Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-29
MEMPHIS, WEDNESDAY. NAY %, 1881.
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THR TEEBENcY 20 CONSOLIDATION.
The following article from the Ns.y Yorl
corrir, on s'The Neg Nation" shows the ten
deney CT northern sentiment to sustain cen
4 tral consolidated despotism.
4 We have an witnessed the suddsa transfor
nation Of the scenic painters arts whistle
a cFeak Of q Wheel and in place Of cot age
palace sighing maiden is followed By al
/ exultant conqusror-snd seeing these delusion,
/ of the canvas, we have accustomed ourselves
I 20 loak upoa it as 4 trick of the drama; ant
I never 10 our experiences TO be psrsileled hy ths
actual. We sts to see all tIsdke things IL
the 18th csnioTy, and Of the very stranyest /,
the sudden change Of a northern peopls from
a race Of quies, patient. mneh-eR !uring, esls,
consistent members OF The peace society, /,
willing 70 compromise to The last possible in.
terpolation Of the Constitution, 10 q gathering
Of armed men, backing up courage by cash,
and coming together With union Of the purse
and the sword, which is TO be OF the most re-
marSable chapters that history ever wrote.
1he Maeanlay OF American annals viii re-
cord that IN one brief, earnest, intense ten
days, the chain OF party melted The organi.
zation Of party sbivsred; the leaders Of oppos-
ing opinions were ss brethren; Seward, Doug
las, Dix, even Caleb Cushing, wrote full ac-
quitauce OF past political strife, and declared
that the life Of tholr political doctrine was the
preservation Of the eountry's honor Who
shall ever despair Of a nation after this? II
from our quarreis, our pale compromises, our
bondage 10 the exchange and to the warehouse,
from ali the indalence Of prosperity, such a
transformation to the camp Of a brave and
united soldiery, a close and compact counsel
the purse inverted over The soldiers needs; ID :
struggle who shaA quickest forget bis party
wstehwordsand learn that Of the line OF battle
III this new life has thus sprung, the philoso-
phsT Of history must learn OF us new ideas Of
the power Of free people.
The revolution o.. 17I6 Witnessed no sueh
union. More families left New York and her
sister colonies beeaUse they would not show
steel TO King George (snd that when New
York bad population only by thousands where
It now Las hundreds Of thousa5ds,) } than have
noH suggested doubts Of cur right from all the
vast numbers OF the Northern States. We
cannot yet realize the change these ten days
have wrought. We ara like those who bring
all their vaiusbles to the Ere Of the furnace,
and recast the compound. That process Is now
n our midst. Does any man suppose we are
70 Be fused in lust such party shape again 4
DiHer we shau-but tbegold has bsen tried and
the great fact established, that those dwelling
N the Northern States have that devotion to
the country at whose call the mother gives her
soH to the battle-the capitalist his treasure 10
The cause, and men bland as a notion. Were
We ever nation before2
All linsagss-the Mayhower man is in the
front rank only to be met in line by those who
look bsck to Delft Haven. l have found the
Warmest thought and act in those who but
q month since were doubtful Of the pstriotison
OF those OF US who could not see the merit Of
compromise" The vcice OF Edward Everett
rings ont IFS call 10 arms--the men who have
risked 20 offend the North bV their ultra south
ern views, have thrown all aside az the eeIl
FOR Union for the eountTy's honor reached
them.
The var may coon pass aWay-we nav have
quick and vital battle field, and The North
prove its prowess, "a certainly It will; but the
truth OF national unity and power that these
events have given, eEduTes-combined--
deussd-eoncentTated in army and navy.
It is the characteristic Of the history Of our
times, that it gives to years the labor which
was the burthen in other times Of ages, and
the sudden rushing into one bounding artery Of
all the life blood Of the North-nay now ere
a'e Us. We shall yet ask the question, Why
all these State lines2 Why all this needless.
intricate ENHANCEMENT OF differ
en- powers to make law and to decree indg-
ment? We can afford now to efface the old
colonial geography. Il is in the admitted
powers of the States within she nation that
has been the source Of all our trouble. Nor
will the removal OF State power, and the cres-
tion Of a nationality, he task so formidable.
Il has been done even in the instance Of En-
gland and Scotland, educated az foes by cen
suries Of warfare.
The conflict Of jurisdiction over the border
Is settled and The nation OF England is Virtu-
ally 0ne-with' one arm Of defense-nne word
Of eorSmsnd for army and navy, one flag, from
The Orkneys 20 Lands End
This artificial difficulty of State rights 10
not an insnrmountsble one. It must Weld to
The greatest good Of one power-Fe are no
strangers and strange to each other Massa-
ehusetts aud New York, Vermont and Penn
syiyania, need not be iDdividualities. They
are rooms in the same house, and REQUIRE The
same front door. Even commerce is wesried
with the conflict Of decisions. We need not
All these legislatures, all these soYereignties.
We are one, and to move as one.
We need the guidance OF one iaw-making
power, declaring principles, and regulating US
BY wise rules Of broad hope. The memorable I
sentence in the Federal Constitution, which
secures The invlolAbility Of contracts, is tyne
of the rule. For all minor legislation, dis
.riets can as easily be formed ss mavor's
court is organized at Albany. The North
never before knew ifs strength. It already
sees to the end OF Ibis appeal to arms. Il has
The braiB, the arm, the gold. and recognizes
the rule Of Our Father who art in Esaveno -
This makes Of us at onee a na;ion-and I only
ask in the midst Of al the clang and crash OF
war, to point to that which ought to b. the
great end OF this most wonderful union OF an
1ar s'Tength-our unity as a nation.