Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-09

To THE EDITORS OF THIS MERCURY: In
your editorial tEis morning you catch up The
warble of peace wkich has come TO us from
Richmond; and point us TO the bow in the
breaking clouds Of the West The President,
in his recent speech in Richmond. also bads Us
turn to the glimmering lights Ia the Northwest
which annouuced tbs approaching cl0se.of the
war. I fear mo that yon will fdd TIE song OF
peace but the song Of The SyTeu, and tde Presi-
dents glimmering lights delusiys and deasitful
Let us dismiss fr0m consideration al schemes
OF reconstruction reunion aGd re- Organization,
and address ourselves 10 facs.
Peace, when It c3mes, must rest upon some
thing. What is there at this time for Il 70 rest
Upcn7 What Common ground is there now
upon which the North and South can meet for
the settlement Of tho pending dispute l. is
the ati possedetis? Can we yield up to North
ern doa hi0n MARYLAND, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Missouri2-also. Fortress Monroe, T0r5uras,
Key Wes5 and Pensacola Suppose thet Fort
Pulaski anl Forts s.. PAilip and Jackson were
returned 70 Us, thar geogFaphica. position rs-
lleviDg them from the fair application Of the ut
poSse9etis, ia the set'lement yet, uuder it, the
other places would be retained and can we give
them up The North has her hold uDon the
mighty foTtrsssgs which control our commerce
along the Atlantic and gulf coasts, nor will she
willingly Withdraw hor grasp from them. In
the settlemens at this time, what have we to
give for them
Il may be asked what will we ever have TO
givel l answer gunpoWder and Saxon steel
ard iron. Yo1r road to these forts and to peace
lies through victorious battles on land aad water
Sanguine eredulity and wcrd-out routine may
hug deiusiens for little while longer, bn. tue
fires of this revolution viii yet meot official seal
ing wax and burn up red tape. Victories on
land and victories on water viii give you peace
and these alone.
The second hope Of a spas5g peace rests On
the collapse snd exhaustion Of ihe finances Of
the North No strife ike this has ever stopped
from such cause The track Of revolution IS
ever cumbsred with the wrecks of public and
private credit, but it is none the less CONTIGUOUS
and broad because Of them. The people Of the
North animated and instigatel this war And
as long as they support it, they viii furnish CO.
pious resources to carry it on. The people of
the South with inferior available resources, can
maintsin the war fog 3 century. If on end ever
comes to this war from exhaustion, it viii be
from the exhaustion of men, and not money
Esch hparty TO the conaycs is, in material almost
selfsustaing
The third and chief prop 70 the elifee Of
speedy settlement is the recent change ia tho
opinions Of large portions Of the peo1le Of ihe
Northwest and Middle States. 10 other words,
it is the nending ascsndency Of the D moerarie
party They wish peace, but upon what terms
Reconstruction VIII they agree to it on any
other tsrmsl Point, if you can, to the res1la-
tion or the utteranee of 3 messing or q man Of
teriag settlement on sny other basis Theg
all tell you that God himself has married the
Northern and Southern exremiiss of tha great
Valley of the West, and that neither revolution
noV peace shall melt or dissolve the bands Nor
will The Northwest move an inch without the
Middle Sases. For wal or woe, they are unitad
together. New England they viii consent to
drop, but nothing else And even this you eau
not accomplish now
The Demoara'ie party took issue with the
Republicans, not upon tha war. OF their conduct
Of thu war, but upon their want of success
Since their tTiumph, feeling that tha respoasi-
hiities Of the war would soon devolye upon
thsm, shey have been shaping their policy for
reunion. Hence their anathemss ageinst Bat
leg: their denaneistions against emancipation,
etc. They wish 30 say to rs: We have bseu
against war with you We hsv5 wished peace
snd rs-uaioI Guarantees you shall have ?
Refuse re-ua on. and they become your dead
LEST eneualsse They viii thea make open war
for empire and dominion, and the pencil
Thuciaydss has already sketehe3 It's progress
Tor as. I. fear the working Of the DSm lcratie
party. I lear that it viii dernogalize many Of
cur friends in the border States.
No, let not the people Of Tho South aug the
delusion Of dawaing peace to their 5osoms
Eige and blood are yes to be their sacrament Of
admission irto the family OF Nations thaY
must accept thase, too, under unaatieipatsd dis
advantages. The captured Dispatches from the
Secretary Of State, the other day, VIII teks frem
rs she vessels now building for rs n England,
They vii clog the negotistion Of the cotton
bonds, and win make Louis Napoleon wary, II
not irritable.