Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-06
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Ale lelegraphic synopsis of The PRESIDENT
inaugural address, which appeared in our issui
OF yesterday morning, may be taken, beyon,
an eavil or dispute, as the correct announce
ment ofhiBadminisrstive policy. The bloody
progr2zime recommended, with its bruts
deelara,ioas and its threatsnings q civil war
Is, we must confess, nothing more than whai
we anticipated. Tbe olive branch Of peace
for which some have 50 fondly hoped, has beer
Withdrawn, and the future settlement e. pend
ing political issues. becoming one OF force. has
been referred to the arbitrament Of the sword.
It is the tyrsnuical edict Of tie boldly arowed
enemy Of the South, breathing bloodshed and
slaughter against her people. Though con-
seious that the great movement in behalf Of
southern Independence has assumed pronor-
tious and pre.ensions which entitls it to an
unpreiudieed and sL~atesman-like considera-
tion, Mr.. LINCOLN, with a stupidity for which
be has recently become remarkable, treats It
with = puerile destitution Of solemnitv, which
at once demonstrates his utter unhtness FOR
bis present position. He sinks the patriot in
the partisan, the statesman in shs political
ehsrlatan, and, regarding the salvation OF the
Blaek-Repu5liean party as Of paramount i'm
portance to that Of the peace and safety OF our
people, be places the teachings Of the Chicago
platform above the Federal Constitution
Despite The fact that seven sovereign States
Of the Union, whose rights had been invaded.
and whose safety has been ~ieepardlzed BY he
triumph Of a hestils faction, have Constitution
ally resumed their delegated powers, and de-
clsred their independence to the civilized
world, we are Informed By the facile tool OF
that faction, that, because he AID his followers
place a different construction upon the federal
compact, and brand the conduct Of these states
with nlsgitimsey, their northern theory Of the
Constitution shall be enforced, If necessary, at
the mouth Of the cannon and tie point Of The
bayonet. A civil war is 20 be p~recipitztsd
upon the country, and the whole land delugsd
in blood and carnage, as the only means OF
settling a political question arising from the
complications Of the federal Constitution. All
81 this is to be accomplished through the invar-
liable subtsrfuEe Of Tyranny" the enforcement
OF the laws"
Mr.. LINCOLN informs Us that "the federal
lave sh1u Be faifhfuly eztcufed IN all the &Gtss''
hat the power conided in bin viii be used
to hold, ooouE and possess the property and
plao,s belonging to the Government and 10
e0leH the dates On imports" And after this
positive and solemn declaration Of war upon
the South, be goes on to utter what tie craven
eoward who would lick the hand raised 10
smite him may possibly denoninate a mercifsl
reservation, but which with US only adds in
suit to injury. He says; " Beyond what may
Be asossssry for these objects, there VIII be no
using Of force n-snd sin doing this there
lsei Be- no bloodshed OF violence, and there
shall BE none uBlefs forced up0a The z~atioAGl
GutAsriiyD This warliks assertion Of federal
authority is as ultra and uucompromising as
tyranny itself could have devised it. The
promise to use only 10 much force - as will
be ssosssary " for tie objects specified, is but
the declaration Of a temporary truce in case
Of q base shsndonHsnt Of right and a shame
ful surrender Of principle. It is an offer OF
mercy Dr. case u scoBsrdiy capituiation. Its
uttsrer knows but t,o well that resistance
-aai TssistHnos 10 The 6eafh-wH be made
In case his psnsioned h~irsliuEs venture to
invade the soil Of a Southern State to enforce
sllegisnce to federal laws. Adastardly spec
tscls would il present, were the Confederate
States, themselves an independent nation, iE-
Bominiously to rstracs their steps under the
msnaess Of the contemplate puppst Of a still
mere contemplate faction and the subiimity
Of moral coWardics would it Be were they to
silently allow the execution Of the lnfanous
programme foreshadowed BY this authoritative
nouth-Pieee OF Observation-Disclosures. Sooner
win the southern patriots meet the enemy IN
deadly conflict, and rightsously perish BY sx-
termination from esrbins and cannoa than live
the bsnefeisriss Of such a disgraesfzl armis-
t6C- -
Not satisfied with these hostile declarations
tie President a5vanees another most false,
unpsIdonsble, and dangerous dogms, in The
assertion that, on all political questions "the
msjority muEt rule, or the Government must
csass.' In other words, that The Republican
party, which stands pledged to the prin-
eiplss Of the Chicago platform, and whose
leaders Believe in the e0nstilutionality Of
those principles, have 2 right 20 admia-
lister the Federal Government upon its
vile t%snets, merely because they are in "the
msioriiy.~ A more tyrannical theory Of gov
erHmcnt, or one more destructive Of human
liberty, could scarcely have been invented.
Under its iliberal and dsspotic operation, the
rights Of TIE few are to be atteTly ignored,
and brute force is to be the instrumentality b.
which the mission Of tyranny is to be accom-
pIisbsd. A profoundsr ignorance Of constitu
tionsl obligations, or a greater libel upon The
genius Of republican governments, is scarcely
to Be- foand save in his subsequently most
stupid s~sssFeradon that "ths central idea Of
secession is snarehyi7
But the most important feature in the
presidential manifesto, and one upon
which We should reason and reflect with
most esrnestness, is, We think, discovsrsble in
tie proper construction Of the following sen
"The course here Indicated be says,
{" will be followed, UELEs current eseafs shaH
shov G mobilization or ekzags 70 Be Pro9er.D
It is thus evident that LIEcoIE has placed .
contingency upon the execution Of his pro-
grsmme, which be sdroitly eoBcsals under The
sppsIstion CT H~eurTeus euenfs.7 He will wage
war against TIE South, enforce The laws, eel
the revenue, and capture the forts %"unless
current events shall skOv q modification o.
eiauge to b. proper"
Here it is that We again have the most M
mistaksble evidence Of PEACE or UAR being
an issue which is to depend gpoH The uHioH OF
dfpisfoH Of he slaBe States n the border States
are true 10 their pledges Of resistance to coer-
eioa, II they rspudiate the stuPeudous swindle
which the Republican members Of The peace
congress lately patched up FOR them under the
name Of a compromise-if they spurn the au-
thoritF Of a common enemy and 20 t0iA tie
CIR Gatss-fhea pfl "Errenf euszfs" be such
IS will show a "modgieati0a" to be 'fProPer.D
Il viii be apropers because Of TIE criminal
eoIlV Of a divided North wsging war up
an : unitsd South. It viii be "properD be-
cause Of the improbabiiiy Of such a crusade
resulting in success. Il will be proper be-
cause Of the moral certainty that the invaders
will incur an ovsIWhelmink defeat.
This language lie 50 Enthusiastically palpable
in its meaning, that be Wbo runs may read it.
is no possibility Of miseonstruction. It
means that IL there are divisions and dissen
sions amoug US il the border States - we
give encouragement to the agrsssiOns Of Re-
publicsuisn by i~nsetion, or countenance its
heresies By the failure Of resistance, there wdl
Be WAL Bot should We brace ourselves for
the conflict, snd unite in one solid phalsnx
the Gulf States II opposition 10 the bloody
OF s~ubjugstion, &c vii hare F~EAcEl
Let the members Of The Union party, there
fors, in Tennessee, and the other border States,
remember that the great question Of a pesesa-
Die separation nesis gfA hen If they desire
70 avert The horrors Of an internesine conflict
the opportunity is nov offered in the manly
and generous sacrifice Of party prejudice, and
il a cordial union in opposition to the bshssts
OF a common enemy. But should they reck-
cling TO the old land marks Of their
past political erseds, and biindly ignore TIE
consequences, then upon their heads rests the
fearful responsibility Of the most dreadful,
and iuterminable intestine war that was
ever recorded in The annals Of history.