Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-14
The POLICY OF THE INCOMING
AnmTNISTRATToN.

VII De ilulA
THE POLTCV or THE INCOMING
DmTsIsTHATEON.
The public mind has been in suspense for
some months. touching the policy Of the future
Executive and bis party. Men have snKiouslT
Inquired, Are we to have peace or war?
Thsy have eagerly serutinized every speech
which has been uttered BY the representatives
Of the dominant party, and have weighed the
opinions Of he conductors Of tie leading Re
publican journals. that they might if posi-
be, eauss the result Of their action when once
taey are invested with the 'u~ilpowsrs eonhd,d
20 an the dspsrtnents Of Government TIE
indications have not been uniform, nor stead
lily pointing to any given course. The RsPub-
Iicsn leaders have themselves vaseillated, and
the RepublicaE press have but echoed the sen
timsnts that ruled the hour. WkDE's fierce
halioo, WILSON'S savage Civilizations, SUN
EER's scholastic uttsrances, and sHEKNAN's
psrsls ent threats, were thought to b. neutral
lied By CANERoS's pacific svowals, and other
evidences q q yielding disposition which
cropped out to the surface, now aad then, from
the great everything strata OF Republication.
Wbsn il wss announced that Mr.. SEWARD,
tie acknowledged chief aad colossal champion
Of the party, would discuss the present issues
in he Senate, public expectation was excited
to the highest pitch it was confidently as
serted that the future policy % his party
would be promulgated. Great was the dissp-
pointmsnt Of the anxious sKpsetsnts. The
mystic and carefully psnnsd sentences which
be read, the cold and f" glittsring gsnsralitiss,"
which sIlfrom bis tia lips like %icicles, served
but 10 chill the country. To eliminate any
definite idea Of his policy was as impractical
bic a. 70 grasp = shadow resting on the surface
q a fsks. The judgment OF the North was
divided. Ols-haF said, "Our great prophet
has bowed to the slave power" The other
half said, The r%evoluti u in the South has
been crushed By toe hrm and determined stti-
tide which Mr.. SEwAKD has assumed.0 The
South was equally Ct fault. The "Union .
party drew sweet consolation from bis honeysd
words, and sndsaForsd 10 convince themselves
that be favored q compromise. The advocates
Of secession saw 10 CLEAN Of hope bat, on
the contrary, insisted that be taught the odious
bsrssy Of coercion. They have rightly judged.
His opinions were iucautiously betrayed in the
running debate, subsequently with Senator
Mason, when be had not The opportu-
nifty nor tine to devise artful words
wherewith 10 conceal bis true meaning.
From hzthour no man could doubt TIA the lea
ding cabinet officer Of he incoming Admins
traion farsrs coercion e. a remedy for the pre-
servution II the Union when other means shan
fail But we are no longer left in doubt upon
fhs intensely absorbing SUBJECT Mr.. LINCOLN,
the President elect, the head and front OF The
Republican party, the chosen chief Of is Ger
ees and controller OF it's dsstiuies, the EXseu-
tive Of the remnant Of the States which adhere
to the Northern Confedsraey, has publicly and
openly declared what the action ef his govern
msnt viii be. He has long-too long-bsen
silent. The most earnest solicitation from the
frlsnds Of the Union, he deep sOlieituds felt
and expressed in every portion Of the Repub-
lie. tie commercial panic and financial discs
tsrs, the popular connections, the upheavine
pillows Of revolution, The dying taroes Of The
Government, we're all insufficient 10 make him
remove the seal Of silence from bis lips. The
bonors hesped upon him By an obsequious
people, the adulstions and batteries Of toady-
Ing followers, who swarm around him and
fswn upon his shadow, a. be moves onward il
trfumphsl procession 10 The old Federal Capt.
tai, which is invested BY the national army.
and its inhabitants held in cheek, lest they
should murmur at bis dccrees-these thing'
have intoxicated bis mind. BE has grown bold.
as becomes one whose role is 70 hthat Of q
military asurPa.
The telegraph Of yesterday announces that,
in TIE ovation given him at Indianapolis, the
fountains u bic speech were opened, and biz
subjects were enlightened He spurns the
right Of secession snd prsseribes the remedies
for The present crisis. His views upon the
one topic display a profound ignorance, and
upon the ether a cultivated obstinaey. Hs
eoneurs with a distinguished Union candldst'
for the conversion, in our city, in the opinion
that a Stale has no more power or right to
withdraw from the Uuion tasa 2 couaty bas
70 withdraw from TIE ststs. Unfortunats
parallel tie advocates are a. unlucky as its
use shows them 10 be unHise. TIE eonvsn-
ton candidate who uttered &c, has been elected.
and there is no convention in which be is en-
titled % sit. The presidential aspirant has
likewise been elected. and The Union over
which be was chosen to predicts no more.
But The political theories Of ibis moagrel
=esateEusn are ae.Ss faPoTtaut as The practi-
cal exposition Ct bis future executive policy.
ate march an army into South Carolina.
with hostile intent, would Be invasion but II,
DATED State should merely hold cad reiGk,
ker ora forss, ard collect duties, OF uifthoid
az maiIs.1 He ssizss the occasion to fling .
jest at "the professed Uni0n lovers who resist
eoercion,D and pronounees their idea Of pre-
servstion eroeeiingly fhin esd airy.D ABE
ii political mountebank, and would crack
his Jokes, though the ring-msstsr were apply
ing the lash to bis clowHish shoulders.
We may now emphatiesIy declare 10 our
readers, that the Bisek-RePublican Admins
tratIon will attempt coercion, and involve the
country in civil war, alter lbe fourth Of March
next, unless some Of the more powerful borier
states unite their fortunes With DE Southern
Coufederacy before hat period. For Tie pres-
81. Tennessee hes bound her owa hands.
Kentuekv has moved too slowly. The homes
Of patriots in the South are turned TO Virginia.
She has neither been slow 10 her resentment.
nor has she voluntarily fctLeTed her strong
arm, which will surely Be extended to stay the
MAD onslaught Of the North. Had LINCOLN
dared to proclaim his war policy a month
s~trller, Tennessee would not now present the
spectacle Of a gallant people unarmei and
ustless before a threatening foe. We bav,
not relied alone upon he uncertain agency Of
tie telegraph FOR the announcement Of Mr.
Irsco1E's determination 70 invoke a civil
war. he has, IN private conversation, utteres
the warning for the South, 10 :" prspare 10
uar.y We give the following article from
that able and reliable journal, the Louisville
Courier, Of the l1ih inst, as e~onfrmatory O.
the ts~lsgrsphic information:
Nr. Thomas Hutchinson, a wealthy and en-
sos7 ~ respectable citizen Of Boyle county, il
tbig safe. aad : member OF the Union party