Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-07
LrvcolN,s waR MESSAGE.

tory Of the commencement or the present WAT
and BY 2 partisan Interpretation Of the incl
dents Of The times, a rervsrsion Of facts and a
forced construction Of his own obligations as
president OF 4 government which is founded
upon the principle Of voluntary self govern
ment, seeks TO shield himself from the obloquy
which surrounls biz policy and position, as the
irstfgatoT Of a caussless and fratricidal wal
Ignoring that precept which has passed into a
proverb, that factions speak louder than
Words and forgetting mat tie last four
months have produced a record by which he
nay be Judged, be refers to the garbage Of his
Inaugural address, in vindicstiOn Of the palPa-
bfy false assumption that be has endsavored
to maintain peace.
Having settled this matter as well as his
materials Of scphistry ard falsshood admits,
be takes up the thrsad-baTe garments Of the
masters IN bis school Of politics, and with
HORACE GREELEY, asserts that the trouble be-
tween the sections may be resolved into one
question, namely, whether a constitutional
republic or democracy, a government OF the
people by the same people, can or cannot
MAINTAIN Ah LtLIAllAaul tALrEAt-1 oENtAos -
own domestic foes" and asks, "Aiust a gov
eminent Of necessity be too strong for the lib
critics Of its own people, OF too weak to main
tain its own existence p" This is a proper
question fer bin to ask who doubts the capac-
itv Of man for Enforcement, and admirably
in keeping with the precePts and practice Of
the head a a government which is fast drifting
into dsspotisn, and whose every measure Of
an administration Of four months has been q
tangible answer in the affirmative 70 the prop
osi-ion.
IN reference to the position Of armed neu-
trsIity assumed by Kentucky, Mr.. LINCOLN is
not psrsimonious Of bis condemnation. Ae-
knowlsdging the un2nimity Of the Soath, in
that "none OF the Slave States, except Della
ware, gave a regiment through regular State
erganfzation7 for the suhjuEstion Of our Pso-
pie, be places, by implication, as be might
well have done in plain terms, our sister State
of Kentucky, ia the list Of those which are
beyond the pale Of national government, by
pronounciBg earned Morality" as "disunion
completely and more dangerous, because
more insidiOus than an open enemy. Ken
lucky can here see the measure Of
that consideration which she is to
receive from a government to which she is
united BY none but traditionary ties-ssving
ORlv the chains Of its despo-im-and yet with
a blindness 70 her W. safety, and a miseOn-
eeption Of her vital interest, she continues
nominally to support in all but its war policy.
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speaks Of that position'which recognizes no
fidelity 10 the constitution, no obligation to
maintain the Union,' and as an "impassable
barriers along the line Of separation" is sufi-
eisnt evidence that bis purpose and policy is
to force Kentucky to assume a position, and
when thus forced, there can be no doubt Of the
stand she will take.
Feeling The necessity for a defense Of bis
frequent and fragrant violations of the Consti-
tuition under which he swore to administer the
government, be makes the monstrcus s~sRsrtioa
that the magma eharta of the old Union, /" is
extreme in its tenderness Of the citizens liber-
ties hat, practically, it relieves more Of the
guilty than the innocent, and should, to a very
limited extent, Be violatsd.o Can anything be
wanting in evidence, after this, to convict Mr..
LINCOLN Of an entire Disconception of the
spirit Of liberty? He doubtless views the
hGbsas corpus as one of those provisions which
is too i" tender Of the liberties Of he people1
as against the usgrpations Of tyrants.
IN regard to the sovereignty Of the S ates,
Mr.. LrECoLS declares that he Union gave ex-
istence to the States, and not the States to the
Union, and asks " Having never been States,
either in substance or in name outside Of the
Union, whence the magical omnipotencs Of
States rights?" He evidently regards the whole
asa consolidated mass, held together by prom
Uses IA the shape Of contributions, instead Of
interest and affection.
Having given every evidence which the force
o. argument and action can produce that in
the intoxicstion Of power and bis tenscity to
maintain it he has forgotten the liberties OF
the people, be issues bis ediet for 100000 men
and s400, $1,000 in money, and calls upon the
IS ates General" which be has convened 10
register bis edict as the act Of the nation.
Having made this enormous demand, be pro-
cseds to draw 4 comparison between the abil-
4tN VI AbU NUN - A4aL AhAb 1AADAAe 0AA
that Of our revolutionary forefathers to bear
the burdens Of their struggle for independence,
as II all other ihings were equal. He EVIDENT
" forgets 10 remember that England, at the
time Of the revolution one Of the strongest ma
tons in the world, waged an unequal contest
with a people who were determined to
Be free, although the disproportion in
material strength was immensely greater
than that between the old Union and the Con-
feieraie States. With a ruined commerce, a
bankrupt treasury, q divided people, a mercen-
airy army and a bad cause, can Mr. LINcoLE
expect to see exhibited those instances Of self
sacrifcs, Of noble courage, Of undampened
srdor 2 n 4 the privations and the dangers Of a
field that was made sacred by the cause, that
were exhibited in that struggle in which the
South bad more than a common share? While
Mr.. LINCOLN was making bis demands, with
the evident purpose of soaring the South into
obedience, why did be not approach the con-
fines OF sublimity at once, and demand an army
that should equslin numbers that other XERxEs
which should be met at another Thermopvla.
Since it costs nothing to keep armies which
exist cDly on paper, ana requires no taxation
to meet expenses that are not incurred, Nj.
L1EcoLN could have well afforded to eutitls his
message to a high niche in he temple Of fiction.
r55-We have received from an esteemed
friend, a lengthy communication noticing Capt.
HuL's company Of cavalry, now in camp
near Sharon, and giving the particulars Of the
presentation Of a flag, by the young ladies Of
Upon to the corps. Miss ELLEN G.. SON
rnrrrrr mads q short and nafrinfic addrens