Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-31
THEER OBJECT BEING GRADUAL
AZ AVGgVED.

The cioven foot OF the demon OF abolition IS
fast being exposed, and every day briDgsto
light soue new fact going to show that the
true asimus Of tie LrNcoLa war upon the
S,ptb is A desire 10 exterminste the Institution
OF slavery.
It has been comparatively but a shsrt time
since the willy SEwApD, speaking as The oracle
Of his party, proclaimed the doctrine Of the
ssjrrenressible coahiete at Rochester, prophe-
swing the near approach OF the millennium OF
abolttionism. when he soil Of America would
not be pressed by the foot Of a slave, Subse'
auentlv, and but a few brief months back, MI
LINCOLN propagated the h%isroglyphie thought
that very soon "artihcial weights would be MT
Ell from the shoulders Of oH men These
authoritative utterances, emanating from men
who occupy the highest official positions in
their government, can well be regarded as
pregnant with significance.
But later occurrences are not lacking to
eorroborate this construction Of the NO
tive Of these bad men. Innumerable lesser
lights are con family developing The sentiment
that pervades the public mind Of The abolition
lists, and their war cry seems with great una
nimity to be, "down with slavery"
Senator DIXON, Of Counscticut, has pro-
claimed in a recent debate in the congress of
the United States, that If slavery stands in the
way Of the Union, at must be abolished I"
PoMERoY, Of Kansas, another member Of that
undiguifed congregation Of petty Legislators,
introduced a bill the other day "to suppress
the Shareholders rebsllion," containing a pro-
vision for the abolition Of slavery" Others
have uttered sentiments quite as a%trOciOus in
relation to the same subject.
This feeling in exhibiting itself, too, with
renewed energy among the old abolition agita-
tors, who but 8 few years since clamOred
Loudly for disunion, pronouncing the federal
constitution ga league with hell and a cove
nant with DEATH" GERRtT SMITH, the patri-
arch Of them all, says that Cloth abOlitiOnists
and snti-aboIitionists should petition the exec
utivs to proclaim the liberty Of the slaves"
WENDELL PHILLIPS is anxious to proclaim
Mr. LINCOLN "the Iiberator Of four millions
Of bondsmen," and BOUTWELL,, once governor
Of the State Of Massachusetts, thinks that the
present war will not terminate until the LIN
COIN government asserts 4" In some wsyo the
doctrine that =" liberty is not the property Of
any race that it is not The exclusive right Of
any class, but that it is the God given right Of
all the sons Of nen"-including Of course the
African race. This same incendiary con-
cludss bis TRADE with the assumption chat
this contest marches logically, philosophically
and inevitably toward tbe emancipation Of this
people; and the citizen at the ballot-box or
statesman administering the government Of
this country, or general who guides its armies,
who does not admit that as an inevitable re-
suit OF his contest, misunderstood the events,
and is doomed to disappointment and dis
grace"
The radical portion Of toe abolition press
echo these Infamous sentiments wi D the most
scrupuIous fsithfuiness. Chief among them
we notice toe New York Tines, whose editor
discOurses slequently against the South, since
his recent ignominious fight from the battle
field Of Manassas, where be had repaired to
graphically describe the anticipated rout Of
the rebels. After his return home, and the
collection Of bis scattered thoughts, be Genes
to the sage and deliberate conclusion that
'there is one thing, aud only one, at the bot
tom Of the 6ght-and that is the negro." he
thinks that both sections are attempting to de-
ceivs the country in the alleged excuses for
their condnct-tbe South erring in the PTetense
of fighting for independence, and the North
Of fighting for the establishment of the gov
eminent. "They know" asserts the editor of
the Tines, "that until slavery changes its re-
Iation to government and becomes its complete
subject, instead OF it's arrogant master, the
peace and safety Of tue republic are impossi-
bIe.o After moralizing on the sweet uses of
adversely, as experienced in The late defeat,
this editorial Thug concludes az follows:
We have an enemy to meet who has long de-
fed God and msn-who has for generations
outraged Justice and humanitY-aud who
threatens to extend over a whole continent The
disbolism Of bis rule. Shall we strike the
monster where be is vulnerable? Shall we
thrust in our spear where the cancer of bis
crime invites 10 -urgsTy Shall we eight the
devil with FIRE" according TO the wisdom Of
the ancisnts? Let a parslyzed army and a
Keeling nation answer.
As a further evidence of public opinion on
this subject, we give the following extract from
the Indiana Journel, a leading Black Repabli-
can organ Of that state, whose editor is said to
be one Of LINcoLv's o6eisls. 1t speaks trum-
pet-tongued and without Cqu!Vocation:
Settle it now For so sure as hour follows
hour, so sure viii the Nor b never pause till the |
eGEse that brought the war upon it is utterly
extinguisbed. There can be no peace. there
can be no compromise. Il is war to the utter
snnihilation Of slavery. The day Of honied
words has passed. The day Of bloody deeds
has come. And let those who do the fighting
get toe pay.
Such an array Of proof from those in author
ity, from public orators, officials and the press
shows Enthusiastically The growing tendency Of
northern sentiment. The current still flows on
unchecked, gathering in swIftness and in vol
uue, and under The auspices of a maddsaed
fanatieism promises to sweep every vesiige Of
humsn reason.
The Propagstors Of th;s war, 10 other words,
intend it as a crusade upon the institution of
slavery, and they are evidently looking forward
to fu'ure time when they will witness Mr.. |
SEwARD's prophesy Of its "ultimats cztfnguish-
nent.o
SECOND mISSFSSIPPI REGIMENT.
We learn by : gentleman Just arrived in
the city, that Lieut.. W. E. RoDGERs, Of Col.
FALKNER's cid company in the Second Missis-
siPPi regiment, has returned to bis hems direct
from the battle fl ID at Manassas. Lieut.. R.
reports the Second in good spirits, after their
glorious effor s on the 21st. The regiment
numbered $50 when is went into action, and
the loss was twenty-five killed and seventy
nine wounded. The loss occurred in a charge
made upon The rsht wing Of SHERMAN's bat
terry, which was captured by the Second, in