Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-30

der Mr. Buchanan, and that when the
two Senator'S, Jefferson Davis and Albert
G4l!stin Brown, made their addresses to
; the Senate OF the United States, taking
/ their leave of the Senate in obedience to
( the instructions Of their State, as Mr..
Brown came out Of tie Senate door, Ed
| win NJ Stanton, then receiving 3 salary
from the Government Of the UGited
States, having sworn 10 protect and de-
fend the Constitution holding on TO that
Office, his stomach flied with bread that
he had eaten and that came from the
Office Ga filed, went up 10 Mr.. Brown,
and ssid: "Sir, go homo TO your people
and maintain the position they have
taken. Unite together, stand shoulder
to shoulder, and yen will compel these
black ebOlitionists at the North to yield
Gil the demands that you make" That
was the language OF man then in the
EN- nloy OF the Government then TeceiF-
ing his salary from the Government !;
with the oath sill on his lips to main
tain the Constitution and TO support the
Constitution of the United States. He
gives this advice and encourages and
gives aid and comfort TO one who had de-
Iermined to wsge war upon the Gov
ernme1t Of the United $ ates.
l would prove further, on another
count in the Indictment, that after the
war had been wHged for several years
Stephens went with his State, took the
forlOrn hope, yielded to the pressure, and
this man stanton took another office in
the Government of the United States,
became Secretary of War, becoming the
most vIndictve prosecutor of those
whom he had urged to go into the rebel
Lon, and that when In the changing for
tunes Of war cur men had been made
prisoners Of the enemy, and we had cap
ured some OF their men, and that Gov
ernment, s0-caiIed, at the South came
forward an offered an exchange, this
man Stanton refused-relused to succOr
the soldiers who had been to the front
and by the chances of war had been
prisoners. He refused, although he
knew thsy were dyiag lingering deaths
in the pFis ms at AndersOnville and else
where. Not only cid he refuse the sx-
change, but when the Confederate Gov
srument, sC-c9lled, came forward and
offered 70 surrender our sick and wounded
without sn exchange, he refused TO take
those men, but let them die in the An
Jacksonville prison. It could be proved,
also, that he refused even to send medi-
cine and food sui surgeons to them to
succOT them from impending death, al
though urged to Go so by the so-cailed
COnisders te authorities.
What, -niak you, would be the verdict
Of our returned soldiers, il some of them
should sit on the jury? CCheers and
laughter, What, with such PrOof-and
L believe r "a proof could be brought
would be Vhs verdict? I would not, il
could, to-day, by legislative enactment,
reach this great feion-for regard him
as felon. would not do it, although
1 conceive him TO be the greatest felon
ia America, because I would not strike
down that great shield of the COnstitu-
ton, which covers all the people of this
country, even to reach the worst man in
the country. But l uld like 70 see
this evidence adduced, and l would like
10 know What verdict and sentence a
jury would pronounce upon him. Aye,
l have a curiosity 20 know. l would
like TO see these two nen tried, because
after the rebellion was closed, this MIR.
Alexander Stephens was seizsd and inn
prisoned by tais same man Stanton, and
put 10 Fort Warren, in Boston harhOr-
And L would Ike TO have the verdict OF
q jury Of my countrymen to see, when
Stanton turned the key on Stephens, on
which side Of the door stood the. traitor.
Laughter and cheers. A voice non the
Outsi1e"l
My feliOw-citizsns, use these exam
piles simply to illustrate the principle
upon which these men have acted.