Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-29

to send you communications, but / ha
= no assurance that any of them ha-
!, been received. ] have relaxed no effo
to carry out the objects the gOvernmel
, had In view in sending me here. III;
hoped at different times to have accon
, plished more, but still / do not thin
! my mission has been altogether frui
] less. At all events, we have afforded Il
Northwestern States the amplest Oppo
tunity to throw off the CALLING dynast
at Washington, and openly to tai
ground in favor of State Rights al
civil liberty. This fact must satisfy Il
, large class of discOntents at home of Il
readiness and willingness of the a,
lministratiOn to avail itself of eveI
profered assistance in our great strugg
for independence.
On my arrival here | heard that the
was such an organization as the order
the "SOns of Liberty = in the Northel
States, and my first effort was to leaI
its strength, its principles and its object
and if possible to put myself in cOmml
nicatiOn with its leading spirits. TIL
was effected without much difficulty
delay. 1 was received among them wit
cordiality, and the greatest confidence
members was large, but not so great
Mr.. Holt, in his official report, Teprv
sented it TO be. Its objects We're po1itfca
its principles were that the gOvernmeI
was based on the consent of the partie
to it; that the States were the partie
and were sovereign; that there was n
authority in the General Government {
coerce a seeding State. The resolution
of lT9S and 1893 were set forth as present
ing the true theory of the government
! Its organization was essentially military
! it had It's commanders of divisions, {
brigades, of regiments, of companies.
In the month of June last, the uni
versal feeling among its members, lead
ers and priVates, was that it was useles
to hold a Presidential election; Lincoll
| had the power and would certainly re
elect himself, and there was no hope bl
in force. The belief was entertaineC
and freely expressed that by bold, Wig
Orous and concerted movement the threr
great Northwestern States of Illinois
Indiana and Ohio could be seized anC
held. This being done, the States 0
Kentucky and Missouri could easily bC
lifted FROM their PROSTATE condition anC
placed on their feet, and this in sixt,
days would end the war. While every.
thing was moving on smoothly to a sup
posed successful consummation, the frs
interruption in the calculation was the
postpOnement of the meeting of the
Democratic Convention from the fourth
of July to the twenty-ninth of August
but preparations still went on, and in
one of the States the twentieth of July
was fixed as the day for movement.
But before the day arrived q general
council of the order from different States
was called, and il was thought the
movement on the twentieth of July
would be premature, and the sixteenth
of August was fixed upon for a general
uprising. This postpOnement was in
sisted upon on the ground that ii was
necessary to have a series of public
meetings to prepare the public mind,
and appointments for public peace meet
ings were made-One at Peoria, one at
Springfield, and one at Chicago on the
sixteenth. The first one was at Peoria,
and to make il a success | agreed that so
much money as was necessary would be
furnished by me. 1t was held, and was
decided success. The vast multitude
who attended seemed TO be swayed by
but one leading idea-peace. The friends
were encouraged and strengthened, and
seemed anxious for the day when they
would do something TO hasten them to the
great goal of peace. About this time that
correspondence 6etJOeel our friends and
Horace Greeley made its appearance.
LiacOlR's manifesto shocked the country.
The belief M some tCdy pTerdiied OUer
the North that the South iCOiId 0qree to
~. L.
especially the leading ones, coRceiUed
the idea that on such an issue Lincoln
could be beaten at the 6dllOt-60r. At
all events, they argued that the trial of
the ballOt-bOX should be made before a
resort TO force-always a deTpier resort.
The Springfield meeting came off, but il
was apparent that the fire exhibited at
Peoria had already diminished-the
whole tone Of the speakers was that the
people must rely on the ballOt-boX for
redress of grievance. The nerves of the
leaders of the order began to relax.
About this time large lot of arms were
purchased and sent to indianapolis,
which was discovered, and some of the
leading men were charged with the de-
sign to arm the members of the order for
purposes. Treachery showed
itself at Louisville. Judge Bullitt and
DR.. Kalfus were arrested and sent to
Memphis.
The day on which the great move
nent was to be made became known TO
Mr.. Mcdonald, candidate for Governor
If Indiana, and believing that if would
mar his prospects for election unless pre-
vented, he threatened to expose all the
parties engaged unless the project was
abandoned. Thus the day passed by
md nothing was done. The Chicago
Convention came; the crowd was i'm
nense, the feeling was unanimous for
leace; general impression prevailed
hat reconstruction could be had, and
hat it was necessary toso far pander to
he military feeling as to take General
Mcclellan to secure a certain success. |
This nomination, followed as it was by
Iivers disclosures and arrests Of persons, |
prominent members, totally demOral- /
zed the @SOns of Liberty The feel |
ng with the masses is as strong as ever;
hey are true, brave, and / be- |
leve willing and ready, but they /
ave no leaders. The vigilance of
he administration, its large detective |
Drce, the large bounties paid for treach- |
~. and the respectable men who have
ielded to the temptation, added to the |
lrge military force stationed in these
tates, make organization and prepara-
ion almost an impossibility. A large |
lm of money has been expended i'm fOs- |
aring and furthering these operations,
nd it now seems TO have been to little /
rOfit. But, in reviewing the past, do
OF see how il could have been avoided,
or has it been spent altogether in vain.
he apprehensiOns of the enemy have
aused him TO bring back and keep from
ne field in front at least sixty thousand
watch and brOwbeat the people at
Ome. In this view of the subject the
anne amount of money has effected so
luch in no other quarter since the COM
lencement Of the war.
In July last 6aptain Charles IL. Cole,
General Forests command, made his
scape from prison. He represented to
ne that he had been appointed lieu
'nant in our navy; l sent him around
ne lakes with instructions to 90 as a
,wer-deek passenger, to familiarize
lmself with all the channels and differ
ut approaches to the several harbors,
ne strength Of each place, the deposito-
es Of coal, and especially TO learn all
lat he could about the war steamer
Iichigan, and devise some plan for her
lpture or destruction. This duty he
arformed very satisfactorily. He was
len instructed toreturn and put himself
communication with the officers of
le Michigan, and, feeling his way, to
ldeavor to purchase the boat from its
Ulcers.
For time he thought he would sue
ed in this, If he could give the guaran-
es of payment Of the sums stipulated,
1t by degrees the question was dropped,
ld he asked permission To organize a
rec, board, and take her This was
wen and Aoffnf- NT.otoV T1l,,, " D.afI