Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-31

well As the rights or person ard property, as
defined BY the constitution OF the United
/ States and the states respectively.
] The Executive not 70 disturb any OF their
] property By reason OF the late war, SO long rs
.as Psople % & lise ~ y ansS g@S s % and sU oeS @
| the laws In force, al the place Of their resi-
/ dence.
/ Under these terms the Confederate
/ soldier returned to his home-nOt as a
/ criminal with his head bowed down in
/ shame, but as citizen clothed with all
| the rights and duties OF citizenship.
I They were just and fair - honorable
alike to him who proposed and those
who accepted them, II they had been
ratified by the President they would
have forever settled all the vexed ques-
/ tions involved. We would have had no
reconstruction policies to sap our pros
! perity, fever the public pulse, fret the
| public ear and torture the public heart
but peace, prosperity and fraternity
would have been at once restored to the
country. Why were they not ratified?
win tell you why. Andrew johnson
had declared that II you dare TO resist
the invasion Of your hearthstone, you
are a traitor. Andrew johnson had de-
/ cIared that treason should be made obi
/ Gus and traitors punished. If these
terms be ratified, his pet idea Of punish
l ing as traitors every man who bore
! sabre or a musket, or sympathized with
a son or brother in the Confederate
army, must be abandoned. Therefore,
they must give place to what be calls
Ny Policy He grants amnesty to
the rank and file-to all, indeed, except
such ss had enterprise and energy
enough TO have made twenty thousand
dollars, or status and influence enough
TO reach the rank Of Brigadier-G General
/ These classes he regarded as fish too
large-too important to escape bis net
thus easily. They were LEFT in a position
to be compelled to bow the knee at the
feotstOol Of power and beg a
SPECIAL PARDON
at his hands, and when granted-fOrget-
| ting that it was an official act that it was
his sworn duty TO perform in all proper
cases-he held that he made the recip-
/ lent Of it his political slave for life.
/ Hence he sneeringly announces the facv
that the "little man." DunningtOn, has
dared to crlticise his political record
when he had "my pardon in his pock-
! ct" Do you incur personal obligation
/ to the Judge when, in discharge Of his
! official duty, he decides a lawsuit in
! your favor? It would be an insult 70 the
/ purity Of the bench if you were to ex-
/ press yourself under personal obligations
I TO him for the manner in which he had
/ pronounced the law, because it would be
| corrupt in him to have yielded to the
| slightest influence Of personal friendship,
/ partiality or prejudice. How much more
would il be an insult to the highest Off
! Ger known TO your government; and yet
! Andrew johnson seems to regard every
man that he pardoned as under deep and
| lifelong personal obligation to him. II
be would learn to initiate the enlight-
/ ened, liberal views and high sense
Of justice and propriety that
have always characterized the
conduct Of the little man.
/ Dunnington, he would be very much
more worthy the respect, confidence and
I support OF the people Of Tennessee than
he has ever been or can ever be. Can
you indOrse his rejection OF the
JOHNSON AND SHERMAN TREATY?
He says it was a politicians war and
poor mans fight. I deny it and repel it
as a slander upon the intelligence, inde-
| pendence Of thought and action, the
manhood Of the men Of Tennessee. The
time has never been, can never come,
when the MISUNDERSTANDING men Of
Tennessee could be lead into or out Of
anything by Andrew johnson or Isham
q. Harris-or a thousand such men as
Andrew johnson and Isham G. Harris
put together-contrsry to their honest
convictions Of duty. You are not, have
never been, and, I am sure, viii never
come mere puppets to be moved, like so
many pawns, on the Political chess-bOard
by the cunning hands Of the designing
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myself with the hope Of moving any
one Of you except by an appeal to your
reason, your sense Of right. You have
always thought for yourselves, and had
the manhood to act for yourselves.
He selects q standard by which he asks
you to measure him. It is the constitu-
ton. I agree that it is a fair and proper
standard by which to measure every
public servant. Let US see how he
stands the test. The fifth article Of the
amendments Of 1871 to the constitution
reads as follows: No person shall be
held 10 answer for a capital, or otherwise
infamous crime, unless on q presentment
or indictment Of a Grand Jury
And the sixth article reads: q In all
criminal prosecutions the accused shall
enjoy the right TO a speedy and public
trial by an impartial .jttTy Of the State or
district wherein the crime shall have
been committed In july,
1865, certain citizens Of the District oI
Columbia were suspected Of being acces-
sorry 10 the assassination OF President
Lincoln. They were arrested. The war
had ended two months before; the coun-
try was at peace, and the civil courts
were open constantly fer the trial Of
offenders against the criminal laws, but
in defiance Of the fifth article, above
quoted, Andrew Johnson issued his or
der to raise
A MILITARY COMMISSION,
composed Of nine soldiers mot one Of
whom had ever read law book, to try
these citizens for a capital Offense, and
he compelled them 80 dTislDer for q
capital criDle,n lOithOatt any presentDaens
Of Grand jury He wilfully and de-
hberately violated the sixth article by
compelling them to stand their trial be-
fore a drumhead court t-martial instead
Of the impartial jury" which the con-
stitution guarantees. They were found
guilty by eourt-martial and sentenced
to death by hanging, but this finding
was void until approved by the Presi-
dent On the fifth Of July this record
involving the fearful questions Of life
and death was placed IN the hands Of
Andrew johnson in order that he might
determine the solemn sanction Of his
official oath the questions OF law and
fact 50 vitality important to the trem
bling victims. Important as the ques-
tiOBs are, be is ready to determine all Of
them on the sixth In one single day.
while in your courts here you consume
a week in trying q case that involves a
! years servitude in the penitentiary, 50
Jealous are you Of
THE LIBERTY OF THE CITIZEN,
but in one single day, he decides the
/ question, and writes the death-warrant
I as follows:
] EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 6.-The finding
] and sentence IN the case cf ID. r. Harrell, G.
AtEerOtt, Lewis Payne, and Mary e. Surratt,
| are hereby approved, and it Il ordered that
I the sentences In the cases Of these parties be
] carried Into execution, by the proper military
! authorities, under the direction Of the Secre-
] tary Of War, on the seventh day OF July, 1865,
] between the hours OF ten O'Clock in the morn
I ing and two O'Clock in the evening OF that
! ANDREW JOHNSON, President T. S.
Giving to the poor victims from twelve
/ to twenty-four hours between judgment
4 and exeeutiOn-frOm twelve TO twenty
/ four hours to prepare for the sad realities
| OF death. An indecent haste that finds
| no parallel in the history of civilization,
/ and which would have disgraced a ma
/ ton Of sayages. On the morning Of the
{ seventh Judge Wyle issued the writ Of
I habeds corpus commanding General
| Hancock TO bring the body Of Mary E.
/ Surratt before him, in order that be
/ might judicially determine whether
I the right Of trial by aa impartial jury,
I upon an indictment as guaranteed TO
/ her by the constitution had been Sc
/ cured 20 her. General Hancock carried
I this writ to Andrew johnson and in
/ quired what he was 70 do. What harm
/ could have resulted 10 the government
| OF any living creature from allowing the
| poor old grey headed woman a fair and
I Judicial investigation Of the questions Of
/ her
/ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS,
her guilt or innocence, but instead Of
allowing the trembling limb, and ago
nj ed heart Of the poor old wOnan 10 be
carried before the court, Andrew john
son sends this order:
Executive OFFICE, July 7, IS65-To Major
General Hancock, commanding etcs Il, An
/ drew johnson, President Of the United states,
do hereby declare that the wit of hQ5eas cor
3 pus has been heretofore suspended In such
gases as this uad % hercbU alettd{lz5 sity13old
fitf uyli and dfTeoi th1f B0u proceed % cz6clite
The orde~ 49, gore giren upon nc judgment of a
der IA rs,urn 70 this writ
i ANDREW JOHNSON, President
/ The suspension f'of this wrifs was IN
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