Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-27

have motive to act together. This IS sn
aoregious mistake. The proclamation viii nave
no such effect. It cannot have any sush effect
Tts coustitutionaIitY is denied. Is is still unex-
ecuted, and its validity undetermined. Inc
whole subject is yet open to debate and huai
settlement TIE judiciary department IS TO
render is decision upon i and IN the mean
time. It is to be the controlling issue IN popu-
lar election for President This state Of things
viii undoubtedly inspire the Shareholders with
more resolute purpose than ever Their effect
viii not, as heretofore, be to prevent the Aool-
tionists from freeing the slaves, as distant ana
spaculative proposition, but to i'escue him from
the GRASP of the enemy already actually lald
upon him. It will redouble their will aud bring
out every latent energy.
SUMNER HIS MAGNUs APOLLO.
The senator from Massachusetts Mr. Sum
ner) who has lately been reelected to serve
another term of six years in the body be mas SO
long adorned, should, in this crisis, point US to
the proper action. his purely Northern chaTsc-
ter, his great abilities, his To- ty aspirations his
sscri6ees for freedom, the entire confidence
OF his State, so spontaneously bestowed upon
him, and that State the noblest in America-all
single him out as one authorized and required
TO speak with decisive voice on this grert &C.
casiou. There are also in this house. gentlemen
whose words on this momentous theme, the
country will listen to with intense interest.
The honorable member from Pennsylvania { Mr..
Thad Stevens), one Of the truly great men OF
America-full of learning and wisdom-tried
bv leno years of arduous service IN this cause,
who has never faltered, and is now reelected in
his district By overwhelming numbers, stands
foremost among those of whom the nation VIII
expect delverance from the dangers which en-
compass It. Let these men, and such as these,
I hat 70 d0 in
hour Of peril Nevertheless, l cannot refrain
from expressing my individual opinion that the
true policy of the North is to terminate this
war at once. The longer it continues, the
verse our situation becomes. Let the two
houses of Congress adopt the following resolu-
tons:
Resolued, by the Senate and House of Repre-
j senfatives, etc, That the Executive be, and he
is hereby, requested to issue a general order to
all commanders Of forces IN the several military
departments of the United States, to diseon-
tinue offsnsive operations against the enemy
and to act for the future entirely on the deien
siye.
RessIped, That tho Executive be, and he is
further requested, TO enter into negotiations with
authorities of the Confederate States, with refer
enee to a cessation Of hosilities, based on the
following propositions Ist. Recognition of the
independence of the Confederate States 21.
uniform system Of duties upon imports. 3D.
/ Free trade between the two States. 4th Free
navigation of the Mississippi river. 9Th. Mutua
adoption of the Monroe doctrine.
CAN LIVE TOGETHER.
I entirely disagree with those who assert thai
/ it is impossible that the North and the South
could live peaeeably side by side, because there
are no natural boundaries between the two, such
! as the Rocky mountains or tho Atlantic ocess
/ This is a bugbear with which we impose upon
/ ourselves The people of the North and South
can never become foreign nations to each other
in the sense in which the French and English
and Russians are They are sprung from the
same origin, speak the same language, possess
q common literature, inherit similar politics anC
religious views, and inhabit regions closely con
nected by natural aud artificial ties. They will
\ therefore both be American The only great diff
4 ference between them is Of a social and polit
/ cal nature, namely, that which arises from the
existence Of African slavery in one and the sb
sence of it in the other. This fact, however
/ offers no obstacle whatever to such separation
as is involved in independent political jurisdic
ton on the contrary, it greatly facilitates 1t.
| Before the Federal Union was established, al
4 the States were independent, and associated M
der Articles of Confederation, in the nature OF g
! treaty The arguments now adduced to show
! the imprscticability of present separation, be
/ tween the North AID the South go with eqaa
force to prove the impossibility of what then
actually existed and was accepted in the case O.
the thirteen original States of the Union. The
latter stood toward each other, precisely as the
North and the South would stand should they
stop the war and enter into a treaty. It would
simply be resolving the North and South into
/ the Confederate States, resuming as to them, the
! old basis Of the Confederation. This would be
! the whole of it II is, therefore, 6 very simple
operation do rot suggest this, however, OF
4 the ides that should It ever be adopted, the sep
aration it implies would be permanent be
lieve that it would insure an ultimate reunion
/ on an anti.slavery basis
have confidence in the inherent vitality o
Northern civilization. have no fear to set it il
competition with the South Let them proceed
side By side in the race of empire, and we shal
see which will triumph.