Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-17
Nertlcrn peIusIen.

IL any truth is to be placed in the declarations
OF Northern journals, il would seem impossible
that the people Of that section csn ever Be made
70 learn the folly Of attempting to subduc the
South Among the extracts we publish this
morning from the Northern press, is one from
the Herald, the most enlightened and shrewd Of
al its cOtemporaries, and we find in it the fol
lowing most absurd declaration, as Teassn
why Burnside should st once advance and crush
the rebellion:
aWith the loss Of this (Les's) army, the suf-
fering and exhausted people Of the Tebelh0us
South, viii themselves come to the rescue They
viii recognize in the results Of the late New
York and other elections Of the Northern States,
guarsuiee Of security in the Union and they
viii adopt the seeming alternative Of submis-
sion"
Such are the declarations of a paper which we
believe las better knowledge Of Southern SEN
time7t snd character than any Northern journal
The Herald, however, is q very corrupt and IN
principled paper, and we cannot help thinking
that such declarations as those which it repeats
from time TO time. are suggested by selfish and
interested considerations. But if as enlightened
a paper IS the Herald reslly believes what it
says, then it must be confessed that it is the
most remarkable instance Of selfdelusion on
record, and can only be accounted for upon the
old maxim which tells ne that " whom the Gods
intend to destroy, they first make mad" II
seems waste Of time to argue proposition Of
such cOmplete aOsurGitY-
There is scarcely q maC, woman or child
in the ConfedsTaey whs would not Indignantly
ssurn proposition for reunion with ths North
on any terms, IS in the highest degree dish0nor-
able and ruinous. They would prefer, every
one Of them, to be driven exiles from their
hsmcs, to ses their property destroyed, their
fields desolatsd, and themselves snnihilated
rather than submit their necks to yoke 50 gall
ing as q Northern government Of any sort They
feel and know that they compromised much Of
selfrespect snd no little Of character, by con-
senting 10 8 union with such race of scOun-
drels in the first instance, and bai it not been
for the peculiar pressure of cireums tsnces which
then surrounded the colonies, such a union
would never have been formed. Il is now
broken forever. and every days experience and
observation only confirms our people in the con-
viction that the separation ought to be eternal
and complete.
There Is another portion Of the HeTatd'S ar
ticle however, which contains more sense, and
Is suggestive Of more consideration 1t tells
very plainly that the condition Of Northern
finances and credit are such that unless short
work be made Of the rebellion, the whole
scheme of subjugstien must speedily fail
Winter quarters We are told, will be fatal TO the
Yankee cause. The army Of Burnside must
advance regardless Of wind Or westher. These
confessions show very clearly that the North is
getting very tired Of the struggle, that it cannot
maintain il Inuchlonger, and that very soon the
whole Northern government and people will
fs.j into ruin and snarchy.-LyHohbug RCJHbtt-