Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-19
IN TIE CITY.
TBE MEETING LAST NIGHT.

Pursuant 70 call puDll50eU III lu6 AP-
PEAL yesterday morning, to which was ap-
pended the signature OF several hundred Of
our leading citizens Of every department Of
trade, mercantile pursuits and profession, an
immense crowd OF people were gathered in
front of The Peabody The hour of assembling
having been indicated by several selections
by the old Memphis brass band. A speakers
siand had been liked in front of the hotel or
dinary, and preparations made TO facilitate
the proceedings for which the meeting had
been called.
peared on the speakers stand and called the
meeting 70 order, and moved that Colonel E..
NJ. AppersOn be chosen chairman OF the meet
ing, which was carried unanimously. and Col
onel Apperson was conducted to the chair.
on taking his seat Colonel Apperson said !;
at IS very unexpected TO me 70 be called up
on TO preside at a meeting composed of such a
large assemblage of the respectable citizens OF
Memphis, and l must acknowledge that l
feel very much embarrassed, as l am not ac-
custOmed to the duties incumbent upon the
presiding officer. I hope you viii not expect
me TO explain the objects for which this meet
ing was called, as 1 am sure everyone here as
efnbIed -, sufficieutly informed OF It's pur-
poses, and all will agree with me in the feel
ing OF sympathy for the dOwn-trOdden citi-
zens Of Louisiana. This cup Of misery is
truly full to overfiowiug. II is gratifying to
US however, to know that in the depths OF
their misery the people OF louisiana have
committed no act which they can LOOK back
upon with regret. The meeting Is now ready
for business"
on motion, the reporters OF the city press
State-Comptroller Burch and Judge L. v.
Dixon were invited and took seats on the
stand.
committee OF nine was appointed by the char
to draft resolutions expressive of the sense Of
tins meeting, as follows: Judge T. w. Brown,
chairman; Napoleon Bill, Thomas H. Allen,
]. {. Elzer, W. ". Guy, A. Z. NscaTo, l.. v.
Dixon, B. Lowenstein and b. y Estes
The committee retired 70 the gentlemen s
parlors of the Peabody hotel TO prepare the
r. and during their absence the crowd
grew Impatient, and numerous calls were
made for speeches from General Luke L.
gentlemen were called Tor, among them
Judge Brown, Colonel Haynes, Casey Young
John Roush, Colonel EldTidge and Others.
None OF the gentleman called upon ~ ade their
appearance, as II was announced that "a :
committee would be prepared to make their
report in very short time.
fhe impati6llce OF the assembly was scon
relieved by the appearance OF Judge Brown,
chairman OF the committee, who read Their
report as follows:
Recognizing as facts no longer capable OF
successful denial, that the authority exer-
cised for some zine past and still claimed over
the State of DOuiSiaD a, by W. Pitt Kellogg and
his associate es, is a usurpation and against the
| consent Of the governed; that this usurped
government has most glieVouSly oppressed
| The people OF that state, wasting tht ir sub
stance, destroying their industries and COM
| merce by excessive and unnecessary Taxation
and by official corruption, plundering the
| wealth and property of the state; that by I'M
scruBulOus and construction and cdiOus reg
| istration laws the pretended authorities CO.
operating with the said w. Pitt kellogg are
| endeavorIng TO deprive the people OF the
means TO relieve themselves Of the evils now
upon them by a peaceful ballOtti
We, as. American citizens, neither forget
ting nor willing 10 surrender the liberties
transmitted from the colonial struggle OF 70
and embodied by our ancestors In the Federal
constitution, feel constrained TO extend TO ouI
oppressed fellow citizens OF louisiana the
most profsund sym patby in the outward Cir
cumstances that have deprived them OF self
government and subjected them 70 the de-
StructiYe expressions OF a corrupt ana Illegal
ministratlOn Of their domestic affairs
We likewise appeal to tue people Of the
several States Of the American Union TO Co
operate In procuring such Federal action as
may be constitutional for the restoration 20
the people Of Louisiana OF a government In
accordance with their interest and wishes, re-
pubican in fact and not merely form. We
invoke the aid OF the entire people of the
Federal Union in establishing once mole in
the republic self-goveInment, believing that
IN the restoration Of this ancient habit Of
American political life VIII be found REM
edy fOr all distempeTs, sectional and madonna ,
Rnd return 10 the whole country Of a re
neWed prosperity, surprising In material
prosperity that OF any iormer day.
" e likewise regard the recent violent over
throw of the Kellogg usurpation not mere
tumult; not the disorder OF ambitious agita-
tors: not the riot OF desperate and Law less
men but as an honest effort TO establish free
government by the best citizens OF the state,
evidently representing the great cody OF the
Deople. under pTOVOcailOn and expressions
mai would have produced, in all probability,
the same result in any other State OF the
american Union. Though marked with
technical illegally, and characterized, under
the peeuliar circumstances, Dy temer1ty, We
cannot recognize this conduct-free as IL was
Of an hostility to Federal authority, utterly
devoid Of rapine, and ahordtDg the amplest
guarantees for life liberty and property 10 all
-as meriting the resentment OF the Federal
Government, or Of the people OF the Union.
On the contrary, we feel that the wrongs
which could have induced such irregular
courses on the part Of the best citizens OF an
american Commonwealth strongly solicit
the indignation Of every honest cluzen, VI
terly irrespective Of sectional sentiment or
party attachment, and invite the most &C I've
exertiOns by all to remove and redress these
wrongs. We hold 1t TO be the duty OF every
true friend Of republican Institutions to op-
pose the application Of revolutionary methods
as remedial of evils in the state, but we ike
wise hold that this duty Is best observed Dy
rhe prompt action Of legal authority In re-
tressing and removing admitted wrongs and
oppression that naturally provoke violent
comedies.
During the reading OF the report Judge
Brown was frequently interruptee By exela-
nations Of approval from the assemblase,
a1d at the conclusion the sentiment met g
hearty response In uprOar1ous applause. As
soon as quiet was restored, Judge Brown re-
ferred IN an eloquent speech OF fifteen or
twenty minutes TO the distressed condition Of
affairs In Louisiana; how Kellogg ana his
minions had usurped the goverBn ent OF the
: tate, and by Yillainous frauds had secured
the decision Of Judge Durell, o the supreme
court Of the state, upon which President
| Grant had based a pTetexi TO rec gnize his as
the lsgal government Juoge Brown gave a
! brle1 history Of keliogg's usuTpation, and al
| luded to the pnanner OF his election. in
dsnounBina it be did - upon the authority
/ Of one OF the most prominent leaders
ator Carpenters defense of Louisiana in the
| congress Of the United States. He referred L d