Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-08
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tn iook8ng over our northern exchanges. ",
Perceive ttat they are. In mspv instances
mach deceived as to the rial spirit or correct
PrHei2,s bY which ~se-eaIed Union or co-ope.
ass.ings in the South are governed Of
OILED It is important that they be timely
honifhed Of his fact, lest they wake Up tc
tnll sense o. It when it sbaq be too late
e would be q very great mistake, says th'
Sew Orleans Pieaysss, for the people Of th,
Ncrti to tlks up the impression that eO-ope-
rat9n IN he vocabulary Of the South aEy-
Entre Izeans submission, or any abatement Of
ne JUS demands Of the southern people fol
fs sscgrity Of their rights within the Union,
q thsy can out Of it, if they must.
ne only question that divides the people Of
b South is ss to the manner OF bringing that
easstion sdsetUally to a test, with the best
aacee o. obtaining a satisfactory settlement
@s best preparation fer adopting The
nsaTs Ct self-Proteetioa out Of the Union,
3 sstsbliak a firm, powerful government,
tns least intermediate disorder.
E1efe are, perhaps a few, although we DO
oF Of such, who might be willing to
rtnier these questions, and continue to live,
NcinplaiaingiF, amidst the same Perils that
sfs k1pt rs SO long in fevsrish agltations.
tN eliminated to such a hight that the
h7 Is brought t. the verge Of civil var.
Ls7cl here be, they form no apPrsciabls
Elt q ne universal mass Of the southern
rlep waich has declared itself for final set
, At al costs. nov, and for such a set
telscn. sAat these distracting questions snail
nss8 srise TO trouble Us hereafter and, in
tslalt e such agreement. that the southern
sans must take care Of themselves, by sepa-
rtstrs ton a Government in which they can
pct I've with q sense Of safety or honor.
Lhers ara very many, however, who believe
alst ttf hops for any such settlement is fairly
Bens-thatth the Union ia in fact dissolved By
g uaer and proved iEeonpshblitT with each
eGisr Of the soc;s, sTstsHis Of the two ssc-
dous, ohs being eEsd and uurelentng in
IS sninosty toward the other and that
he bess road to ESCAPE from the PeFils is the
shortest, b. instant secession OF every State
as fast az its conventions can assemble to
give tEthoritatire u~ttersHss to ihs decree o.
separation, each ~relytugS6k soEs subsequent
cooperation with its hundred soTersigBties fer
he erection Of a southern eonfsdsraey. They
hsvs their own IDEAS Of eo-opsration, after the
faet-seesding at once and yroviding for tie
eonssgu noes a~fssrward. Ia Alabama the
Eik e the co-operstioBists, SO called, differ
secessionis.s only in the requisitioH
Al1hzrEa shall nos secede alone. without
rhr appeal to a vote Of the whole people
recession shall be final, L made in
M with three named States, of which
slresdy acted, enc has decided to act,
kira . expected 70 act.
foaisiaaz ard several other States, and
ersny in be border slave States eo-o9sra-
takes = wider range. i asks for the sas-
rstsn Of final actin until allthe slaTs States
sail have consulted together, snd having set
ted 90 their plan o. action, shall present heiI
demands upon the Nozth a. ths demands Of the
united s5ula, With al the weight Of this con
! curren opisinn, and in view Of al the oonss-
asarss OF Z uuitsd withdrawal from the Con-
ssrscv. or TIE refusal Of tie North to meet
I'd ssiisfy tie full demands.
Through ali these views and opinions upon
b node 1T making southern resistance efse-
re thsre runs the unanimous sentiment that
sistznce IL a fixed duty which cannot be re-
Axed, that q fnsl settlement is now to be had
b the Union, or out Il It. There is in them
% CLEAN Of hoss for tbe northern sectional
ists, now holding out 50 stabbornly, in Con-
gress, ard out Of it, against an concessions,
abat the southsrn diseords OF points u sxPedi-
snev are tokens OF a wavsriRg on the great
Tfa3 tuestion Of southern rights.
wSzisver nav be the result Of the eonvsE-
elections in Ibis safe or sther States, II
iii ut Be taken without fatal laundering, as
msoaragsnsnt for the North to pursue ifs
roarze and rely on southern discussions, south
Indifference, or southern scquisscenes-
esy dispute zsalously, and unfortunately
places, serimoniouslys about the
Fhieh il would be Rissst &c take in the
Of rights, and to exact for then
against sggfsssions, but when the
snes, and the plan is assigned, and the
dessnse selected, We shall al be to-
loyal defenders Of our own soil and