Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-21

/ Inc EXPERIMENT. OA dlbtlll DNtilE ~ AhAs
| withOIG the consent Of the people of Eng
/ land, has been tried again and again, anC
ever failed. They have never for one
| moment endured it. Welded to linn
/ tied monarchy, they have never failed tC
/ hurl from their thrones and overturn
/ any dynasty that dared attempt it
/ Glance at the history of the Norman
| Princes, of the Tudors, and of the other
/ lines of English Princes. You wonder
/ how they did this thing. The minnie
! that usurpatiOns were attempted, the
| uSurpers were brought to the block, and
| their heads paid the penalty, This earned
| for the English people the name of the
| King Killers ofthe world. Look at Orom-
well. He was an usurper, but for all that
he WAS the greatest Of Christian Princes
at the time. He made England il
| lustrious throughout the ends OF
the earth, and under his govern
ment the PrOtesrants dared worship
after their own manner, under every
Government in the world. But with all
this, what happened? Engiishmen and
Americans do not love even a good Gov
ernment forced upon them. He died,
and his remains were inferred in West
minister Abbey for I believe Cromwell
was buried there1 In less than six
months his son Richard was compelled TO
relinquish the reins of power, and the son
of the beheaded Charles was recalled
from exile. There never was seen in
England such gala day as that on which
the returning Prince landed at Dover on
his way to Whitehall. Elizabeth seated
on her palfrey in sight of the ruined and
wrecked Spanish armada, created no such
enthusiasm.
The speaker, in glowing words, dwelt
upon the joy of England at the restora-
tion, and quoted Macauley's famous para
graphs in regard to Charles. He depicted
the career of Charles, and his sudden
death; he then passed to James II. He,
said he, attempted to rule England like
BrOwnlOW did Tennessee. Loyal militia
were quartered on Hounslow
heath, and be attempted TO
overtl1rn England's old traditions,
What became OF him, you who are readers
of history all know. He was hurried from
the throne and driven into exile, and from
that day to this he has been known as
'the Pretender.' Gentlemen, that ex-
pertinent has bSen tried much nearer
our dav. and much nearer home. One
William-not William lst, nor William
I'd, but William-I will not call
names, but his second name begins
with c., aud the last word is
BrOwnlow. Laughter He tried the
game in Tennessee, here in Haywood and
everywhere else-and with what results2
You heard the answer three weeks ago!
Tt is easier to huri the mountains from
their solid bases, than to place apd to keep
the yoke upon the necks of men who
were born to be free"
q will not. however" continued the
speaker, - 'resurrect old and unholy MEM
ories. / am here simply to Join my
heartfelt thanks with yours in an anthem
that shall swell to heaven. We are now
over Pisgah's top, marching on, every
man a Moses, and if we should fall,
thousand Joshuas would arise and follow
in our steps. Not to the old men do l now
speak-for an old man, if he is good, has
one eve on the grave and the other on
heaven; not to the young men either-for
they have both eyes on the pretty girls
Ilaughterl; but to you, the young fathers
and mothers, | now am addressing my
self most particularly. The most alarm
ing feature of the times is the
DECAY OF PUBLIC VIRTUE
and the general disregard of legal and
constitutional forms and restrictions. IF
ever there was people morhidly sensi-
tive about charges of corruption in office,
it was the American people as they were
before these great changes. Old men Will
remember the law called and known as
the " alien and sedition laws" in which
one man was arrested for speaking of and
criticising the acts of the President. This
was enough to hurl from power the elder
Adams and the old Federal party. The
people were shocked at the very idea of
any such abrogatiOn of their rights and an
infringement upon their constitutional
privileges. Are you shocked at anything
now? Less than four years ago an
TO have been lnnOcent) IN
in Washington City, where there never
had been an armed rebel under the shad-
ow of the Capitol. within the sight of the
Supreme Court, with all the Courts open,
was dragged in chains before an infamous
gang Of outlaws, a usurping self-styled
tribunal. called a military commission;
there she was accused of an AnPossible
crime-that of being Accessory to
an accessory to a. niuIslef. She
was denied a eoRnsel convicted
without testimony, cordemfled with
out law, and hurled Before her God a
murdered woman. God himself has been
her avenger. Four of her 'aceusers have
since been declared infamous, and are
now serving ont their terms jim the peni-
tentiary. Her daughters, clothed in the
habiliaments of woe, went to the White
House and implored for admission to the
President, there to intercede fol their
mother, whom they knew to be innocent.
They were spurned from the door by Jim
Lane and Preston King What has be-
come of these two? Preston King leaped
into the Hudson, there, in the dark
waters of North river, to expiate
with his wretched life the great
and infamous crime. Jim Lane
for the same reason applied to his head
pistol and blew out his brains, God has
been after every one ofthe murderers, and
the balance of them will surely pay the
penalty. But few days ago young man
in the employ of the Government, who had
met and for her misfortune had loved one
of these unfortunate children, married
her-and so fardid the malignity and hate
of great Government I" that he was
dismissed his situation.
The speaker then briefly alluded
in the same scathing terms to
the cases of McCardle and Yerger,
both of whom were tried by a
military commission in a time of the pro-
foundest peace. He passed rapidly
thence to historical sketch of the attempt
of Joel r. Poinsett, Secretary of War un-
der Van Buren, who wished TO raise
2Oo, 900 militia for parade and show simply,
and showed how it was squelched and
made political capital of, as were also the
petty defalcations of a few Democratic
officials about the SHINE date. he referred
to the lampOOn Of Prentice on this sub
jeCt, which be said made the Old Wings
scream with joy and the Demo-
Gratis hang their heads with shame.
And yet, said he, here we have
forfour wears endured BroWnlow's militia
in every part of the state, ruffians from
East Tennessee sent among the people to
teach gentlemen how to behave Them
selves. ILsughter.] He referred to the
school fund, kept sacred by the rebels
through four years of misery, want and
hloOdshed, ald returned to the State in
tact. Now, he said, it is like the regalia of
the loyal leagUes-a thing thai was
[Lapghter.l The men who got il are 90
ing around the country afrayed in fine
hnen, and with rings on their fingers as
sbig=as whip cord-arrayed as Solomon in
all his glory never dreamed of being.
IIapghter.l He passed over, he said, the
gigantic mOnopolies which tke Radicals
had 4nisted upon the State-railroads.
banks, rings, monopolies to which
the East India company was not a circum-
stance. 1t is almost time that they should
be kicked out Of Office and gentlemen nut
in their places"
a. TAxArfoN.
u assert" said Mr.. Etheridge. leaping,
ms is bis custom, with the rapidity Of
lightning from one subject to another,
''that materially as well as morally aud
socially the condition of people Is ndi-
ycated b the rate Of the taxation which
hey pay. In England high taxes and
high rates of import duties have ever
heen the fruitful cause of perjury aud
smuggling. Show me the people that
have light taxes to pay, and will show
YOU a people happy and contented, proud
of their nationality, and relying on them
selves. In the words of Popei
" Fools on the form of Government con-
test,
That which is best administered is best"
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