Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-30
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BRTGADTER RING.
Is he attempting-this Brigadier Cen
eral and Military Governor-to form a
military ring Of which he shall haveex-
elusive privileges, that at a time when
the people are tired Of politics, when
they are tired Of politicians and their
watch clies, he comes prating Ofthe con-
sutution, finding fault with all things,
ana yet suggesting no remedies2 When
the people desire above all things, peace,
quiet and the development Of their re-
sources, immigration, the building Of
factories, cultivation of waste places and
repair OF ruined fortunes, he IS prating
in general terms Of Observation-Disclosures
he has violated himself, telling Of "his
policy
Seeking office and to reopen his
way TO Office, he tells US that
we were wrong, as he said
during the war, it was a wicked,
unhOly rebellion.'' We "guilty Of an
Infamous crime, and our loved mes
sleeping In ignominiOus graves.n He
retracts none Of this, but boldly asks US
to indorse his course, and says, An
would have been Wei if my advice had
been taken"
WAS THE SOUTH wRONG?-GENERAL
LEE's OPINION.
It is better, however, TO deserve sue
cess than to win it, ard we prefer Gen
eral Lees testimony on that point-Gen-
eral Lee Of whom Reverdy Johnson said
when President Johnson refused to par
don him:
General Grant transmitted to the President
the application Of General Lee for pardon, in
d0rsed with his most earnest approval. No
pardon was granted. He did not need it here
and when he appears before that great tr1bu-
ma before which we mast al be called he
VIII nnc he has no account 20 settle mere
Bfrerdy J1hHg0H's Address % ue Lee M0Hu-
mental association lSee Popular L9e Of Lesl
That Lee, whom Greeley proposed to
Mr.. johnson, should be called in as an
adviser to aid in the Cancellation OF the
South, q wise proposition which was re-
fused, gave his opinion to his soldiers;
You viii take with you the satisfaction that
proceeds from the consciousness OF duty faith
fully performed, and 7 earnestly pray that a !
merciful God viii extend You his protection. |
With an increasing admiration for your con-
staney and devotion 70 your country, and a
grateful remembrance OF your kind and gen.
erous consideration Of myself, bid Won an
aff~ecti0nate farewell" r. z. LEE.
A~PPOMArTOx, VA, April 10, lSj.
Joseph E. Johnston said:
You viii return to your homes with the adj
miration Of our people, won BY the courage
and noble devotion you have displayed IN this
long war. JOSEPH z. JOHNSTON.
NEAR GREENSBORO, May ?, 1865.
His own speeches OF 1853 and 1850 are
full If expressions which attest the JUS
tee of our course did we choose 70 rely
on that. But we do not. Wehave pre-
ferred a dignified silence.
POSITION OF TENNESSEE.
There were grave questions to be set
I FNad urnA WTa have nIu~mrre nnn0frfaa that
they were settled, and our willingness
to abide the result, obey the laws and
look forward, forgetting the past. The
prosperity, peace and development Of
Of the country require no admissions
from US. They are only demanded by
an ambitious politician, who has sworn
that TennesseeaRs shall indOrse him.
For this he said;
Traitors and rebels shall not exercise power
in the state. Power is for the loyal alone
Nashville Union, JGHuGTg5, 1865.
For this he said:
Tennessee hates the rebellion, and 1 warn
rebel leaders Of 10.
He came home in 1869 not knowing {
whethers ucceeding years oftyranny had {
wiped out the memory Of his terrible y
reign. He was very humble and as t
sumed the part Of Cardinal Wolsey, say ,
ing he had no office TO ask; be had
climbed to the top Of the ladder; his L
nee was run, and the sands of his life O
nearly eXhausted-an old man bent, if e
not broken, by the storms Of State, COM a
ing back to ask a little earth for charity 2
telling that pretty story about the Sue
cessiye steps from Alderman 20 Presi- ?
dent, and, TO save the prestige Of con- v
tinued victory, always forgetting thathe 0
was one beaten by BrOOkins Campbell :
for State Senate lhe has been beaten P
and can be-, the measure of his ambi- C
ton was full. For all this he ran for the G
Senate-he run for Congress, and came G.
20 Nashville to do both, protesting that L
he would "ne'er CONSENT consented.
GREENEvILLE RESOLUTIONS. .
Following this meek and sanity pill a
grimage he proposed his Greeneville res !.
0lutiOns to the convention of 1856, which h
nominated Governor Brown. His h
Greeneville platform condemned seces- a
although there was no call for it,
10 such issue, and although TENNESSEE VI
had never held the doctrine or seeded. a.
They were rejected by men who were al
looking forward to material wealth, de- 10
immigration, and live issues. n
he went to Gallatin and made a speech,
ienOuncing the convention, and also 81,
denounced the Constitutional COnven- 90
ion Of 1870, and said that in abrogating m
he schedule Of 1855 it restored the Ordi- ~
lance dissOlving the Union, leaving Sc Vi
session measures in full force. ID
He hen read the resolutions adopted ~
y the Democratic State Convention : on
'ReSOlUed, That the Southern States eli
hOuld be Immediately restored to their s11
as sovereign States in the Union" ici
ie said "that is secession in disguise, " tu
nd Il will warn the people as I did in ~
MagnanimOus, if be had wanted tn
10 reward. He meant, 81 am right as I 20
ave been; rally around me and I will IN
e your Moses" He voted in 1860 for a lei
.esolution Of Jefferson Davis's indOrsing Al
tate sovereignty more strongly. lee
OFFICES o THE LOYAL.
He then INDUCED in a fling at Gov
Brown, just nominated: tic
In placing a stsndard-bearer at the head Of ar
NJ columns, he should be clear Of all s1teDf- 90
on gf secession, or a desire 20 enter AGAIN into
UOEuti0a, and this should be currief ol IN eLec- WI
0ns gf members u Congress and the Legislature. be
That sounds like bis policy Of making de
reason Odious, and giving the offices to I
)yal men. go
He then showed what be was after. F y
lie thought the election Of Cooper was sa,
and although himself a caudi- VT
ate before it, the LegislatureO Of 1869 had va
OF power to elect, and be speaks for the tic
thing unknown before in Ten az,
essee. He said: e4'
II is thought by many that the Legislature tn,
bout 10 De elected will be the proper one TO IN
loOse a Senator ia place OF senator Fowler. " y
be people should take the subject into CON We
derat1On- and determine who they prefer, | on
I'D especially when Il is remembered what as
anspired IN the election Of Senator by the p.
.te Leglslature2 2
Shall We endorse him2 Would we wi
been better OF had we gone with M,
We might, had we gone against iss
1r convictions Of duty, have had more ne
'ealth, more spohs Of war u Of office wi
at the expense OF our brethren "
{ the South; but could we have been dis
lore proudly conscious OF a duty hon 7
and faithfully performed, had we sue
ven gone with him, than we are in re- me
rendering that we followed, and won "a
nperishable reBOwn in following Lee rat
I'D Johnston, and Jsckson2 gaI
VIOLENTLY SOUTHERN. bar
Let Us see if his war record is 50 con- 7
and if his advice did not bear its -
art in goading the people to revolution. ~,
La 1860 we find him balloted for in the ~,
harleston Convention, backed there by III I
,e secession leaders Of Tennessee. who :
4OA1LA AtAA III hDANLE Akn ELlLLOua w N--
I'd him supporting the secession De- on,
Breckenridge and Lane, the 6ug-
lminees Of the seeding DemOcrats- ~.
ID according 10 his own account, SPEND ~
z money for them. Mr.. johnson -
the men who formed that party. 10
ID were its leaders in the South. as ~
ell in 1859 when he went with them in ~,
pporting q sectional candidate, as he ~
d afterWaud. Uul
He said speeches 352) "this move GOV
ent has been long contemplated: the
ea has been to break up the govern ,
He knew then, which was du- cen
the war; and admitted that be had tt
known the object Of Rhett and NO
and yet he went with them 10
se letter OF acceptance, 1884. Why eau
Il support Bell or Douglas to whom not w,
suspicion attached Of an intent to dis ali
I've the Union. He gave them a cor the
support and defended their party p
)m the charge Of disunion. Of Z
In the Senate, in 1853 Coma. Globe, don
,ge 100, first sec, Both Cong be had Y
contest with Senator Trumbull, Of not
inois, in which he Wentthe full length TO I
ID his pro-slavery allies-the extrem- TO
5 Of the South: che
deny that any power Is conferred on the rev
n ~ M e lgasaaIy ier nc 10 me Terri If ]
iment possesses no sovereign v Aiiits sho
eens are deriVatlVe and limited. II can ex- CAV
Use no single original power.
II the National Government is not -
vereign, it follows that the State Gov uott
lments are. He says again:
Globe .. lag. The difference between fba SuA'