Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-06
g Remarkable Letter frosu Hon. Joseph
Aasit 8usa Dense So E4fght.


Remarkable Letter froru Hon. Joseph
AAsit 4uss Gene So A4ight.
WAsHNGT0E, Nov. 30 1860.
Af DEAR SIR 7 an in rsoeipt Of yours Of
the 27th ihst, and thank you fer veur kindly
allusi9a % myself IN c0unecton with the fear
lHl agltshon that Bow threatens tas dismsmber-
I mant of cur Government. / think the Presi-
F.. d2nl's lassseee viii meet yozr sppY6bati0u, bat
I I asvo little RsB7 that Is viii accomplish aHV-
thisg in moderaling sbe msdzess that rules tbs
hour. The indications are that tae movement
/ has passed beyond tie roach Of kumaa c0ntrel
( God Glsue can dissrm TIE cloBd Of its light
uiRgs South Carolina win be out Of the
I Union, ans ia the armed assertion Of distinct
/ nationality, probably before Christmas This
is certain unless ths course Of events is eTrsst-
/ ad by some prompt and decided actiOH on tBa
! part Of the people aad the Legislatures Of the
/ NsTthern States the ether slave States win fol-
! 10 South Carolina in few weeks or months
The border States. nov Sc devoted TO the Ua-
i0a, Wil. iHgeg a little WHILE bus tzFy viii soon
uni5s their t0TtBues with these of their Southern
sisters. Conservative men have now ne ground
70 stand Hpeu-no weapon 70 battle with. All
has been swap from them by the guilty agiss-
dous znd iatsmeus legislation Of the Norib. /
10 not anticipate, with any confidence, that the
North VIII acEup TO the solemn responsibilities
CT tha crisis by yrstrsciBg those fatzl steps which
ag77 cehdzcied u1 70 the verv brink Of perdi-
f,os, politically, marally end financially
Lh7re ia feeling growing in the free States
wnch ssy8: Let tho South % And this
t.eanz tsraatens rapidly 70 increase. Tt IT, in
r tle -rlit of coUplsts enlargement end ia
part e WEAKNESS o. this perpetual conflict be-
tween ths Aerih ans 55uta, which has now
-1s.4a1 with Increasing bitterness, for the last
l-E.y ysats- Lae country wants rep0se. and i5
r1ail- ID purchase 10 40 any sacrifice. Alas for
'aa a7Usiou ef the belief bat rspese viii f0llGw
Tie oy7r.hrow 1f the Goveshmsut.
doubt nos from tho tsnaser Of tks public /
m.sd, that the S5utheu Ssstes win be allowed [
70 FTl. .1lraw peacefully; but when tbs wsrE Of
esusm5ergnsnt begins, we shall break us the /
fire. g-nents from month TO msu.h, with the HoR- I
c5a.zac7 vita which we break the bread up0u (
gur breakfast table
rs Ell The crave sad vital dsestiOzs which /
VIII @ cucg arise am0Hg thsss irEgaeuts Of the 4
r-pu-rd republic can bs adjusted without 8
rs5o-5 90 arsas. theE we have made vast progress
glsc1 the history Of cur rscs was written BasI
flo tragic events of the hour viii ahe " that we
aaTe made no progress st al. We shall secs
grew up araaa sf ebieitsins, whs viii rival the
Hoflesl bandits Of s5uth Amarics aHt Mexico,
and who VIII carve out 30 rs oar miserable hsTi-
tspe Titl .5eir bloody swords. The masses Of
the people dream not Of these things
They 8gPpose .he republic can be destroyed
to-day and peace viii smila ever i.I ruins to-
Lll+. ANS AaaEea Eu1 lEs1Ia HI Lae 8Lf- Z
gTnsTa ot nations has happily been for thsm.a
sealed f5uatsiu. They kHaw not as ethsrs do Of
its but1rness and that civil war i5 a sesurge
Jaet darEens every hresid5, aad wriRgs every
Aear. with anguish. They are TO ba coramisa-
rated. for they know net what they do. Whence
is ST this 1t has come because the pulpit an5
the press, aud the covering, unscrupulous poll
ic.aus Of the Nsrth have taught the people that
they are responsible for the domestic iustjiu-
1 Ia fhnA has Ia
to God oaly by being uzfsithful TO Tia compact
Taieh they have made with their fellow Bea.
Hence hose liberty bills, which degrade the
s1-7-a books Of gsma ten Of the free States. and 4
a-s conious6lY a shameless violation OF she
y cersi Constitution, In point vital t9 her
E0n5r- We have here presented fr1m wear to
year. tha lumliating spectacle Of free and sew
arsIyn States By a solemn act of legislation,
Isgslzisg the tbet Of their neiFhbors' property.
I say th1it, since it is not the less 30 because
lse subject tie despicsbls crims chances to
be slave, instead Of a A5rss or 6 bale ef ne--
cta1diz5.
FIom -hs same tsaching has come the per-
pat1al sgitEtioa Of the slavery question which
h7s reached tie minds Of the slave population
of t75 South. ana has rendered every home il
1a- distracted IEr5 T-seeuf7 Ifi7 II t-a lsa-
-u-s Of tls iTerss sibis csn6iet with which TIA
rHsru Fessle ar7 rct f1riiizr. In aIHest
every Bart eff the South miscrsaas tsnhtes
aave been .aua9. alu 1oisoniDgs sGd ccnila-
fFsEor5 have marked their footsteps. Eatlsrs
l1ers ay down at night trembling beside tser
cLlldIaa, aad wives ciag 70 their husbands as
laeT leave laair A0mes Ia lhs msTniug.
Ilgv1 brother residing ia Mississippi whs
lawyer bypr9f5ssisn, and a cotton platter
bHt has never had any cenHscto1 with politics
Knowing tho calm and conservative tone of bis
chans.er, I Wreto hm ieY weeks since, Gpd
ima!-rad him 10 exert his iH1EsBee 10 sllayiuT
-re rolzy Of tie popular mind around AiEi
lie has replied TO ms zt much lsRgth, sHd after
3eeicsiug Las Vaccinations of tho wrstcbes 20
whom I have alu5s5, and the conformation
which reigus in the h0ma5 of the South he
ssys it is the Unaltsrsble determination Of the
Southern people 30 overthrow the Government,
a8 the only retEEa which is left 70 thea irou
these insBppar.sble wr1ags, aud he adds; "On
ths success Of this moveusat depends nay every
oaItHiy iutsrast-tho safety sf my root from
be frebrasd and sfmy wife and childrsH from
the psis9a end the dagger"
give you this. language because It truthfully
expresses the Southern miGd whiea. az his ne
aaH-, r.=Hs as g furnace in It's hatred 70 the
Esrt5, B8Causs Of those intsrnal agItat0us.
Thuk yo8 hat any people can endure this con-
diisn of things When the Northern preacher
ini1sos into his sUdieucs the spirit of asssssins
aud iuceHdiEries n bis crusade against slavery,
50as ho think, as he lies down qEietly st night
ftlaHl@ll 4L14--a s.5 Aaaa AlLIa4 -t alllFr
and the helpless women aad childres he has ex-
posed 10 al tAe aaglsisss horrors Of f'ssrris IN
sHTTcciiJHl
am stiH fer Unian because ] have yet s.
faiHs LasitstiD that the Ner5h wiz do Jas
tco 20 the South, and save the republic, before
the wreck is complete, But action, 70 be avail
able, must be prompt. If the free States viii
sweep the liberty bills from {hair codes, propose
q convention Of the States, and offer guarantees
wbIch viii afford the same Eepo5s and safety 70
Southern homes and property enjoyed by thess
of The North, the impending tragedy may yet
be averled, bus not otherwise. / i5al positive
personal humiliation IS a member Of tRe human
family ia the events now preparing.
if theTepubGc is r. b offered as a sacrifice
upon the altar of AfriceR serVituds thsH tAe
question Of mans cspseity for sell-govsTnment
IS forever settled. The derisian OF the world
viii haaceierta jastly trsst tls pEetensi0n az
fs-ca, ami tna blessed h0pa Which. for ive
tsaUs1-l years, cur race, a-lHi storms sad sal-
tez, hrs ussa l--aE % its bosom, VIII 5s
leT8Hs- rated 10 Do s paanta.o aai dream.
Pardon these Eertisa ela disigIEtgd words. I
VHag have seen pressed aui Of mE hears BY the /
so1z7W5 tHas srs weighing up5ait.
S-Lrar5i = your tdeud,
ghs 3gta nnd : oh g,euusssaee E1esia4enss
t}saaoiisatsas
Correspondence EaoEviils lsgistor.I
WARTRACE, june %, 1868 II ny /
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