Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-03

are alwrys talking Of what they will do at som
future time Hopelessly incapable OF grapptln
with present difficulties, they let things drit
ard solace themselves by leaving cut plans i
which they will rise TO any occasion, selze enel
geteslly the heln Of Circumstances, and dlsPis
= a visor which VIII at once redeem the past an
coutycl the future.
Their airy castles are magnificent only, IN
fortunately. the resistless tide Of embarrassment
sweeps unpityingly on and, before the first step
in the glorious future can be tAken, the ruin o
the present is irrstrievable. With great TegTe
we notice that every mail brings fresh evidenc'
| that the government of the United States, a
! Represented by its President, is daily approach
ing this deplorable condition of ssnguine ipca
pabilify Fer months past tbs government ha
been lsying ont grand designs to take effect q
some futuTs time. Il does nothing for the pres
ens. It seems 20 be hoPelessly on an incline
/ with downward impetus which il is poverlesi
to resist II il could but screw up its courage
and energy rsnfully 10 look in the face its pres
/ sent circumstances, and use its available re
sources with spirit and ability, there might b;
some hope Of it, some respect for it. But proba
/ bly, no great nation WAS ever 90 pitiEbly desti.
/ tute Of al power to help itself
| The policy Of President Lincoln is apparently
/ 70 dTift down the stream Of events and, as be
! sails h0pelessly onward, 10 bsguile himself and
] ms people Wlkn NlclOFS Cl bpIe1Olu &CulCFc-
mems slwsys ninety days distant. He nsveI
/ deals wish the cirsumstsncsa of the hour. If he
bad the wit to see, and the pluck to ssy, that the
North is no nearer sutjugating the South than il
was sf FIRST; and that thsTa is something 80
wrong In tho premises of the war as to make il
impossibls to bring it TO hsppy csnclusion, he
might then get ihs struggle plssed upon some
mors definite footing, and there would be pres
pect that zt soma p0ist or other hOsGlties would
cease.
But the tTuth is that the President and sll his
advisers are at their wits erd. They have lost
all control over the course of public affairs; all
they can do is to draw long bills upon the future,
aud lay ont lines Of policy TO be followed whom
the present crisis is psst. Hence it is that in
stesd of at once Tousing the whole North to con
ceEtsSts is powers in the one present pressing
lssk Of driving every Confederate soldier out of
ihe neighborhood of the Maryland frontier, which
is the instantly urgent step, he is pr0cl.iuing
what bis government will do in January next,
in the matter OF slavery. We do not blame him
for trying to pus a good face on, and TO keep up
Appearances to she laws; but this proclamation
IS PAS joke Il IS the taughingStO-k Of Europe
The bare jdea gf a gOUerHHsHt IN the last stage
Of incaDability graciaimiag eosy d. etat to take
crt i6rss moHtLs heHes IS more than ridiculous
4 IS pitiabIs Before tie 1st of January, the
No1the-n States may be revolHiionizsd, or even
conq ueTed. OF the latter, there is perhaps no
great probability, but the former is seriously
threatening
The present fcAism arose from less serious
divergence than seems now TO be growing up IN
ths N9Tth in reference 50 the conduct Of the
war. Should this gain ground, and the Lincoln
Presidency be oyerthTOWn, it il more than prob
able thst the tax gstherer may receive an init
nation that his occupation is gone Repudia-
Ill sE
honorable way Of meeting q financial crisis; and
should any OF the States (say the Western and
South Westerly who receive fewer benefits from
.be UDion than any OF the rest, resolve to unite
IN the maintenance Of sn independent policy,
there won d be an end of the cid Union alto
gethsT, aud the choice would lie between its re-
construction with q new construction, or the
uusUsl recognition Of two or more separate fed
e1ations.
The truth is, that this H,OHstr0vs prOcl smatiOH
of slave emancipation is The result of an assumed
and not Q real position. Itis Just such procla
nation as might have bseu issued if the circum-
stances ia which she North fads itself had been
/ the direct contrary of what they are. If the
| Federsls had gained any conspicuous victories
/ over the Coniederaies; if they had taken and
/ occupied The chief Southern cities and military
| positions If they had dissgsnized the Southern
| army ard destroyed the political unity of the
/ Southern States aud thereupOn had desired to
| give the rebel States s2 opportunity OF return
! ing to the allegiance Of the Union by sending
Representatives as in the old time and, by way
! Of putting out Of existence the old casEs bslLi
had decrssd the destruction Of slavery and by
way of penalty upon the masters had resolved
/ 20 give effect to emancipation by'a political act
Independent of any considerstion Of the ruin 0
slsveCWneTs-in such = case the President could
not have acted much otherwise thsn he has now
done The act, even then, would have been i'm
polite, Tstsli2tory aud dangerous. But as thing
are, it IS simply prepOSterouB. The North Ar
not in any sense CoEquorors. They have beer
WCnsed within sn inch Of their existeHee, snC
are in im ninsnt danger of boing yst furthel
! beaten. The South are quite IS we'll Of IS they
and quite as well able to all appearance, to carry
on lho var 10 an indsfuite extent.
If President Davis had Issued proclamation
anuu.lGg any of the acts Of the Congress, snC
inviting the Northern States to send representa-
lives to Richmond next session, it would hav,
been about as wise and logical, and likely of re
alization as the splendid piece Of political saga
4 city Which Informs the slaves Of tho South ths
they will be made free by their masters enemies
Seriously. this proclamation is the most poWsrfu
evidence thai has Jet been givan of the incaps
city of the Lincoln administration and tho weak
ness of the Federal cause and when considers
together with the Constitution and the gredua
transition to irresponsible despotism, it indicate
10 no faint tones the beginning of the cad. Th
Northern Federation may yet, by its own hand
save the Southern arms the trouble Of destroying
From the LONDON Tines, 7th.I
President Lincoln has declared that from tb
st of January next to come every State that
in rebellion shall be, in the eye OF Mr.. Lincoln
free State After that date, Mr. Lincoln Pre-
poses to ensct that every slave in q rebel Stat
) shsli be forever free, and be premises tina
. neither Re, nor his army, nor bis navy will d
anything to Tepress any effort which the negroe
in such rebel States may make for the recover
} Of their freedom This means, Of course, tha
, Mr.. Lincoln will, on the lat Of next January, d
his best 10 excite serVile war in the State
which he cannot occupy with bis aims. II
will run up the rivers in his gunbosts he wi
seek out the places which ale left but slight
3 guarded, and where the women and childre
: have been trusted 10 the fidelity Of colOred d,
! nestics.
Ho will appeal to the black blood Of the Afr
can: nc will whisper Of the pleasures of spO
. and Of the qualification of yet fercer instincts
and when blood begins 10 flow and shrieks con
piercing through the darkness, Mr. Lincoln vi
wait til tie rising flames tell that all is eonsun
a mated, and then he will rub bis hands and thin
. that revenge IS sweet. 1hh Wheb MI. Lihc0l
! : avows before the world that be is about to d
: Now, we are in Europe thoroughly eonvince
thst the death Of slavery must follow az nece
d ssrily upon the success of the Confedersses
this war as the dispersion of darkness Occu
uDon the rising Of the sun; but sudden sT
f5rcibls emancipation resulting from ''the effoT
the Negroes may make for their actual freedom
c.n only be effected by massacre and utter
struction.
Mr.. Iineoln avows, therefore, that he propos
10 excite tie negroes of the Southern plantation
70 murder the families Of their masters VIII
q these are engaged in the war. Tno conceptic
IL If spch a crime is horrible The employment
b r,,diar,s sinks 10 q level with civilized Naria