Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-11
SEE FIRST AND FOURTH PsGES,
THE ACTION OF LINCOLN'S CON-
GFzECE

The acts Of the late federal Congress, i'm
uedistely affecting the war programme Of the
North, are but few, yet significant Of the pol
i,y the majority would carry cut, shoCld they
lot continue TO meet with obstacles such as
tlat encountered at Manassas. Their legisla-
ton demonstrates, by its character, that they
Lave the toi! TO bring about a state Of things
that would rejoice the heart of the most fanat-
zeal amsn-shrleker in the political-religiOus
chapels Of HENRY WARD BEEcHER and The
oDoRE PARKER, or make GEREITT SMITH, GID
DrNGs & Co., fancy the political millennium
they have so long worked for had arrived. A
noble minority contended for peace and its
consequent blessings, but they were unable to
wlths&nd the food OF abolition fanaticism ;
and the consequence is tae passage of the Sc
ries Of acts demanded by their master at the
White House, who is now in position to con-
tinue The dictatorship lie exercised from The
date Of bis Inauguration to the day his too s
assembled. We enumerate
1st. The army bill, giving the President
power to make up an army Of five hundred
thousand men from the North for the s~ubiuga-
AAb VI u CpNNAis HI WIS A4A a. Io"NA W.
ferred is ample. Should the reverses OUT enc
mics have experienced at Sumter, Great Bethe',
BULBS Run, Manassas, and elsewhere, have so
dispirlted the Northern willing fighting mate
rial, as to cause delay ia getting this grand
arm. in the field, OF course a mandate from
Washington viii assemble it by impressment.
This oEce done, they will attempt to inauga-
rate the policy contemplated by a second Ell
actment.
%. a bill authorizing the seizure, con6scs-
ton and des' ruction of property in the South,
so far as the plundering bands that are raised
under the 800, 900 act may be able to penetrate.
This appeal to the cupiditY Of northern knaves
and cut-throats only demonstrates that LIN
COLIN azd his advisers are aware of the unFoP-
ularity Of their cause so far as they are con-
tending for The "irrepressible' principle.
Plumber and profit, instead Of patriotism, are
the incentives offered to fl up the ranks of the
abolition army Of 100000.
81. Indirect taxation, by a greatly increased
tariff. This will satisfy the manufacturing
cormorants of New England, but the produc-
ing classes, who must pay the advance, will
suffer.
4th. A direct tax on real and personal pTOpt
erty, and consequently tax gatherers in every
section Of the north.
oh. A lean authorized Of FIVE hundred mil
lions Of dollars, which it is expected can be
forced from the people, by the issue Of coupon
bonds Falling in this, a quasi United States
Bank is to be established, by the issue Of shin
plaster treasury notes, redeenable at such
places and times as the Secretary Of the
Treasury nav determine-thus constituting
that officer a second Biddle, who will be able
to WELD a greater influence over the ordinary
business Of the country than has ever been
practiced upon a c~onfding public by the great
est Jeremy Deddler recorded in the history
OF the commercial world.
The acts named constitute the important
success Of the extra session, and they demon
strate that tie Congress was almost complete
~ The tool Of the President. Every demand
Of bis message was complied with, with the
single exception Of indoTs'B g bis personally
admitted Unconstitutional acts, before Con-
grsss assembled. The petition Of bis message
that they be l~egalized was Tefused-and this
fact Furnishes the only evidence we see that
the legislative department of the Hump Gov
ernnent is a distinct feature, capable of
separate action, and Independent Of executive
control. The dictator, however, has one con-
ISOLATION. He has at his disposal men enough,
If be can collect them, and money enough, if
b. can find if, to peTpetuate the position be
now holds, 'snd force a consolidation of
power such as was never dreamed Of By .
people who have imagined they were living
under a constitution Of republican Form.
Thank Heaven, the South is free, now and
thai freedom viii, through the patriotism Of
her rulers, and the bravery Of her Sons, be
Transmitted to future generations, who will
revere the wisdom Of the men who caused .
separation from The tyrannicaI power sma-
mating from the federal capitol.