Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-04-11
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The authentic dispatches laid before our
readers On yesterday, taken in connection
with information received from Wash
ingtoh and New York previously, leave
no room 70 doubt that the Black Republican
Government, now presiding a. Washington,
have commenced a war upon the Confederate
States. After repeated assurances from the
President and many members Of his Cabinet,
that no attempt would be made to reinforce
fort Sumter, and that the garrison should be
Withdrawn, they now, with a perhdy that
eKeels the PrOTsrbial treacbery Of the ancient
Greeks, aud a gross fslsity that would rival
that Of the lying Crstans, send forth their war
vessels with sealed orders upon. this hostile
erand.
At this moment the armed feet rides at the
entrance Of the channel to the Charleston
hsrbOr, threatening with its guns the Southern
freemsn, Il they should dare resist their tri-
umphant entry into q port over which LINCOLN
has no Jurisdiction, and can exercise no
Official authority. The wooden walls Of
this feet contain bands Of hireling s~oldiery,
whose recent recruits are " Eide-swakes y
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tempted to enlist By the prospect of plumber
and pillage. L is to such men that LINCOLN
would commit the custody Of the brave sons
and fair daughters Of Caroline, BY assuming
and boiling a military occupation Of the for
tihestions that commsnd the entrance and KEY
to the state al large.
Within a few DAYS at farthest. the cannon
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~death-dssling missiles upon those who are de-
Tending their families and fresidss from his ag-
gressive hosts. Their sole ofense is-that
they BiI NOT Submit to his rule. The chosen chief
Of an inddel aud sgrsrian horde OF Black-Re-
pubiesns, who have usurped the Government,
su~bjugated the Consultation, and established a
osEfrai dssp0iism upon its ruins, now demands
TIE implicit obedience Of q free and sovereign
people, who, by virtue Of their ustrammeled
viii, have established a new Government to
which they render a cheerful allegiance. Such
gross and tyranHons usurpstion OF power /;
such practical enforcement Of Black-RePubli-
can theories OF our Government; such bloody
grStifusliUn OF the hatred which they foster
against The South, will, with electric rspidity,
raise a storm throughout tie South that win
Tehd the country in twain on the freesoil line,
and scatter tie cohorts Of wide-awakss like
chat before the wind.
The first gun that echoes from The war yes
sells that threaten Charleston, or thons that
Wfl shortly pillow The smooth waters Of Pen
sHeOla harbOr, vii be the signal for the sPon-
tsnsous uprising Of the South, and the speedy
downfall Of the abolition cabsl that now in
fest the Federal capitol. The blood that viii
Be spilled must rest upon the heads Of those
fanatics who forced the South to form a new
Confedsrscy for their own safety and protec-
ton from expressions, who repudiate the fun
danental rineiPle Of the right Of sslf-govern-
msnt and who claim the right. to compel the
allegiance Of a free people, BY force. to a gov
eminent hat they spurn. It is a despot's
power which LINCOLN would uphold by arms
and war it is the holy and eonsecrated prin-
eiple Of liberty which the South maintains in
her defense OF her own soil and seas from the
invasion Of armies and navies.