Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-24
gOsT0RER &C, 1853

[ aSNA9AEA . 80 lIuoa
Ia answer 90 ysur insui
| riea whether pAci6cssion ca a basis Of sspsra
/ ton, permanent q temporary, IS likely % be
acceptable or practicable I san Only ssgWsr fer
myself Acceptable Il csrtsidlyisould not be Just
/ neW ia lie herth, 8 community excited % ore
| way CT another beyond The reach of Fcasgn; b1i
acceptable l. som must DO, when tbs WEAKNESS
Of sorrow beesHes stronger aad fnancial
trouble Is more INN ineak There Is 8 growing
feeling IN fsver OF psaSa and rsesgn. .lsn, II
Preference 70 the ecuHnus1es 5t such . Wsr, or
70 intervention ffem abroad; thoGxh Fksher thsa
this brctseTiy bloedsEaa should % on, peoois
may bssome TseoRsIed &c chat ~ : meass Of
peses. Ny American instincts yet revolt At the
feFeibls intervention ct fsEeiyn nations IL cur
domestic feuds IeaaRst, hOssyer, as . iIiend
OF peass, see any 81 ictiJR TO f0reiga TeclgEi
iOn-io which taink lhs South eatiiIsd-anS
Skieh, in my poor iuagaeas, st once wsuld
pgs1ues peace There is prsvalsni zistsks
abroad on this point.
.. 4 rsasenabls plan Of paeIfcasiog, suppos-
ing statesman to direct our policy, would be
thisf
4 If the war Is 70 ss on for a tizas, as from
nero zemsEsum, perhaps It n1st, les it be
turned ss seen as poEsible from attempted coz
qaesi - war fer limits and terms Of settle
msEt
az Let negotiations be opened Ri oncs vi !
the G0vernnent ss RchmsRd for such settle
meat, making BeTs formal recsgnitisn oRs Of
the aattsrs for discussion. The Ssslburns min
stry asns Mr.. Oswald and Nr. GsenyiIle 10
Paris, in i1s2, 10 Hsgctiass before they Eecog-
sizsd Us. Tbs Eaissi0z Of that Rsgotiatisn Is
very impressive now.
"Of eourss the S1utbeyn GoAls3craey, as an
existing esncrs.e thing, Is 70 b. reeOeaized de
jaTs Fhsre can be nc Fssss Wisaoutie
"A IS 90 limits, I, as q HoTthorn man, prefer
q nztuIa 10 "A arbiIsrY boundary; very mueh
prefer the Potomac and the Ohio 10 lie LINE Of
blsssd trees and lhndmal kz that new sssarA;a
us snd which has bean quite ins4setgsl % pro
tees ua ffem two inFasis1J
'f5. Bus the Stssos OF Aazylsnd aud Delaware
have \ right 10 dstsrmine thsiE relztisns 70 ths
tea CeGtsdeTAciea by iree volc--sss, mean.
in fact and net ia ioTm--snd thslr deosIcn
Affects boundaries. PsEBsy lyaEis Is assumed to
20 With lhs North
. In any event ei 5epdrRliOn, Washington
shCElj not bs he capital OF either CJ1fsderaey.
Fohnha North i. would B9t be 5uitsble; a. d
fronlsr fortress which it Is, il would ba iatoaE-
alba 10 she Ssush. For ths South it would be
equally 4asGitable Les it be monument Of
the gleTious past L Is worthless nov for any
practicable PGEpos5.
=. The navigasi5n Of the Ohio and EGssis-
sispi, and, IN tae event Of Maryland joining tie
South, Of the SusqushsHas aGd Chesapeake, to |
be FREQ.
"8 A eonim9n tariff fer tbe two Confedsra- |
ciss as to foreign natous, on rsveHas basis, 70 ]
be nispis By c0namsTeal treaties and no tzrif or 1
dulles OF eUstem houses between the CO1feaerA- |
ciss.
"9 Iudslnnitiss, and ooruPsass6ons, and ter
ritsrlsl rights to be sabjscta Of Hegoustion.
''This think Is 8 fair and reasonable basis Of 4
saeihcaiion, neither infimstiBg nor excluding 4
Il.
against fUtars differences
"This may save the public debts, nothing else
wii for tho alternative for the North Will be !
further disintegrssioE when the hour Of disgust I
comes, as il surely wilii snd then she national /
debt falls in ruin
"rhis Is 60 honest answer to youF question"
Ths-e is q great deal cs common ssuss and I
slA .asrasRship il the aosvs programme for /
pence. There are points, true, 70 Whieh We 1
would object ba: we must rscollset that It IS 1
bal the s1 yarts view Of q ei,issR Of tho North, 4
and suliscE, sf course, 20 Ea8dihoation IN the /
course OK negotiation. Generally TIE clan Is
reod ouo, and sconer or lsssr the North viii 1
cone to its senses sn2 be glad 70 saCpt It. The
sighIh artials cen tsius g stipulation which re 4
vqonld rasEeF continue ths war tha1 agree to.
While Il is diifisnlt 20 see how restrictions en-
.rsss ear be enforced betweou tive countries
NTH nothing bus narrow nVef Boundary be-
Ssan thea fer severn thousand miles, the idea
Il common tsrf 20 rsgulsts aur trade with
ofsisn esunsTies Is wholly insd1liassblo. Il
Tsuld be bsse trucking on sur part 20 Yam
zee Sresd and gein-tho very motive a. The bot
ON Of tae Wsr-and tc sgrse to l. re should Be
.lrnest as badly whipped in ths sreaty - We
possibly eezld be IN ths Geld. We bsgrusgs
he boon Of free trade with car defeated foe, and
gsuld zsvsF aZree 70 IL 80 lsng aE It Is pTastie s.
Be to pal them en- tho saus footing with o1hsr
sraign Balicns ard to semFBcaie cur for
ign relsti0ns, zHking them B1bse-viezt 70
Ea5 kea iHtsrests, ToalA be eOuipror-iss Of onT
esd = ussoazi deFrsdstion which
W should never SUD Eit sO.--SlVaaaah RsPzb
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