Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-20
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o Whatever may be the merits or dsme5iss Of
Mr. Lincoln's State papers, no one can deny
; that they are his own composition. There IS
about all of them an Sc irrepressible rul lgarity
e which at oUee indicetes the author, Ia very
line We discover the c02rse Illinois attorney not
: less clumsy in his English than awkward in bis
gait at once sbufiirg aud shsmbiiHg, rseking
with tobacco Jnice and obscene jssts, and ready
% run the machine Of government as he found
Z IT,, ~ the mud, and the more ready because he
found It there the true and veritsble typs Of
that bTutaliz5d race who are seeking 10 make
Vasseis OF tie orderly and high bred population
Of the South Mr. Linc0lu'c last message was
placed, yesterday, in full before our readers. and
It does not belle is authorship. We shall very
pnehy slade 10 q few Of lis more important
points.
In the portion which treats Of E,rsiga rels
lions, Ssward's cunning seems TO have had
some haud There is an evident aim to sbrt
out the disagreesbis idea OF Europesa interveu-
ton, ard there is no threat as b what will b.
done in case o. recognition. The recent ster Of
France IS rot even alluded to 10 a document
designed especially 10 compose the public mia9;
and the menace Of war could not prudsntly be
employed when short tims may demand th3
tulhlment Of the pledge. In the same spiris
ioreign nations are advertised that the effects
OF the war upon their people sro often exaz-
geTsted, and thas. by hippant sentence of
Mr. Lincoln, the famine and misery of the
operatives Of France, England and Belgium srs
disposed OF to his, if not their entire satisfaction
The attempt TO carry the free negroes 10 tho
Spanish American republics, appears to have
tslleE through. To was oct u-oisc. Of M
Lncoln's, aud has the usual fate cf his gcheuss.
IL may be c0nsOlng 10 MIN TO reflect that The
shipment Of ths blacks 20 the Yves. In lies, aud
their sale there slaves has been more success
4 tul and proved far more profitable to Ais pao
I pie than the other
/ We looked with some interest 90 see az what
amount NJ. Lincoln would state the public
I debt Of the United States For the first tfms IN
/ the history of that government. it is not stated
/ or even hintsd at in the annual message Of ths
President The expenditures FOR the year end
I IND 5Uth June, 1862, are put down By Lincoln
J 81 some four hundred and seveuty-fve millions
I OF dollars, butit VIII be noted that no mention
ls made OF tue immense amouRt Ofunliquidstel
CLAIMS. the sums for which Treasury certificates
OF indebteduess have beea given, the arrear-
( ages of Eolliers' pay, the amount Of quarter
Tnasters certificate Of deb aud the various
modes by which an unscrupulous govsrvrn mt
/ seeks to hide hopeless bankruptcy.
/ Ia the face Of premium Of thirty per cent.
Z upon gold, Mr.. Lincoln coOlly informs The bank
I ers Of the North that ".he public credit has been
/ fully maintained Notwithstanding this haDPv
state OF things however, Mr.. Lincoln has Z
financial scheme which is 20 reye-ss the old rule,
/ that ms1 cannot spend and yet keep his mo
/ ney. The banks are to lend him their notes in
return for bonds, and be is 10 give them his
/ notes, issued upon pledge and deposits Of
/ these bends Tbs result is that the banks give
( their notes tothe government for green backs
[ and SIX per cent. interest In G word the Fed
/ eral government IS to get the use Of bank notes
I f1r SIX per cent interest. Nov tits quito plain
/ that If the bank notes are good, this bribs viii
! fsv
/ them from loaning their own notes at six per
+ cent and they can ind safer debtors thaa their
I government. Il is difficult TO sea how this pre-
! ciOus scheme lessons the amounts of their Dsyer
/ currency. Ii rather sugment5 il aUd is, in fact
/ but another dodge 10 disguise Indebtedness, and
cover up the Ultimate issue o. insolvency and
! reputation.
A most infa nous attempt is male 6, create
/ the impression thst the Indian war in Mime
/ sofa was instgsted by the Confederate govern
ment. This WTetched iaisebOOd has not even
the semblance Of probability Apart from ths
fact that the outbreak occurred at point far
remote frem cur frontier, and where, from the
nature Of things, we could have exerted no pos
sibls agency, It is well known, from the con
fession Of the Yankee papers themselves that
the real occasion OF the war was the bad faith
! OF the United States in not meeting lbs treaty
I obligation with the lGdiGns aad the failure 10
1 pay them their customary annuities.
/ They may thank their own per6dy, and not
rs, for this massacre, which. by the way. is but
trile TO what they have avowed their wish TO
| iDtict upon The South Ia their indignation Et
the untutOred saYages, let them read the meas
uro of their own iniquity.
No small part Of Mr. Lincoln's MESSAGE is
devoted to his feT0Tite schama Of emanciuatiBe,
the blacks in the South. Give kim this uanaees
promptly and be viii end the war. Is timely
[ adoption he doubts not, would bring re-
st0Tadon" It is hard 20 realize how any man.
even Yankee President, can be such a con
sumnste blockhead The plan proposes to com
pensate loyal masters in the rebel States and
I all o. these Mr. Lincoln may c5uut upon his
fingers. TIE rebels are to ground their arms
/ in order that some fifty or q hundred traitors
may make bargain with the Yankees Such
is Mr.. LiHcoln's appreciation OF the war This
I is his idea Of running the machine" As
statesman, who can deny that he is suited 70 the
/ people he IGl5s over
In this confident prediction, founded upon the
/ adoption of his nOstrum, we have the repetition
I Of the . sixty days winding up Of the rebel
/ lion. First the JOB was to be done by hsrl
/ knocks and blows but in a limited and very
/ short time Then there was an extension of tine
( time, and then another extension Next comes
the proclamation, which wss to wind up the
bloedy drama in the grand spectacle of q negro
revolt But the panaeea seems now to be losing
EtuuLN tAi a-iA-o c1-A-AAtl1Al5 E-Ll L1tuculE
fOrthwith impIovise5 q new schema and takes
out his patent We hear no more boasts that in
two or three m1nths Yankee arms will effect our
subjugstion. Nor Is Burusi6es idea of sneak
( ing to Richmond without fight apparently in
I favor. The whole Thug is to be doIe By a Yam
kee promise to pay and the cute trick Of e Sprirg-
( Geld attorney. The Now England blood crops
out visibly in this notable scheme.
In document which affac;s to recognise The
I - IS
/ We discover not the tsntess appreciation Of the
/ high handed crime in which she North is now
/ involved. An argument is made TO show that
/ the material and monisd interests Of the West
( are opposed TO the dissolution Of the y Mon, and
/ a showing is made with perhaps nearly as much
! effect as might be msde for the unity Of Europe
and the abrOgation Of al separate governments
/ and lines of separation on that conliuens aud
I because the Southern people 90 not choose 10
retain this connection, however profitable to the
! North they are, if refusing TO submit, to be
I bulchered, their homes desOiatsd, their women
/ and children made beggars-naY, the whole
pooUlation to be exterminsted ia one general
/ seryile massacre Such is dr. Lincoln's idea
| Of virtue aud morality. Such is the conclusion
Of The wretch who daTes to appeal to Just God
I Could there be a more awful selfdelusiou
Much Of this message Is doubtless meant 10
effect European opinion. He tells bis fellow
( citizens that they cannot escape history" The
denUnciations Of o civilized world are plain
enough as to this point As Mr. Lincoln re-
marks, I" in spite of themselves, they will be re-
membsTed AYE, remembered foIeveT, to point
the moral Of rulers and people so utterly given
over to the rule Of the devil, that, without shame
or remOrse, they have not hesitated to commit
the most mOnStTous crimes-crimes st which
civilization stands agdast and yet hops not only
that all would 70 npInished, but that even the
victims Of their cruelty would consent 10 lick