Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-04

has been best taught by Margaret Fuller, socia
wrong, in is most appalling magnitude, mos
heroically combatted by Mrs. Beeeher Stowe
Yet it is a general from among their country
men, addressing officers and soldiers of theil
eountrymen, who now pens a proclamation
which lilly might have allowed his troops tC
carry out but which Walenstsin would csr-
tainly have refused to set his name
Our unfeigned hope is that the Federal gov
! ernment will show its sense Of the act by recall
ing General Butler, placing him under arrest and
subjeeting him to the ordeal Of court martial
1t is bound to do so in justice to itself, to the
citizens whom it represents, to the Federal army
50 foully outraged by the act Of Federal gen.
eral, to public opinion in other countries, to the
national honor of which it is the guardian, to
! The future generations of its own subjects by
| tary stain and fraud. We have carefully ab-
stained from taking any part in the contest be-
! tween the North and the South Our neutrality
has been even more dictated by principle, than
/ suggested or impelled by interest. But such an
act as that of Gen. Butler, if not promptly disa-
vowed, would soon turn the scale, finally and de-
| cisiYely, in favor of the Confederate cause. We
| all remember with what terrible effect the late
Count Cavour appealed to the conscience of Eu-
rope to sit in Judgment upon the Austrian Gen.
| Urban, when the latter ordered q whole family
of poor Piedmontese peasants to be shot down
on mere suspicion. President Jefferson Davis
might appeal to the States Of both tha Old and
New World with even greater right, and we have
no hesitation in saying with not less effect.
FRENCH VIEWS OF THE wAR-MEDIATION
AGAIN URGED.
From leader in the Psris Constitutional l5th.l
Battles, great battles are about to be fought
in America and perhaps have been fought al
ready at the very moment we are writing. 1t is
impossible, in fact for the armies Of the South,
in presence of each other at Corinth and Rich
mond, not to come to blows. Deluges Of blood
will be shed, and, what is more sad to eontem-
plate, whatever the issue may be, these terrible
encounters do not promise a solution to the ac-
tual crisis either for America or for Europe.
The victory, no matter on what side, viii not be
attended with any final result.
Violence, hatred, passions Of every descTip-
tio1 of which the first war of independence has
given us the recital, are nothing compared to the
hatred which animates the South against the
North; but they may give an idea Of the resist
anee and of the obstacles which the Federal
armies will have to meet from the Confederates
We simply wish to touch upon facts What do
we see on the side of the Contederstss They
burn their produces; they burn their provisions !;
they destroy their railways; they blow up their
dockyards, their arsenals and their ships they
leave their wives and children to fight in battle
When, in proclamation of savage energy,
Gen. Beauregsrd recommends the planters to
destroy their crops which are within reach of
the enemy, and 10 apply the torch without delay
or hesitation, it is simply q captain excited by
the drunkenness Of war who speaks. Had not
numerous meetings already expressed their
opinions Once again let US observe, we do
not wish to express our own ideas on such acts
we simply wish to give facts.
On fba ofhar hand vuhak ora tho Ep1erala do
ing What at once strikes US is, that the coun-
try of freedom par excellence has commenced by
suppressing freedom Military directors have
seized upon all the telegraph lines which traverse
America in every direction. The same censor
ship compels the newspapers to publish only
what is favorable to the North and unfavorsble
to the South. And what is the result of this
The North speaks to the whole world by electric
wires, while information from the South when it
does come comes tardily. In fact, the journals
and correspondence from the South, which
reaches US by way of Havana or st. Thomas
are sometimes five weeks behind hand, and thus
lose all interest.
The North proclaims martial law with al its
seYereties. 1t suppTesses every independent
voice; it threatens TIE suspected with death.
In the presence of such despotism, the free Esq
lish press has not been able to remain silent.
La the midst Of such a struggle, between such
desperate opponents, who dare say that spon-
tsneOus or likely pscifcstion is possible Peace
can only coms from without, and the word we
have placed at the head of this article can alone
put an end to a war which has desolstsd, stepped
in blood, and decimated America already too
long, and what is more, caused Europe to sutfer
too long. The word we allude to is medita-
ton :"
But whence is this mediation to come, and
on what basis can it be founded Whence it
will come we have already stated As regards
the basis, it may early be found.
First Of all, it is evident that as mediation"
in principle, must be accepted by both beliger
ents, it can only represent ideas OF justice and
moderation, and that consequently 1t cannct be
addressed to those who would like to engraft
slave war on a civil war, or to those who con-
slider the institution Of slavery as an institution
Of Divine right.
"This mediation, point most seriously over
looked, corresponds not only to the most vital
interests of commercial Europe, but also to the
most sensible minds that represent the interests
of America. Let US remember that President
Lincoln has pronounced himself in the same
sense as, be fore Gems. Burnside and Butler, did
against the excitement to a slave war, and that
in his last proclamation, be called to mind his
special message, quoting the following resolu-
ton, adopted by large majorities by both Houses
of Congress: SDe9 United States which must
cooperate with that State which might adopt
the gradual abolition Of slavery, by giving to
such State, in its judgment, such compensa-
ton as required for public or private incOnveni-
ences resulting from such change Of systemF
Let US bring to bear upon this passage anoth-
er solemn declaration made by President Lin
coin in his inaugural address on the 4th OF
March, 1861:
Il have no intention to interfere, directly or
indirectly, in the question of slavery where it
exists do not think that have any right to
do so legally, and 1 am by no means inclined to
do So"
1t is thus that the North speaks, in the spirit
of moderation and of Justice. VIII the South
be less accessible to this spirit of Cancellation
and of wisdom We do not think so, and we
have proof at hand. A man Of consideration
in the South Mr.. Yancey, a commissioner of the
Southern States, at a banquet given at Fish
mongeTs' Hail. on the 9Th Of November last, ln
London, spoke as follows:
"When our adversary shall have become suf-
fcientlY calm as to treat us as belIigerents, the
aurora of peace will appear in the horizon.
When that hour has struck, think 1 may say
that the Confederate government viii not show
itself inAexible, except upon one point-the care
of our honor and of our independence. AS re-
CARDS the great interests of peace and OF human
ity, our government will know how to make con-
cessions in everything simply material or OF sec
ondary Importance"
CHOSE words were hailed with immense ap-
plause; and here, evidently, are to be found the
basis of possible arrangement-of an arrange
ment such as may be proposed in the name Of
Europe by great and free nation.
Beyond this-beyond this most Opportune
mediation-is the point of view of European
interests; SO legitimate is the point of view Of
humanity and civilization, there remain only
catastrophes, the extent of which no human eye
can penetrate. The capture Of Richmond would
more than he.capture of New Orleans. The
South bathed in blood, the North plunged in
bankruptcy and in anarchy, commercial Europe
seeing its sufferings increase-sueh are the con-
sequences of the continuation of this war.
Mediation, on the contrary, by putting an