Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-22
THE RISE OF NATIONS.
NEW ITALIAN KINGDOM AND TIE sOUTH
ERN C~ONFEDERACY.

THE NEW TTALIAN KINGDOM n TIE SOUTH
ERN CoNFEDERACY.
FROM the New York Herald
Historians in ages to come will ponder over
the remarkable circumstances Of the old and the
new world having almost simultaneously pre-
scented the spectacle OF a new nation sp1inging
into existence. They will compare the rela-
tive positions OF those two nations that threw
of the yoke which they felt themselves op-
pressed. They will, on the one hand, take
into consideration the tyranny and obnoxious
ness Of the Bourbon dynasty Of Naples, which
impelled the populaee to welcome their deliv-
erer (Garibaldi) with open arms and, on the
other, they will inquire into the state Of feel
ing between the two great sections OF the same
community which proved sufficient to make the
one section separate from the other. The con-
elusion will be that both the Italians Of the
new kingdom, and the Americans Of the South
ern Confederscy, were justified and aetuated
by similar motives in declaring their indepebd-
ence. It will be a happy thing if the historian
can then say, that while The Italians had, in
the achievement Of their liberty, to resort to
the sword and wade through blood, the Ameri-
cans accomplished the work BY a peaceful
process. He will see that northern opinion
differed so far from southern opinion, and
northern institutions from southern ~institu-
tons, and that the abolition fansticlsm at the
North was so outrageous, that the only road
left open to the Sou'h was to seeede and form
a separate republic. For a time he will be
able to trace the disastrous results Of the Sc
cession in all directions, and be will End much
to deplore IN the dismembsrment of the great
est Of all republics-the United States.
By and by, however, affairs will assume a
more promising aspect, and the loss Of pres
tige sustained BY the shock Of disunion will
gradually be regained. The South will have
gone on with the development Of her natural
resources-the cultivation Of cotton, corn,
tobacco and rice, the working her coal and
iron mines, and much beside that the country
abounds with-while at the same time she will
have been preparing for an extension OF her
territory by the annexation OF Central Amer
lea, Mexico, and even Cuba. The North will
have made rapid strides in population and
commerce, and looking forward to an extern
zion Of territory also, by the admission Of
Canada, OF even the whole Of the British North
American colonies, into her Confederacy.
When these objects have been respectively
attained by the two Confedsraeies, both will
experience an augmentation Of power, pres
tige and prosperity. A similar movement may
be afterward repeated by both, till in the end
the whole continent Of America will be divided
between the two Confederacies. Then not
only the historian, but the world, will exclaim,
great indeed must have been that people from
whose differences, and that republic from
whose disruption, two such mighty nations
could arise. Magma est iberfds, 81 DT0BaLe5ff.
The same motives which induced the fathers
Of the republic to wrest the old thirteen colo
MES from the grasp of George the Third we
now find aetuating the people OF the Southern
Confederacy in proelsiming their right Of self
government. They found, as their forefathers
and the Italians under the Bourbon dynasty
found, that they were living under a govern
ment which was uncongenial to them. There
fore, when they found themselves encroaehed
upon by the tyranny Of northern abolition
ism, and their runaway slaves withheld from
them in defiance Of the fugitive slave law,
and worse consequences threatening then,
they resolved to leave the family roof, and set
up housekeeping for themselves. A rupture
of this kind in domestic life is always atten-
ded with unfortunate consequences; but with a
nation such as ours It Is a great calamity, and
its causes always to be deplored. Neverihe-
less, If those causes are reasonable, as in the
case OF the South, who can say that It is not
better to part, and more especially when the
parting may take place peacefully? And
would it not be the hight, not only OF folly,
but Of crime, to endesvor to cOerce the seed
ing States into remaining in the Union We
deplore the disruption Of this glorious Union
most sincerely. But there are reasons for it,
and as long as those reasons remain through
the absence Of proper amendments to the Con-
s~titulion, the Southern States which have Sc
ceded will be better under their own separate
government, To northern fanaticism and ne
gro worship we owe the ruin which has over
taken us. God grant that The train OF disas-
ters we may yet be called upon to suffer may
not be capped BY the horrors Of civil war-the
worst fate that can befalI a nation, and the
greatest scourge that wickedness and fSlly
could infict.