Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-22

/ impossible; not only do the causes which IN
iuCed Us to separate still exist IN full force, bu
I they have been strengthened, and whatever
| doubt may have fingered in the minds Of any
/ has been completely dispolled BY subsequent
! events. If instead Of being a dissolution OF 9
! league, it were indeed a rebellion n which We
| are engaged, we might ind amp.e ylnd,cauoI
! for the course we have adopted il the scenes
which are now being enacted in the United
States. Our people look with contempt and as
4 tUnshmeut on those with whOm-they had been
/ SD recently associated, and they shrink with de-
rision from the base idea Of renewing such a
connecticut When they see President making
war without the consent Of Congress when
/ they behO,Jsjudges threatened because they
maintain the writ Of ba5eas corpus, 50 sacred 20
! recmeu; when they see Justice and law tram
| pied under the armed heel of military authority,
I and upright men and innocent women dragged
/ to distant dungeons upon the mere edlct OF q
| desp0t; when they find ell TINS tolerated and
appsauded by the people who haa been IN lie
/ hli enjoyment of freedom but few months
ag0, they believe that there must be some
radical incomuafibiEtY bssween such a pe0-
pie and themselves With such a people We
may De content 10 i've at peace, but
the separation is final and for the independence
we have asserted we viii accept 40 alternative
The nature of the n1stiIties which they have
wagCl against Us must be characterized as bar
barous wherever il is understood. They have
b0mbarded uadetended villages without giving
notice 10 women and children to enable them to
escape, and in one instance selected the night
as the period when they might surprise them
most ctIectualy whilst asleep and Uususpiclous
of danger. Arson and rsp.ue the destruction Of
private houses and property and injuries OF the
most wantOn character, even upon non-comDot-
ants, have marked their forays. Although we
ought TO have been admonished by these things
that Were disposed 10 make wGr upon us in the
most cruel and relentless spirit, yet we were not
prepared 70 see them fit ont a large naval eNpc-
dition with the confessed purpose not only Of
uiunder. but TO incits a servile insurectiOu in
our midst II they convert their soldiers into
nceudiaries and involve US in species Of war
which claims non-cOmOatauts, women and chill
dTan as its victims, they must be expected 10 be
treated as outlaws and enemies Of mankind.
There are certain rights OF humanity which are
entitled 90 respect even IN war and peace, and he
who refuses TO regard them tOrfeits his claims If
captured, 10 be considered as prisoner Of war,
but must expect 10 be dealt with as an offender
against al law, human and divine. But not
content with violating our right under the law
of nations at home, they have extended these IN
iuries to Us within other jurisdiction. The dis
turUishel gentlemen. whom with your APP
proya at the las; session Of Congress, | com
miss0uei TO represent the Contederacy at cer-
tain foreign courts, have been recently seized by
the captain of United states ship-Ol-Esr on
board q British steamer, on their voyage from the
neutral Spanish port of Havana 10 England.
They have thus claimed a general jurisdiction
over the high seas, and entering q British ship
sailing under its countTys flag, have violated
the rights Of embassy for the most part held sa-
cred even by bgrbarans, by srizing our minis
tiers whilst under the protection and domain OF q
neutral nation These gentlemen were as much
under the jurisdiction of the British government
upUn that ship and beneath its fag as if they
had been on its soil, and a claim on the part of
the United States to seize them in the streets OF
London would have been as well founded as
that to appTeheud them where they were taken.
Had they been male factors, and citizens even Of
the United States, they could not have been ar
rested unless under the express provisions Of q
treaty and according to the forms therein pTovi-
ded for the extraditi0n Of criminals, but the
rights the most sGcred seem to have lost all re-
speet in their eye-. When Mr. Faulkner, q
former minister OF the United States to France,
commissioned before the secession OF Virginia,
his native Stale, returned in good faith TO Wash
iu-tJu 20 settle his accounts, aud fulfill all the
obligations into which he had entered, he was
pcrfdiously arrested and imprisoned in New
York, where he now is. The unsuspectng con-
Gdence with which he reported 10 his govern
maut vas abused and his desire TO fulfill his
trust to them was used to his injury. In con
ductng this war we have sought no aid nor
proposed no alliances, offensive or defensive
abroad. We have asked for recognized place
In she family Of nations but in 50 doing We
Lave demanded nothing for which We IiI not Of
teI iaiI equivalent.
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amongst nations, and in seeking TO establish
diplomatic relations, We were only endeavonng
TO place that Intercourse under the regulation of
public law. Perhaps we had the night if we had
chosen to exercise it, TO ask TO know whether the
principle, that a blockade TO be binding must be
eHectual, So s0.emuly announced By the great
powers Of Europe at Paris, is 90 be generally
enforced, or applied only to particular parties.
When the Confederate States at your last session
became party to the declaration, TeattITming
.ais principle Of international law, which has
been recognized SO long by publcists and gov,
erUaeuts. we certainly supposed that it wac TO
De universally enforced.
The customary law Of nations is made mp Of
tneir practice rather than their declarations, aud
il such declarations are only 10 be enforced in
particular Instances, at the pleasure Of those who
ike them, then the commerce OF the world, SO far
from being placed under the regulations OF q gem
erGl law. viii bocCMC subject 10 the caprice Of
those who execute or suspend it at viii. lfsuch
Is 20 be- the course Of nations in regard to this
law, 1t is plain that it viii thus become a rule for
the weak and not for the strong. Feeling that
such views must be taken by the neutral nations
Of the earth, I have caused the evidence 10 be
collected which proves completely tLs utter IN
efficiency Of the Proclaimed blockade of our
coast, and shall direct it TO be laid before such
governments as shall AFFORD us The mvans Of be-
ug heard
But although we should be benefited by the
enforcement 70. this law, SO sOiemuiy declared by
the great powers of Europe, We are not depeu-
dent upon that enforcement for the successful
prosecution Of the war as long as hosulites con-
tiug6.
The Confederate Sjatos will exhibit a steadily
increasing capacity 70 furnish their troops
with good clothing and arms. If they
should be forced % lorego many of the luZuTies
and some Of the comforts of life, they will az
least have the consolation of knowing that they
are thus daily becoming more and more iude-
pendent of the world. If in this process labor
in the Confederate States should be gradually
diverted from those great southern staples which
have given lie % much Of the commerce OF
mankind into other channels, so 70 make them
rival producers instead Of profitable customers,
they will not be the only or even the chief losers
by this change IN the direction of their industry
Although il is true that the cotton suWly fioU
the Southern staIss could not be totally Cut oil
By the suJverslOn OF our social system, yet 1t is
plain that a long continuance of this blockade
might bv a diversion Of labor and an invest
meut of capital in other empioyments, so dimiu-
jsh the supply To bring ruin upon all those in
tgr-sts OF foreign countries which ars dependent
ON that staple For every lab0rer who Is divert
ed from the culture Of cotton in the South, per-
l4p5 four times as many elsewhere who have
found subsistence in the various empioyment5
growing out Of its use, viii be forced also to
change their occupation. While the war IS waged
10 take from US the right Of seif-goveument,
though luey cannot obtain that end, it remains to
be seen how far it may work a revelation N the
industrial systaGl IT Tue world which may carry
suffering to other lands as well as to our own.
IN the meantime We shall continue this struggle
in humble depeI leuce upon Providence troul
whose searching scrutiny W. caHIOJ conceal the
secrets ui our hearts, and TO whom we confident
II ubrlt our destnies. Fox the rest We shall
depend upon ourselves Liberty is always won
where there u4ists lue determination TO be free,
and We have reason 80 know tue strength that is
given by a conscious sense, not only of the
magnitude, but OF the righteousness Of our
cause. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Earn.og sG ,Er Eaya. Eaohs Aansr.
The Galveston CicaiaR furnishes some addi-
tional particulars of the attack on the night Of
the 9Th, by the blockaling steamer Santee, On
.Lo Confederate schooner Royal Yacht, lying in
the bay. It says:
Six oars marked launch No. ., frigate ssnlec
came ashore ct Bolivar yesterday Several have