Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-09

few yeaTsI This man. who says thaI
[ every southern lesder ought 90 have been
! hung, and that their northern syDpa-
! thizers ought 10 have been hung, TOO,
and that it was wPaEne@ On the part
/ Of the government that they were not.
/ What kind Of q man Is be 10 talk thai
way IN 1855, in the senate Of the Uni
/ ted States, under the s0lemnIrT OF his
oath, be declared, il the presence or the
southern leaders, in the presence or JEFF
/ fersOn Davis, and TOomss, and Mason,
and the whole Of them, that he, Benz. r,
| Wade, believed At al times in the Wis
| dom, the cOn=ritutiouslity and the pro
! prlstv Of the Virginia resolutions Of 1875
and 1855, End put upon them, in that
[ speech, precisely the Calhoun i~ntsrpreJa.
! tiOB-the Interpretation tn&r il the last
! resort each state must Judge fsF iusei
both ss 70 whether the constitution had
I been violated, AMI "of the rem
Z ady 10 such a case" That wss
I precisely the platform Of Calhoun.
Ii wss precisely upon that plzt,
form that the soIta defended hsI
! right OF secession. What did he say 81
the next session OF congress q? He said
thst he had before him q message Of the
governor Of South CsrJlins, 2Ga r-suiu-
! items introduced into thst legislature, as
| preliminary steps towards dissolviGz the
union. Did IA raise his voice 90 rsmOu-
strsts against tEeD' DID lie eutreat
! South Csr0lInG % reconsider what sGa
was doing, and % stay IL the union, so
did ne thTssteu her with tile vengeance
I Of the general government II she went
ca with her cisuGi0u steps, Not one
word q any sG1G thing IS tbsL but he
N a-HL - go d. #HHA HNa H=HnHA d. HH
his Identical words, tL-5 j. action %
that is, these scsps To dissolve the onion.
and 81 do Dot object 70 &C." Wha.
stronger words than these could be have
used He didn't object 70 dissolution of
the auiol when be had the evidence OF
the steps TO ssa--ive If right before him
IN the senate, and he sussaLuE under
the obligations OF his oath. ne declares
before GOD snd his country that he does
nos object % these efforts TO dissolve the
union. But nov he IL for hanging AL
the men who J1oE Eil Ct bis word.
And 10 the same speech ne saIG
It assail no mans motives. / have
p0udered enough on the human mind
and human seton 20 know Ilsr CirCuI-
stances have much more 10 do with our
opinions ard &tt1gs llsu We are EeIer-
aI'v willing To- ay0W. EQ u0w q black
republican, as you call me, iuuuEa, :
bore, with the principles OF universe.
freedom and real CemCCracy-its alvC
cate ca al geEssi9Us-bu- II I had been
born on the ether side Of the line. If had
Oeen uurtuTed ny hose EGp bold prilCi-
piles GiametriCai!y opposite 70 tE0-e 1 neg
profess, no doubt should have principles
dramatically opposed 10 those I now
hold"
That ls, that II he had been born En- the
south be would have been Just as good a
southern man a. Jefferson Dayis. Again.
Ia that ssme speech, be said
Let Us, If We Cal. reconcile the union
with the pest interests OF al sections sud
all parties, so that thus It may endure
forever, a. 7 believe it may and ought.
But # other sections think otherwise, n
they fnd it cannot be done consistently
with their interests, I do not expect them
TO act 10 opposition 20 their Well settled
convictions Of interest"
IN the same speech, be said
"That there is & grest controversy be
tween the different states Of this union
cannot be d-nied DO rot stsud here
70 upbrsid any man fgf being the aayO-
c8te OF either side II that controversy.
I ksOw very well that 10 has risen among
US, Independently Of the viii or action Of
any man OF suy section. Il IS not
der the control Of any man Of any Sec
tor"
Then, sfter stating that nis party had
adopted the old declaration Of iudepeud-
d ce as the basis OF It's political move
ment, and after referring % the doctrine
Of the declaration that a people have the
right to throw OF their ancient govern
msut aud establish one more conducive
to their welfare, aud applying this 70 the
people Of the south and their threats 10
dissolve the union, be ssid:
81 hold that they have this right. 1
will not blame any people for exercising
Il whenever they think the contingency
has Gomez
Thus he told Mr.. Davis 10 his face,
TOOmhs to bis face, Wigtall 70 his face,
Mason 70 his face every one OF these
southern leaders 20 his face.
q will not blame you for destroying
this government and erecting another
more conducive 10 your interests, when
ever you think D.
Not when I think, not when the gov
eminent thinks, not when the people
think, but whenever you think that the
contingency has come. And vet this
man, who told them be assailed no
mans motive, that if he had been born
south be would have beer just Ike them,
who told them that they could erect on
the ruins Of their government another /
more conducive 20 their welfare-he Is
the very man that, when these people
followed his advice, was the lOudest in /
cries for blood for plumber, for con
hscatiOu and for Punishment and he Is
tho non WhrHa ar.r~FHr Eau LHM.H "a 80 .
yet satisted, but he still goes on, crying
like a famished tiger for his prey, and
not only abusing those men whof0lowed
his advice, but abusing the eighteen
hundred Thousand democrats II the
north who never bad any opinions ~ eli
Inconsistent with the preservation Of the /
union.
In what terms, not too imperative for
a gentleman 10 use, can we dtly and ade-
quately characterize that imaginable I
oaseness which clkmors for the punish-
msnt Of these men, by blood, plumber. 1
conhscatiou sRd Punishment, who have
not exercised what he, only twelve wears
ago, ia the senate chamber Of the limited
States admitted to be an indisputabIe
Then, he said that be would not
blame the people Of the South for srer-
cising that right. Now he curses them
FOR doing 90, with horrid i-mprecat.ors
aud In language which no one out a
backyard in the grain would use. and
d which even the New York Herald
fnds it impossible to speak 10 any other
the ssverest terms.
That journal says:
Time was when It was believed thai
81 well as honor, integrity and
owe Of country, Wa to be sought for and
'ound only IN the ranks Of the republican
party. The platform or which q 8 party
hey originally started was good the
programme commended itself; the cause
With which for = time they were more
han Identified was the cause OF the ma
ion al large but latterly the falling OF
las been great, even serious, aud many
ips have been asking the question, virtue
shall We md herr
Among the many men Of the repubIi-
party to whom the nation looked %
nth hope and confidence, few occupied
more prominent position than Senator
Made. His superior natural talents. his
'eculisr training, his great force OF char
cteF, his devotion TO the union, singled
i'm out as g man Of prominepce. and
ncouTsged the hope that he might Vel
and honor the chief laurels of he
commonwealth. We have been sorry
.oweyer, to observe that, like 50 many
theirs Of Our statesmen Of later times.
Wade has been sadly wanting in
hat dignity which, Of all other qualities. ,
necessary In M who would occuDy a
r0minent position 10 q commonwealth Z
-hieh Is as proud As il is free, prosperous !
I'D powerful 1t would not be difienn 7
!, Illustrate our meaning bg cDuious
1otAtiOns from the senator's speeches /
Te shall content ourselves Nv ,