Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-19

speSid Cergcs, enasnee e the Mewphis ApreAl
RCTMoNp, December 9, 1904

lHANA Wv HA#N ~" ~ WV
RICHMOND, December g, 1864
TIE delay Ia Hugaaide's advance has been
!ae l. the nea arrival OF his ponleoR lrains
aemside hlmself has taken a gea up 70 Wash
ssSea to inqaae int the malief sNd Meiga
he qpagtefaasler general, N ls said VIII Do
.Aneyed tor Aa teAteatep lAsk ol energy
IA ne, Aauy.ag forward ,hs ssii p%eelee0a
Ia, they are ea che way Al lash have p'eeAhI
AZ tAe psiats GA lhe tappAhAepeeA
where lhs bridges as % 40 constructed Wbe'
.Aeso points arc, ID wHl be Raeesss0 'es usN
Lev 10 knew With positive esgtalnH ~ its ae
4 geel hat he passage Of The riva ahall be
contested Tho Yankees hAye easas
slshow 81 preparations iW egesaleg AZ soy
erAl plaoas doubtless with tho yiew Of aaeiev
iar Us, and kee9ng seoFel lhe peel sites seieg'ad
fof their bridges IL ia got v]eglAinly under
stood hsre whether Il Is he purpose 81 General
Lse 10 oppess the enemy crossing % net lie
may prefer that Burnside shall aght With Che
river IN his rear. a glveg which may sweep away
The ponsoena laid npon ita surface Ia = single
night, by = sudden fgeshet, and thus be fatally
embarrassed IN bis retreat In the event Of = 50
versa We shall net, therefore, be greatly
alarmed to hear hat the passage OF ies befpe
hammock hss bean safely accomplished hy lhs
YANKEES. Burnsiass difficulties will pal have
commanded when he beglas to move FORWARD
and reaches tho line d hills q iow miles this
side Of Fredericksburg.
Much. vsry much now depends upon the
s,,nents There IS cold rain st this moment
auing, aot heavy enough to poFiend = rapid
rise ia the streams. bus coming frem 3 quarter
tbas may give US snow and hard freezing
weather al the 6rss change Of the moon. Bit
/ terlv as our troops must suffer BY exposure 70
the Indictment winter, We should be much the
gamer BY q season Of great severity Tor three
months. The roads always bad would be reo-
derod worse By frost and slset, and the closing
M Of the Rsppshsunock by ice would etsctually
prevent the arrival Of more Yankee g%unboais
or the departure Of such as are new in the river.
Indeed, should a feet Of them be frozen up al
Port Royal, it Is not impossible that they may
I bs taken by boarding FROM ths land, as hostile
neu.of-war were sometimes captured in the lolg
Uars of the Netherlands. A freeze would b
absolutely fatal to Burnside for other reasons
the navigation Of the Potomac being closed, il
would be impossible for him to receive bis sup
plies gid Aequia Greek and the railroad which
be has iast constructed from the latter point t.
Fredericksburg. They would have to DO Trans
ported in that even. by the way Of oceoquAD
aud DumfFies, 3 lsng sizty-dvs, yes, seventy
miles, over, perhaps, the worst winter road il
Amsrcs.
The message Of Abraham Lincoln to the Van.
kes Congress is published in full in the En-
qairsr Of this morning, having been brough
across the lines from the Yankee army. Th'
document is very long, very dull and veTJ
p~ointless. The opening sentences, marked b.
bad rsmmar and muddine5s Of style, are mos
probably old Abe's own, but the main body 0
TIE production is the work Of Edward Bates
The sbsurd doctrines of emancipation by colon
~izasion, with compensation y leyai Disasters, ~
compatibility Of citizenship between the whit
and black races, are the doctrines Of Bates, as
also the idea Of the imposslbihty Of drawing
lHne of separation between the North and th
s9a.h. as II the Ohio would not serve IS well fc
. boundary Is tbs st lawrence, which sepa
rates the United Ststes nom Canada, or the ri
Grsrde. which divides The Confederate State
from Ms1ieo. With equal reason might i
argue that the political lines Of separation j
Europe were 81 wTong-that Prussis, Austri'
Ssxony, Bavaria, ara paTts Of Switzerland
where the same language is spoken, should B
nefred into enc nation, The lines which DIVE
these several n~stionalisies are in many place
purely imaginary. But the argument Of Bat
hes yet undergone Linceln's supervision, an
Be has ssslmilaEea he same TO his own. as v
may recognize BY frequent touches, sue
for example, as the statement that Il
nation consists Of its territory, its pc,
pie and its laws, ignoring the ~eKisteRe
Ia the ease Of the American republic, Of sove
eign States. which may, indeed, be said 70
extinct under the new idea Of goveramen
I heucsforth and forever and as the reiterah'
of the doctrine Of ths " irreprsssible conflict
. wholly At variance, as it is, with the sssumph'
that the white nan and the black mar can Ii
together in the same political state, on a footil
S Of equality. Lincoln seems to be wholly IN
!. ware of the fact that the Union has been brok
; these TIVE yesrs-thst it is q dead Union, Gu.
dead, and beyond hope Of resurrection but
e there is oAs passage more refreshing ID
, another in the document, it is the expression
his confident belief that the powers Of Euro
will soon repair the wrong done the Uhil
/, States in recognizing Us as beligsrsnts, a
e hereafter treat us only as rebels and traitor
The entire silence Of ihs message upon the pr
Re ~lamation Of emancipation, after the FIRST Of il
II nary, 1863, upon tie Northern elections, a
le the removal Of MeClellsn, is significant.
The mayor of Richmond continues his y
y upon the abandoned and lawless classes of
population. a dozen or more frail sisters
is up before BIS honor every day or two. Yesi
day the entire stock company Of very fasbi
able brotbel were sent to jail by him. ssye
( other gambling houses have a'sO been enteI
recently, and we may indulge the hope that
great temple Of play for the select company 4
ls are provided with psss-keys, viii next be vi
he 81. Great will be he panic when is inna
q are stsrGlsd by the entrance Of The police.
DIXIE
20 p,on,,orD n ca,obsr e 1869