Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-02
Lord BFoHehaHa on the American Quss.


The following are Soma Of Lard Rrougham's
remarks IN a speech ct E5izbu1e, October g d
Bas the establishment Of French infusres in
Mexico Is likely to pToiucs an uneasy feeling IN
tas now Unhtp5y 6is United States Of America.
au3 Lnsy BY no remote possibility issd 60 sn am
ieabls inteTccurss with the South, not, perhaps,
against tue 61lJh, bat ia formal recognition CT
ne secession sud IN breach Of ths blockade
iRe friends Of humanity would hsvs es5d cause
TOR lsnsnti1g anything so unauiieslly tending 10
promote the continuance Of thB wax asd extend
its mi5chief5. Tbs term civil y75r Is now hardly
applicable TO ttis miserable contest. The people
OF tze south esa banded sgaigst these Of ta9
North exactly IS any no EaTcPosa naiioas, dit.
ter1ug ia al respects save lsnEucge, have been
banded against each Othe7--tEe Austrians and
ffussls1s .or example. But give is what nsue
20 may, no cue can doubt chat it is q cruel ca
lsIoitY 20 the Americans themselves, an5
though in 3 much less degree, 20 the resi- o. the
world, which, with one scc5Ed, joins ia repro
batting their c0udsct While lsnensi1g its effects.
Esch party, Of course, seeks 20 cast oa the
other heavy blame Of bIeslzing tae peace. On
ths one side is the wicked allegation Of proper
~ in human beings, o8 the gther, the hollow
pCsteEt Of making war 10 ires Am- ziesn
slaVaIy-hsr shame and her curse, as al exCaps
slave-O"neTs admit il to be. Hollow, We may
vel call 1t, for those who pr0clSiglsd sasrcipa-
ton confess tnat ID was measure Of hostility
30 the whites, and designed 20 PEoduce slave IL
suTr6ctiOn, from which the much enduring us-
tage Of the anksppy negro saved sEs country.
Ny esteemed friend, the prslste, who exalts by
H.s sloquence aud his virtues b. uaa5 Of WI
Earf2fess which he inhofl:5, declared thas ths
suihoTs OF the measure cared az littls fer the
blacks freedom as f1r ths whites; aud now they
MI To- e
rats tie other But, WhassveT may hsyc been
the pToxin2te cause OF the contest, It's continu-
suc5 is the result Of nsti0nsi vanity WI D.
0Gt example and without bounds.
individuals sutjsot to this fai lure are despised
net hated and It Is 81 ordinary expression re-
specting him who is without this weakness, tha-
he i5 too proud 10 be vain. But Whc1 a people
are seized with ii, they change the name, and
call il love Of glory. Ol tie individual, We
sfien hear the remark that, despicsbie as the
weakness is, it leads TO no bad actions. Nothing
can be mOye false. It lesds 20 many crimes, and
to thst disregard Of truth which IS she root Of all
6feuse5. Certainly It produces none Of the worst
crimes. The maa who is = prey to vanity
thifsts not for the blood Of his neighbor. How
iesrfuily otherwise i5 it when g nation is Ils
slave MsgniiyiBg Itself beyond all measure,
sad daspising tho best Of msnklDd-bliuded snd
intoxicated with atisfactiOn-DeEsUEdsd lha5
their YER. primes are proofs Of gressness, sDd
believing hat they are b1th admired and en-
wed tha Americans hsYe not only net been CEN
tent With tho destruction Of half q million. bat
been vain Of slaughter.
Their object being to retain great name
among nations for thsir extent Of tsTutorv, tasv
exalted in tls wholesale hloodsiisd by winch It
must be accomplished, because others were I'M
Sble to make such a sacrifice. THE stTurgls Of
en- 3 -gE
watch hold society together, and gave 10 mil
lions the meSus et showing their capacity, has
produced 40 genius, evil or military; while ihs
submission 20 every cspucs Of tyranny bad
Been universal aad hlDitUsl, and never inler-
rupted Dy single ael OF resistance 70 the NEST
hsgFEnt iDtYscsi0Ds Of personal freedom. The
mischieis of mob snIEemacy haYe been con
s.sntlY felt toT the calamity Of rational snd
respectable Usl keeping slo3f from tho manage
msut Of gff.rs has resulted Ia the tyranny Of
the mulh.Rds.
To this tyrsat tbs nominal rulegs have never
withheld Li,sIE submission; and the press, ester
ing for the sppsdtss OF TIA ponuIsce. and D.nd-
Jag 50 t1slt passions, has persisted il every
misrepresentation which might most disguise
ne truth as % passing events, exsc-aretr7
each success, ,ezto3-a-.Bs each defeat, otter dss-
cIl5ing f4liUe as vIctoTyi while the multitude,
If tbs ruth by c1zn08 Eeach51 them, --ere rus
Day sunS IN despair, another eiatei To eesss-
c., alnicst Al tue pleasure Of Their ruisrs sod
tiisiT guides. NaT were tho faisehoo5s thug mo-
p2Faled confined 10 the evenls Of tho war. taey
extended 10 aii iLirgs-to the measures Of the
GsycTnnlsnt and tie aess Of foreien lsiiol s.
lhe pubic feeling must nos be tig7arts5; ths
ps0Ple desired to Eesr UhateTer g.ati6ed tbsir
va0ity CT raised their spirits; ard IL tis sl1sinn
must they livo as long as ihs war lssts, end tbs
rule is in the hands Of the mob
The truth they viii mover near, heczuss thsv
desire TO near What is pleasing, snd not what i
irue. Bat il 7Touid b5 CREST mistake TO cbaryo
en- their talse guides the lolhzs aud ths erir17s
which hey Gimme in wslh and do their best r.
pefpeiuzte. The people ars determined 10 their
course. Ear fgom feeling shame at lie erneI
scenes which modern ages-n=y. waieh
christian times. ave seen nothing 10 eousl:
8 spectacle at wAich The 'gh8l5 g8rId stands
aghast, almost to incTeGuiiiyi hey actually glo-
r. in II as pr0of Of tasir hsghar nature. love
themselves to be the envy as she flower Of man.
kind, and fancy that their uroEess vTould fri.
umph over the most powerful ststss Of Rnro,s
In sueh illusions their chiefs may not pE.tisu.
larly JOIN, bas the psople arc, beyond 5ou5t =
prey to them, and wil continUs 50 10 he end
"Hsar the just law, the Judgment of he szi-s
They that hate truth shall be dupss ef ~
Aadif they WiA be chsstsd o tho isss
Dsusi0n sLfong as he'll shall bind them f-,, -
The feeling toward England which 5rev,iis
among the American people, though srisi9a,
from the excess Of national vanity, and Ire kin-
dTed envy, is esTisinlY in part ihs remains of
the old quarrel that led te tbe separation. We
ese hated aud despisod; neither feeling is At all
reciprocal, bat smeng oar kinsfok Is prevails
ia 4 degree simosi amounting 80 nsBial alisHa-
tior; It can hardly Do secOuntod for without "a
curing 70 the aneiens gTudgs Of the American
war, and it illustrates the s0andneas of the
views taken By those who have most eonsi3.
cred the great subject Of colonial policy, that
we must 50 govern our settlements ss to prepare