The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-18

Some months since the President of the
United States senta resolution to Congress, ad-
dressed mainly and earnestly to the Border
States upon the subject of Gradual Emancipa-
ton. The resolution was seriously and calmly
considered, and its Recommendations approved
by large majority. 1t had no abolition fea-
ture about it, in the party sense Of that term,
and, therefore, ABRAHAM LINCOLN could ask
and reasonably expect all friends or
their country. who weighed the perils of the
present and the dangers of the future, to DELHI
crate wisely and nationally, and above all par
tizan considerations, upon the important meas
pres he proposed. The reckless prolonging of
a hopeless rebellion, the murderous guerilla
warfare kept up by the special champions of
slavery, National Union or no Union, the ac-
eumulated wrongs and outrages perpetrated
upon those whose only crime is a devoted at
taehment to the country and the institutions
bequeathed them by noble ancestry, fresh bat
tie fields piled with twenty thousand slain and
covered with thousands more wounded and dy-
ing, the stubborn resistance to the authority of
the Government, and an unwillingness to re-
turn to their allegiance, advised and gloried
in by large Shareholders, who persistently use
their wealth, and standing, and influence, with
the energy of despair for the utter overthrow
Of the Government, and, in word, the imper-
alive necessity of making the war short, vigor-
Gus and decisive, all crowd upon the mind of
the President, an he rcnews the proposition
as a thoughtful statesman and benevolent
ruler. VIII aot the nation give heed to his
wishes and weight to his words2 Will not
Kentucky, and Missouri, and Tennessee, who
need national help SO much at the present
hour come forward and hold up the
hands Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and
ponder well the duty they owe to them
selves, to the country, and to posterity? Has
not Providence brought US to new stage in
our history, where all partizan feeling, and all
narrow and sectional and selfish views and
prejudices should be sacrificed on the altar of
patriotism? Ought not the press, in digni-'
hed and dispassionate manner, take up the sub
ject soberly and seriously, as the times are Sc
Tious and sober, and bring it before the people?
The attention. of the ma ases once turned to this
matter with due gravity, aside from and above
all cant and cavil and elimination and dema-
gogueism, and the happiest results might ensue.
Is there anything in the wonderful and almost
miraculous prosperity of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, to lead the man who loves Kentucky
or Missouri or Tennessee, to dread the inaugu-
ration of policy which in quarter of CEN
Jury might enable them to equal if not out
strip the more Northern States in enterprise,
intelligence and wealth? When the choice is
presented of gradual social change under
circumstances which may promote the pros
perity of las all, is it not the dictate Of wisdom
to make it, lather than risk the possible alter
native of the wreck of all our hopes in con-
vulsion widespread, decimating and terrible
Shall the President as the Commander-in-
Chief Of the Federal army, be constrained by
want of timely wisdom on our part to adept a
course of policy which, as may be shown by
every step ne has hitherto taken, he has studi-
ously endeavored to avoid 1t is not the
Northern man who mas the most vital interest
IN the proper decision of these inquiries, but
the loyal Southron, who loves his home and
the commonwealth wherein he was born. To-
day deliberation may be the duty of us all, and
as stirring events are crowding rapidly upon
US, tomorrow may bring with it the duty of
some definite and decisive action.