Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-26
THE DEFFTCULTT IRRECONCILA-
RHE.


BILE.
The most sangulne Of the dsluded yotariss
Of the Union have at last been forced BY the
logic OF events into the acknowledgement,
that the pending difficulty between the two
sections OF what was known ss The United
States Government, cannot be settled by the
freesoil remnant Of Congress which now ling
srs at the Federal Capitol. The tenor Of their
legislation seems to clearly indicate that their
only ostensible design in elinglng to the rot
ten bulk Of the wrecked ship OF State is for
the purpose Of inaugurating a war upon the
South, with he view Of suslling what 3 lead
ing Re ublican Senator, with remarkable saag
froid, recently deEominated the " eccentric
movements Of recession and disunion-"
We do not propose to weary the patience OF
our readers by an elaborate rsespitulation Of
the propositions which have been made in that
body by southern members, BY way OF furnish
ing a satisfactory solution OF the questions in
issue. Suffice it to say, that nearly two
months have passed since the political casuists
first met, as representatives fresh from their
earsttusneies, to reason together and take
counsel as 10 what concessions could be mu-
tuslly agreed upon, so as to attain the desired
end. Propositions have been rejected, and
suggestions have been spurnei, which were 30
moderate in their demands and unsstis-
factory,in their nature, that the acceptance
would have accomplished little OF nothing
toward even a temporary adjustment. Mr..
CHITTENDES's amendments, which, as VI have
SHOWN, are simply fsntamount to a concession
from he Sostk, have been insolently and re-
psstedly rejected 10 the face Of the supplica-
tory and bumiliating attitude OF their proiee-
tor. Similar efforts in the lower House have
proved equally abortivs. The Republican or
sclss and mouth-piecss have spoken only to
kiudie, with their bot breath, the sectienalfreS
into a raging eondagration. The press has,
with the voice OF ore man, protested against
az oreal or pretended concessions" The ma
Lightly Of sectional hate has distilled itself
into the judgments OF their leaders. and has
eIogged the wheels Of Federal legislation. The
DOOR To CANCELLATION n COMPROMISE Has
REEN CLOSED.
But there are many who have not yet "dss-
N1a4rA "a tut ENANlA AAh WIZ AEaAAE q
make another concerted effort to beg the party
who elected the ~rsil-splitter to the presidency,
please to give up their nsgro-equality platform
as adopted at Chicago and since promulgated
with such vebemence in the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the northern eonfedsra-
CT. They are not satisfied with the eontemp
tuous rejection which eUery Siagle proposition
smanating from the south has received at the
hands Of the Republican party, but viii make
"oBe more" eO-oPaatiBs suPPlication at the
t~ootstool Of the incoming regency, and If refused
ia their denands-as thy ao'g KNOW they ril
be-why they will join the "~traitOrs and rebels2
upon whom they nov pour the walls Of their
ferc st denunciatloni
Our friends Of the party-now without a
name-ars no doubt wsll-inteBtionsd in their
efforts to "prsssrve" a government which does
not ezisi. and may perhaps see some new light,
unseen By others, which gives them new hope
OF extorting justie from the relentless grasp
Of a faction that has heretofore proved itself
uncompromising, Obdurate, and inexOrabls.
We have begun 10 fear that the aHti-slavery
feeling Of the northern people is inersdieable-
that Tie ulcer. from which lows the sectional
msoas now p%olluting their thoughts, their
religion and their literature, lie incurable. For
more than half a century they have been
educated into the idea that slavery is an evil,
morally, socially, politically, and that slave
holders are " criminals, outlaws and robbers"
They have caught this ideG since frst they
were paliDg infants in their nurses arms; they
have been taught it in their Sabbath schools
and around their f~rssidss; they have heard it
from the hustiIgs, IS elaborated BY some OF
the first intellects Of the country they have
had It deeply yea Tsligiously- inculcated in
their minds by clerical disquisitions from the
pulpit. t has become a C-oNsCIKNTroU con-
vIcrIos Of the northern heart, and is part and
parcel Of their religious creed. The teachings
Of history have been OF little utility to man if
thy have failed in demonstrating the fact that
a difference in matters Of conscience has never
been compromised to the satisfaction Of either
Of the contesting parties. The most sangui-
nary struggles that have Redeemed its pag-s,
have sprung from a conflict whose harmless
germ was q difference Of conscience. Men
have persisted by the sword and women amid
FIRE before they would rslinquish Gan idea"
that was based upon a delusion 50
sacred. Paper guarantees and c~oHstitu-
ti0nal pledges viii prove but faxsn
bands around the fires Of a msddened
conscience whose instincts feel segrieved. TIE
antipathy Of the northern people to slavery
is, we verify believe, SO deep-ssatsd, so rclent-
less, so uncompromising, that the folly Of
WENDELL PHILLIPS viii never be repudiated
for the wisdom Of WAsHINGToS, nor the epis-
ties Of BEEcHER sacrificed for those Of ST.
PAUL, nar the Bible Of abolitionism for that
Of Chris ianity. But the mere platform Of a
contemplate faetion-whieh outlaws fifteen
coordinate States Of the Confederacy from
their Just and equal rights-which does yio-
lenee to humanity and civilization BY degrad-
ing the While man to the level Of The negro
is to override the Constitution Of the country,
and become, BY authoritative exposition, the
supreme law Il the land. II the questions Of
difference shall in theory prove irreconeilabls-
as in reality they are-we cannot fad it in
| our hearts TO doubt but that every son Of the
! South, from the Potomac 10 the Rio Grsnde,
before be will submit to a contingency in
which this abhorrsnt theory Of Republication
can possibly be carried out, will wr5D himself
around the pillars Of the governmental fabric,
and, like the man Of strength in olden time,
will pull down lis once fair proportions and
cover all in a common ruiH.o