Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-13
PECULIAR SENTIMENT AT
TH.

NORTH.
II the signs of the times are not deceptive and
fanaoious, We think there can be no dOlbt but
that he current Of public sentiment st the North
is rapidly setting ia a direction favorable to the
cssssdoR Of the wsr. The "sober second
thought Of The people" is evidently doing its
work. The thinking men Of the North are be-
ginning to discover that The triumph Of lansi-
cism over The South would be no victory in ia
vor Of true liberty or the perpsiuity Of free in
sdiutons. On the contrary, they are discover
ing that TIE destruction Of both is involved in
cur subiugati0c, aad tbst The lo5s Of vi liberty
naturally and necessarily draws stsT it The loss Of
theif own independence and personal rights
The spectsr of military 5sspotsm already stares
them IL the lace, and they plainly see that the
destruction and oblitsrsion Of State rights and
State lines in he South viii destroy all guaTsn-
tees for their observance and psrPetuity in The
North.
Such facts are well calculated to cause The
people to stop and think in their mad career
Fanadeism, hatred and prejudice have led them
BY tba moss for the past three years, bat they
ars gradually diseatsngling themselves from the
mssbes in which they hsve been caught, and
shsw 8 manifest unwilingness TO advance fur
thsr in The work OF our and their own destruc-
ton. The spirit Of volunteering is dead, the
draft is a failure, snd the insane and besotted
despots St Washington are looking with eager
and anxious gaze 10 their negro regiments as
their last hope. When this fails them, as fsil
them It must snd when their present army in
tbs feld is defeated, or goes out Of service,
which tie larger portion Of it viii DO in May
next, their power viii be efsctually broken
down, and they viii be no longer in a position te
carry on an offensive warfare agsinst US.
There is much IN 81 this to give Us encourage
mont and to stimults the South and Southern
men to redoubied energies. The liberties and
Independence of the American people, won from
British tyranny and bequsathed to US by cur
revolutionary ancestors, are wholly depandent
upon our success in this war. Both at the
North and the South, they viii survive CT perish
with rs, and freedom viii be heard to shrieb a.
cur fail With he sword aud the purse once IN
the i'm grasp OF LTNCULS, the masses Of the
people would be inpotsut to wrest them from
him, the freedom Of the ballot box would bscom.
3 fsTcs, aud the people would be reminded tia
an gBcomplaining obedience to power and su
ihorty vas the first duty of tie citizen. The
reflective and weL-informed portion Of The
EartherR people are not blind to the dangerous
tendency Of sfsirs, aud hence we are
inclined te the belief that LNCOLE,
with bis war policy, viii ere long
fad himself struggling against IN i~rresist-
lille current Of public opinion. However
and anxious the Northern public may
onginsily have been for orr suhjugatian, we
can not believe they are yet prepared to pass
Hndsr the yoke themselves. which they must dc
i they persist in their insane warfare upon as
OF this faei they are becoming more sensible
every dsy, and are eoTrsgpondingly disinclined
10 give their -counisnanes and Encouragement to
tie further prosecution Of he war The cleo
tons which come a to-day in Pennsylvania
ard Ohio, the rssalt Of which we Ehallvery soon
hzow, VIII throw q volume Of light upon hi.
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