Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-09

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or Tunis, TO be released of his bonds, for
! sWOre the Saviour and became q rene
| gade. Some of these were the most ex-
! trems and violent seeessiOnists and fire.
eaters, advocated the hanging of
all who desired to adhere as long
as possible to the Union, or were of
Northern birth; and were prepared
to drink every drop Of blood that would
| be shed in consequence OF secession. 1t
is men like these that Rzdicalism pro-
poses to reward and purchase, and not
those only who are honest and worthy
though in error. II subornstion Of per
jury, the bribing or procuring man to
sweaE falsely, is crime, it is one equally
as sinfamOus to sedCce men by the prom
ise of immunity and reward, to violate
| all the obligations of honor and to be-
come apostates from their political faith,
betrayers of their people, and the allies
/ Of their peoples oppressOrs. Force Is
more creditabIe than fraud, Rsdieslism,
to complete the subjugation of the South,
resorts to both, and where it cannot
/ bend the stubborn will or shake conyic-
tions by oppression and violence, it re-
sorts to corruption and endeavours to
make baseness honorable by making It
profitable.
The Fourteenth and last resolution
recognizes the great principles of the
| Declaration ef Independence as the true
foundation of Democratic Government,
and proposes that they shall become 3
living reality on every inch Of American
soil.
The immortal Declaration of Inde-
pendence was published to the world by
the Colonies of Great Britain, as
their justification, when they de-
termlned "to dissolve the political
bands /" which had connected them with
the mother country. And among the
chief reasons for their action they at the
outset announced this proposition: that
whenever any form OF government be-
comes destructive of the ends for which
government is instituted, ait is the
right of the people to alter or to abolish
1t, and to institute new government, lay
ing its foundation on such principles, and
organizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness"
1t was also announced SIS an axiom,
that GoTernments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned. This principle is admirably ap-
piled by Radicalism in its government
of the Southern States by Military Des-
potisms.
When these States asserted their
right, under the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, "to dissolve the political
bands that have connected. them y with
the States OF the North, and to
assume, among the Powers Of the
Earth, the separate and equal
station to which the laws
Of Nature and Of Natures God
entitled them" Rsdicalism forgot that
the Declaration OF Independence for
bade the Northern States to deny them
the right to institute a new Government.
The events Of the last three years have
proven that the people of the South
were justifable in attempting to win
their independence, because they were
no longer safe in the Union.
The declarations that we have quoted,
and this, that when long train OF
abuses and usurpatIons, pursuing inva-
riably the same object, evinces q design
to reduce q people under absolute des-
potism, il is not only their right, bat
their duty to throw on the yoke Of such
government, and to provide new guards
for their future security, are the only
general principles asserted in that in
strument, except one to be hereafter
mentioned; and every one of them ius.
titles the South, and convicts Radical
ism Of crime.
The truth is that the Resolution in
question does not allude at all to these
great principles, but exclusively to the
CLAUSE which declares that all men are
born free and equal, and possess
certain inalienable rights, among
which the right to vote is not
enumerated. The Resolution simply
means negro suffrage, and II means Il ls