Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-06

dreds of thousands OF their comrades ex-
| pired and hundreds of millions OF na-
| IjOnal obligations were incurred. A
manly people will not neglect the train
| iUg necessary to resist oppression but
they should be jealous lest the civil be
made subordinate to the military ele-
ment.
We need to encourage in every legiti-
mate way q study of the Constitution for
which the war was Waged, a knowledge
Of and reverence for whose wise cheeks
by those so soon to occupy the places
filed by their seniors will be the only
hope Of preserving the Republic. The
young mea of the nation not yet under
the control Of party, must resist the ten
dency to centraliz alton, an outgrowth Of
the great rebellion, and be familiar with
the fact that the country consists OF the
United States, and that when the States
surrendered certain great rights for the
sake OF more perfect Union, they re-
tanned rights as valuable and important
as those they relinquished for the COM
monweslth, is sound old doctrine, far
different from the teachings that led to
the attempt to se6ede and a kindred
theory that the States were taken out Of
the Union by the rash acts Of conspira-
tors that happened to dwell within their
borders, must be received and advocated
with the enthusiasm of early manhood,
or the people will be ruled by corrupt
combinations OF the com mercial centers,
who o etholle f Om wealth, annually
emigrate to the capital Of the nation to
purchase special legislation. Until the
representatives OF The people in Con-
gress more fully exhibit the diverse
views and interes S of the whole nation,
laws cease to be N lde without full discus
sion at the behest of some party leader,
and there will never be proper respect
shown by the lawn 4king power either
to the Judicial or Executive branch Of
the Government.
The generation just beginning to use
the ballot, il is believed, only need that
their attention should be called TO these
considerations to indicate by their votes
that they wish their representatives to
observe all the restraints which the peO-
pie, in adopting the Constitution, in
Tended to impose upon them.
Calmly reviewing my administration
OF the Government, / feel that, with a
sense of accountability to God, having
eonscientiously endeayored to discharge
my whole duty, have nothing to regret.
Events have proved the correctness of
the policy set forth in my first and SUBJ
oC4 uCuN LAcs10t3GC- L lC WDCs ~ ulJu IA We
followed the rejection of forbearance,
msgnanimity and constitutional rule are
known and deplered by the nation.
II is matter of pride and qualification
in retiring from the most exalted position
in the gift of the people, to feel that in
long, arduous and eyentful public life,
my action has never been influenced by
desire for gain, and that can in sll
sincerity icquire, whom have I de-
frsuded? Wuom have oppressed or,
at whose hand have l received any bribe
to blind my eyes Herewith?
No responsibility for wars that have
been wsged or blood that has been shed
rests upon me. My thoughts have been
those OF peace, and my efforts have ever
been to allsy contentious among ny
countrymen. Forgetting the past, let Us
return to the Grst principles of the Gov
ernment, and, unfurling the banner OF
our country, inscribe upon It IN inefaee-
able characters, "The Constitution and
the Union--one and insepsrs5lsp
LSgnedl ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, D. c., March /, 1863.