Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-01
LIN60LN,s PROOLAmATECN-RE
WAIHATEnM

As the day and time has arrived for. the issuance and
PRONUNCIATION Of LIScoLss infamous emancipation pro-
elamation, It Ia gratifying to know thai the popular sentL
meht Of the country is such as will demsDd 3 counter
lon Of retaliation from President DAVIS. The
MississiRpisR o. ibis morning discusses the subject at
length, and as we feel our inability to add strength TO
the editors arguments, we reproduce his article in lieu
of any remarks we might have 10 make o~urseiveA He
says
A few weeks ago the subsidized Katiorsl Eutsg7Egenca
stated that this odious proclamation would be revoked II
il was found that the rebellion could be crushed without
Is. is nou-revocafion ID, therefore, a confession on the
part of Lincoln that he cannot subdus the Southern
people without the aid Of servile insmreetions. IL Il a
humiliattng confession bat It shows the depth o. hend-
ishness and moral degradation which the Northern gov
eminent has reached II Is an evidence Of sheer cow
crdice and tufpitude, Of Infinite malice. envy and hate.
II gives the world a spectacle OF q government lost to
all humanity, destitute Of all msgnaninity, Of eli true
eoursgeE government content TO revei ip the basest Of
passions for the sole object Of harrassing and toturing
a proud and highspTited foes government anxious to
visit tho ravages and horrors Of the worst Gestures Of
war npon defenseless women and Children govern
menf entailing devastation, destruction and death upon
those objects which all ehiyalrie aatons shield with i'm
munity from the terrors Of war.
What does Lincoln expect to gain by such g prosla-
nation Z His first idea was perhaps to Tighten the slave
States back to their bondage. he is, hsweveF. thor
oughiy convinced that this was a vain hope. Does he
think the destruction Of the institution Of slavery would
restore a Union He knows full wei that it would
make wider and deeper the gulf that separates the two
sections. Is it because he thinks such a course VIII ben
eft the North He knows the success Of his schems
would ruin the North as well as the South. Is it because
be has such a regard for the comfort Of the negrof He
is the worst enemy Of the negro, and he SHOWS IT, His
object then cannot be TO benefit the negro, to put down
what lie plesses to style a rebellion, or 70 benefit the
Northern States for he knows that the tendency Of hs
proclamation is 10 thwaTt all these objects. lit works
as he hopesit would, it win prove the destruction OF the
negro, a powerful snd neradleable incentive 10 eternal
dissolution, aud the complete overthrow Of the North.
What, then, does he hope TO gain by itf simply our
destruetion-to i~nausurate upon us those horrors which
aLa = Il ugnN aNaE ca AnnFnr.nNmNn And - fkTH- OLE
object be is Willing to destroy his cwa people, civil lib
cry, the negro, and every sentiment moral and po-
liiical, which have made the Western republic a beacon
Of light to the nations Of the earth.
Was ever hate AID malice 50 fearfuiiy Illustrated 2
Did ever the bad passions Of human nstufe assume such
a terrible sway over the minds Of a people once enjoy
Ing all the liberties Of American citizeHs9
We are TO be destroyed, not from any good object 20
be accomp ished, not from any benefit to our enemies,
but purely for the qualification # the settled and i'm
placabie hale Of a despot-lhrough a spirt Of sbser
wantOnness. Under no circumstances can the North be
made the beneBciaiies of LincoIn's iasurreeti0nary
policy. 1t viii bring disaster to them as wen az 10 Us.
Il is Inc act Of a reckless 9nd ~dopravod gambler who
hsg G~espaised Of winning in anything like a legitimate
game, and rises from the table with a drawn weapon.
trusting in tie supposed helplessness Of his antagonist
to Brighten him iut0 a surrender Of bis money. It is the
act Of a groveling, vengehl assassin, who, through
envy and hatred, having provoked quarrels with a
brother and in every one was severely whipped Tor his
insolence, betakes himself in the dead hour Of night to
the dark paths Of crime, waylsys and stabs his unsus-
pecting brother il the back.
A government actuRted by such q spirit throws itse.f
beyond the pale Of civilization and the minions en-
gagged in fighting the battles Of such a government are
net proper subjects for the rildness Of civilized warfare.
We gust acqafesee in the grand necessity upon US, and
overt from ouT people those horrors which the disbOIcai
venom Of our i~nveterate foes would infict upon Us by
turning them upon Ia -ir own heads.
We have no fears that the fanatic government and
people Of the North VIII be grAtifed BY the success Of
this barbdrOus policy, but it behO0ves our government
and our people TO guard against It's Internal tendencies.
We must adopt a policy which .yill AT once strip it of It's
terrors. That policy is T~fa9iatioH to the fullest measure
and meaning o. the word.
Our government has struggled from the beginning to
divest this war of tho horrors Of brutality and savagery.
IN this it has cSrTied cut the POPULAR wish Of our peo-
pie but when such q proclamation as that issued By
Lincoln on the 22G Of September last stares it in the
face-when humanity 70 our foes viii be inhumanity to.
our frien3s-wheno our enemies insist upon a war whose
mildest features on their part are barbarous and unciv.
iliZed-when all the elements OF humanity, civilization,
Justice, mercy. and chivary are swallowed up in the
worst passions Of vengeance and savage brutality
when we ara forced to choose between the utter des-
t~ruction OF ourselves, our wives, our children and our
country or that Of such an enemy-ths choice is easily
made. The duty Of Tie government is clear. The peo-
pie who have periled all, and given thousands Of lives
for he disenthfalment of their country, have e right to
look to the government for protection. There is only
one effective way for the government to give the pro-
lection needed, and that IS R-TALIATIoS.
The last G. ngress wisely left the subjsct Of Lineoin's
proclamation and retaliation with the President, to be
dealt with a. exigeDcies arose. Tho Pres den, in bis
p~roclamatious out awirg the Brutes Butter and yeNe ],
has given the c3untry an evidence Of BIS determinat ON
to stop the unparalleled cTueuea If our foes. OF to &c
quiesce in tie kind OF WIZ which thy are forcing upon
Us. Let hin than issue his proc amati0n, declaring
that a / commissioned Ofi1e7 in Lineolus iuscrreetioH-
airy army, shall he trea-ed AZ felons aud be held amens-
bic t,tbe laws Of the S ates on he subject Of tampsF-
ing vi h slaves. Let lis De d n promptly. End let all
the commissioned officers who fad into Cur hands, he
cons gned to feion's prisons and ba tried By the c0u is
of .ur several Staie7. This course VII be fully j-sti
fed By every sentiment Of justice, aud duty t. our
selves snd our country deman It adoption, or some
other equally eficacious. If we must con niue the war
under LEeola's Infamous and dem MAE prOelama len
let it be continued in the spirit Of that proclamation.
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