Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-26

which 20 them is ct once land Of inheritance
aud land Of promise is opened and Wstereo'
Even if the agents of the American people
thus exercising their power, should, through lear
Of faction, fall below this hight OF national ylr
the. they would be speedily,ye. eonshtuuo99shy'
rspIseed by others of steiner character ana pat
riotism 49,.
I must be allowed to say, s'so, that IA Dlouyn
IA pHnys errs in his description OF the pafneS 70
,be nresent conflict We have here, IN poha-
al tepse no North no S5uth-nO Northern, no
Southern States. We have sn insurreeasonary
narty. which is located upon, aud is ehlsny Al
;aosat to. the shores of the Gulf Of Mexico, snd
~ have. on the other baud, loyal people VINO
eon.sit,te not ONLY Northern STATES, but Essterh'
Middle Western and Southern States. 1 nave
an ma1v occasions heretofore submitted to me
French govern msnt the Presidents views q tHe
interests sud ideas which he at ihe bottom OF sus
discrimination of the American government o. atiu
Dsople TO maintain tho Federal Union ne
President has done the same thing in his msssa-
pes and other public declarations Ieira'n'
| therefore, from reviewing that argument IA con
nectian with the existing question. M. Dfouyn n
de- 'Huvs dzass 30 his aid the conferences Whlch
toolr Tlace Eefween the colonies and Great brit
ain in our revolutionary war. He viii allow me
to answer that action IN the crisis OF the natloR'
must accord with its necessities, and thsIeIoIe
can be seldom eonformed ID precedent. Great
Britsin. when entering on that negotiation
had manifestly come to entertain doubts Of ner
Ultimate success, and it is certain that the
councils of the colonies could not have failed TO
! take new courage, if not to gain other adFsn-
| taSe. when the parent State compromised so Tar
/ as 10 treat Of Deacs on the terms of connecting
their independence 1t is true, indeed thai
neaca must come sometime, and that confer
ences must attend if they are not allowed to
precede the paci6cation. There l., however, 6
better form for s1eh conferences than the one
which NJ Dfouyn de PHuys suggests. Inc
latter would be palpsbly 10 derogation OF the
Constitution of the United S ateS, and would
carry no weight, because destitute of the sane
ton necessary to bind either to the loyal or dis
| loyal portions Of the people
| On the other hand, the Congress OF the Uni-
! ted States furnishes Gems tltutional forum for
4 debates between the alienated parties. Ssna-
tors and representatives from the loyal people
are tkere already, fully empowered to confer.
/ And seats are also vacant and inviting the sen
stors aad representatives OF the dlscontsnted
party, who may be conshtuhonaly sent mere
4 from the States involved in the insurrection
Moreover, the conferences which can thus be
] held in Congress havs this great advantage
over any that could be organized on the plan OF
/ NJ Drouyn de PHuys, viz: that Congress, II
/ II thought wise, could call q national conYen-
ton 10 sdopt its recommendasionS, and give
them all the solemnity aud binding force oi
organic law. Such conferences between the
slienafed parties may be said to have already
begun. Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, sIen.
nesses and Missouri, States which are caimed
by the insurgents, are already represented il
| Congress, and are submitting with perfect Tree
dom and proper spirit, their advice upon the
course best calculated to bring about, in the
shortest TINA, a firm, honorable aud lasting
peace Representatives have been sent also,
! from Louisiana; and others are understood to
be coming from Arkansas.
There is preponderating argument in tavol
Of the congressional form of conference oYel
that which is suggested by NJ Droyn defHuys
viz that while accession to the latter would
bring the governmentinto concurrence with the
insurgents in disregarding and setting aside al
important part of the Constitution Of the UuiteC
States, and so would be pernicious example
the congressional conference, on the contrary
preserves and gives new strength to that sserec
Instrument which must continue through fatuTi
/ ages the sheet anchor of the republic.
Yuu win be at liberty to read the dispatch t
NJ Drouyn de lHuys, and to give him copy !
| he shall desire It. To the end that you may b
informed of the whole case, l transmit copy 0
! b. Diouyn de lHuys dispatch.
am, sir, your obedieut servant.
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.