Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-09


! The group Of Republicans siardine in ih
/ open space before the clsrk's desk increases
they crowd down the asles anoug th3 opFosi
/ ton and cluster around the speaker ss he ye
sumes. Even fhe eternal chattariug in th.
ladies' galleries has ceased, The seats are al
crowded, the correspondents aud reporters have
been attracted by the Interest Of tbs scsne, and
ier wonder the reporters galleryis iull and At
tentive.
An effort is making on fac aoor to get joint
session OF the military and naval committees. %
hear proposition from Cyrus w Field backed
BY tho Secretary, of War, about Submarine
cable to New Oasaus One member af.er an
other fatty refuses to obey the ealL of the chair
man, and lesYe the dabsta. The eminenf tele-
grapher waits an hour in tho committeefoom,
aud finally gets 70 see tkrse ont of the fourteen
members. Such is the interest the discussion
OF tTeason's arguDent IS srousipg.
Inc speaker Ie5umsd: There is not one
drop Of rain that falls over the whole vast OK
panse of tho Northwest ths' does not 6nd It's
nome IA the bosom Of the gulf Ne must and
zee '5t1 totlos0 It, with travel and trades not by
treaty, bat by right; fresly, peacesbly aud
without restriction or tribute, under the sans
government and flag e
Il is el0qaen.lY spoken, and none are more
willing to concede il than his opponents Aud
yet iorcible polished, stirring as It is what Is if
bat the gospel of mateTialisa the ignoring Of all
moral considerations, the slaader on the people
OF his home, thst for the psltry sake Of little
easier mode of floating theic corn to market,
they viii forsake the Union of their flthars,
trample upon all the traditions of their national
e1istence, and tie themselves a3 tributaries Co
that body of sin aud death, slave breeding.
purely slave civilization treasoa-born Southern
Confsderaeyl
There are many more words ia the speech,
words boldly conceived and f0reibly spoken, but
that is its substance. The administration is cen
sured, too often only Justly, bat with the eager
haste OF hate not with the SLOW spoken condam-
nation to which tho friends Of the government
often feel foTesd The stRpi3ites Of our military
management, the foolish extravagancias Of
boastmg with which thoughtless portion Of the
press and an exeitsble people entered upon the
work OF subduing ths rebellion, are rightly
enough exposed; but the tone of the exposure
IS not that which tbe friends of the Union and
the government would give il; it sounds Ike
the malignant sneering Of the London Times, oT
the deVllish ezultstion Of the Richmond Eram
laer. There is BsRyer for peace. to descend, bub
1t IS nos the prayer OF the pairi0t anxious that
after honorable and triumphant wars that have
viGdieated the nation and su5dued iss enemies
the bloody bsansrs be borne bsck and foli5d
away 1t 10 the prayer OF the s0Tdid shopkaepsr
who clamoEs 60 heaven thai his craft and his
profit are in danger And there are glowing
promises for the fuure, bu that future is TO be-
not progress to purer civilizatioo, but degrada-
tloa TO tae basest eutgrovths Of the present
lie has spoken over an .hour aud q7sr.er.
and hes accomplished that rar5 feat compelled
the closest attention Of the mlst diso-1er7 de-
iberatvs body in the world, from the bacir-
ning to the end. Hs has nos qRits finished, /
bat one extension OF time has already been
gTanted him. MgTe Is refused and b. cl1aes
without peroration.
There is a gradual relaxation, sudden hum
miF'g. Of conversation again on the floor and
through the galleries. The Democrats and /
h0rdsr Ssate rnea. with faces wrea he'd IN smiles,
crowd around their champion vi Il their con /
gratulsions. At single step the summed AID I
sxecrated Yallandigham has risen to the lealsr |
ship of their party. Deny it, as some of them /
still may, hsuceforth 1t IS accomplished. Pan /
stion-mannered old 1Ir WicLilla, h.tie 3D. |
samuel Cox, and all the rest ere bat tails 20 the /
Kite Of this man, bold enough hsless enough, I
md able enough to svoy and de.e1d, the real |
Of them all.