Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-03
Northern view Of Daris' sEessage

Inc New York Herald Of the i7tA uls., con
tains the message of President Davis il full, ans
deyotes nearly q column to editorial comment OF
the document. From this editorial We make th,
following extracts
The message sf JEFF. Davis TO the Confederate
Congress, an abstract Of which we pa blished
yesterday, and the whole Of which we give this
morning, is of more than ordinary importance
1t is evidently inspired by conscious security
which has never hitherto characterized sny man
itesto which emsBsted from therebel Executive,
/ and It breaihes sn air of discrimination and de-
hanee which is not justified by what meets the
public eye. 1t is true that the Confederate
President is aware Of the divisions and disgust
/ al the North, produced by the abolition policy,
and particularly the emancipation edict extorted
from Dir. Lincoln, which is worth TIVE hundred
/ thousand men to the cause of rebellion for It
enables the rebel government to prove that their
antieipstions of the designs of the radical party
I arc fully realized and to make out q plausible
case Of Justification before the people for the re-
/ belion Of the South.
/ The rebel President gives extracts from Mr
/ Lincoln's inaugural address, snd quotes the
resolution of Congress defining the war to be
war lsT the vindicstioa Of the Constitution and
the maintenance of the Union, and not 4 war Of
aubIugation, or for the purpose of interfering in
any way with the domestic institutions Of the
South and he then cites the subseaueuf acts Of
at-
as totally opposite to The pledges under which
the war was inauguTated. In relation to the
proclamation, he adroitly appeals to the senti-
ment of the civilized world a. to the instincts of
that commen humanity which benefieent Gre
atOr has implanted in the breasts Of our fellow
men Of all countries to pass judgment on 3
measure by which several millions Of human
beings Of an inferior raee-peacefal aud con-
tented laboreT8 IN their sDhere-are doomed 10
-rh1la al fha ff--e
encouraged to q general assassination Of their
masters by the insidiOus Recommendation to
ebsiain from violence unless IN necessary self
dssense.n
TIE administration and the radicals seem to /
have given him a chance to appeal to she sym 1
pathiss of the white men of the North, and of 4
the Caucasian race throughout the world /
They have enabled him to consolidate the nil /
itaTy strength of the South by cOnscript law, to
control ts fin&scisl resources, and unite ths peo-
pie, morally and politically, as one MAJ, while /
their programme has had a most disastrous Of
fses at the North in dividing and distracting
the popular sentiment and, according to the |
abolition press, il has utterly demoralizsd aud
destroyed the army Of the Potomac, on which
the success Of the Union cause SO greatly de-
pended. Hence the President of the rebellous
States is so cenGdent in his expectations, and
rampant IN his threats Of retaliation He SAYS
he has directed the execution of Ge2eral Butler |
and one General AcNeill, who murdered seven
prisoners Of war in cold blood" if they sheuld !
faIl into the hands of any Confederate forces
and he has also marked out fer vengeance, "sn-
other general by the name Of Millroy,'' charged
with hideous atrocities in Western Virginia
Then he expresses his determination to deliver
10 the several Sts.e authorities all commissioned
officers Of the United States that may hereafter
be captured in any of those Sistes iacuded in
the proclamation who have provided for the
punishment Of criminals engaged in exciting
seTvile insuTecti0ns.'
Tte-e may be little in these threats as she in
tended victims are not yet In his power, and are
not likely soon 10 be. BHt there may be some
thing in these menaces after sl-sOmothing /
more than the mere miiitsry, political and fnan-
cial siiustiOn would warrant It is more than Z
possible, Notwithstanding the general terms in
which Mr.. Davis complains of the European |
Powers for not recognizing the Independence
Of the Southern ConfedeTacy, and for shutting /
ont frem their poris priyateers and their prizes
be has some understanding with the Emperor Of !
the French, which viii be brought 20 ligbtin due
time. In confirmation Of this view it is worthy +.
Of remark that in the rebel Congress, on Mon
lay, a resolution WAS introduced eulogizing
France % for her endeaV0rs 10 iLduee Eurcpean
And when ne cast glance at r
he other side of tie Atlantic, we find that tie !
relations of hfr, Siidell with Napoleon and bis :
ministers are far more cordial than is consistent
With strict neutrality much less with the warm I
Professions of friendship for the United States !
Thieh he has constantly made. The greeting
# the Emperor to Mr. Dayton, on New Years
lay was, to say the least, decidedly cold, If it
vas not piece of bitter irony under the circum-
tsnees.
Here, then, is abundant food for the calm re-
lection Of Mr. Lincoln. The earnest determin-
.tion of the South must be met By correspond
ng determination on his part, and on the part
# the people Of the loyal States otherwise the
Union is irreirievably lost The same unity Of
urpose and of action must bs developed at the
Worth as at the South The rebss are terribly
n earnest, while everything that trsnspires at
Washington shows that the administration are,
ike Nero, fi1dHng while Rome was burning"