Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-25
TIE PLIaNCY OF YANKEE PHIN-
CTULEE.

TIE PLIaNCY OF YANKEE PHIN-
CIPLES.
Nothing is more remarkable than the faeili-
ty with which Yankee principles change with
passing events, 80 as the more efsctually to
subseFve personal and pscuniary interests.
The last bali century has witnessed a complete
revolution IN northern sentiment upon some Of
The most vital issues in the present era Of civil
l~izstioD. The Government OF to-day, under
Yankee auspices, spurns and rspudiates the
very p~riueipls from which it derived its exis-
teDcs on yesterday. What was patriotism and
yslor IN &c is denounced as treason and infa-
ny IN 81. The blindness Of abolition faulty
in opposing, through mere msrcensry motives,
the sxiom OF mans right TO self government,
has drifted them into that sbominabls monsr-
ehiesl berssy, that "ths king can DO no wrongs
The nature Of The federal compact, and the
trufsms~ enuncisted in the Declaration Of Amer
lean Independence, have, for reasons no less
Infamous, been perverted from their proper
Specification and distorted into political mon
strositiss. Instances are numerous 10 Illus
trsts this plisncy Of northern sentiment
which in some cases present Inconsistencies
almost startling to contemplate. Il Is difficult
for one, unscquainted with the sordld avariee
Of The Yankee nature, to conceive Of the
causes which corld at present possibly operate
10 changing The supporters Of the Hartford
convention OF 1914 int tbe most bitter oppo-
nsnts e the feeling which then pervsdsd its
counssls. Those who proclaimed at that time
the inslisnsble riaht Of any State TO withdraw
from a Union which they deemed an engine Of
oppression, are now foremost 10 the threat
to crush out a movement looking to the ex-
ereiss Of that right. No palmer Endorsement
Of southern policy and safe rights, we think.
could be desired han the proceedings Of hat
ssssmhlsgs Of maleohtents; ard yet 10 where
are tboss principles SO losthed and reprobatsd
as In Puritaniesl New England.
The President, who wislds The d~estinies Of
The Rur1p Union, s,ens to have subjected hs
political faith to al andpodsl mutation. In a
speech delivered more faan a decade Of years
since, before be Federal Congress, be but
spoke an undisputed axiom Of he times when
be said that asuy people, anywhere, being
inclined sod having the power, have be right
20 shake Of the existing Government, ard
form a new one that suits them better" Bot
10 bis inaugural manifesto, Of The fourth Of
March last, be sfuiti6es himself in proclaim
ing tbs dogma Of federal omnipotsnee and
branding secession a. " anarchy"
Nd less pslpsbls are the changes that have
tome over th. dreams Of the whllom conserva-
lives O. the North. DANIELS S. Dickinson, who
once wished himself native o. Virginia, with
dlsbolieaI f'noisbBsss speaks Of "Eipings the
South 81 from The face OF sxlstsBcs.s Brn-
F BurrzR, but twelve months ago ths
Gle noTsus champion OF southern rights in The
Democratic conventions at Charleston and
Baltimore, to day commands a division OF
LIrcoLE's HessiaH sOldisry. srEFBEs A.
DoueLas, who delivered a sound constitutions
81 argument igsinst TIE right q Federal Co
ereion . few months back, tanely wears the
Black Republican yoke. FILInoEE and
CUSHING, BUCHANAN and EvEEErT, have
all bowed their kpses to the Baal Of
Black Rspubiesnism and given their ad-
hsrencs to a herssy which TIE common
~instiets OF humanity once prompted then to
pose. or this change IN individual opin-
however, we are not disposed 90 much 10
sin. We are discussing more particular
sisieneiss upon great principles Of
t2leY. The most striking example
that We have observed Is
roc pprobstion OF The practice Of All
be hict seems 80 recently to psrvade
.u9o q Of The northern press. Among
By the . Tue Nss 10lA t'"<s has JUST
Eyes TO the barbsrous "infamyD Of
l. "Tbe rdVstssring proclamation
ERsoS DAVIS" It says, "and the pri-
p 2 act Of the Coafsderate Congress,
{ uunerOuS applications that are re-
Scr letters Of naTgus and r~sprisal,