Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-22
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THINE
Lord soHE RUssELL, it seems, WINE ne
Yields all hope OF the two American Confed-
e-sr,es ever being again brought under the sam
gaver7mept. has in a recent letter expressed
his apprehension lest they may some day des-
mite existing hostiiities, be BROUGHT to negotiate
: pesce based upon an alliance whose sole
object will be to preserve lie integrity OF the
MoNsoE doc trine. Such a least is the idea Of
the British peer. and it contains a deal Of
ssgaeity which sssinulates Itself 10 eminent
ststssmansbip. We know sat at this time,
the intense aerimonv OF feeling between the
two governments, is so deep ted and over
nov eripg as to revolt almost 81 the thought Ct
alliance OF any character or Ser any purpose.
Bavonsts, bullets and bombshelis are now the
most courteous manifestations Of southern
favor towards the despised enemy, that public
opinion will eouHtenancc.
But this does not argue that it win always
be 50. War is, in its nature, exhaustive OF re-
sources, and as it loses the giant energy Of its
FIRST desperate struggles, The rsncor attendant
upon its prosecution is smsiioTsted in proper
ton. No one esn assert with great positive
ness Of infaIii6ihty, that the case of Mexico
a mere tempting bait to the cupidity Of foreign
powers, that watch her to-day with the eager
ness Of tbe falcon cycling its prey-may not
GFTr1ish the solution Of TIE American war
o~uestiop. in regard to which the civilized
world manifests such absorbing anxiety. The
North, after being beaten upon The field, and
having her pride bumiliated by toe sight Of a
Young snd vigorous republic carved out Of her
richest domain, and recognized among the
family Of nations, will naturally east about for
some respectable apology, beneath which she
can take refuge from The disgrace Of having
abandoned Der project Of southern subjagstion.
The determination Of tbe two Confedcracies 20
msintsiB intact the policy Of tie Monroe doc
irlne. and the case Of Mexico, threatened as
she Is By Spain, may in the rapid progress Of
events furnish that coveted opportunity. Pssee
proclaimed upon the basis of united resistance
to foreign interference would thus be no very
unreasonable contamination.
Nor is it improbable that SPain-n0w recoy-
eFlBg from her national insolvency, supsria-
-dneed by long and exhausting conflicts, and an
im5scrTs. administration Of governmental sf-
fsirs-ms%Eei inclined to take aaEaatsge Of
tue American troubles, when she- thinks the
parties to the war mutually exhausted, aud
csrrT ont the scheme Of recovering What was
formerly The weslthiest portion Of her empire.
Tae recent seizure Of Dominica act which
twelve months ago she would nor have dared
to risk-gives US incontestible proof Of what
will be Der policy in case Of not meeting with
efsctusl resistance. j is 70 rePossess all Of
her lost colonies.
TIE piliable condition Of Mexico at present
overwhelmed with anarchy and political
factions wrsagliag for place and power,
her resources completely exhausted, and her in
capacity for self government fally demonstra-
ted-invies her conquest BY some eRteTprisiBg
ambitious power. awe would gladly cling to
a single ray Of hops"-says an article from a
Mexican J~ouraal which we have before us-"if
we could zee It, for the future Of This country,
but The lesson Of the past is instructive the
inability OF Mexico to much longer survive In
dependent BY herself is demonstrated as clear
as any problem ever has been" This is
the u~ttsrance Of a simple truth, which has
nauy years since impressed itself upon the
UNDERTAKING. Of allforsign powers. and which,
as is natural enough, is tsrdiIg acknowledged
by he Mezicans themselves. Even they, how
ever, with all their diseOTds asd civil %strifep,
haye not failed 10 appreciate tbe crisis and to
E~5r&+hetaesi Of alarm at the danger in
pending over them. +" Spain, ; says The same
paper above alluded to, "ao doubs has her cues
spOn this her eacs richest c~olOny.' The cloud
thai now seems no bigger than a mans hand,
may sOen degelope Itself in fuller proportions,
and Spain, the first among nationalities to ex-
tend us a quasi recognition, perhaps By way
Of eonciliating Us in this very matter, become
the indirect means Of Shortening what NAV
otherwise be an indefinitely protTaeted war.
e. The Richmond Enquirer says it has
been intlmstsd in several quarters that Presi
dsnt-Dsvis designs rendering the position Of
Secretary Of War, voluntarily surrendered by
Hon. l. P. Walker, to Maj. Gen. Polk. Gen.
Polk was appointed a cadet in 1923 from North
Carolina; brevetted second lieutenant artillery
LIST July 1897; resigned in December Of he
SAM year; Protestant Episcopal clergyman
since 1881; Missionary Bishop of Arkansas
and Territory, from 1888 to 1871; Bishop of
Louisiana since 1871; and appointed June last
Msjor-Geheral Of the provisional army Of The
Confederate States by President Davis, the
duties Of which last position be has been ever
since aad is still dischsrging with ability ana
energy.
q An intelligent informant, from cur lines
near the Po'omsc, says he Richmond Kram.
iEeT, reports the Pickets Of the two armies as
exceedingly near to each other. Encounters
are Of frequent occurrence, and cur sbsrp-
shooters are annoying the enemy daily, psne,
tTatiag their lines and picking Of their sen
tEes. Qn these occasions, the Yaakess-dIs
snsl PolJeeasry; TGnni0g off at
a handful Of men, whenever
Happen to turn their 1ank. There