Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-30


IA Relation 20 the Horaep s1avo
states.
The following, from the C~ineinnati ConsmeT-
etai OF Saturday, will attract attention.
The border slave States are in 3 position
that they cannot long maintain. indeed mat
cannot long be tolerable. Thev must speedily
join The sseessionfsts-pass under the woke ~
up at Montgomery, and commit themselves 10
the keeping Of the tgFannsu8 ~pIantocrscv Of
the cotton states-oF they Z ust unesuiyoeaUv
and Internationally remaia 10 and stand by
the UHiqn. They can have sl it's guarantses
n geod faith and liberal measure, butt IA return
they must abide By ils obligations. malbtsin
8 dignity, defend its honor obey and enforce
its laws and density themselves with & npr.-
servedly. otherwise they are not for tbs
Union. Their contingent disunion poliev Il
an indorsement Of anarchy, and Is insulfing
&c well as injurious, to the real friends Of
Union"
Early in the last session Of The late Congress-
various plans Of pacifcatloR were propossd for
the purpose Of keeping the border slave
states. The Republicans intended that none
Of them should be adopted. The Commsrefni
and GGzeiie did ali they could, directly and
indirectly, TO stave OF a settlement, constantly
asserting that the cotton States were moi n
earnest In their movement, even after theybad
seeded. At length, what had been apparent
70 the world, and especially 10 the sensible
portion 81 Il, began 10 be suspected by the Re-
publican leaders-that the Union was dis
rupted. Passion then gave way 10 fear, and
they then began to caiculate the consequences,
saw their helplessness, ard threw overheard
all their force bills at the last hour Of tse ses-
sion. The border State Union men had risked
everything for these Republican leaders In
Congress and out Of II; but. like narrow
minded fanatics, they treated the warnings Of
the Union men with Indifference, and their no
sition and honor With contempt. They did not
elect a chairman OF a COMMITTEES from among
the Senators Of the border States, 10 the recent
organization OF the Senate, but, Of the twenty
one committees OF which it was composed, the
New England Senators were made chairman
Of eleven OF them. That was not calculated to
inspire the border Union men with admiration
for their northern associates, or draw them
closer to the Union.
In addition to the other indignitles put on
the border States Union men, the Republican
leaders had enacted the high protective Nor
ril tariff bill, a measure highly TepugnaRt to
Southern men. These border States men are
now told that they must speedily Join the Sc
cessionists, or they must submit to remain In
the Union @ithoutaBy additional guarantees
that they can not any longer be permitted to
maintain their contingent disunion policy, "
which is declared 20 be an Endorsement Of
anarchy, and is insulting az we'll as injurious
to the real friends Of the Union" In other
words, the border States are told by The Com
mereiGl that they must either leave speedily,
and join the seeded States, or submit uncon-
ditionally to the Union as It is, without any
additional guarantees. We must confess that
it looks to US to be just as the Commercial has
stated it. The Republican leaders do not mean
to have any eompromise-dO not mean to yield
any thing for pacifcation and compromise,
and the border slave S ates must act in refer
ence to that condition Of the Republican mind.
Cfncinnati ENQUIRER.