Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-04
Is THE cIIE.
nRIrTNG WMIEMER!

advocate certain poiltic6l dogmds ludt were
Ispudiated and discarded BY them but twelve
months since.
When Mr.. LINCOLN frst published to the
world bis criminal ignorance Of constitutional
law by procIsiming the rel tions Of the several
States to the federal government exactly the
same as those of a county to a State, the pu-
scile sophIsm found but little favor even with
the abolition party. Many Of them went SO
far as 20 d]enOunee It as an sbominsble beresy
O. the most dangerous character.
But aimee an era Of mad passion and q pur-
hind fanaticism has been inauguratsd, the
r-ason Of the northern people has been de-
%'hToned, and deserving all landmarks they seem
20 be rushing forward to engage ignorantly in
the experiment Of forging the shackles Of their
ssrvitude.
The following appended specimen Of the
ronsenting spirit manifested by the Yankee
press in reference to the late action OF the
-4srScoLH congress-, carries with it q note Of
warning, from which we can obtain come idea
q the future character Of the Washington
government. We quote from The New York
WorIi, which says:
Congress has net the great difficulties Of the
country boldly. and deals with them wisely,
and it has put into the hands Of the executive
department the whole power Uf lie nation its
legislation has given TO the administration the
means OF immediate and U~0tTamm eled action.
The importance of its work viii become more
plain as the war progresses. Tbs result is a
government, strong, undivided and unfettered.
Here We have the candid acknowledgment
OF an influential abolition journal, that con-
gress has o5sequiously placed ir:o the hands
Of Mr.. LINCOLN "the whole power Of the ma
tion"-and the same paper aPplauds the act
without words Of qualification. AID then the
result Of this trucking Submission to the de-
crees OF the despOt is Just what the South has
combattsd and will combat the end OF time
"a government, strong, undivided and unfet-
tered.D What we have conteBded for, and In
tend to rescue from an unwilling foe a. the
point Of the bayonet, is confedsracY Of equal
and sovereign States, based upon the liberal
principles Of JEFFERSON and MADISON, and
not a Consolidated nation Of provinces, nomi-
Hslly calling themselves Safe, but without
further rights and privileges than those &C
corded By European empires to their subju-
gated sstraPies.
The northern people are determined, how
svsT, TO revive The desu1ct principles Of blue
light federalism, once so odious TO all AnsTi.
cans, snd re-appiy them TO the construction Of
q " strong" government-oHe " undivided and
unFettsred . By opposition to it's usurPatious
proceeding from either he legislative or Judi
cial departments. An abolition senator, By
the name of BAEEE, from Oregon, was not very
particular In coDcea'ing bis opinions on this
matter in a late speech which he delivered in
the Senate. He expressed himself on that &C.
c~asion, az fsvorinE a vigorous prosecution Of
The war Cd the South, and for this purpose be
thought "nobody was 90 good as E dictator"
Unnecessary, be wonld even advocate the policy
Of reducing the slave States again to the con-
dit.On Of territories, and Of governing them bv
eZecu ives from Illinois and Massachusetts.
Mr.. CAMERON, the secretary Of war, has
furnished further authority relative to the ne
csssity CT having q strong government.
He has declared that the South mast be
"subdued," and In future there would be ono
South Carolihians, Nirginians OF Pennsyl7an-
ians as such, but all merely Americans" This
but illustrates what the eusIaved North nav
expeeti in the future. The cry for d "stroBg
government" was raised by the northern Tsb-
bic, and when It's iron pressure shall crush
them, they viii rue it. Air. B-REcKIERIDGE
but spoke a truth we'll sttested By The history
Of the times, when boldly confronting the sd-
heFsnts OF Tyranny, he eloqusn5iy exclaimed:
Owe are rushing, sirs, and with rapid strides,
from a constitutional government into 8 mill
tary dsspotism p
RUSSELL, Of THE LONDON TIMES.
This gentleman has been in America now
some four or five months, acting in the capa-
city Of q special correspondent Of The London
Times, having been sent here by that great and
Influential organ Of British opinion as the
faithful and impartial cbronicIsr Of the inter-
ssting events now transpiTing IN this side Of
the Atlantic.
His first letters-nany o. which we pub
lished-ui,h al Of their vsgueness AID smbi-
guilty, evinced s decided leaning to the side Of
the South. To such an extent was this the
case that he imprecations Of abolition wrath
were poured upon bis devoted head wiihout re-
gard TO the feelings Of the unfortunate victim.
Every emsnation frem bis pen which he sup
posed would be published in sufficient tine to
return to America, and be read in the South
before bis advent among US, presented the war
question very much after the u amer OF che
whose intention it was to mste out sheer justice
TO TIE character Of the cause in nbich we are
struggling.
Bat 10 sooner had Mr.. RUSSELL reached
Pensacola and New Orleans than be com
msEced TO show The eleven foot Of sympathy
with the enemy, doubtless b. way OF palliating
the indignation Of the North SO as to secure for
himself 8 cordial reception amorg them on his
return. His letter from CairO-already laid
before our Teaders-givtDg a description Of his
trip up the Mississippi Valley, with its sly
filings and its sluTring falsifestions, was evil
IDENTIFY manufactured for circulation in the lat.
itude Of. YsRkeedom. It's author shows himself
10 be little beyond a dishonest knave ard a
pensioBed Spy. He was received in cur N DIST
as a distinguished stranger and gentleman, and
had accorded to bin, by those in and ont Of
authority, al o. those kind amenities Of social
life for which the generous hearted southron il
90 Justly celebrated. Yet We find him, in
Communication which be knew fuli well would
soon be displayed in TIE columns CT northern
journals with a flourish # trumpets, not only
insidiouslF ibeling many Of our prominent
men, undertaking The power and resources Of
our section, and falsifying historical facts,
but be.rsyirg The confidence reposed in
him by giving a fell and ample dsscristion
If eur river drfeDses and city forti6cs- {
with suggestions az to the best means =
~ asssultIBg aud capturing them. We risk +.
nothing in saying that under no circumstances
Mr.. RUSSELL have been allowed by cur r,
authorities to visit The forts around Memphis,
had ihey known that lie designed entering 80
into toe details Of describing them, as be
for the benefit of the enemy. Certainly /
his London readers found but little in hat I
part of bis letter either TO instruct or interest /
f
TIE conduct Of this man has been such as
10 furnish our people With a salutary lesson
Tor the future, especially in relation to the Z
Of beirg taken in by rowing sdvep- \
ursrg. The South fortunately escaped The U
humiliation Of t~oadyism to the Prince Of |
Wales, whose tour through the North last \
umnsr created 80 wild and disgrsceful a
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