Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-29
WHICH Is mDsr HUwTEEAvEyG
PEACE or Wa'Fs "a

Altar more than two years ef a frslrieidal war
I there are soma IN the North Who are still nc
I emily IN favor Of its vigorous prosecution, bu
I Wh3 dsGoHnCe as traitors and secessienisls al
I these who sre bold enough to advocate peacs .,
| the Gully mesns lsfs Of preserving the Northern
! States from the herT0cs Of a fixed military des
| potisTa These Elsn insist that the war shal
stiil so on, that tens, and if need be, hundreds
4 Of thousands shall be added to tho holocaust Gl
ready offered up at the shrine of Aboliti0nisn
that tae press raust bs silsneed that liberty oil
speech must be suppressed that al our eoHsi-
tutlonAl guarantees must be held in allegiance
uutLl the South is thoroughly subdued. They
are the last-doiiaT- in-ths- treasury men the firm
Fuppcrtsrs Of the Administration, the advocates
Of q strong government, who allow no one TO
De right 5us themselves, and who insist tast
peace upon any other terms than the complete
submission Of the South would Be humilisting 2
and degrading to the North. They presume to
have the honor Of the country in their keeping,
and nom their Judgment the-e must be nc ap-
peal.
Now, does any one imagine that thess usn
ere Wiilisg Of themselves 10 make sRy saeriEess
ia support Of tEsis oHs pelicy Whs are
they that talk &c us IN 4hig 1ietateriaI. doni-
EesriHg styls7 They are the officials Of tAs
Government, ihs shed3y contractors the zsa
wac are making tasiF PrsHls OEt Of ell iAls
iag7sa 5xFsadisuIe Of blsad sHd money. TLsy
are IA iavsr Of tia war psGsy, because It adds
to their III So.ssn gains. Il is they whe threst-
On the advocates OF peace with al the tsrr0rs Of
.ha " Washington granny. I. IS taay, aRd sach
So they, wAs talk of Tia sjsgracs ssa hunjliz-
H0a Of ezteTilE i-ts Negotiations wita rsbais
ia arns.' Bat what erssssr humihatien Gad
disgrace eoHld belaa a eeuntry than 70 be
gsvsTHsd by saca set Of iRbsciiss such trait
sfs 70 tie Constitution, a. tas Tnsa il Washing
toni WEat esUl5 b5 H0Ts huHliistinF ts 3
free people tAaa tas deprivation Of their rights,
tE4u the oeeUrrguce Of such acts As have besR
cam=aitred Ia the Vest By the military sstrsFs,
Burnside and HaseaIl What esuld be mere
degrading thaa the position IN which we havs
been placed before the Wsrld BY tas Wratched
miai5ls and tools Of . would be irresponsible
assP8t8nl Are we 80 DESTROYS Of sill gTestsr
Installations than those which have heiallsn usi
II we are, then let the war 20 on, let the c5u-
scEiBlisR be carried ints operation WithsRt sP
position. Let e8r brave and uHiustly treated
volunteers be slaughtered by tens Of Thousands,
and their families 'starvs az h9ne fer want Of
tha pay TO which they arc fairly entitled, Bat
which is Withheld tAat contractors Rlsy Rst be
kept WsidRg let the citizens last wsaPen
against tyranny-the vote by ballot-be ever
thT5wn By the bavouet Let all this be dsns if
we ere u faver Of g prol0ngasi9n Of ROstllitiss,
bus let US nst be ted that any peace could be
more humiiatng than = war carried en- a. sues
g fearful sacrid3s to human liberty and the
rights es American citizenship.
HumiisLing Look at the national capital
losk at the intriguss that ara going On there
lgsingt tire sovereignty Of the States, aad
agsinst the perpetujty of free institutions
Read Of the doings of tbs wretcbed esbsl, and
De net w9nder that such msa as Hooker and
Burnside, aud Hunter and Halleck are allowed
TO play their prRnks before high Heaven. Look
and estimate if y0u can the GOOD character Of
tHs nan who can tell his ribald jssts while the
country is bleeding a. every pore. L9ok there
and wonder not thst the humiliati ten Of tie
country shsEld be the subject Of boast with
his Secretary Of Stste, who claiming to be g free
Hssn am5ug frssnea, coolIY informed foreign
minister that by merely touching the bell a. lis
right haa3 sa csaid order the arrest Of any Cit
zen Of The North. Could he do that Jsith a eiti-
zea IF De Ssatb No fer the d0ninioas qf he
military fesg0tism al Washington 90 ret sEssHd
l5stdiG de liacS Of the Confederate forces.
This war mast cease il Ws do no. desire a still
greater humiliation; this war must cssss if ne
gToul3 Dres=rva cur fTes institutions; this war
uust cease If We Would net be ground dgwR ts
thG ea-lh - the bur1sus Of an excessive taxa
ton and, fas.ly this war uust cease if we
would avoid civil ssyifs sad aEzreAy ia ear
Northern S,st1e. AND 1T WILL CEASE
FROM SHEER NECESSITY.
Iha people dsve st last become arsassd 10 q
true sense sf tAair dssger They Row iRlly
understand the chaTacter Of the men who have
driven the ship Of State amonE tho breakers.
Taeir pats8cs is exhausted, tksir foroeTaBce
gone. thsir c9nideaes undsfminsd. aHd their
suspicious at last fglly and actively aroused.
GBou whom, then, is the Government 10 rely
for the means wherewisR 10 continue this war
Is it on the men who exclaim against peace IS
L - Z L-naa =.
th8 lead of such men a. Lleyd Garrison, and
Wendell PAilips, and Bsoehsr, and Cheever
Is f. in d word, On tha contractors sad collec-
tors, aud Government 0ffisials generally, who
are SO sensitive with regard to the honor Of the
country Ne, no; these arc set the men who
are ready 70 put themselves ia jeopardy, So
long as they can purchase cx9mptisH hem tbs
draft By the payment of three hundred dollars
worth Of grseR-backs. We appeal to yea, ne
eEanics and lsbOrers, Whoss families are Do
pendent upon your honest toll for support if
you are willing to sacrifice yourselves foT the
further enslavement Of the white msa, and the
emancipation Of racs whom President Lin
e3ln has t9ld you could net exist in the same
community without injury to yourselves. Those
anti-peaee mon islk to you of hun1iiaio A, " wails
tens, ave hundreds, sf thousands have b5su re-
duced, by tao loss Of their protectors, 10 ths
bitter humilistioR Of Ssstitutios and poverty.
What sacrifices have they msds that they
should opp0sa the re-establis aRsnt Of peace 2
All rather ask h0w muea would they lose by
| The dseoatnuanee of the war
Yes, this war must cease for Waat Of the
means % carry it on. The eonscripd0n is al
ready failure, and any attempt to enforce it
in the North msy prscipitate revolution IN
/ which the administration viii inevitably 60
Ed0wn. There ere at the present time hardly
! four buRSredtboussud effective men in the 6sld;
l tbs South Is still invinci5e, still defiant; Heck
or still leads the army of tbs Potomac Burn
I side commands in the West. aHd Hallsck and
| Stanton still rule the War Department; While
ever all presi3es the jocular asd 1lirth BreTsk-
( ing Executive, with new jsks fer every de-
| feat sad f)w Of aniHaai spirits that no rs-
! verses or calamity can sub3Ea. Whs, then,
I TALKS Of 2 further PTOloHgatioa Of tbs war
/ Are Insn to be Bsampsj eat Of the esrth Wi
/ the Gtizsns OF the North Eubsit ts- be. drives
Z Le sheep u iha sham3lss Allhsgga the pa0-
/ p hays thBs far submitted 70 great humiliation
{ re ds yet believe tHas they ere prepared 70
/ yield thsil birthrigats witheut desperate sEras
/ Tfths csnscriptioz Is attempted to Be enforced
/ the Aames Of A civil war viii be sRkinalod vita
/ ia the Northern States. Ths AdministrasisH a
may think that it viii be easy to Suppress a
popular uprising by the aid Of the army bui
We tell them if they rely upon the army for the
/ enslaveuent Of their fsllOW-gitizeas, they val
l hnd thas they are leaning upon = broken reed
! The army are Of tas people ana witA the Pee-
pie. and the brave fellows who compose It can
notbe converted inso the tssls Of the despots a.
1 Washington TIE ties Of kindred, the homs
affections that twine ar0uEd their hearts, the as
/ socislions of their youth and Of their manhood
an these bind them to the respective States o.
which shey are citizens, and any attsnpt Of tRe
| Administration to divorce them from these sa
cred and powerful influences viii tai, utterly
eutheritiss have indeed been reduced to des
perats straits, and we believe that 3 genera
feeling Of trepidatien and alarm prevails in th'
/ White House and its surroundings. They may
bowevsr, attempt 10 intimidats the people by
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