Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-30

obtain a certificate OF said fact rs presented
by law pon such proof in fact made.
W. G.BHOWNLOW, Governor.
This &c t,was unconstitutional, passed
by an assembly whose only authority
was delegated by an Illegal assembly.
The people were illegally excluded by a
test oath, and an illegal limitation from
a vote they were entitled to cast until
the majority Of the people limited the
elective franchise.
Brigadier- General Andrew Johnson,
then President in time Of peace,
NDORsEDTHI PROCLAMATION.
WkrHrNGras, D. C., July 10, ls85-Gevernof
/ Il hope. as AVE no doubt. yOu Will see t1ui
tho laws passed bv me fast Leefslatura
are faithfully executed, and mat all Illegal
voters Ia the approaching election De kept
a5'H me riS p0i59 e a1g saa' Ihe eog 5lS9ciSd
fairly. Whenever IL becomes necessary
FOR the execution Of the law, and the pTotsc-
| ton OF b~allOt-boE, you viii call upon General
the civil authorities Of the state. Ihave just
read your address, which ] most heartily in
dorse. ANDREW JOHNSON,
President United States.
To VIZ 6. BR0wnLOw.
RESULTS OF HIS TYRANNY.
Thus he congratulated Governor
/ BrOwniow on discharging the trust he
left, the legacy Of tyranny and Oppres-
sion; but where did he urge the execu-
ton Of the law when the loyal militia
afflicted people, when murder, rob-
berry, and outrage were rife; when regis
trations were set aside, when the vote
Of counties was thrown out, and men,
lawfully elected, denied certificates, and
minority candidates inductedi into Officer
Where was he when returned COnfeder-
ates were driven away, and ever peace
full citizens by the thousand, banished,
with paroles and his oath of amnesty in
their pockets, but no protection Where
was he wien they were hung, women
outraged and whipped, preachers
whipped at their posts by his loyal
friends in East Tennessee; hung as Alb.
Baker and others for lifting a finger in
~self-defence; shot down in their homes,
surrounded by their families? Where
then was his telegram Of advice2
Where then his tears, lately shed for
the first time over COnfederates tenyears
buried2 Where then Il tender drop of
sympathy for the living Confederate ?
Not n word to stay the fierce tide in
that reign Of terror. He could swing the
circle, seeking Endorsement and political
strength in the North, but not come to
his own State TO secure her people from
violence and wrong, the like OF which
has never been known. He was asking
no office then of the COnfederates, and
treason was being made Odtous.
ANOTHER INSTANCE
of his disregard Of that constitution Of
which he has prated so much, now pre-
tending to revere, and again proclaim
ing its open violation right and proper,
aWnH Iangrrgfmr oil A. T~rnHFnra VEhn do
sire to advance in accordance with law,
was
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TREATY,
made in 1865, between two far-seeing
statesmen as well as brave soldiers. This
agreement for surrender between Sher-
man and Joseph +. johnson, was in eX-
act accordance with the act, declaring
the purposes Of the war TO be only the
preservation Of the Union, and not the
destruction of any right or institution of
any State, nor TO be w0ged for conquest.
Its terms were briefly as follows:
second-The Confederate armies, uowiu ex-
istence, 70 be disbanded ami conducted 70
their several State capitals, there TO
deposit their arms, and public prop
erty in the ~arseuais, and each officer
and man 10 execute and file AN agreement 70
cease from acts Of war. and toablde the action
Of state ami Federal authorities
Third-lhe recognition by the Executive Of
the United States Of the several state govern
ments, upon their officers and Legislatures
taking the oath prescribed by the cOnst1tu-
ton OF The United states.
Finh-The people and inhabitants ofalI the
States TO be guaranteed 50 far asthe Executive
can, their political z and franchises as
well as the rights Of perssn and property as
defined by the constitution OF she United
States and the states respectively.
SiEth-Ihe Executive not 70 disturb ~ Of
aLMH- La Hh- HAHa No. 90 o
long As The people live in quiet and peace, and
abstain from acts Of armed hostility, and !
obey the laws ia force, at the place Of their
residence.
These were terms proposed by a fight
ing General. President johnson indig- /
nantly rejected them, although a COM
plete surrender Of everything the South
ern people had fought for, preserving
nothing but State governments, with
the administration of law, immunity
from lawless bands.
It was a constitutional settlement of
the difficulty, and only restored govern
ments which were formed by the people, |
for neither the States n0r their govern
ments had ever been destroyed, nor
were they in any sense unrepubliCan.
There was no military necessity now
for violating the constitution. This plan
left everything TO the action Of the
States. The South was in a mood to
abolished slavery in legal form.
Andrew johnson had admitted in all his
course that slavery was a right guaTan-
teed by the constitutional Speeches
1859 IN the South.
If this treaty left it unsettled it was
left so without the treaty, for Congress
and himself so admitted afterward, by
iuduoiuO tho Efofaz 10 abclieh gIavprv in I
form, not daring to trust their IN
proclamation. Mr.. johnson, IN
der his oath Of office, could only look to
what was constitutional, not TO what
was ~expedient. He should have accept
ed a constitutional settlement Of all
questions ~uncaring for consequences.