Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-04

The PresIdent'a Proclamation Rrfnsiua
/ Eerriss Intervention Upon us in the
NSme Of ssuSanHEty, Civilization, Chris
tiauity, etc.
From the New York Expressl
The administration has made great many
mistakes since the rebellion began; great
many more, we fear, than it esn now Tsctify
but We hesitate not to say, the most egregiOus OF
sl these mistakes, was the expectation that the
Presidents abolition proclamation would helm
Us IN Europe and diminish the probabilities OF
! intervention on bshalf Of the rebels How wo-
| lully that expectation has been falsifsd, has
| been shown By the articles c0pied into the Err
press from the leading organs Of British public
| opinion, day or two siUce and by the news
which comes to US by TIE Kangaroo :o-day.
The whole forco and drift of the comments we
ara having, especially from the government or
| Esns, are maulfestly to prepare the public mind
tor intervention, 70 put stop 10 the war, in
the name of humanity, christianity, and ciyili-
Eation- ThGs the Times denounces the proc
lamstIon as IN act of revenge, to be gratiied in
cutting thTosts of defenseiess women aud chill
dren-' The conception Of such crime" we
are told, is horrible; the employnsnt of In
dian warfare sinks to level with civilized war
fare in comparison with II; the single thing to
be said OF It IS, that it is wickedness that holds
Its head high, aud scorns hypocrisy q few IA
nstIcs viii epplGud it, bUt" We sTe asked sis it
possible that except in utter desperation and
TlndictIyeness, sUy real party IN ihe North viii
apPlaud this nei.Ti3us resolution to light up
| ssrYile wsrin the distant homes of the Soulh7"
The Morning Post, the accredited organ Of
the ministry, speaks Of it as monstrous -
while the mou.E-pieee Of toe Earl of Derby
plainly intuIstes that war prosecuted upon
! such principles can only become 8 " scandal
and nuisance to the world" Yet more impOr-
tsnt and significant than oven such utterance5
as these, Is the declaration from one OF the min
listers Of the crown-Mr. Gladstone, chancellor
of the excheqUer-lhst 80 Jefferson Davis had
made nation Of the South " sssd that ne (Glad
stone) was constrained to say secession had
been successful
Whist is the import, now, of these potentous
phrases at such tins, coming. IS they do, from
3 leading member of the British Ministry
Plainly, that the rebellion has accomplished It's
object and hence the reeog nition Of J,f Davis
Is an European duty. To that complexion it
will come ct last"
We have never doubssi il would come, as 4
| consequence Of an aboltion policy 1t would
never hsve come otherwise Hitherto, The only
| motives for Engh5h and French interference
Hcro the mercensry and selfish one of trede
snd manufactures peTLshiug for want of cotton, :"
/ but nOs it Is clear that Mr. Lincoln, under the
abolition spur, has provided them with at least
| q plausible preteKt for interference on moral
| grounds. The step viii no longer be urged on
! the ground OF material interest," but as = solemn
| duty to humslity and civilization. We have
thus prospect presented that long before the
| proclamation goes into effect, complications win
be on our hands of such character as must
| open the eyes of the most shortsighted fanatic
/ to the innumefabie PsFils Of the Union, the
Federal government Lhe North, of which that
/ llEadVlsed measure IS certain to hs the parent.