Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-08
or HULLErIN

FALSE W He ~
We clip the following dePrecstory and sug-
gsstive paragraph from The BsIe.is Of yester-
day:
SALMON P. CHAsE-Tbe appointment Of
this Ohio radical IN Lincoln's Cabinet, is IN
less We are greatly mistaken, a very great
bIunder Of he new Administration. Il is the
attempt to hold together the Republican party,
By giving to its most ultra members, q repre-
sentative. We predict th5t he will be the
cause Of its ACKNOWLEDGEMENT before two months.
The Republican party can escape utter ami
hiisti0n, only by discardinz all its anti-slayery
demagoguism, and BY frank justice, reconeiling
the south 70 The Union.
We might infer, from tbs paragraph, that
were Mr.. CaAsE out Of the Cabinet, the Bal
Lsfin would be satisfied with the balance Of its
composition. Our neighbor would seem to
forget the fact that it was Mr.. SEwARD's ex-
irene aRti-slsveryism that defeated bis nom
fnation at Chicago, and that Mr.. LINCOLN
was chosen az the most conservative Of the
two, and vet Mr. eEWARD is made Mr.. LIN
cOLS's Prims-Minister.
But the most striking feature in the forego-
ing paragraph is the remark that /" the RePub-
Iican party can escape utter annihilation only
pr discarding al its ozfi-slGgsry demdgogism."
is a rich and striking Aea, when we re-
fact that It is upon snti-slsyery ideas alone
that The Republican party is based. This lie
fts Hfe's blood-the very foundation stone and
Dilsr upon which the entire superstructure Of
It's marty organization rests and it is weak
psss 20 suppose that the Republican party viii
Be guilty Of TIE folly Of opening its veins
40 tearing out its own heart BY "diseaTding
fs artf-slsrerv ideas" t is moreover both
parsdoKieaI and ehimerical to suppose thatthst
marty can be preserved BY discarding and de-
throwing the very ideas and principles upon
which Il rose into being and power.
ne position Of our Deighbor in this respect
rsmioss US OF an incident mentionedan one Of
Che odss Of Horace. An individual bad been
observed for some days sitting on the margin
~ = river, and when asked why be sat there
"a long. be replied that be was waiting for the
water 70 run By 50 that be could walk to the
o.ber sias. thou fool,1 replied the ques-
soB.r. g knowsst thou not that this river has
e,yze8 and viii continue 10 flow to ali eter-
nifty ?"
without intending t. apply any offensive
1sp0uage to our neigbbor, be nevertheless re-
minds Us Of the wsyfsring man on the river
hank. He is innoeently and patiently sitting
nv. waiting for The dark waters Of Black
Ps,vblleanism 10 h5w past so that be may
nave a safe and dry passage TO the "oher side
~ Iorssn.1 We would earnestly advise our
y,sopbisaealsd friend to dissbuse himself Of
fb,s deiusire hope. The dark river Of sboli-
s;o,isn viii continue its onward and c~saseIess
Sow 40 long az there Is a new State to admit,
ar 90 lang a. there is a slave to steal OF eman-
eipate.
A fall and prompt recognition Of this fact,
It would seem, might At once prompt our neigh
bor TO Withdraw bis longing gaze from the
North. and take sides with bis friends Of the
south. who are now earnestly engaged In put
ting themselves in an attitude OF defense and
..lf-protection. But We know his eonserratiBe
nroelfy;iss. The term has a deep seat In bis
affections. We well remember in other days,
when The wbig party was struggling for exis-
fence. and when the Democrats everywhere
were telling The people that the northern wing
Of that party was rapidly becoming sboliti.
nizsd. be clung to the last plank and strug-
gied to the last. Every little flicker Of hope
bsbeld on the northern horizon, was heralded
BIZ BIN as an evidence that the entire
heavens were soon to be lit Up By an
Aurora Boreaiis Of northern whig conserva-
tism. But alas, the reverse soon proved
70 be TIE fact, and the northern wing Of bis
Marty was seen to &c down and sink deep into
a. bosom OF Blsek-RePublicanism. Since
tken our neiehbor has been s~fsloshing about
gserally" evidently in the PeTPiexing position
dNr WEasrEE, on the nomination Of Gen.
TatnoR, when he asked himself the question,
sVhere shall I gO2" Tae hope Of The weary
FsdeTer nov seems to rest IL preserving the