Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-11-15

No rational observer OF Ue umee5 SAYS 1e
Washington Slater, can entertain a doubt but
the anti-slsvery sgitation has sngendsred a
spirit Of wild resistance to the sanitary order
which, IN other DAYS, reflected 50 large an
amount Of glory upon this Republic.
The LIBERALIZATION Of public law had its
origin in TIE political tensts Of MI. SEWARD
and his coadiutors. Long a-o that Senator
declared, /" Thsre Is a higher las fhaa the Con
s~fifufioa, lrhieh regulates oar authority o5- III
domafa. 2Gvery mssf Be abolished, and re
m.sf % H.o And subsequently he asserted
that q either the cotton and rice fields Of
South Carolina, and the sugar plantations Of
Louisiana viii Ultimately be filed BY free la
Dor, and Charleston and New Orleans become
mars FOR legitimate merchandise alone, OF
else the re fields and wheat fields Of New
Yorkmast again Be surrendered by their far
msrs 10 slave culture, and to the production
Of slaves, and Boston and New York become
ynce more markets for trade in the bodies snd
souls Of men"
The utteraDce Of such sentiments By the
recognized champion of that anti-slsYery
partT-recognizsd as such not more from the
high order Of bis talents than BY his zeal and
moral eoursgs-hss PreeiPitated the Union
into a political crisis, the ultimate end Of
which cannot, at present, be torseen By the
most penetrating eye. To extricste the coun-
tyfron this crisis should be the uppsrmost
thought and the paramount purposs in the
mind OF every man who is proud Of being a
citizen Of the United States.
Those who believe that there is no law
higher than the Conssitation-as have believed
all tue patriots from the days Of Washington
down to the present psriod-ars necessarily
prscluded from fraternizing or cooperating
with Black-Repubicanism. They naturally
stand resolutely srayed against the Issues
raised By the knavish political charlatans Of
tie North, as though these issues were aEoE-
edly dedicated By arch treason
Thus the country is divided into two
great political camps, without an inch Of neu-
tralground for the occupation OF time-ssrvers.
TIE entrance into ami cooperation with the
one or TIE other camp is wholly uhsFoidabie.
The shreEdest trickster-.he man who has
managed herstofOrs TO hold important Offices
under every adniuistraion-Ti find his in
gennity bshsi in any attsmP. which be nay
make 70 avoid taxing sides IN the irrepreszibls
conflict The d~eEtsrty o. TaIlsyrsnd would
be unequal to the skulking Of the categorical
questioning which is presented 70 The voters Of
every SAFE, /" wal you have the Constitution
and Union, or will you have Treason and Dis
msmberment2 1
This is the startling, naked interrogatorY.
We can guarantee the answer Of Seventeen
s5stes. which cast 1T votes but we esnnot
guzraases the answer q even one more.
Confident hopes are INDUCED BY q Number Of
our friends that New York may be relied upon.
We do not share them. Before this journal
goes to press again we fear that we shall BE-
called upon 70 chronicle the melancholy intel
Igsnes that SEWARD and sewsrdism are too
powerful in that populous State TO be defeated
BY the devoted supporters Of law and order.
Sboula this Be the case, the candidacy Of the
author OF the Rochester platform viii be placed
bsTona possible contingency, and CANERoz
or CoEwTE, Cthe former most likely,) IN due
time. associated with him for the Yiee-Presi-
deney-
What combination could De formed that could
rule szwkED out Of the field in view Of the
certainty Of thirty-hvs votes in his favor, and
himself the enbodiment-the life and soul-of
anti-slaverv agitation? An attempt at such a
procedure would be little less than an sbsn-
donmsnt Of that which is profsssediy q eauss,
and the disbandiug Of that which is designated
a party
All the prominent Blaek-Rspublieans-trom
JUDGE MCLEAN doWh-ars committed 70 the
doctrines o. sEwAHD. They like The treason,
but envy may influence them to dislike the
traitor. Nevertheless, that traitor has, hold
on he popular heart Of the @higbsr law" con
spirstors, which cannot be u~nloosed BY al the
eontrFaness that may be attempted By a cosi-
ten Of The ether sspirants among his followers.
Az concerns the slsveholding States. and
California and Oregon, the battle Of 1860 has
az good ss been fought and won. In one and
another Of those States there nav Be conv.n-
uons for The purpose Of bestowing praise upon
inflated vanity in the persons Of men Of small
names and large Pretensions, but they win n.
as harmless Affairs, affecting Democratic r.
suits, as any that could well be arranged.
That which interests us mere than anything
else At preset, is 10 sscsrzain where We can
most confidently rely sor The twenty-ssven
Foles-assuning, as We Do, that we are sure Of
H-hat We shan need in order to Keen the
sh'nasa ath Consultation out Of the Capitol