Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-22
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THE SIXTY DAYPuoPosTrIov.

III So = AAA - -kkoA-OSAEEUNs
Frou ths Kew oristns Cresosntl
Whoever relies upon teiegraph reports Tor
news, OF for ascer aiming What the Aaminis
traiion at Washington uroposes Ia al. vii
have Bard time OF it % reach any fixed ana
definite conclusion. Ole day we are Informed
that this or that viii be done, and the next dav
that it be an a rdstake. One DAVIS fnteIii-
genee is eoniradicted by the next unta The
Tesder Is lett In such a state Of confusion and
DOUBT tnat he hardy knows his head from his
heels lt reminds us OF Toodles' story Of the
man who want to sea. sFirst We besr5 from
him, and then we didn't Then we ala and
tnen We did'nt, then We didn't and then We
CID ana then We did and then we did'nt.n
Inc latest news which appears more rslia-
pc lhan tlat we usualy get, is that Seward
h1s asked Tor SIXTY days time wherein to de-
setlilne TIE policy q the Administration.
lne southern commissioner. we sunpose. are
70 wait foz two mon BE-, losdng about wash
llgtoa City, TO see what his supreme higbnees.
hf seEard-for we do not taKe the rsilsplit-
Yer into tbe account at ali-is going 10 do
ABOUT the southern forts This Is a modest
pioposiuon, truly Peace congresses, and
congressional committees, and individuals.
nave been hammeting and tinkering awav at
tlls business for three months, and vet Mr.
Seward wants two more months time in which
q make up hls mind. The proposition is as
lnsoient as Il is ridisulo1s-and sre think she
Asutaeih commissioner viii represent their
government bes. By considering a1d treating
Fuch proposal as dowlri right insult.
These commissioners are not in Washington
IN ne character Of sui.1rs. They are not
oekging Tor anything. They are hot interiors
eopIoaeling q superior, bu. they are the
e4tdis1 m e poNacal sense. and the superiors
m every oiher respect, o. Seward or Lincoln,
OF any or me rest Tbev 20 to arrange for
an understanding whereby war NAV BE- avoided
and collision between the two ConFe8eracies
sveIted BY peaceful negotiation. To be met.
AZ TINS stage OF the game, with a prop isition
Ter sixty days delay is piece OF cool audacity
unusual in enc who, like SeWari, mostly acts
upon ne Machiavellan system in his party
and personal policy.
But The explanation OF 6 Is easy. The sbo-
lition regime az Washington mas been deceived
~ falsehoods emanatiDg from the South to
the elect teat the people here sEs-6issstisGae
Nilh ne s1cl}sPl m5sgnll4- and are anxious
5or reconstttcton OF the Union They be-
lleye thar timaoHly is needed to "dsvelop the
Union sentlmeni' as they call it. in the South
ern States, and for that sentiment to assert
user Tor the destruction az the Government
az Montgomery. This is q fatal error, Of
course; but q is not to be wondered at shat
they commit 81, in view Of the mulli,udinous
lies thst are daily sent TO the North from the
southern States, 10 the Tsv of both private
and submissionists in our midst, secretly and
insidiousiy seeking 20 be.fay the section in
which they live, and the people by whom they
are sUstalned-fatteuisg upcn the generous
bounty Of ne South, and an the tine plotting
her ruin This Is be secret OF this sixty-day
proposition. TIE abolitiouis.s are told that
N sixty GaYs the Gulf Stses will b. anxious
70 20 sack into the Uaila, when, in truth,
they are gc,ne back neither ia sixty DAYS nor
ln sixty ;aousand years.
As an Illustration Of tie way which The state
Of affairs a. the South is utsrepresented TO the
B7rthern people, read The Glowing, which Hur-
ports 70 be a letter written from Chsrleston,
South Carolina, 20 tho Philadelphia EnqHirer.
It was, IN al probability, written in The Office
Of the paper, AID never saw Charleston, but
that makes 10 difference. The statements will
be eagerly believed By tie northern people,
because hey are anxious n believe them. The
writer, whoever be is, seems TO have forgotten
the old rule that to "keep probability iH Viswa
is one Of the frst requisite of successful lying.
We quote:
alan pleased 10 inform You that I have TO-
night met witt scores, and from them know
Of hundreds more, who bsTe been called back
to reason add to dutV bT tie nat.eual and elo-
quent terms of the ilaGgmsl
" Several men have said to ne Tonight, 'We
have worn the mask long fuough-yFs have not
dared 10 speak, anI scarcely to breathe The
with The Uniou and The Constitution, and our
symFsthies are with The TciicF and principles
enunciatsd by Abraham Lincoln' This is i'm
portant and reliable I se5d you this evening
from Charleston. J have ilst left a company
81 some sixteen Intelligent men, inany0 them
natives Of South Caroi-hs. Tie complete
message was brought in, snd I was requested
70 read it. These men were no politicians,
and hsar3 it rsa5 with resIect and thoughtfui-
ness, and ss ! read the beautiful utterancss
with which it closed, every eye was diIned
with tears; and one nan almost losing that
command over his language which is neces-
Eary here. exclaimed, " God biess Abe Lin
eolnin and the prayer met with response in
every heart
" am more and more convinced that tie
people are getting .boider in taeir aVowals Of
loyalty 10 The Union. I banded man, this
morning, a COPY II y0ur asper. He tod ne
tbat every paper be co'If.- 15zalH, WHICH spoke
periodically for the UniIi and the Constitu-
tions were Immediately saatChed up by many
Of bis friends.