Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-16

and dying, / made this speech aud prc
Z c~laraatiOn, which / read from q paper o
4 the day:
I'm looking siIsbIs vast crowd Of col
4 ored people, continued the Governor, an,
rehseting through what q storm SpeF
seeution and oblcquy they are eompcyet
70 pass, | am almost induced to wisl
. tnat, as In the days Of old, q Nose
: might arise VINO should lead them safeIl
: happiness.
you are our Moses" shouted severn
voices, aad the exclamation wss caugb.
up n cheersd until ths Capitol rsnl
t again.
GOD, continued the speaker, no doubI
mas prepared somewhere an instrument
FOR the great work he designs TO perform
Ia behalf OF this outraged people, and il
due time your leader will come forth,
/, your Moses will be rsvesled to you.
1--WE want no Moses but you,u again
shouted the crowd.
Well, then" replied the speaker,
Z" humble aud unworthy az I s1, if no
other better shali be found, I will, IN
deed be Jour Moses, and lead you
through the red ssG of war and bondage,
70 . fair future Of liberty and peace. /
speak now a. one who feels the world biz
N1AA-hAE ~ 81 HGO 1--WE Equal AAZAle
his friends. l 5peak, too, az 3 citizen o.
Tennessee. / I'm here on my own sol,
and here I mean to stay aud fight this
great battle OF truth end justice TO 8 tri-
umphsnt end. Rebellion and slavery
snail, by Gods goC3 help, no longer pol
lutte u State. Loyal men, whether
white or black, shaii alone control her
destinies, and when this strife in which
We are ali engaged is past. I trust I
know We shall have q batter state OF
things, and shall all rejoice that honest
labor resp5 the fruit OF It's own industry,
and that every man has & fziR chance in
the race Of life"
l want the OolOred people to hear ne.
They tell goa that the Moses who hsj
/ proclaimed freedom 10 whites and blacks
mad deserted you. Who is it thst tells
you that | have deserted you? Who is
1t that tells yen thst I and the Southern
people have deserted you Who Is it,
! oolOred people, that tells you that the
, Southern people are your worst enemies Z?
who and what are they ? Who auuO8
them psrilsd their lives aud spent their
money that now talk about Moses. I
wans the attention Of the colo-ed people
who are here. / want them to hear
what l said on tie steps OF the Capitol
at Nashville when I proclaimed thsir
freedom. 1 said "CsiOFed mel OF Nash
vile, you have al heard of the Presi-
dents proclamation, By which he an
nOunced TO the world that the slaves
in q large portion Of the
seceded States we're heDcetCTth and for
ever free. For certain reasons which
seemed wise TO the President, the bene-
fits Of the proclamation did not extend
to you or TO your nstiye Safe. Many
- rV-vr 0---~-r-1vNF- 800 If - -
age. The task masters scOurgs was not
yet broEen, and the letters still gsllsd
your limbs. Gradually this iniquiIy hss
been passing away, put the nour has
come when the last gestigss Of it must
be removed. Consequently I, too, with
out reference to the President or any
other person, have q proclamation TO
make, aud standing here upon the steps
Of the Capitol, with the past history OK
the State to witness the present cOndi-
ton to guide, and its future TO encourage
me, l, Andrew Johnson, do hereby pro-
claim freedom full, broad and UneOndi-
tional to every man 10 Tennessee"
l want this to be remembered, that
Tennessee was exempted from the opera
ton OF LinCOlH's proclamation. It was
under these circumstances, let me tell the
co!ored people, that ! proclaimed them
free. All l promised was performed. Let
me ask yea Whsrs is the modern Moses ?
Where Is tbs new Moses who has come
to lead you? A new sec Of mssters have
taken possession of you. Do you re-
member how long Moses was in deliver
ing the Israelites ? Just forty years.
You were feed in ORs night, and have
been free four years. When the man
@hO set you free returns, he hnde sn
Aaron "a the camp, and q golden calf
erected for your worship, to make which
you have been oslied upon 20 give up
your triRkets and ornaments and your
money and means. Your new masters
only want your labor, your trinkets and
your gold. Noses Is come TO proclaim
the truth to you. the Leagues, IN which
you have become Involved, make you
take oaths. 1 want your attentions 1
want to occupy my proper place In your
hearts. | want 10 occupy a true place 10
your hearts. Have these Loyal Lssguers
set you free? How much have they
given you Of freedom, or anything else
1 hold il my hand q little
BLUE BOOK.
It ia very much worn, but you ear see
a little blue in it yet (boldiDg il up 70
the erOwd). Well, L will read from this
little blue-boCk. / have considerable
reputation in connection with blue
books. will resd and prove TO you
that every member Of the Loyal Leagues
is 8 slave and 3 co1spiFstor against the
Government. I will read you tho oath
Of these Loyal LeagUsTs. They swear,
among other things
"AndI will never make known in
way or manner, to sny person or per
sons not members OF the U. L., any CT
the signs, passwords, proceedings, de-
bates or plans q this or any other circle
under this organic s1iOD, except when en-
| gagged in admitting new members u
this League"
Let me ask, my eolorsd friend, wers
you free when you went into this Loyal
| League? II 80, what did you get by
/ Joining? Did you get anything Why
| not act upon your own coed senss? You
do not need Loyal Lssguers to tell you
what to do. Act up to your own con-
science and judgment, and do not be
guided or dictated to by men who join
/ Loysl Leagues for Interior purposes and
to become ysur task. masters. Does it
make you any freer to take this oath p?
The LOYAL Leagues are corspirScies
against the Government, the laws and
the country. You need emancipation
worse now Than you did the dsy you;
freedom wss proclaimed from the steps
Of the Capitol st Nashville. 1OU Moses
has come to free you sgaiD. You
remember that Moses did not reach
the promised land, but died O0
Pisgsh's top. He lived to be s very old
man. He was 10 years old when be
died. l am butsixty now. When Moses
returned from the mountain, he was
amszed to fnd that 3 golden calf had
been set Up for the worship Of the chill
/ dren OF Israel. These Loyal Leagues
want your money for the golden calf
they worship. 1 want you to be free and
| free Of these obligations. When Moses
returned from the mount he broke the
golden calf, ground It into powder, threw
i into the wster, and then made the
| children Of Israel drink CT their in
EQUITY. He said, standing in
tue gate, sll that are on the
Lords side come to Moses.
You are not going after these false gods,
not going after these Lsaguers, not go
ing after these impOstOrs, these false
prophets-come TO me. Where is the
forty acres and the mule they promised
you2 If they were earnest in what they
have promised, Why did they not send
/ ro., mr. m tho Nnrth Waaf- Whar3 there ia