Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-23
Grand Demonstration at Iassa.
speech Of Judge sharkey.
- srRIrol. August 2, lee.

ing fully twenty five hundred people had
come In from the adjoining country.
Alta preliminary meeting held some
DAYS ago, by the Democratic Club of this
plsce, 3 full staff Of officers was appointed
/ to take charge of ell the necessary ar
I rsngements tOr the occasion. Col. A. Il.
Wigs, of Iuka, was appointed Grand
Marshal, Msj. Seruggs, Of Corinthi Capt.
! John Doane, Of Iuks, and Col. Blair, OF
/ Corinth, appointed Assistant Marshals.
/ These gentlemen were to be sup
ported by an efficient corpse OF
stewards, police, ETC., and committee
( was also formed to solicit subscriptions
[ and arrange for the barbecue. The citi-
zens came forward nobly and contrib
uted the material for the feeding Of the
people.
The following gentlemen were re-
quested to act Is the orators Of the day {:
Gov. Shsrkey, Gen. Pike, Judge Scruggs,
r. B. Lindsay and Orville Yerger, Esq,
all Of whom "put in an appearance" this
morning.
The skies were again, as on the day OF
the Wythe Station barbecue, froWning
and gloomy, bat the assembled thousands
were not to be banked by the mere
threats Of the elements.
Seats and stand had been prepared
in grove or the ground OF the Hotel
near the Springs, and thither at
an early hour sl repaired. Gen. Pike
was first introduced by the chairman Of
the day, Col. Wisdom, and made, as ne
ever does, 8 most eloquent and fervent
appeal not only to the feelings but to the
reason and conscience Of the audience.
Gen. Pike was followed by Judge Shsr-
key, who spoke as follows:
Fellow-eitizens OF Mississippi:
II the American people think their Govern
m=nt worth p eserytng-if they think civil and
religious liberty OBJECTS worthy man 5 eXer-
lions, the present state OF our national aftairs
should claim their deliberate, tnetr most ear =
est attention. They may ess assured the daug
- j. Imminent and Inc time has come yusI
they should act Is paLrlOls, not as partisans.
The truth OF the maxim should now press itseiI
upon them, that eternal vigilance Is The price
OI LbeTty. IRIS Government IS com srauyeIy
IN lJs infancy, and yet II Is showing UnInlstal1-
a0le signs OF decay. Its founders We're patriots,
lEEeut alone on securing 10 themselves and
their post zrIty the blessings Of freedom, hoping
thai tuOse VINO were 70 come afJer Them would
appreciate ana guard AZ rs the best bIrtbright
ana MODEST inheritance tat could De bestowed
upon them; AID their VISION was e4uaG 70
tfieir patriotism. They mad learned, from the
history OF Republics, what defects were 10 be
remedled, what dangers were 70 be sPpre-
headed, and against such they cautiously pro-
vtded. THey knew that, with proper precsu-
llon Dy the people, the Government mIz hit De
psrpeLuaUso. nut they knew also that vi thou.
sUcn precaution, their EFFORT wOul- prove a
taIIure.
excite tne painful apprehension, the intense
sSliciJuae OF the patriot, Is TINS condition
owing 10 some inherent defect II The form VI
government, or IS Il because We are 50
soon a0Out - give an additional evidence
Of the Truth o. what has been often s& q,
Luat nan is incapable OF self government The
would seem . be good enough Tor FlrtuOus
and patriotic PeOpae, and II those who are 10
come after Us snail have 10 mourn over the
Wondering ruins OF the Constitution, We may
resi- assured the blame Will lail en- us II ne
comes Us, therefore, speedily 10 correct present
abuses, and 10 repuke their autnvrss tiilz ue
owe 10 pUsJeTity, as well As to the MEMORY OF
those who planned the Government.
We have q written Consultation BY whIehthe
Federal Government was CrealeG, which Ce-
fines and limits its powers 50 plainly that Il
would EseTn TO be impossible JnaJ those in
authority should mistake them. The trainers
CT Ihs Govern lent had learned rom the
teachings OF tue great masters ia political sci
eucs-tIIey hsd learned from the teach ngs Of
1IsIOry-tilat RH power should not be coaceE- I
t-afed- IN the same puEsOH or body Of persons
[ hat there could be no liberty unless the pow
ers Of Government were deposited In tree
crate ss q check upon The others, 50 that power /
might be contracted by power. Hence we have Z
a lezisiGtlvs. and executive and judicial de- I
DartTneIlL intended 10 cheek the eXcsSses OF
each UIner. 50 Long as they CJuhne tneir /
action within TIE prescribed Limit, there is L o
danger, but power Is prone 70 eXpan. {
sioo, and experience teaches Us that mere (
paper barr.eas Will not cheek its pro- !
gress: II VIII even overlap the bOuBd :
aries set by the most solemn oaths, hence I
the necessity for the unTt IA ting Watc mess
Of the people to be eXerted through the ballot T
box. Aud that they may ef1e lually apply the /
proper check, power periodically retains - the 4
peopIe. They should never select a public SER
want who has exceeded the limit OF bis author ]
.Jy. II they tolerate or cOunbsnance one en- I
eroachmenJ on their organic law, they but H. 1
wife others; thus II soon ceases 10 command lie 4
spsct: II loses It's moral force, aud the whole /
fabric viii speedily tumble 10 pieces II u ust 1
DC preserved tnYiOlale IN every feature, or We /
lad as wei abandon the experiment of free /
government The Importance OF this strict Oh
,sryance Of the Constitution is very happily IL
,strated by Junlus Ia bis advice TO the Eng
ish people. he says, Let me eNECrt and con
ure you never 10 suuer an INVASION OF your
20 itlcsl constitution, however minute the in
tance may appear, 70 pass by Wi5aout deter
mined, perseverlnE resistance. one precedent
reates another. They soon accumulate and
Constitute law. What to-day Is TACT, tomorrow
5 doctrine. Examples are supposed 70 justify
he most dangerous measures, and where they
10 not salt exactly the Ceiec- As supplied by
aalogy. Be assured that the laws " hich pro- Z
&C. Us in our civil and political rights grow
ut OF the Constitution, and they must fail OF I
flourish Win IL. ROW LuA o. profound wis
ON Is this advice, and how striklngty appEcs-
lie TO Us Ia our limited constitutional govern
nent! Every American should study it aud
heTisn X, and make II the rule Of his action.
We must learn 10 keep constantly in mind
hst the Constitution IS the lite Of the Govern
lent, ana that our only security for civil and
eigiOus LIBERTY is TO BE- found IN its unbrOkeu /
uaranJ6es. are the people content that the
scsnt abuses shall remain as prscedents, and
rom presidents become laws? II so, they
ave no CONSTITUTION. Another eminent Eng I
sh writer ssys OF that people: 90 We have I ,
cen taught by long experience that we can
OF without CANCER suHer any breach CT the
Constitution 10 pass uunOUced." II would [
aus seem that the English people had learned
J experience the importance OF reslstins
very sncrOachnent on their Constitution. Ii
'As The spirit OF resistance 10 encIOachment
q their NJ hts that gave them jB0glta Charts
nd the Petition Of Right Ana shall Il be sad
lat Americans are less tenacious OF their
CUTS than the English people are Of theirs
is TO be found, from present Appearances
lat II VIII sOOE be n source Of regret with ns :
ist We did not profit by the noaxims and the
< perience % the English People.
w Z are not, hOWey6., without warnings from { /
ar own statesmen, not only as 20 the neces-
" OF vigLisnt watchfu ness but also as TO the
,urce nom which danger was most to be ap- {
rehsndsd. Mr.. Jefferson has told Us, AlitLe (
overs OF govern msnt, legislative, executive
ad judiciary, result 10 the legislative BODY 3
ne concentrating Of these in lie same hunaR
precisely the dennitlOl OF a despotic gov
And Mr.. Madison said, The legislative de- c
srJment Is everywhere extending The sphere {
It's activity ana drawing ali power INTO It's I ;
np6tuUus vortex" Aud he adds at Is c
ysiust the enterpTising ambition Of this de- a
Artment tnat the psOp4e ought 20 in du ge all I q
ieir jealousy, ana exhaust ali their prccau- {
ons' Danger is most to be apprehended froli Z
lat department because II originates Jaws | {
al thus impaTts 10 It's measures the sem siance
validity however vicious they may b. Have ! e
e not now before Us a perfect illustration O. / d
Ie profound sag city OF Mr.. Jefferson and Mr. | L
aoison? Is there any one, II he be canuiu. / Z
no must not admit that a fragment OF a legs G
tive body, calling itself the Congress- nak y
ufped 10 itself pOWe ; not only NOS given but q
,ohibited 10 Congress- " helcyer the object ( o
az be- II is certainly very clear that the IL gis-
i've department ia, with powerful velocity | {
awning ala power into its iInpstuous vortex | n
Il facIs furnish the proof 4
What the revolution TAI ed to accomplish by / Il
ms, has been accom- plisncd by that body an | Il
7 the form OF law; II has dissolved the | /.
lion by taking rom the southern States and y
suming 20 IIself The power to control and reg | A
ate their domestic affairs, by declaring then | O
ysrnmeuts provisional only, subject 10 D. / u
ntrolled, modified or abolished by Congress a
ID by placing over their people governors and q
ner officers not OF their own selection, no, | y
en- citizens OF their States. No attribute of | o
ATE Is left them, No one surrey Will pretend i
at community OF people so situated is b | K
ate in the Union, or even Stale out OF IL | q
ey are but provinces or dependencies, al | ,
o-gh once 5 ,ates some OF them being OF the l Il
iginal thirteen that creatsd the Union. I, 4 q
mp -eIe The Work OF sulJugauOn, the civil | (
~ or has been made SD DOrdinats 70 the mil | s,
~ power, and military commanders have | 4
en- placed over each state WIN supreme pow | ~
having no OlAer rule OF att CA than knsll | oil