Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-30
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Those who are familiar with the present
position and afiiations ofihe New York Herald,
VII sca1eely credit thar tie tollowing. are
szt,aets tsleu hon an editorial ariels which
a9peasl ia that paper, on the Path of November
last. IN that article tha edffos compared the then
attitude Of the Southern States, 70 the position
Of tBe colonies ninety years before. and warned
The Nertb 81 the wickedness Of driving the
Southern States into secession, and Of the folly
Of attempting 10 coerce them into return 10
the onion if they once abandoned It. " Our
fathers, said the editor, took up arms upon a
matter of principle, to resist tie encroachments
Of an insolent majority and thekTanny Of sn
unfiendly legislation Iae South E51nds ia a
similar attitude. And there are many prudent
and sagacious men in the S5uEh who hsve made
up their minds thai the very best thing they can
do is to prepare themselves to protect their lives
aad property. and as the first step towards thar
end, to organize an Independent government
They can find warrant for their course in the
action Of the fathers Of the republic" The
cause which led to the first war Of independence
be declared to be trivial, indeed, compared with
that the South had for dissatisfaction. He con
Euued
Like the men of I%7G0-I776, the people Of the
South have not been IN haste. The secession
party ia the Gull States is no new thing. For
more than twelve years it has been growing Ia
numbers, and, since IS59. the States rights or
ganizaton has been steadily increasing IN
strength. The population Ofthe slave States is
larger than thar ut the Old thirteen and the old
thirteen managed 20 carry on q seven years wai
against one Of the most powerful nations on the
face OF the earth, and - triumph az last over ap- I
parenflv insurmountabie difficulties.
Ns draw, then. this inference from our own 1
history. The black republican party occupies
the same position 70 the South rs the home gov
eminent did 10 tls colonies, with the difference
that the South has much more cause Of com
plant than the colonies ever had. Like the
people Of The colonies, Southern statesmen have
exhausted every possible means TO induce the
North to respect the rights which the Federal
Constitution guarantees 70 the South Already, /
as in II60, i7T6, one generation OF Southern
statesmen hayp laid down the foundation fI
their successors, who have nowTesolVed to finish
the We K. Like TIE British government. the
Northern States have enacted laws aimed d.
rectly at tie constitutional rights Of the South
sad Ike the colonies, the South protested in
vain against these obnoxious statutes
Vow supposing that the radical section Of the
4NAAluaiA plAtf tAtiAa HaE Ndf-ktldL LIE ire
preside conflict does beeiE Ia earnest-that the
personal hbelfy bills remain on the statute
bcoks-tbat thu South is filed with abolition
enissa3es-tlat negroes ane nun OF or melted
10 usbelion-can any orc doubt that the South
viii s-crdef VIII il b. denied for a moment
that tae south has more cause for sgoh a course
than the colonies Tor separating themselves from
tie government Of Great Britain And, again.
Is sny one SO foolish as { believe that the South
can be, as Webb saws, whipped into submits
sion - Do the Blacl12-publcaas, who talk
sach nonsense. remember she eminent bravery
ri s0uiheTneTs in every war which tie country
has waged against a foreign power No. the
south could not be conquered had We an army
and navy equal 70 those Of Great Britain
Such, iheB-if it be admissible to to use the
term as applicable 70 anything tAat originates
from 50 corrupt a source-was the honest con
yiction Of the slTewd aud sagaeious Scotcbman,
who, while be was yet free to speak his true
sentiments, gave unerapee 10 predictions, which
occurring events are rapidly converting into
history. But the solemn voice Of prophetic warn
ing. uttered BY this male Cassandra Of the north
au press, fell UNDECIDED ou the cans Of bis in
iatustsd oouBTymcn. The barriers which pro
ieeted the South IN the enjoyment Of her equal
rights N the Uuion, were ley-led 70 toe Garth.
tIe wooden horse of sectional strife introduced
amid rbe 6efce clamor Of a mad5ened r~opulace
sud poor BENNETT, O captive at the viii Of
a Tie radical section OF the dominant party,
must witness 10 sulleu silence the fall Of a once
proud government, over whose crumblpg col
unDs4he faies have written Toeia Jaitt