butchers axe
murdered as ABEL was by CAIN, Its peo-
de disfrsnchIssd and robbed of their
~sssates. which greedy miseFeants parcel
ont among themselves as the Roman
soldiers divided among themselves the
orments of the crueifed CHRIST
a State over whose people q military
despotism Is established. in which the
will Of the despot lie absolutely the
onlv law, has no remedy az az.
I, Co,,rf or elseghere, AND ITS PEOPLE
AN Gritty OF TREASON II Il darcs to
Great God I what q confession.
One starts back nom it, aghast, as If
Hen had opened and yawned before hinE,
and his feet were slipping on the brink
Of the 6ery unfafhomable gulf. Why
r. world be an act Of religion and piety,
the performance Of which all the good
go5s would demand, that 81 men should
Tise with one sccord, aud crush and
stsmn the life out Of such q hideous,
abominable, damnable tyranny. The
paonle that would live under il an hour
me st OF INSANE Iools. No Won
der thew want negrees to vote. to sustain
sucu an nferuul -oonstTucuoa o. me
I Constitution!
This decision brands the United States,
As consisting Of the States represented in
/ Congress, as the CAIS among the Ma
tons. the most magnificent criminal
that has ever trodden the stage on which
the Nations play their parts; for the
hands of this great dim Satanic phan-
tom that has risen up in its present shape
out Of the secthing he'll Of civil war, TO
curse and smite aud slay, are red and
dripping with the blood Of half a mill
lion hearts, Of men sacrificed TO esta6-
fish as true a monstrous and detestable
lie,-tO-wit, that the secession Of q State
is treason on the part Of its citizens.
We suppose no one will be bold enough
to deny that the establishment Of a
Military Despotism oyer u ten States,
and their reduction to the condition Of
Provinces, have released their people
from all duty to obey thelsws imposed on
them by their despOtic c~Onquer0rs. The
Government so established is purely a
Government Of force, like that Of Rome
over Carthage, and Russia over Poland
and Circassia. Those subjected to such
q Government, imposed on them against
their will, owe no obligations whatever
to il, Of duty, loyalty or allegiance.
They obey, because they are pOwerless to
resist, OF in the hope Of a change. They
are not bound to obey, for " resistance TO
tyrants is obedience 20 God :" and there
never was and never will be q people
under any obligation tosubmit, for one
single moment longer than they can
help, to the despotic Government Of q
single will, ola single man whose breath
is the law. a people subjected to such a
Government is Immediately invested
with the right TO endeayour to win indie
pendence, OF may ask the protection Of
foreign powers. The establishment OF the
Government Of force releases TIE citseH
from his allegiance and every Despot-
ism is unlawful and criminal
SICELEs or SHERIDAN might call these
opinions REASONABLE There are no
reasonable opinions, under the Consti-
tuition. Treason consists in the overt act
of levying war, or assisting those who
levy it, against the United States. We
state merely the legal conclusions that
result from the sctof the miscreants who
enacted those sums of all viIlsinies, the
reconstruction set and its supplement.
We only tell them exactly what the ac-
cursed work is that they have done, and
what follows from the decision OF the
Supreme Court. II the degraded States
cannot protect their citizens in the
Courts, nor the citizens protect them
selves, it necessarily follows that they
owe neither loyalty or allegiance to the
Government that Expresses and enslayes
them.