Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-09
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Inc following paragrapnSir0m aSDeecn
recently made by WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
at Boston, contain his latest oracuIar ut
teJSuces, and are a fair sample Of his
8Lw and tawdry craftsmanship
a. are but two ways in which an
eXecU4s head can be procured for a
nat done is by birth, hereditary. and
the other is by electiOn-tthree cheers
for our president by election)-bu nations
have been unwilling to submit to a king
or an emperor, and therefore, before he
is born the sword is prepared which Is to
be put into his hands with which be shall
be asie to compel their consent during
his natural life. On the other hand, a
republic elects a president, and they take
security against his abuse or tyraunicaI
exercise of power by STIMULATING that lie
shall be president for but four wears: and
having made that stipulation thew
agree that he shall have no sword i'm
his hand to keep him in possession Of
the power they have intrUsted to him
but that they, by their own consent
viii acqgiesce and sustain him for the
period of % u years, and no longer, when
they can turn him out and put in a sue
cessOr that they elect. Now, if you are
going 20 have a president, as a president
is a necessity, and for four years, how
are you TO get him2 You are to agree
d a the majority of the people Of tile
states shall elect him. Their is no other
way but that you must acquiesce i'm it
during the term, and that the minority
concur in the choice that the majority
has made for four years and no longer.
Only adhere to thai one simple principle
and this republic will last forever. This
republic can never perish if you have a
presidents that the people themselves,
without the employment Of military
force, VIII sustain forfOur years at time,
and no longer. But what have we seen.S
We have seen this republic on the verv
brink Of death aud dissolution. nd
Why Because ten states of this union
refused TO submit to the president that
was chosen by the majority Of the other
states. SIX years z and what did Won
dOE You compelled them to submit.
you compelled them to acquiesce. Now
you nave another president for four
years, ana Two Of those years are gone.
Gsod, good.l When those other two
years have gone, the majority Will fhen
elect another president. Do YOU NOT az
pect that the minority, who vote against
that new president, will acquiesce in his
holding the executive power fJr the fgpr
years for which he is to be elected ?
Why2 Because the minority must ac-
quiesce or your nation is 10 be abandoned
to ruin for secession. Then all there is
just this. We have just got to learn one
simple habit, that OF acquiescing ia the
choice that we ourselves make of our
president for four years, aud then, al the
expiration OF That time, improving upoD
the last choice by making as much
better n as we have the success and
the wisdom to do. There is the solution
Of all troubles. 10 is ali ia that. The
south has been taught that it must sub
NIT 10 the president when he is chosen
by the north, and the north must now
show that it viii submit TO the president
they choose or is chosen for them bv
majority Of the American people.
The moral of my subject is loyalty and
patriotism, devotion TO your constitution
and laws, and whatever ia wrong in the
or in the customs or the habits OF
society, trust TO their correction through
your schools, your churches, your poLiti-
sal assemblies, but never suffer an enemv 4
. raise his hand against the nationality
,r the union ofthe United States. Loud
The difficulty just here Is, that the
Majority Of the people of the Northern
states elected ANDREW JOHNSON TO be
lice President, and they complain that {
le has proven false to them, and set
imself in opposition to their impolicy,- :
D short, that he is a traitor TO the 4.
arty that elected him. And now !
quicksilver SEWARD tells this enraged
" You must submit to The Presi-
ent you hare chosen. There Is the sobl- J
an Of all our troubles" Suppose the Il
resident usurps power, and makes &
imself Dictator. Is submission to him p
len, " the solution of all our troubles y
be majority Of the North can retort on u
II. SEWARD by saying that submission ]
Congress is the solution Of ali our n
oubles. Is that not just as good a $50 al
ton " as the other? But Mr.. SEWARD b
q StatesmaB b