Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-10
The Los, FGor,, and .he rlest.

| From the Richmond Enquirer.
The proclamation Of Abraham Lincoln which
we published on yesterday, is the last extremity
of siekedness which it was left to our enemie
to adopt. Their whole course during the wa
which they are wsging has been of chsracte
to destroy any possible remains of past sympa
thies, aud TO exiinguish every plessurable feel
ing with which We used TO recall the bnllisn
events that occurred in the period of our ssso
| eiatIon with them We turn even from thest
with disrelish, because they remind US OF 81
odlous association; while the wicked war oul
ehemles have made upon our liberties, and tht
brniSb dss,ladng Invasion with which they have
prosecuted Ir; The voices of the blood OF Oul
mu. dNied brethren Uhicn ely from the ground
aud the thousands who are N aimed aud muLlRsed
tor hte-all eOBspiTe to f,e our feelings with q
vlTluOus aud inexhsustsble resentment This
sentiment Is universal throughout OuT COntedo-
racy, and no where is it more burning and lndig-
nant than in the regions visited by the foe.
oa the altar of their country aud in their in-
most souls the citizens of the OOnlederacy have
already vowed an irreyOcsble oath of victory OF
eterBslwar But they are now called upon to
rekinde their ardOr, and to display, If possib @.
even additional resolution; for Lincoln has
crowned the pyramid Of his infamies with al
atroelsy abhOIed of men, and at which even de-
mons should shudder
We have often been threatened with servils
insurrection, by The vilest of the bad men whu
forced US into separate political life. Il has
been gloated over in their most malignant mo-
ments, as something that was to slske their ex
tremest snimUsify But others have spoken
differently THey have talked OF restoring the
Union and Of winning back their estranged
brethren. Liucoln has abOunded in these hyDo-
eilicAl protences. Now he shows himself a.
e a. e II
bshests he is obeyirg So far as he can do so.
be ba devoted the Southern Confederacy 10 the
direct destruction that c.n Befsll Z people He
has shown will and hiss pledged himself TO
sn endeaVOr, that will indeed shock the civil
led world, but will thrill the great enemy Of
our race with sn uncommon Joy.
On and after the FIRST of 4nuary next Lincoln
declares that if he can effect it, The Confederate
States shall be involved in universal s-rvile wal!
This is the last resource Gf the b. Al and en-
rsged tyrsnt! Hs armies have been whipp-d
from theG-ld; whipped East aud whip West,
bV brave people dssermined to be free Whom
he has vsinty attempted TO conquer, he would
now destroy. The poor wretch
What sCoRstitutoDal power Lincoln has to
issue such proclamation against those whom be-
claims IS still under the Constitution, is, OF
course, invisible TO Us. We once understood the
United States Constitution; but since it has
come to be administered by those who have
made it "the best government the world ever
raW," it seems to be nothing but carEe blanche.
s simple grant OF absolute power. Lincoln is
now Constitution and government Strange
that the CoDfedpFa'e SsAtee do not abandon their
and hasten under so benefcent a
sy stem-'the best the world ever saw
We hail this proclamation as an evidence that
Lincoln feels his weakness But, fellow-citi-
gems OF the COnfederscy, it ought to sid 70 cur
strength Ii you could not afford 30 be con-
quered before, thousand times can y, d not
aft I'd it When Lincoln Ihrusts his dizbulicaI in-
tentions and desires concerning you in your
very faces If conquered, negro race Of four
millions are 10 be your equals in youI own
n mes. The Yankee States have, some of them,
already forbidden the poor wretches to make 81
much as q footprint on their soil. They will
have to remain here. To bring US to this de-
lsctsbls state, Lincoln proposes to mako them
yous ssssSginE now His threat is idle, it is
true He bss done sll in the past that he csn
do in the future. Wherever his arms have gone,
he has done mis- worst But since he has grau-
itOusly uncovered to Us his inmost heart, and
since be has made declaration that makes abo
lluoDism ia It's Vilest h4unrs roar with maniac
JOY, it is proPer that we should make fitting
response.
In the name of the Confederate people and
government, we feel perfectly authorised to re-
tort these demon Ihreats with bold def lnce
We ask no favors and no terms of such an en-
emy. Whether they come as savage or whether
they come as wild beasts, we will resist them
with all the means God shall give us and, with
the blessing OF God, we shall conquer in the
future as in the past.
The new phase the war is to assume is not our
fault sedtious negro, no matter in whose
company or under whose protection found, will
die the death. His associates will be feloDs,
too. We can take no such prisoners To meet
the war in this new front, We must have great
army. The next campaign will be the severest
aud the most terrible Of the war. We must
prepare for it We must prepare in time
Already the eDemy's vast new leviss are in the
6ed drilling. We have to meet th-m now it
will be still harder 10 meet them next year. Let
US prepare at once.