Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-09
Tbs OLD DOMINION FOR RESIST
ANCE
sOUTHERE RIGHTS PARTY
PROBABLY TRIUMPHANT!
Her Secession Inevitable before
the fourth Of March!

The following reliable dispatch was received
late on yesterday evening in this city, by Col.
SAM. TATE, from the firm Of J. R. ANDERSON
& Co., Of Richmond. We are favored With
the privilege Of it's publication;
| RIcHMoND, Va, February sth, 1861.
To SAN. TATE, EsQ-The Convention viii
BE- tbree-fourths for secession il the Peace
Conference effects no adjustment.
J. R. ANDERSON & Co.
The above is eorrobersted BY Mr.. JAcsH
THOMPSON, OF Mississippi, recent member Of the
Buchanan Cabinet, who came down ystsrday
on The Memphis and Charleston railroad as far
as Grand Junction, on bis way home, and Just
from Virginia. He represents, as We learn
from a most reliable gentleman who eoHvsrsed
with him, that the state has gone overwhelm-
ingly FOR resistance men, who will vote fer in
mediate secession If the Peace Conferences does
not effect a satisfactory adjustment before the
fourth Of March. Under such circumstances
the secession Of that gallant State is placed
beyond the pale OF a doubt. Let Tennessee,
too, respond in Numbering tones for RESIST
ANCE.
A LETTER FROM HON. =. A. DOUG
LAS---THE BULLETIN ON THE
sUBJECC.
TIE Bulletin Of yesterday morning pub
fishes a tdegraphie synopsis Of a letter from
Senator DoUeLAs, addressed to the editsrs OF
this paper, which it says it copied from the St.
Louis Rspablioau, forgetting to tell its readers
that the Republican copied it from that Black
Republican sheet, the Cincinnati Commercial.
After copying this ielsgraphie synopsis, The
Bullets goes eff in the following s'rain:
We find the following in that stsunch and
true organ Of the patriotic Senator from Hi
nois, the 81. Louis EepublioGn. Why has the
APPEAL suppressed this important !etter2 Can
it aHswer2 Dare it answer?
To what extremes Of Inconsistency will not
the spirit o. faction lead mere partisans? But
a few months ago there was not a man in the
nation to whom the APPEAL bowed In more
humble and lowly reverence than 10 Stephen A.
Douglas. Apparently It would have deemed it
high honor to have been permitted to stoop down
and unloose the latchsts Of bis shoes. The
true-hearted and manly Ilinoisan has not,
since then, changed a whit, EXCEPT that be has
risen higher above mere party, and that be is
to-day more Of the patriot and statesman, IL
possible, than he was when the AFPEAL was
foremost in reHdeTing him obeisance. And
vet il would seem that a letter directly from
him to that journal, can find no place in its
coiumns-oT if a place, so tsrdily awarded
that much Of the benefit intended by his wise
and unseifsh e~ounsels, will be lost By the de-
lay.
And Why? Who can say ?-who can &C.
count for such a summersault, except upon the
ground that the APPEAL has given up its soul
into the keeping Of the srch-heRd Of disun-
ionism, BY Welding to The ailurements OF sor-
did calculations Of gain ? Where is this let
ter Why is It not produced2 What vile
and sordid motive " keeps it back?
The many insinuations upon our probity
and integrity contained in the foregoing
paragraphs are far below the usual
dignity Of the B%ullefis, and at war
with that courtesy which has ever subsisted
between that paper and the APPEAL, and a
few words Of explanation will show that the
editor has Cknavishly, as We belisve) made
himself q swift witness against Us. The let
ter, we presume, is somewhere between this
city an Washington, locked up In the mails.
Certain it is, it has not yet reached US, and, as
an evidence that we never even harhored the
idea Of supprsssing it, we yesterday published
a tslegrsphie synopsis Of it which we found
in the dispatch Of 'Cleveland7 to the Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The BuletiE's idea Of the mail service must
have appreciated greatly Of late, as it would
seem that it expects letters to travel from
Washington with The velocity Of The lightning.
The facts are, the letter was shown to the
special telegrsphic reporter for the Cincinnati
press Monday evening, 4h inst. AsYnopsis
OF it appeared in those papers Tuesday morn
ing, 9Th inst, which papers reached ne Thurs
day evening, 7th inst, together with tie St.
Louis papers OF Wednesday, 9th, which bad
copied the dispatch from tie Cincinnati papers
Of the 5th.
The hypocrisy OF the Bulletin is shswn in
the fact that it gives credit FOR the dispatch to
the St. Louis Republic n, whereas the Repu5-
Iioan, being more fair and honest, had given
credit t5 the Cincinnati Commercial (BIack-
RspubHean) Why should the Bsletia fear 10
give credit to the right sourcs2 It has hereto
fore COPIED eopiousiy from the Commercial and
the Commercial from it. They are bids OF a
feather, both shrisking for the glorious Union.
Bat no more. We have said enough to shield
ourselves from the foul aspeEsions OF the Bull
lstin, and are content to leave it alone in its
glory. The letter Of Judge DOUGLAS will sp-
pear in our columns as soon a. received.
Since the sbovs was placed in type, the let
ter from Senator DOUGLAS has ZONE to hand,
and will be found in another column.
a. he Memphis B~ulIetin, once conducted
with that courtesy, honesty and integrity that
becomes a respectable journal, has, within the
last few weeks, been matsmorphssed into q
reckless, spleHete and partisan sheet. II
highest ambition is to furnish ammunition tc
the Blsek-R Republican party with which {,
prosecute its unboly wsr upon the South. It
columns have become a sort OF editorial slsp
Tub, into which apparently every soap-tai
scribbIer, who can handle a goose quill, Hk.
the witches in Macbeth, throw their vsrie
gated and filthy garbage. It's editor reproach
es Others for Inconsistency with a degree o
sfrontery that would indicate an sssumptiol
} Of political immaculsteness to himself. Hav
ing thrown of the habiiments by which a
3 was once adorned as "Knight Of The Blu
Cockade,0 and deserted bic front seat in th
synagogue Of southern rights, be is now intol
Grant in bis war upon all who are unwilling O
assist him in handing Tennessee over to th
tender mereies Of a BlaciS-R Republican fressot
dynasty. with a blindness approaching 10
2 fstuaHoB, the BuHsiia ignores the issue bsfog
tue eouutTy-dodges questions that arc pro
pounded with the view Of testing The extent c
is sabmissirsness-snd essays to justify q
course upon present issues BY p%aradipg bsfOr
the public or position upon those that ar
e passed. The lameness and impotence OF il
vipsroVs assault upon The APPEAL eEcites on
amusement rather than our ire. With it
D prsFent ~frsesoil cosdjgtors Of the New Yor
9 Trbane, the s.. Louis Dsmorat and the On
sinnati Commercial, we can wei rstoTt upo
It in the language Of MILSoTTE
cray rsrzs Eozid blast me less tsan nv 9rsafrfi
E q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 7
E WHAT THE REPUBLICANs BEMAED
: REMEMBERIr, TEENEssEEAEs, wHEl
YOU co TO THE POLLS.
sPITEFUL wALIGNITY.
Principle is e stranger to al the proceeding
Of The f~ree-soi1 rump Congress now hol1ing it
e~aueuses at Washington city. TIE recent yot
, Of the lower house to suspend the mall faeili
ties in he seeded States, and thus depriv
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