The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-01
Editor and fTosss.
The wan street PollcS
From the New York Independent. s4th,I

FfOul toe new 1ork lnoependents aRbn.
II would be we'll if the war were ctA
on the same principles which contn
bankers and fnanciers. We don't mea,.
blame the President, but we believe him to be
as sincere and honest patriot as ever breathed.
We don't mean to blame his Cabinet officers,
for we believe them to be ditto. But let us
suppose that q Wall street committee were
appointed with full authority to conduct the
war as they do other business, that they had
full power to crush the rebellion in the short
est possible time, and plenty of means to back
them, what would these Wall street warriors
do, provided they should act as they do in all
other matters
LIST. They would find general with known
pluck, as we'll as scientific knowledge, for tho
Potomac, the Rappahannock, and every other
spot infested with rebels.
I'd. They would instruct such generals to
use all the power which God has given them,
and all the strength of every man, white or
black to assist them in crushing out for ever
this Internal rebellion.
Sd. They would 60 further, and summon
every living man at the North, Of proper age,
to drill and be ready to fight for his country
at moments notice.
4th. They would tell the people, by public
proclamation, that in sixty days, or less every
traitor discovered in actual rebellion should
be shot or hanged.
9th. They would have it distinctly under~
stood that Americans, Englishmen, French
men, Irishmen, Germans, Africans, and men
Of every name and race among us, who ara
willing to fight for liberty, should now have
the privilege.
9th. They woald let the rebels know that
every dollars worth of their property should
| be confscated instanter.
| 7th. They would say to every Northern
man, whether IN the pulpit or the press,
| ''Choose ye this day whom ye will serves"
and to all rebel sympathizers and pro-slavery
| speace men" among US, "Go to your own
| place''-to JEFF. Davis & Co. Probably Fer
nando Wood would be tho leading general in
that motley army.
8th. They would cry out, "On to Rich
mond p with voice like thunder, until every
patriotic ear in the land should be aware Of
| fixed determination. -
9th. They would inscfibe "Liberty or death
/ on every banner. .-....
10th. They would labor to have the soul of
the nation more thoroughly aroused; they
would encourage our soldiers to sing patriotic
| songs as they go to the battlefield; they
would awaken the philanthropy and Christian
sentiment of the whole people, and make
every hearthstone an altar for the fires of
! freedom.
18th. They would proclaim to the whole
| world what we are fighting for; they would
invoke in Gods name, every lover of justice,
liberty and humanity to side with US and
would warn all sympathiziAg traitors at homo
or abroad to stand aloof. a##
18th. They would carry freedom with tho
flag, wherever it went-yea, more, they would
proclaim liberty throughout all the land and
to all the inhabitants thereof"
| So much having been done who would
complain of a want of "policy2" Would
not our enemies understand that we were in
earnest Would not the whole North also
understand distinctly that victory and free
dom would be the end of such conflict
Would not good men every where say, "now
the Lord is on our side;" and rejoice that he
who is for US is more mighty than all who can
be aTrayed against US.
"WhatP says the reader, "would this be
the Wall street policyT Yes, sir if Wall street
were consistent; for Wall street, when it un-
dertakes to do anything, always employs all
the means it can command. Thus far, in this
conflict, we have acted like children. 1t is
now time to act like men.