Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-21
The Plan or sho AboIItforists--UaiveE
EmHHcipatiOn 60 be Deereed by the Next
Congress

The Plan or she kboiitionists-UaiveI
EusaucipatiOn 60 be Deereed by the Next
ConRress.
Ia three weeks, counting from yesterday, Con
qress viii meet ia annual session. II has been
very much she habit to predict OF every ap-
urosehiug session Of Congress shat 1t viii be
q the most important ever held" Up to this
time, however, there has been no unusual 10
terest sttsehed to the ensuing session. There
are several reasons for this, but the chief reason
Is that the late session of Congress seemed in
its legislation to have covered the whole ground
of the rebellion and the necessities Of the war
The eonfscaiion and emancipation acts, the
tariff and inteinsl revenue bills, the Pacific rail-
resd chsrter, and tbs act declaring freedom for
/ ever in all Territories Of the Union-these great
measures provided for the support of the govern
1nsnt and the direction Of its policy for present
spd future, in time of war and time Of peace
ard It seemsd st the close Of the session that the
government might 90 on for years successfully
without another meeting Of Congress. Hence
no interest has been excited by the nesr sP-
proach Of the time for the resssembiing Of Con-
gress; and the declaration made few days
since that the President was preparing the ma
tsTials for his message was forgotten almost as
soon as made, eod no speculation has been IN
dulged in IS 10 its contents.
Il Bat sll these signs Of public Indifference and
inattention may prove delusive. Instead OF a
quiet session we may have, indeed, one OF the
most exciting and monentous OF our national
existence Oae thing, at least is certain; the
next session Of Congress will witness one OF the
most amazing transactions ever recorded IN his
torv-the instant liberation, by edict OF war, OF
over threa millions Of slaves And the liberia
ton of these will incidentally aud not very re-
notely draw with it the enfranchisement OF one
million more: The next session OF Congress
viii not only witness this grand birth OF the
-1.-r- HauTo Iva
4 duty Of dealing with the fact, as authors ano
O delegated guardians of the process OF emancl-
patton.
Prouhacy has directed us TO look for eventfu
L times IL tte latter days Of the earth. Wars and
g ruHors Of wars-disIress and perplexites among
; the peopls-snd a. climax g nations shall be
j horn In q dsy." We will indulge in no VAIN
l. and unoro6tabie discussion ss to probable rus
y illmens0f prophecy falling in our day. But h'
. must be insensible indeed to the profoundest
e emotions of humanity who fails to regard the
g first of the ensuing year, bearing with II th'
: promise of freedom to four millions Of race
that has bent for centuries under cruel bondage,
2 AZ one of the erandest epoehs that seer or prom
I ever discerne1 '' in the spirit" Those OF U
who are living when that day comes wall, we ar
sure remember It forever.
: The disposition to be made of the enfranchiset
! slavery of the South will bo one Of the che
- subjects OF lnVeSAgauOh ana 0Scibion - sH
: coaiing session of Congress UusUsTsas sHaH
!. cipation is 90 be received as an aeoompilshe
fact after the first Of January After that dsy
it viii be claimed Of the seeded States, an
= soon Of all the ststesl as it is claimed OF Eng
ge land, there a slave cannot breathe on her soi
es Aud such will be cur national faith snd polio
"a fors1sr But what settlement skall be male
I'd the ignorant and penniless millions that are 2
in soon to be ushsred upon freedomi Dsportatio
aud colonization in foreign countries is simpi
1n absurd It Is the widest and most impossib
.w of schemes. In the South, the blacks mu
~ have their homes But in what pats of Il
.5t South-under what political system-in VII
as relation to the whites, ard in what relation
is the State aad national government These 3
~ problems difficult 10 solve, and yet pnspeskah
important in tdeir solution to the happiness
na ali the millions Of ksth races. The next sessi'
" of Congress viii inaugurate the debates on the
be great social and political qnestiousi but it
6s4dlv probable that the 4sh Of March, when
existence Of Congress closes, viii fnd the pro
sb- lens solved, and the policy Of the goyernTne
en ssfed permanently and to the satisfaction Of q
oil There are other disturbing elements that NJ
come into plsy between December and Mar