Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-26

cured 20 civilization and crl4ure her Ievsl,,
valleys and plains, and main talned with Jack
son pgn the ram parts OF New Orleans the nag
citizens viii be found tie great m ass OF the de-
| scendanis Of the founders OF the Common
wealth. who, representing In their character-
as well as lineage, the virtues and herofsra OF a
worthy ancestry, have themselves. Ascending
70 their varied abilities, Sc we'd the country n
] war or In peace. There must still be added 70
| this aggregate OF attainted merit her adopted
sons, attracted from every State OF the UntOD,
/ hesrthst0ne. We ask II It Is no grievance, no
/ wrong 20 Tennessee that IN the administration
/ Of her sffairs she should be deprived OF the In
tsLigenee and virtue. both at the ballot box
/ and IN Office, Of her DOblest people Is there
! no wrong In thus deposing rem their chartered
Iislts thls great and worthy body OF American
citizenship?
TAXATION WITHOUT REPREsESTATIoN AND
CoNFIsCATIoS BY TAXATION.
The property aud accommodating industry OF
me state, being excluded from ali available in
uuencs IN the construction Of the LEGISLATURE,
g IN gtct taTed without representation. The
properly Of the state Is without representation
because the great mass Of those who hold IL are
disfranch sed, and the few property holders
who have been 50 fortunate a. TO secure regls-
uation east fruitiess votes against the uaQGtOna-
age that now controls at the bustings the desti-
MES OF the Commonwealth II is the same cas0
with the large proportion OF the labOring white
nen. Inc negroes, whose votes create the tax
ing body have, with scarcely single excep-
uon, no property TO be taxed. They do not
even pay Poll assessment, and are, either in
Iaet or permitted by the county authorities,
TOR plhtieal advantage, 10 be paupers TO an ex-
eessiYe extent and charge on the taxes ETung
from the disfrRnchised whites. Put in place by
such constituency, and most generally HIM
self unaffected BY any tax which he may ere
ale. IL is not TO be expected that the legislator
would De at ali economical in dealing with the
financial affairs OF the STATE or that be would
particularly care II taxation should become %
excessive as 10 amount 70 practical cOnfsca-
ton. The result is just what might be ex-
pected. The deot OF the State Is continually
increased, her resources diminished and her
taxation IearfHlly enhanced. By unusual and
enormous leyies on her merchants, trade Is
driven from our cities ard state TO other cities
and States The returns of mechanical indus
try are consumed in obtaining a meagre
support and paying taxes, leaving no aecumu-
latiOns behind. The farmer. who should be
Independent, can scarcely, with the mos favor
able seasons, balance his books Our Courts,
in many parts of the state are besiezed By
ciamO Gus taxpayers seeking by litigation
either 10 be relieved OF unconstitutional assess
ments or to delay their collection. In fine,
properly impOyer4sEes: thrift but accumnlates
Tor the tax gatherer; and hoBest Industry Is
without hope Tne present inhabitant Is iI1-
PEELED 70 seek IN emigration relief nom odiona
and oppressive laws; while the foreigner and
borders by the same misrule- Thus our mlser-
abe state, with the finest climate that ever
blessed the most fruitful and varied soil, Is
wasted IN every nbre and muscle.
APPEAL TO THE NORTH.
We have in the presentation Of the political
condition of Tennessee abstained from i'm
peaehing individual corruption and private
derelieiiOn. We designed to arraign hideOus
system Of oppression; nix attention on the
great principle OF constitutional liberty viO-
lated, and eXp=se hateful and therefore un-
wise policies The best ministers OF tyrannicaI
laws will beceme deprayed. and vicious admin
situations viii necessarily breed bad men. Nor
has our state in this regard enjoyed imuu-
My, but, on the contrary, has blen ft1icted by
these additiOnat aegraVatlODs Of her situation,
To depict these, however, might plausi bly, sub
ect Us To the imputat Of partisan heat. Il
Is the system at which we strike. Destroy that
and the offenders disappear with their offenses
soon 70 be forgotten like other calamities OF
life in restored happiness and resumed pros
perlty. The business Of our paper is not 10
accuse this or that man, this or that official
but 10 present to the members OF tn Conyen-
zion, and through them to the people OF the
North, the grr at and solemn question, whether
sovereign State Of the Federal Union shall
be retained In bondage and thousands OF her
people m 4de miserable; TO remind the North
srn states that, In cOnsenting TO the enslaye-
neut OF any one Of the Federal circle, they but
prepare for the diyesiituge at some future daV
d their own sovereign rights; to remind the
'eople that Tor them 70 iustigate OF even per-
MS the degradation and vasszIage OF an Amer
can citizen Is TO forge their own manacles for
uture imposition, and to adjust their OWn
I'm bs for The yves Of the OppressOr.
t. w. BROWN,
j. i. BAILEY,
WM. a. QUAR- Is, Committee
II. "A LIEN DER.
WILLIAM CLARE