Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-08
Ixco,,y,s MESSAGE AGAIN.

60 NlDullcAL p fALA --
xCo,N,s MESSAGE AGAIN.
We present this document TO oar readers tins
morning IN er,snsO. and as the Geographic sy-
uepsis Of It previously published was neo,ssa
NV very imperfect. We take occasion to aII"ae
70 it. editorally again.
lis lengthy details certainly do not serve 10
.occsaI the g~rievous dependency that lmarked
90. hr,ksn uttersnces sent 10 MS scross the wires
II Is verbose. heavy, hopeless, and presents q
st5ling contrast to the brief and cheerful vie"
r ,,,liic affairs. as presented in the recent mes
.s of President DAVIS 70 tLe Confederate
e,ngrsss The one forboles the certain
eD Of weak and tottering despolsm-the other
.-..ts the bright and u~nfaiing hopes OF Inc
SONS of freedom in the final achievement oil Tie
cad for which they battle.
Mr.. LNcoLN's argument designed to ihauce
foreign powers TO keep hands of IN TINS Amer
cq imbroglio, is Of a very remarkable KIND
pr4suming that what they desire is a speedy
Iteration Of commerce. including specially the
ACQUISITION Of cotton, - he ventures to assert that
thew can q" reach their aim more readily and easily
bv the encouragement Of" his war on the Con
s.7srate States. which be- intimates is partially
designed to clear away the embarrassment Oh
commerce. He observes
Those nations. however, not improbably saw
Som t6s frst hat il wes The UHi5a t5hIrh made as
MI sur foreign as our domestic commerce lhey
can scarcely fil 10 perceive that the effort ioI
fisuui1n produces the existing difficulties anu
that ong strong nation promises more duf+De
U4sace. and q more extensive, valuable ana Iella-
he c0mmerce than can the same nation broken
iuto hostile fragments.
THIS absurd idea is in full keeping with the
doctrine of al bluo-Iight Federalists. The
Union" with them, is the source of all bless
inrs-social. commercial, religious and political
The states are. theora acaIly, nothing-being
mere provincial appendages to the central gov
eramsut An influential London paper, the or
gsu of Lord DERBY, expressed d thought some
what at variance with the above, however, III re-
Gently declaring that England had % no baas
north kcsping trtb the NoTth,' and that a war
with the United States rould opea 70 her a most
zsIuqIlc direct trade rih he South As the tn
umph Of Federal arms would extend the uupopu.
lar provisions Of the Morrill, tariff bill over the
South, and their defeat practically establish free
trade in the same country, the foreign world gen
orally may be slightly disposed to doubt if theJ
DO not rdicuIs. the logic Of Mr. LINCOLN
hersmark that 50 foreign dangers necessarily
attend domestic difficulties, and the subsequent
recommendation that adequate and ample
measures be adopted for maintaining the public
defsnszs on every side, - foTcibly recall to min,
the war spectre that appeared before the visio1
Of Mr.. SEWARD upon the issue Of his celebrate.
circular. The special attention that is drawn t.
" The great lakes and rivers a" shows that Grea
Britain is the power whose silent wrath, it i
apprehended, is most likely to be developed ir
open hostiities. It may be conjoctured from thl
by some that the Cabinet are not so fully salts.
fed as regards tbs legality Of its conduct in th'
capture Of the Confederate commissioners
The policy Of the LrScoLE government on th'
negro question is sufficiently ioreshaiowed 70
all practical purposes. It has degenerated, as
the original advocates Of secession asserted ]
would do six months ago, into a dirty en-
CINE Of emancipation, ready to crush out th'
liberty Of the white man to secure the free
dom Of the black Tire suggestion OF Mr..
LINCOLN 10 recognize the political indie
pendence Of H4yt sad Liberia, and to
exchange diplomatic agents with them, shows
the depth Of social degradation 10 which h
has been reduced by the leveling principle O.
neqro-equa,iiy Should Congress act fsyorably
upon the proposition, we need require no better
historical evidence OF that superior ameliorating
influence which the South exerted upon the
North daring the period Of their union. Witt
the ssyeTing Of the tie has followed the triumph
Of disgusting Instincts, from which southern
association would have driven them in bIushin.
shame. The hope expressed 70 the effect tina
some Of the slave States, under tine duress @
Federal bayonets, may pass emauciPat on act,
themselves, and the project Of negro -coloniza
lion that is alluded 70, are only still holder out
groupings OF ini4mous designs, which have Ion.
snss been so plain that he who ran might rea.
them.
The fact that tbs citizens Of the Coufeierat,
States are indebted to the North in the neat sun
Of $780, 900. 00O-enough to defray the frs
twelve months expenses Of orr warts a cir
cumstancs Of no small Importance to Mr.. LIN
coin and his subjects lie has been urgently
solicited to establish by military pol7er court
90 administer summary justice IN such cases
Being, for some mnsccouHtabIe reason, indispose.
20 trample down the Constitution by Tie on.
man power, - he preiers that Congress should d,
20 in his stead, and accordingly refers tb,
subject to their humane consideration. Thi
win be a military despotsm, it IS true, Of tn.
most atTocious character, bus is victims can rs
joice in the sweet consolation that It is designed
as a mere d" temporary substitute to last ouiy
until the end ofthe war.
There is something rerssliug.y cool in Mr.
LIsCoIN's assertion that lo soul hern movement
is d war upon the frs. principle Of popula
goyenlment-the rights % the people mas
much as the very reverse is so manitestly. au,
we may say historically true. The Coufederat
States government owes its birth TO the &C
hnowlelgsd right Of the people 30 govern them
selves, alike against the expressions Of a domi
nsenng popular majority, IS against the despotI
rule Of tyranuical elective hnctionaues.
This message is remarkable in one respect, a
being the first yet emaaa,ing from the pen Of ia,
FedemlPresident that expresses a positive don't
d. % the restoration of tie Union. There an
already among us, - st says. those who. IT, n,
Union IS prsserooi, viii live 10 see IT contain
25O.OOO,OOO" There Is a significant idea ofcon
tngeney in this suggestion, which, taken iu con
nscti0n with the general dependent tone of Oh,
document, clearly indicates that all hope Of re-
constructing the old Union by force Of arms. +
being gradually abandoned, and that the min,
Of the northern people is being prepared for tn
disappointment which il ~ be forced toeonfroui
Mr.. LECoLS's message. we repeat again
will DO much for the southern cause in both see
tons Of the continent. A successful triumph O
our arms upon the fell in an ordinary BATH
would not exercise a moral effect so great O
beneficial
~ It turns out that Hon : w. Clapp is th
successful candidate Tor Congress in the FIR.
Mississippi district, Ter representative TO Con
gr So. His Official majority is stated by th
Mississippiaa to be one hundred and 6fty-eigh
vGen. w II. T. Walker, late Of the Con
fe5erate army, has been appointed brigadier gen
sv.lbv Gov Brown. Of Georgia, and his n0mi