Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-22
REVOLUTION AT THE soUTH---
FOE mATgRN OFsA GREAT SOUTH
RRW REnnuRrEC

E0H MAfEARN IVA GHALaI hOuEtA
ERN REPUBLIC.
Prom he Kew York Herald
The great religious. intellectual and moral
lever, which abolitionist fanatics have been
steadily applying, for ovsr thirty years, to ac-
eomplisb a dissolution Of the Union, has at
Length produced its legitimate results. II has
illuminated In a formal declaration Of indepen-
deBee, on the part Of six States Of the Union;
and the Inevitable end Of the proceedings of
the peace congress al Washington, viii be that
eight more viii have joined them, before the
lapse Of many weeks. Ths republican dogma
that slavery ia the "sum OF FiliaiEiss I" that
It Is "a crime" "a ~cHrse," "a sin;' that The
Constitution Of the United States is a "covs-
Rant with death and an agreement with heii,p
could lead to bat ons Inevitable result, namely,
that, 10 the language Of Wendell Phillips, "the
slaveholdiDg States should be shovelled out Of
the Union . and the tie be everisstingly sun
dered which bound together, In one eonfedera-
ton. element so fundamentally dlFceFdant.
From the period Of the frss establishment OF
an anti-siave1y society 10 England, In 1923,
With @the Lord shall spill the blood OF those
who traffic in the souls Of their fellow men,7
as a standard, the Tappans, Cartoons Lea
Wits, PhiIIipses. Stewards, Wilsoas, Lincolns,
LoVeioys and Van Burens OF America, have
been indefatigabie proPagstors Of the aggres-
slvs creed against The South, which Sir Robert
| Reel EDFe OlNs "WOulQ Dc tEE UHHE luNEHLulolk
ever made for the overthrow Of free %institu-
tions.D The grave, statesmanlike course pur-
! sued by the Southern Congress at Montgon-
cry, Alabama, demonstrates that the end has
at last been attained, and that the period has
arrived for paying dearly for the treat Of ele-
waiting anti-slavery republicanism to power In
the country. The Union lie dissolved, and II
may not, perhaps, be in the power Of man to
unite its fragments together.
No one can peruse with attention the account
Of the proceedings Of the Congress Of the six
seeding States, without being struck by the
Craftsmanship and diplomatic foresight Of
those who have guided its eounsels. The
groundwork Of their action has been Identical
with that OF the colonies. IN their declaration
OF independence from England, in 1776; and,
with solemn invocations Of the Supreme head
OF the Universe, they have started from the
same point Of the "inalisnable rights Of man,o
to lay the basis OF just and equitable revolu-
ton. Nothing can be more sound, and con-
sentative, than the programme which they
have laid down for the future, and conscious
ness or strength lends force to the dignity with
which they appeal from the wolf-liks utter
anee OF northern coereionists, to the good
sense Of the people at large 10 the aon-slsve-
holding States. The new Southern Republic
starts into existence with a population Of four
millions, which will be increased 10 twelve
millions ere the lapse Of two months. Its ad-
ministration will be formed under the auspices
Of two of the most enlightened politicians of
the age-PTeslden Davis, who has gained dis
tinction on the battle field, in the Cabinet and
in the Senate, land Vice-Prssident Stephens,
whose subtlety, eloquenee and private virtues,
have been the admiration Of the country for a
long series Of years. Out OF Mexico, Cuba,
Central America and the northern part OF
South America, they entertain the hope to
carve, In time, an empire, based upon slavery
as a beneheent domestic institution, which
will become the richest and most majestic that
the world has ever beheld. 10 the meanwhile,
tieY will possess the coal and iron wealth Of
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri the corn
fields, superior to any in the world, OF Vir-
GINA water power, within a limited space,
equal to all that is contained in The North put
together; a line OF coast adequa'e 10 any re-
q%uiTements of navigation and every essential
or a self-suficieHt nation. Thew are also
about to pass iflaws, With a view to foster
and protect southern manufactures, which cali
for the maturest consideration on the part Of
the central meEhers of the confederacy.
It Is in2isputable that the interests OF TIE
SO called border States will compel them to
become a part Of the new Southern Republic;
but It will be equally for the benefit of the
central States, including New York, to identi-
~ themselves with their southern seeding
brethren. The new southern Constitution fore
shadows legislative enaetments which will ex-
cluds northern fabrics and n from
southern ports, 10 order TO divert capital from
other uses into the creation Of manufactures,
south Of Mason and Dixon's line, which may
successfully compete with those thathave hith-
erto supplied them with merchandise. CON-
mSrcial treaties with England and France are
also 70 DO anticipated, as among the frst ac-
tive measures that will be consummated blythe
Southern Confederation. A death blow will
thus be struck az northern trade, unless those
who are most Immediately concerned in the
maintenance Of our prosperity, possess the
energy and wisdom to avert the shock il is on
the point Of receiving. TIE question has to
be settled, whether the people OF the central
States Of the Union will permit the aggressive
fanaticism which has been engendered by the
Massachusetts school Of abolitionists, to ruin
Them irreVocably, a. a time when FIVE sixths OF
the voters OF those States deprecate the incen-
diarism which has reduced the republic TO its
present condition. Between the s~osTciye
schemes, civil war, and military despotism.
with which Republican leaders are menacing
the country, and such a bond OF union as is
suggested by that new Southern Republic, 10
those who have not ~joinsdit, New York, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey will necessarily
choose the letter, il the voice OF the people
can make itself heard.
It is understood that a primary reeommsn-
datton, In the inaugural message OF Mr.. Lin
coin, will be the assemblage Of a national con-
V%ention. Such a body, properly chosen, would
speedy bring to a focus the state of popular
feeling in the Northern, Central and border
States. We have already had occasion to
show, however, that such an assembiage is a
mere chimers, and that to convene it is a clear
imPossibility. Dissolution Of the Union is no
longer a vain theory; it has become a fact In
history. It remains, however, to be seen what
course will be pursued by the remaining mem
bers OF the Confederacy, in the crisis at which
the nation has arrived. Under any circum-
stances, the will Of the people is that there
should be peace. If the inhabitants Of the
slayeholding and non-slavshalding States are
determined to explore the future in different
paths, every sensible, sober minded citizen de-
sires that they should do so in amity. But a
problem not yet solved, and which calls for the
gravest consideration, is where the line shall
be drawn between the two future republics, |
and to which of them New York, and the re-
mainder Of the Central States shall belong.