Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-17

hflu. Inns -IIAHAN anu BAN@"Al +NA.iNANA
carefully excluded the conclusion that the war
on the part of the government was prosecuted
for the abolition %. the institutions of the South,
thus struck directly at the main seat
of the popular strength Of the rebellion. 0
course a delusiOn wrought into the public
heart Of the South by the strenuous agitation
Of years and recently Lightened by the VIC
lcucc of rebellion and the autagonism of actual
war could not be islOdgedby the simple declara-
ton. Nobody expected this. Blu the tendency of
the declaration was TO weaken the delusiOn and
to pave the way for its easy and complete re
.moyal when the victorious army of the Repub-
lie should yiudicate The national power and the
national authority. The declaration was at once
"a full recognition and % noble Illustration OF the
rule that iu conducting the war on our part the
vital importance of giving no support but every
possible check 90 the master delusjou of the in
surgents should be- kept clearly and steadily III
view Ihe declaration settled a principle OF
conduct of the highest consequence in the &C
eomplishment Of the real object of the war, and
settled The principle right. Herein consisted the
inestimable value of the declaration.
Time rolled ON. Gen. Fremont proclaimed
martial law in Missouri, and, with martial law,
freedom to the slaves OF rebels. The pr0clama-
ton startled the country. 1t WAS "a gross and
fearful violation of the principle OF conduct 70
which we have Just referred. It set at defiance
law and policy and humanity. The President,
assured bv lJyaI men of the South that the ten
dencv of the proclamation was fatal and that its
correction was imperative, and governed by ms
own conviction of duty Iu the case, promptly
ordered Gen. Fremont to make his prorlama-
ton Quadra,e with tGc ac- o. Congress TO couts-
cate property used for iusurreeuOuary purposes.
The proclamation was corrected. The country
breathsd free again. The President stoodcleerly
and proudly 0u the high principle of action
which he had c0ucuTed with Congress IN es-
tablishing for his guidance. All again was well.
Three months have passed. During this
eyeutiul period the progress of the autIslaYerE
feeling Of tire North. under the collisions and
suaerIugs of The war, has been marked and
alarming. To has spread 10 such a degree that
the po.cyo of Fremont proclamation with revolt
ing additions is now c-amorea for ln quarters
where the proclamation Itself wasloudly rr6uked
II has spr.aE until men heretofore distinguished
for their conservatism have yielded TO the con
la-iou-uut. men like Bancroft in civil life, aud
officers Ike lurusidcs and Cochrane in the army.
have caught the pestlgutiaI Hame-nay, until
the Secretary of War, the officer charged imme-
dfata.y under the President with the supervision
I of this mighty conflict, is ON fire with the same
infamous zaal9.ry, and for the last two or three
weeks has been publicly brsudishiugi il, under the
very eyes and nose of the President himself.
At q time when the prospects of our cause, con-
| sidered i'm other respects, Were never so bright
and inspiring, the cry for radical and extreme
! measures, on the rTctezt of necessity, is rising
! fom influential quarters Of the North, with q
ferceness and intensity that awaken the deepest
concern IN the breast of every rejecting patriot
I'm the land. IL Is demanded by this t%anatical
! cry. first. that ,he law of Congress, with whlch
| the President made ETGm0uts proclamation tally,
| shall be repealed, aud that q new lazy which
| talies with FTemgut's proclamation, or exceeds
| If. shall be enacted instead and, secondly, that
| the slaves of the loyal as well as OF the dsioyai
/ shall De freed and armed, IF Indispensable. This
Is the t0pm0sr cry which rides tine fierce popular
wave that Congress brings with It to Washing
tom AID men of calm rejection. here and else
| where. are agreed dat ,hs cry, itIt should hn1
| expression in the action OF tse government, would
render the permanent destruction OF tHe natlon
unavoidable. L. is In effect a cry OF death to the
last hope of the patriot
How does the President meet it2 What is his
-ssDouse1 Does be say 20 Congress " Fellow
citizens. / have adhered 10 the law of Congress
TO couhscate property used for lusurTeclonaIy
purposes, and earnestly recommend that the pol
| lev of this liw be adhered to by Congress. All
means Indispensable TO tHe preservation OF the
Union must be employed but radical and ex'
IRENE measures, which involve the extinction OF
he institutions of the South, can never be indls'
Dpnsab.e. for they involve also the extinction OF
| fbe Union ltseIf' Does he say this or anything
equivalent % this in short does the President
,-snt himself firmly and openly on the great
1rircipIe of conduct laid down by the last Con.
Tress with his consent and affirmed by HIN IN the
population of Fremont's proclamation!
Does DE stand unequiyocally by the rePudie
ton OF the uroclamation2 Does he stand un.
pquivocally by anything Does he say any.
I a. ....NFn No IH zaVE mo has films
far stood by the coufscaiion law, but " If a new
law upou lhe same subject shall be proposed Its
nroDrietv VIII be duly considered, ' which give,
announcement to one branch of the ruinous
ard f~autticaI cry now rising from the North
and furthermore, chat I'VE should not be IL
haste 10 determine Chat radical and extreme
measures. which may reach the loyal as well Is
me- disloy.L. are Indispensable which gives en-
enlargement 70 the other branch Of the cry.
The idea that he nag yield his assent TO suci
q c~,uIsca ion law as the fanatics demand If they
will propose one, and the idea that he may in hi.
own GOOD time determine that radical and eN
RENE measures of the kind demanded by these
came r@tuaf.cs are indispensable, are both dis
tinctTv implied In his language, Instead o.
mauf1llr and explicitly rejecting measures iu'
aloptiou of which would seal iAe doom Oh lh'
nation. and which his Secretary OF war notoIt
,rsTy does aGupt. lLe President leaves 10 to be-
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inferred tn"t Dc mag ia .Is -.b;Is trar,,ri,o
adopt tlese measure eNN 9o, - me-
under 1907 tne Pa.NH.'uI, "'t ,,, consssnt
scrbed Tor ls Gns,1oI 1T Ia y, ,1t an III
invites the "A"l"'Io % ~
Is Jury ana "'s''Du uP'H f t-I "a In So,
The necessary ,n9et gI ms NJ
ON the passions OF inc No, IL "'.s"t .Io s,I+T
and to strengthen l,a IeI,s,3+, ~ ~, Io f-
already too strong. 10 pa y. ~ 9nl rug H.
mer aud "gaEeAas .G5 "l'.ol, ~
to both and speaAlng Hom " POI. =, ,.aG ~
high above the 5 ylNPasH.y7 anI "-' Id. bs
gotten exclusively o. l' HlHSfPJ % t. -,
Strengthens The "i'aI ny Pa5I'yius WIZ a.. = -
mer. He treats a question: VI "I-o, ~ .C n
the country IS D0euq up anu ~
thousands OF tn.nAlns l1uIot 'g "''P.ue
nightly on then Pillows a. u it we 4 n't ,'
matter OF granting OF "'1y'us ''e~'f'U" "
an impoEtuuate cu,a. .7r ,;-s %
They cln be NIUE o,lo 't'y @l"u
to This who may : we snau Dc no,.n.,, Eg ., ro
Igct of President Lincoln at the expense of our
.a1try's dearest interests. OtheIs may very
naos,i conceive that the good of the country
Teorires the performance Of this Office so CRATE
a. in itself I'VE do not. We conceive the con-