Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-27
MEMPHIS TENN. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 81.

with the leaders Of the late tnsurreeuon. Thi
Federal government has nothing Whatever &
do with this phase OF the matter. The Nc
Emery factien did not rebel against the Lac
I OF the United states ard offered no Resistance
TO the Federal authorities when the ! stter un
dertOok the restoration uf the Kellogg govern
n.ent, as provided BY The coustiiutlon ofths
United states Baving come forward with
the necessary assistance when called upon
and having restored the recognized govern
ment, the United States has lost Jurisdiction
| except as Ii may be lawfully requested TO s1s.
tain che legitimate authorities in the enforce
ment Of their laws as against organized re-
I slslaDce. The United States government can
not undertake the prosecution Of the late in
surgents. II the Kellogg government
fails In this, the failure is at once a
confession that IL has no following in the
] state, and strong proof that il was never
honestly elected. Meanwhile the question as
to how, by what means, and on what charge
] the leaders OF the insurrectiOn shall be
! broueht to trial. viii be the most embarrass-
! ing that Mr.. Kellogg and his advisers have
/ ever had TO encounter. The New orleans rev.
/ olution was not the uprising Of the Tabble and
{ rin-ran under the tnducement OF incidental
1 plunder, but the protest of long-sudering
/ people, goaded on 10 desperate acts. MT. kel-
| iogg nnds himself IA this predtcament. To
bring them 10 trial IS at once difficult and
! dangerous, requiring Judgment and courage,
/ in both Of which qualities he seems 70 be lack
ing; not 10 bring them TO trial Is political sub
! eide and practical abdication.
what the other Side Can DO.
The Tribune then goes on to say: F" If
/ the leaders Of the late insurfection are ever
Ought TO trial, there viii be many extenu-
I ating circumstances IN theiK favor. Tdey viii
/ be able 70 show by the records of congress that
! they revOlted against q goyernment which
! was never legally elected. and whose recognf-
! tion was procured by fraud and usurpation in
"A United States court. The Investigation OF
the senate committee establishes the former:
the resolution introduced into the house for
the. .impeachment OF Judge Darrell Is. strong
evidence OF the latter. They Will also be able
TO show that they have Suffered sxtOTtion and
outrage rom the existing government: that
f. they nave been loaded down with unjust
taxes; that their business Was laugt1islliug in
consequence; that their private rights were.
! abridged; that their houses we're invaded
without authority; and that private properly
was seized without warrant. They may also
he aD;e % prove tnat tnelf feNolutlon would
nave been bloodless bad not the police fired
the frst shots. They viii certainly show that
tuey never had the remotest intsD ton OF re-
sisting The Federal authorities, and that their
brief administration OF affairs was absolutely
free from violence against the property and
persons OF either whites or blacks. These and
many other circumstances would be favor
able to the insuTectionists II brought 10
trial, but such facts cannot consistently
not without serious danger, be urged as
reasons Why they shall not be brought 10 trial.
\ welghty responsibility, for which he may
thank his own greed and General Grants
partisanship, now rests upon the shoulders of
Governor kellogg. We do not believe that he
has the manliuess to meet II. II
"'Conscience does make towards Of Us ALL
we fearthat ar. Kellogg VIII scarcely dare to
prosecute any man OF set OF men in Louisiana
4oE AldhlDk an tHDIL 10 ONEELurn ms dynasty.
II he does, II may be the means Of showing
how frail his claims are to the place he holds:
II he does not, 1t will be an omission fraaght
with the grayest danger"
The truth OF Hist Ory.<
From the Chattanooga Commercial.l
The Republican party proper had its
birth in the "Free-Soil" rebellion Of IS4S. The |
cry element Of the New York, New England. |
and Ohio Democracy, and founded the party
that elected Mr. Lincoln in 1860. Ii nominal |
ed for President M Van Buren,, a bolter from |
the Democratic convention OF that year, and |
from that time until 80 gained contTol of the |
government, Its record Is most thickly dotted |
with the most open and violent acts of sedi- |
tlOn and rebellion, not alone against party |
discipline, but against the laws and cOnstitu- |
lions oi the States and the nation. Its leaders |
were bent upon rendering the clause Of the |
constitution providing for the return ofsfagi- |
tIves from service anu labor" nugatary. The |
personal liberty b lis" OF Ohio and New Eng
land We're enacted to array whole States, with |
Gil their executive and Judicial power, against |
the Federal government, in any effort il made /
to enfOre the fugttive-slave laws, Collisions be-
tween the State and Federal authorities, in /
which blood was shed, were of almost month /
" occurrence. Notable among these incidents /
were the Jerry" and "Shadrachn rescues in
BOston, and the Wellington rescue in Ohio,
In eacn OF these instances the State courts up
held the rescuers in mobbing the United
states marahals and their posses. and carrying
7n the persons they held in custody by
OF United States wrlts. In the csse
1f the Wellington rescue, in 1851, the attorney
general Of the state Of Ohio, that brilliant l
and powerful c. p. Wolcutt, took up the cudg-
Il for the "Tescuers," plead their cases in the
courts, secured a decision in their favor in the
STATE court OF las5 resort, and then followed il
o the supreme court Of the United States
where his clients were beaten. The "Jerry
Rescue" occurred in Boston in 1852. Jerry
vas a fugitive from labor" He mad been
arrested and ordered returned to his
master by competent Federal au-
hority. While passing through the
aeN n fhes fnrfgf on u1nd I
Oast steamer, the maEhal aud his pose were
surrounded by aboliuonisfs, who
.ooted, yelled, hustled the official and his
men, and, IN the confusion, SC zsd Jerry,
ushed him through and out OF the crowd,
nd ran HIM of to Canada in broad daylight /
nd without any attempt at cancealment
he Shadrach escue, :" IN iS5i, Wa. a copy Of
he other. IB both ca-es n-o ". Te killed and I
rounded. Shadrach wbs fIfc bly, taken out
4 jail in daylight, caTTlsd 10 the house OF
heOuOre Parker, in the suburbs OF Boston.
nd the marines and soldiers defiet 10 come !
nd take him back. A hailih. acting as jail
uard by United states authority, was killed l
n the street row, when Jerry was rescued, y
ne man was mortally wound by the guard
nd TWO men IN the posse were shot, though
Ot killed. These acts Of resistance TO the ! q
lw OF the country were Of almost daily oc
urrence in the north from 1851 10 lSSI We !
ave only cited these three, because they :
lade suflicir Mt noise ST the time 70 Profound
7 and iastingly impress our memory with :,
he leading facts in their history. When the Z
compromise measures Of lS5l were !,
nder discussion in the senate, one of which :
'as the fugitive slave law, Mr.. Seward the a
reat champion Of Repubicanism, stood forth .
! his place and announced that there was "a Z
igher law Tor the government of men than -
Ie constitution" and boldly proclaimed that =
when the laws of God were antagOnized by =
uman statutes ana constitutions, he and his q
1rty would obey God and take the canss- Z
leDces." This he said in reply TO the taunts =
Toombs, OF Georgia, about the unconssiGu- iC
lat had been passed by Stewards party in va =
Gus northern States. These acts and speeches u u
the Republican leaders and masses led TO y,
e free state and border -rufiian wsr in Kan q
lntly, and with the declared purpose ~
annulling. the Interpretation OF n n
g Dred Scott decision Indeed, the a.
lrty announced through its various plat a a
rms, and its leaders and orators proclaimed ~
Dm every stump in the east, the north and =
e north west, that IL was the determination I;
the Republicans to annui and defy the su- -
eme court decision in that case, aud TO re- ~ ~
hazards. They showed their faith by their ~
DrSs Rifles were sent by the hundreds to - -
'hn Brown, Jim Lane, Jennison and Mont =
mery, with which they did not hesitate to NJ
axe war. not alone on the shareholders and "
OF Kansas, but upon the mar W
ais of the United states, and It's officers and az
cops, who were sent there to e'preserye or | a.
r." Then came the John Brown raid into - -
rginia, for which the Republican party y
-vitable result of the party teachings. ~
own was the advance-guard who ~ ~
rTied into practice the doctrines W
cached by Garrison, and Phillips and y.
ward, and Lincoln. And after all Ps
was only step ahead of the "Rescuers,' e1
"a the "Free State men," 1t is not at ALI 10 81,
wondered at that the ignorant herd who "a "a
most of the Republican voting in the u,
nth, and the mereenary drill-masters who az
nd them, should, while claiming allegiance 4qtt
a party with such q history-a few incl ~
nts Of which we have eited-ory aloud FOR ps
e "enfOrc en- ent Of Ordern In New Orleans ~
le occupation OF the leaders living by ONCE ~
d on the spoils wrung nom the southern ~
1shoa hacop's ne ,,oxsr,oSs sIaJ D., ,e al
nt, debaSed herd, comprehend nothing of ~
,erty but their own freedom, and ars inca ~
BILE Of learning that other men have rights ~
lieh ought TO be respected. ~