Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-24
The Na7iza,ioz ct The Il7.-i..ippl.

From the Petersburg Express, Nov. I3.l
We sec t stated fha- deega-fou 70 sJ7r.E7-ssteri
purpose of urFns Lincon 10 sdott sad ezeeuts vig1
lneasures Tor rs-openng ths Mississippi -r from
Memphis q The guE his rem o. pu5c inssig gezss
It Il undou5tedy true tha. the prosre-i-v OF ihs
Northwestern States il vitay Interested with Tie s
navigation Of that mighty stream for upon rs bosom
alone they transport n the most av.nta eouz man
their surplus Cd lefi,us to th- k=-s OF tts
world II the peopie q these States had acted zsv
hey would have kept aloof from the war. They world
not haze i-seHsly sAerneed their BEST lieres l la1
dOnng th=ir best fiesds and 1sfo1ar- q. they have
done, upon th- sltar q " iza u-lcis1 ra-laanE
with 1fNnEyi and intent only upon fte HcruGn -Eelt
Of its own vie purposes. They need have taken
mp for the south. shouch fh-v CHR hanora1tv
ard justly have dons III was the -a-e a1tas-
onsIa OF eansnerrs interest between rheu.elrss auI
the New England States shat there bet7aau these
Of the latter sd ths slave Stse Bur they ght havs
assumed position of neutrality and f they bad done
30, "a could and would have continued % enjoy the
full benefit Of uninterrupted rats with the South down
the Mississippi, shat had 30 much enieh- end sEs tel
them. There would have been no Har had tfey thus
promptly recognized aud adop ed policy dictated By
true wisdom, from which they would hsve rea1ed D. t1
ing good Or II wa had COM. The Washington .
ernrneut w-ud not have dared ine tcre " ih q On.
they did with KentucFv viii D. alone and iso-
lated gail'y Of the folly of a-tem7- Ing rc ne
founding blind 70 their welfare, they msda comUon
with the fanatics snd have been among The
Rcive contributors % the support q The moss
serse-ss 1arbarous and dezolatng that ever scurec
christian land Now that they feeling the bler
sequsCees ~ their own doors q heir absurd course
then rssortlg to the silly eTpedent % uEu1 upoa
tie Usurper, whose ehsns they hgFgiur vig-
or0us measures for restoring them he parurai cta
ne Of trade y hck has been rhut up through 1li Of
the SOuth but by their hands TIE free usT ticn
Of the Mississippi 70 It's mouth has been d5led
them, but the contrary ii has been solemn. g1aran-
tesd 20 them By The Confsderate government. Whist
mors could they ask What more could they szpscL1
The act Is upon record Il dulv p1bisbeI iu The
Southern PHpers it pssssd. And get they
are elamorng 20 her government for tle aGal-en au1
prosecution Of measures 70 10 them what Eey
alone deprived themselves o. and what they can al any
day re-sequre simply BY Withdrawing from their uuLoy
alliance with the States whose insuts w10ngs and sg
Ersssions upon The SOath drove She later SEPARATION
from them.
But Of what earthly vaus can the free nsvl zston q
the Mississippi be 70 those Northwestern States usls
there b psseefu relations between them the peo
pie Of TenneEsss, Mississippi, LoullaHa aad kansas.
pOssesng the most p0riant section o he rveT, vH-
that embracing is mouths and extending FOR huudreds
o. rail-I tbrough of the hnest fertile
Eians The Fobei What Woud Il profi 8ta-es Of
uin0s IndisnE azd Ohio send down boat iosds e
their produsonE 70 EeE Orleans che other cities
line o. Ksr tuckv Il there is market for them As
long they leaEusd With the A5olioui in Shi3
they stand chance Of dl posing # tea cf hsr
shipments 10 the merchants aud etzcas bycr inst line
Ths numerous convenient and profitable rasrts sloDg
TIE river ncudiBE ths great seaport 90 NeT Oreaua-
which The life and soul Of the North west al
broken uD 50 Be revived until The brought
close unt the Gorthwest is longer party i..
OF what se then s it 70 be sndsavonE reopen tho
ssipp trade long hs present Of things
duetE-nof even an egg would be purchased from an
Ohio boat within The t,onfed-rae Limits The river be-
tween Memphis snd the Euf is just rucd clmulsr-
eizi II 10 in tie iutror 90 Patagonia snd
must remain 90 far the Northwest s. ccr-srued
until potos is abllsh between thar scgan of tha
United States and the Confederate Stafes.