Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-26

% bring 70 tbs eegnisslce Of mankind. II a
nuthsntic fern snd mhnasr, The fact that @rsat
Britain has griovoasiy violated that treaty.
Her first step shcald be 20 PASS tia get Of pro
:sss-hsr second g give ths British Govssunsns
formal notice If The fact Of hsr hgviaE 90 done
her fhird 70 nssify thsss facts to sysry civi-
lzsd aation in the world.
Now, there exists az sstablishsd crgsE by
means Of which she may laks the second Of
fhese steps In . thoroughly easetual uAnzsY.
There ID q pEblie faRessenaFy occupying fnms-
uorially. 3 well-dsaned sEd hiehly important
position in al legal nalssss (tbouek his an-
YisyzsEt is less general in England than On
the contiEens1, whose special voeation It is 10
establish p~-otests-ths zokary pubic.
The aet Of protest ef tie s4a5o CT Georgia win
DO effectively registered auozg the general Ace
Of nations BY her dirsstRg 8 notary public b
deliver . eepy Of il, With all the f~osxality and
serenaony uhish sppsrtsias 10 sis ministIafisn,
at the British FossigR eAies. 9esreia skeald
thsn forward a. sutkenticstsc copy Of the pre-
test = every civilized Government and By this
pTsesss Great Britain viii Be effectively cited
hefors Ike tribunal Of tho world aEd Of pes
terity.
E1eh = csurss Of Sreessdiax weuld plaes
shs British Government, and, through Il, the
British nation, IN apesiiioz Of neral SiSadTaR-
tage before EsakiEd, such Is No ~resPesssbls
peoRle could long enduro 70 hold.
AaS-whst / eenEess Is q strong moilvs vita
Ra IN urging this c~odEss--sGck = pRosso3iug
would tend 20 restore 70 our starving operatives
snd pilisgsd merchants soma hope tha. thsir
welfare aud prosperity might begin to revive.
The nation is very slowly awakening to 3 glim.
moEing psEcsptien OF what is tbs night and the
wrozg in this American contest Thus far,
ewing 10 Q general ignorance 6f its real charae-
tar, sna this attendant misconeeFtion Of the ms
suro Of eur consequent duty, ne ksve nebly
consented te suffer impotence. The nation has
been told that Observation-Disclosures and neutrality
were its duties. And 30 they were, undoubtedly.
Bat in lis1 Of performing those sacred duties
our Government has vielstsd them in the most
extraordinary manner. What interference eau
possibly be stronger, or what vislSsisn of nsu-
tzsity greater, than the set Of the British Gov
eminent which imPliss on ilspsrt az sdmissiOR
Of a claim Of ths WAshiEgten G0EefHEsnt to
sstablish-ss agezt, iHtsr alias for tia States Of
Georgia, South Csroliss, Virginia, &ad North
C~aToliBR, : blockade of thoss very Ssatssf Tks
Northern ssvsges might possibly hsve instituted
q Blockade Of taess Ssases by q tide sach e.
wsAld have warranted them il calling upsa
Crest Brisain to observe Il but Whsz their pc
liical organ ct Washington elsstsa 70 institute
it II tho usurpsd character Of continuing 10 hold
political authority from these s0Vereigngies Wkieh
VIC AAGH AAA GAA(oAko4 &AA E4saAgAy HAt4
drawn the very limited authority they had esa-
veysd 10 il, We were forbidden b. the treaty Of
I7sS 70 admit tAe legality Of the blockade, and
We are net only new entitled, bat sro bound, to
cesse our shamsful iaterferenes sgsinsl the
South by rsvokisg oar wrongful admission
Of R.
Szch a protest, moreover, would cali the At.
teHticn Of the British public to a right view of
its duties in this Important nsttsr. 1t requires
senls ssimulus Of this soyt to awaken its psrcop-
sioss CT what jcsiics prascTibes in tAis case. Or
dizErilY, the British public pays little attention
to foreign politics, hence it CEn be easily misled
regarding them, and its sentiments, which are
always truO TO the osUse Of honor and justice, |
are exposed to the risk Of being engaged on the
wrong side whenever the jOint interest Of f.
nssics, deraagogues, and trading politicians |
prompts them to deceive t. Such has been ths
saso 10 this instance. But the same simple, |
straightforward love Of right and fair play
which has rendered it the dupes Of hypecrites
Vho bewiIder it with s~pecions eFusions about
Neutrality" aad 'nsn-interventios, while they
are perpeirating the crosses breaches Of neu-
trSl.y, and s~traiaing the Law beyend all preos-
dent IN favor Of the most ~ssBguizzgy and brutal
ssyages that the civilized world has yet sean,
viii impel it to insist thss right shall be done
and wYeBg b Tighted the instaRt it shall Clearly
see en- ukien side right liss. Already all the
synpatfies Of the nation are on the side Of its
Hsble and heroic relatives of The South. Il is
proud Of the goodness and the glory Of StcneEal
Jackson, and places hiR in its heart ~
the side Of tia lEaaentsd HsyelOck. II he
f7ur States shOuld bU. eRee give ia skRowledgs
Of tie truth By sens sush authoritative and
act Es I suggest, the painful coBaict
which now exists between ito real sentiments
md its supposed duty viii eesss, End it viii In
list Spen such Political redress being Afforded
10 the States with WHOM its GoyeEcment has
faith, as its eva hoser requires.
JOHN ". C0WELL.
Ne. II Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, No
u, 1885.