Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-03
A nprn CONVERSATION.

We clip the following rather signihcaH para
graph from the St. Louis Republican of the 20th
ultimo:
The Washington Republican makes the follow
ing statement
1--WE are to-day no nearer the possession OF
Virginia than we were in April, 1861, and it is
doubtful the military strength of the resistance
10 US has not increased in quite as great = pro
portion as our own. That Is the plain truth Of
the case, and we may as well look it in the lace
ut wsuld seem that the President has looked
1t in the face, and has become satisfied that m'
repression Of this rebellion By merely military
measures is an impOSSiblly. That 'oaS 05UtoH'
to some from che start, and 70 increasing nun
beTS as ereHiS hare progressed
We think, ourselves, that the proclamation o
Mr.. LINCOLN is not only one Of emancipation
to the negroes Of the South, but it is an enunci
alton to the whole world that the South canno
be conquered by " mere military force" Their
according to all rules Of civilized warfare, Mr
LINCOLN ought TO be in a position for a treaty
Of peace. If military force cannot conquer il
war, it is hard to tell what other force should BE-
brought 70 bear. 1t seems that Mr.. LINCOLN
under abolition pressure, has found that force, and
his proclamation evinces the desperate ex.
tremities to which be is driven. He is praying
for the negroes Of the South to rise up and fight
his battles for him. The miserable Yankee con-
fesses his inability of percrming the job Of
crushing the rebellion. If the negro does not
come to the rescue. be sinks to the bottom!
And will the negro come to his assistance 2
We answer, no! As general thing the, negroes
Of the SJuth are eantented and happy, and
wish to be let alone in their peaceful homes,
The impression the Yankees have thus far in
their invasion produced upon them, is by means
favorable, and there are more negroes in the
South today who, if they had the privilege,
would take up arms in defense Of the Southern
cause than for that Of the Yankee. The truth
is, this base proclamation of LINCOLN has
called down upon him and his party the detesta-
ton and contempt of all civilized humanity. 1t
is his last card badly played. He has lent him
self to the radical abOlitiOnists, who have never
yet succeeded in anything good.
We are, moreover, OF the opinion, that Mr..
LINCOLN has walked up q dangerous element.
His proclamation has excited the disgust of the
1ohite men of the North, sHd the contempt of the
Mack men of the South. The negroes are very
fast beginning to interpret the policy of their
Yankee Hberators- They begin to know and
understand that with them it is only a change
of masters. They are to be stolen from
their comfortable homes and made the
hewers of wood and the drawers of water for
their disinterested Hberators-the Yankees.
They, ike the white people of the South, begin
to detest the name of Yankee, and to distIust
Mr.. LINCOLN, who, ike Satan, in q desperate ex-
tremity, said to our Saviour on the mount that
ifhe would fall down and worship him, he would
endow him with all the lands in his view. Our
Lord declined the proposition on the ground that
Satan had no correct title to the land, and there
fore be had nc right to dispose of it.
So with the intelligent negroes or cOntrsbsnds
Of the South. Mr. LINCOLN has not yet told
them what disposition he is going to make Of
them when they are freed by bis order. They
are, therefore, beginning to doubt his authority to
do this thing, and at the same time to dsspise his
policy. We cannot dwell upon the subject with
decent complacency- We do think that this proc
lamation Of LINCoLN, ought, as it viii, bring
down upon him tho oursss and execrstions of
the civilized world, as well as the contempt and
scorn Of the negroes Of the South, whom he
assumes to have the power to liberate. They
curse him now-they will curse him forever
and ABRAHAM LINCOLN will go down in history
as the basest and meanest Of mankind.