Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-05

HE MAKES HIS CONFESSION or
WEAKNESS
What He Did with the Sugar
INCENDIARY APPEAL 20 NEGROES
lie Tries 20 lntimidste the Ten
HesSee Senate.

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for the information of such loil folks 81
might happen to regard his over-wrOughi
patriotism with suspicion, attracted
large crowd, principally negroes, to tbs
Capitol last night.
Colonel Pr0sser was called to the Chail
and introduced Hamilton to the crowd
7. A. at once launched into the subject
of his etory. It was due, he said, hat ~
o candidate, he should explain his RECORD
and define his course in the rebellion
II he had appeared rather radical in tht
Legislature, that body would pardon hin
for sodOing. His object wal to show tina
he should never again have to act contra
~ to the dictates Of bis heart. The paTtkG
had taken was not reprehensible so far al
the facts were concerned, no~twithstand
ing all that had been said through the
secession, rebel, snsffle-bit newspapers
He was sorry to cay that his record wa
not better. InlS6l, inthe circle in which
he is known, there was no better Union
man than himself. He was in LouisianS
when abe passed her ordinance OF seces
sion, and declared every man then with
in her borders 8 citizen. he returned x
Memphis before the, first and SECOND
votes were taken as to whether Tennes
see would go out Of the Union. He goI
out of voting on those propositions By
claiming by the ordinance of Louisians
to be g citizen OF that State. Number;
we're placed on the tickets, and opposite
the names IN the poll books, in order Il
ascertain which way each individual
voted. The draft was ordered in Mem.
phis. For fear of being drafted into the
army, he Joined the Home Guards o.
that city.
He went to Nav Orleans, and on his
return . few days afterwards, the Home
Guards were sworn in by the Post Com
mandant for home service. The Home
Guards soOn after ballottsd as to whether
they should enter the regular service.
To get out of the Home Guards he applied
for and obtained a position as payer OF
drayage under Capt. Mulloy, who was
the COmmissariat at that post. He was
directed to self q quantity of sugar, etc.
then on the bluff, not in a condition to
be shipped, in order to obtain money to
pay the expenses of the drsyage. He afi
so. When the Commissariat ceased Ia
act, he (HamiltOnl, also ceased to act.
When the Federal army landed st Men,
phis, forty or nifty hogsheads of sugar,
which Morgan and a man named Nc
Kissick had threatened to SELL were in q
warehouse. He afterwards notified the
real owners as to its whereabouts, and
they got it. He had sold $500 worth OF
sugar which had been in the keeping OF
the Commissariat and himself, in order
to reimburse himself for money which he
had individually paid out in the trsnsac-
ton of the business in which he was en-
gagged.
lt had been alleged that he had loaded
q mans property on the steamer Parallel
and bartered it for cotton. A suit had
been brought against him in which be
satisfactorily proved that the cargo had
been received by q man named Gay.
The suit had been dismissed on the
ground that the parties concerned had
no just cause to continue the suit, and
that ever if the money could have been
collscted off him, it would, under the
circumstances, have been wrong to do
so.
He had done what he was compelled
to do by higher authority. Most OF the
goods whicn had been taken, had, after
the arrival of the Federal 8fmy, been
returned to the proper owners through
his fundamentally. There might be
some little inaccuracies in his state
ments, but as to the main facts what be
had said was true. He had always been
q SAAEA AA&Ef LAACAEA AOlNCA ~ ~ DC
he had done, and he always expected to
be a Union man. He stood before them
in perhaps a rather unenviable position,
az far as his record was concerned, but
he had always desired to take the back
seat.
T. A. said that he was for the protec-
tion of loyal Tennesseeans. He had adj
vocated the militia bill as best calculated
to bring peace and prosperity to the
State. If Tennessee expected peace, It
became the Legislature to pass a strong
militia law and to clOthe the Governor
with ample power to use every man and
every dollar in the State. fLoud ap-
plause. This was the sentiment of the
Radical Convention which had recently
assembled at the capitol. He was ID
favor Of sending the proposed COMMITTEES
to Washington to apply for United States
forces, provided the Senate would pro-
coed with the passage Of the militia bill.
It was their duty to do it.
If the Senate, compose Of twenty-five
Republicans, should say that they would
not pass that bill in the face of the action
Of the late Radlcau Convention ; II they
should refuse TO pass such q law for the
protection Of the loyal element of Ten.
nessee; II the men they had selected were
not disposed 10 protect their own friends
but should go over to the enemy and sue
for peace, he would advise the colOred
men who had sent him to the Legisla.
ture, as to whom they should vote for il
another election. Could it be expected
OF either the black or white men Of The
rural districts to come up and chow tn,
full measure of their manhood, wher
members Of the Legislature q~uarreieC
before the rebel element which was men
acing the State of Tennessee? How
could they be expected to stand up WheI
the Legislature bowed to the rabble By
which it had been threatened in thu
streets Of this city? Men are undertake
ing to thwart the passage Of the eMHltiI
bill on account of a little personal pigue
q little personal quarrel, an enmitl
against and q want Of confidence in Gov
Brovnlow. They might call BrowDloy
what they pleased, bat some Of thes
gentlemen were singing psalms To tn
rebel element. LCheers.
Those who had failed TO vote for tn
bill had favored the other party. ICheer
and cries of . hit 'em agin."1 He woulI
never turn his back on his party. 81
was unlike the COW who gave a lsrg-
qusntity of milk and st last went dry,
/ Ii Brownlow was not given power il
the matter, Hamilton was In favor O
preparing for work if the worst should
come. IL enemies should be enemie
then let 1t be so. Ii the people were no
protected 1t wss the duty Of every MAJ
there to prepare to defend himself
[Cheers. Ifit was the policy of tn
Legislature to surrender the State Gov
eminent, their constituency would no
allow 1t. ICheers. If It became neces
saro, in order to protect the ballot box
then, as the last resort, the people shOulC
go there armed and in sufficient number
to defend themselves. If, in this last ex
tremity, the Legislature did not do whar
the convention directed them to do, they
would be sent TO these halls no more
Tremendous applause. He wished t.
know IL they were prepared to fight fOl
themselves and their manhood. ICON
tinuous cries from ali over the house
"Fightl Fightt" mixed with the wild
est enthusiasm. He advised them Il
stand by their manhood at the cost o
everything. If the Legislature sue
cumbed, they should mark the members
who yielded, and send some q else Il
their stead at the very next election.
Hsmiiton's hRrrangue vas generally
regarded by the more moderate men o
7 his party as an effort to browbest ans
coerce the Senate into the passage of thu
Militia Bill. The pressure on that bod,
by the extremists Is even greater than j
generally supposed. 48& L4N.
GENTS Silk Dress Hats, Fall styles
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