Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-17

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Til, IS a question v hich many persons are
aBxiOusly ssking, but which few or none can
answer. II some one could tell us how. the war
win be conducted from this time iorta-upon
Nbst principles and foy what objects-we might
then io-n some tolsrsbly reliable opinion as IL
lis duration and its result. But, unhappily, tie
policy If tie Wgr has thus tar been SO undsieT-
mined, ana tho manner Of carrying il on 50 duc-
iusting, that it is impossible 10 say how or when
i vi / ocme 10 an end or whether it viii, in our
I day and generation, cease at an.
a largs mei3Iity C the people hzve supposed
/ that !be cnly real purpose CT The war was 10
defend ilie suthosity OF the constitution cud the
+ law agtiast lie lli IT'S Of those who have At
tempted 10 overthrow "a IN, and that aS ihg
I slnl01 q. stes is founded en- tie Constitution.
/ The lest, and indeed the only possible wsy %,
preserving oT r. ,.oIirg the former is by PTeSerT
/ ing the latter BU: s.lcs the conflict OF aEnls
! began, tie method OF prcsecutiIg . L and The
/ ends for which Il is prosecuted, have been as
yarious and unsettled as the views and interests
Of tie administration We believe that the
President has been, and is, honestly desir0us &c
I 10 ing tie States together again IN peace Snd
harmCnv apOn the O.kbasis Of She Consultation.
Bat blr. Lincoln has not, IS yet, declared for
him : 4 i.t.nct p0hcy in ,his wsr. and com
] reiled al aEo are under him 10 conform and adj
! here 10 It. As TO several great fundamental
questions Of Consutu;iJnsl power and executive
Cuty, Je Eas been reserved and CqGivoca', when
/ he sLoG.a have bseu explicis and determined
/ / Striking instance a this strange want OF de-
cis:or is found even IN his last proclamation re-
speCtiug the recent atrOcious edlct Of Gen. HIM
/ ter. n that case, instead of frankly and posi-
lively denying all constitutional power, either in
his snbtr6inetes OF IN h.mself 10 declare the alb
o.it;on Of slavery, OF Of any other institution oi
! b State or = stes, DDdeT any c-Tcums!anccS what
| ever shor. ci civil revolution, he tells as that,
/ Is w.egl or i: ba compeiert torme- as commander
iu-chief Of tbel army 10 declare the slaves ci any
STATE OF S.a.es fTee, and whether at any time. IN
any ease, shall have become necessity indIs-
/ D-usahls 20 the maintenance Of the government
! 10 exeIc Sc suc5 a supposed power, ale q1estons
( which. under ny responsibility, / reserve 10
J myselL'' This aves TIE whole question in
/ doubt. when Air. Lincoln ought 70 have seen
( that no necessity Indispensable TO the ma'uter-
! ancc Of the gOFeTuugnt' could ever arise 10
! Justify such q Usu-p2tiOn Of power world Vi
o.aie thu Constitution, ami therefore subveTt,
/ "a hsr than msiltain, the government
| This want, then, ci a liked and detiuite policy
IS 70 lie va. against the rebellion, 50 fsT as the
/ P.esiIant is CCucerntd, has led 10 conflict Of
counsel eui action, both in The Cabinet aud az
! nv. Is wel. Is in CoTgcesA One general o1-
( Guides all fugitive slaves irCm his camp; another
( .,I1itgs them 20 seek refuge within has lines; q
: iii-I undertakes 70 emaLc pate several millions
{ of them bya stroke Of his en- A Cabinet vtii.
[ Ger ia his report prOci ims tha The ab.liti0u Of
slavery IS o necessary incident OF The war. The
/ PesiIeLt cuts cut She passage and DIS ,vows the
/ doctrine. Congress ct one time, resolves that
| the var Is not war Of suriIgation, nor design
ed 10 ii..u.b any Of tie established il si.ulions
| Of lie at.s, but intended merely t0 assert and
/ enforce the authority Of the Constitution and
tie laws; at sDo.Esr time the same body avows
rrig plss and enscts "a. assures which are utterly
/ :IcCLss!el. with what it had bstJ.e so svleuuly
declared
The rclu'; Of oil ihis IS, that nobody eau tell
y hsi the y 81 is really wsgcd tOr, or wha! is 10
/ ls its issue. Ard tie fac5 OF is uncertainty
up1u he people in the Tevoited States Is. 10 de-
f;t lie only ust and desirable object OF the sT
/ ( e the restoration Of tie Union upon the Con
s.ituiion, and to protraCt b0silijies al 4fHifHm
/ For what reasonable hope is there that ths Con-
/ .,GtIai,s viii Jay down their arms and return
10 their allegiance TO the Constitution if the Ad
iuistra'iou in lis Il .rls TO reduce them 10 o5e
Gieuce, exercises unconstitutional DjWers, and
thereby destroys the only source tf al the
guarantees Of liberty and equality which tEe
Confederate aie3 could have IN TIE event Of
their coming back to shel5 loysily.
l. not only Stems Ike, bat i. is, q gross
mOcbeTy aLd d.lasi0n, to require people 10
! pay obedience 10 government, aud yet initiate
! them in their dislCyaty 20 the fundamental law
| t-om which It derives al the power and au-
| tboTity Il a. l. righlfGlly possesses. They who
| cx-ct respect for law, must themselves TGSpJc
| law. If these who are set in authority ever
/ people DO not faithfully observe The laws they
/ are appointed to administer, and keen strictly
| within the legal Limitations OF the powers with
! which th5y are entrusted, the people must feel
that hey can h2vs no certain security for their
! libeTii3s under such rulers. Hence c1mss re
/ 5eli0n, or. where rebellion has preceded a des
! p0tic exercise CT power by the goyeEHmeEi, such
/ unlawful use OF power 10 put it down nC3 only
ius.tss peIsi -terce in q rebel su originally un
| lust iaJ.e, but dives il 10 an CxucIne which
| iualiy involves the UhCle State III IeTolui5H
aud ansfChy.
| Ard this, we fear, is the disastrous end to
which the ms3 passions Of fanatics at Washing
/ ton are rapidly pushing The country. Under
their hArefIi influence, war lJr the viudicati,
Of constitutional authority is fast drifting into
conflict without any a IN ont the :Lq1iest or ex-
| termination Of several millions Of our own peo-
pie, and without ANY ether inspiration than T. ct
Of blind Tesen lent and hate. Such q war
uus. be barbs ts des;Tuc i've and intermiuable
| Il rever, at +, can end in restoring the civil
I order and Pc IL was designed to re-es tablish.
! IT, therefore. ed this is the pith and marrow o.
| sll we wish 10 say-Mr LiucolB desires, as we
| believe he does, TO preserve the Uaicn by .edu-
cing the CenftdeTates 10 Submission, AMI bring
! irg back into the Fede al fvld the safes which
have seceeJcd from #, De mus in al biz eft rts
/ to that end &C CO-sii.utiOnaily.
! Ever; uuCo Ut { onal sct TO put down the re
helion, whether dons by him or lis subordinates,
j1stiies the rebellion, v hjie i encourages ard
/ strengthens Il. The Whole crime OF the Confel-
crates consists IN their rey,l. against lswtal aU-
/ ihoTi5y. H. therefore the power that is ed 10
/ suppress them IS unlawful, resistance to It be-
! cones 3 Yo uatary act. The u.UrPa'ion OF the
/ goveTnmentTs;seS q criminal iusurreciioB az ainst
/ lis legitimate authority, into Just and lau1abls
| contest sga:Rst military despotism. We hope.
mcst earnestly, that The war rightly conduct d
| fer right ends, may be successful Ba: 70 be
successiUl, is oijec: must be jast and lis con
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