Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-29

Mr., Trumbull yesterday offered a resolution
in the United States senate, for the enforce
ment Of the laws Of The Union in all Of the
States, pending the consideration Of which the
Senate adjourned sine die.
Texas adopted the Constitution Of the Con
federsts States in convention on the 2sd inst
and on expressing The ordinance The vote stood
almost unanimously in its favor. Messrs
Houston and Hamilton delivered violent
speeches at AustiDson the 21st, dsnOuneing the
Southern ConfsdeFacy and It's Constitution.
Mr. Houston and the people seem to differ.
A TRANSATLANTIC VIEW OF 'FHE
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
The English press, as a general thing, says
the Nee Orleans Crescent. had very confused
and indefinite ideas Of American sfairs, until
within the last few months. Its conductors
were constantly making blundsrs and mistakes
when treating CT events on this side Of the
Atlantic. Lately, however, the Southern
movement for independence has caused them
to study more closely our political affairs, and
although their predictions were against the
South on account Of Ire existence of slavery
among us, they begin to display, in many re-
spects, a clearer insight into our condition
than even the abolition press Of the North.
Thus, a late issue Of the London Revieto dis
e~usses, with much force and wisdom, the
southern movement for Independence, in a
leading article, from which We extract as fol-
lows
TIE Southern Confedsracy is no longer a
scheme but a fact. Events have succeeded
each other with such rapidly since the cleo
tion Of Mr.. Lincoln, and the South has uni
formlY maintained so consistent q front against
all opposition, and turned SO deaf an ear TO
the reasons and representations Of the Narth,
that the Union is as much a thing Of the past
as Yesterday or The Heptarchy. The United
States Of America are not in existence. A
free and a slave republic occupy their place,
and stand side by side, destined to be rivals
perhaps to be enemies; while a third republic,
or confederation of republics, to the west Of
the Rocky mountains on the fertile shores Of
the Pacific, is certain 10 assert its independ'
ence at no distant date, and to form the nu-
cleus Of another powerful empire.
In the progress and contamination Of this
great revolution, it is instructive to observe
with what pertinscity the South has asserted
] AA EldimAs WIN WHAT EOulNEsH anu betI-EpHeEh-
sion It has substantiated them, and how Ut
terly callous it has shown itself to any and
every attempt at compromise and Cancellation.
II is equally instructive to note bow over anx-
ious the North has been to preserve the Union;
how willing to coneede what could not be con-
ceded without sacrifice Of dignity and self
respect; how ready to tamper with the sacred
principle Of human liberty, on which the Con-
s~titution Of the Union was originally based
j q "a Ill - -aE-N-s a. -.FNL
States and communities which repudisted the
cont act, denied the advantage and declined
the honor. Not only has the North exhibited
itself as a time-server and q trimmer at a time
when decision was above all things requisite,
but as one afflicted with tEat peculiar species
Of dementia which the Roman poet tells US
possesses the minds OF those whom the geds
have predestined to ruin and disgrace. How
otherwise could Congress-in both houses Of
which the North possesses a majority by the
voluntary retirement Of the Senator's and Rep
resentatives Of the seeded States-have been
foolish enough 70 press forward a protective
tariff in face Of the strongly avowed predilec-
ton Of the South for free trade? To pirate
about the ole exploded ~fallacies Of protection
ism at a time like that was TO initiate the mad
ness or the iusolence Of Nero, and to fiddle
while Rome was burning.
The best thing that can be done is that
which viii be done, if North or South have
any wisdom left to guide its c~ounsels. As the
Union cannot be re-established-and could
not continue if it were-the only course left is
to make the inevitable separation as equitable,
and as bloodless as possible. Neither the
North nor the South can desire a civil war to
settle their Differences and the South more
especially, in the existence OF the black faint
Of slavery, which has brought about the cat
astrophe, has reasons far more cogent than
the North to deprecate the firing Of a gun, or
the shedding Of a drop Of blood in the conflict.
The provisional government Of the South,
VII CD has lust been formed under the pTesi-
dency Of Mr.. Jefferson Davis-Whess name
bas at last emerged out Of Che chaos as the
Washington, or rather as the Calhoun, of the
new movemenf-hss but 10 declare to the
North, and to the several States Of Europe to
which it is about to sccredit its Ambassadors,
that it desires a peaceable separation, an
equitable division OF he common property, as
well as a fair share Of the common debts and
liabilities Of the defunct Union, to enlist upon
its side the good wishes Of all sensible and
practical men. The North has only to refuse
the proposition, and insist upon settling the
dispute by force Of arms, to incur the disap-
probation Of the world, and put itse { out Of
the ordinary sympathy, as utterly unreasOua-
bic and impracticable.
Slavery or non-slavery is no longer the ques-
ton. The quarrel has ouigrOwn its original
incentive, and the South, strong enough to do
as it p~lsases, takes its stand upon its inherent
right 10 retire from a partnership that has be-
come intolerable. That Mr.. Buchanan, IL
be had neither been pusillanimous nor in col
fusion with the South, might, BY an adequate
display Of vigoT at the very first murmur Of
secession, have prevented all the mischief that
has since occurred, may be quite true but it
is no answer to present requirements, OF to
the logic Of circumstances. The disruption Of
the American Union is as much a fait dcconpli
as the English revolution OF 1893, OF the coup
d'ctaf that set Napoleon III upon the throne +;
and if there be any craftsmanship in the
North, OF in the South, the only wise policy is
to acknowledge it, and make-the best Of it.
The ReUielo, continues the Crescent, makes
two or three mistakes Of fact, and very seri-
Gus mistakes, too, in the above, but, in the
general, it takes a very correct and philo-
sophieal view Of cur affairs. Thus, it is in
error in suppos'ng the North has been willing
to eoncede anything. Very true, the COnfed-
crate States did not ask for concessions, and
did not want them. But the border slave
states did. They originated a peace confer
enee infYsshington, and tried every exPedi-
ent to get the Abolitionis s TO concede some
tthing, but all to no purpose. And nobody in
the Confederate States complains of this re-
fusaI to coneede on the part Of the Abolition
lists; because that party bad won the victory
on certain principles, and they would haye
been fools and towards to have surrendered
those principles from fear and not from patri-
otism.
So, also, the RsBiew is in error in asserting
that The ''black faint Of slavery" az it is
called, has "brougbt about the estastrophe.'
Slavery has always been on the defensive. It
was the war upon slavery which brought about
the glorious result-not the "~catastpphe,' as
the Rsviey is pleased to call it. The Review
might Just as well say that the powder was to
blame for the explosion or a magazine, rather
than the man who set fire TO the fuse.
But the conclusion which is reached, that
the disruption is an accomplished fact-as
much so as the English revolution Of 1858, or
the coup d'efGt Of The French Emperor, is one
which the North would do vel to consider, as
this English journal advises. II there is any
statesmsuship in the North, says the RsvietD,
they will see that their only wise policy is to
acknowledge the independence Of the South,
and make the most Of it.. And is if pretty
broadly intimated that foreign nations intend
to recognize our independence, not a little dis
posed thereto BY our liberal commercial policy,
as contrasted with what The ReDieB calls "the
old exploded f~aliaeiss Of protection" enter
tanned BY the Northern Union.
The sboutionists, at the outset Of The south
ern movement, counted much upon the sympa-
thy and alliance Of foreign nations. Very
much TO their surprise they encounter OPPOSE
ton where they expected friendship. The
British and French press both, representing
the feelings Of their people and governments,
admit that tbs South is politically Independent,
and that Der future is as promising as that Of
the North is gloomy. Thus, ore by one, the
props BY which the Northern States expected
to be sustained are knocked from beneath
them. The tone Of insolent brsyado with
which they started out begins to be subdued
into a melsncholY whine Of weakness and i'm
potency. Astonshed ashley are that the South
has secured her Independence, other and greater
Advertisements are Ia store for them as soon az
the commercial policy OF the two Confedsra-
eies shall have had time FOR practical develop