Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-27
The New York zist.

From the Riohmsad WhigI
Viewed cslraly, the resistance in New York
to the 9Taft, af1Ejs less encouragement than Lhe
ssnguins iGagius. I. may be the beginning Of
that anarchy which re trust will one day over
take cur enemies; but, for the present, viii
dQabtless ptsvs ab0riiVs. TIE telsgrams from
Winehsstsr profess . contain news from the
Baltmere pa7ers Of the 151h, one day later than
the Intelligence published Ia The Hhig Of Sztur-
day last. II IS stated that ths mob has posses
sl9n OF an arsenal, which indicates a c0utinu-
snce OF the riot aud q success beyond cur aBtici-
Patious. BBtar.uuGjsly, the experience Of the
past month eoaPeis rs Is eis5rBst telsgrsphic
EsWE- Our conviction IS that ths New YsrL
neb has been suppressed, and tbst all is now
quiet
Continued success was impossible for aIl az
tRarity, State, municipal aud Federal, and al
parties alike wers lsaRued sgaiHst the rioters
The whole civil and military power Of the c0uu-
try WAS Opposed O. them every influential eisi-
zen, every property holder, sll who are in any
way Interested IN the maintenance Of law end
order were c0nstraired By the most potent Of all
sisersd0ns-sslf-pr0tseii sH3 3etsnss-t0
take up arms against them. It vas net a Pc
Etical movement. It was without 0rgaaiZ2tisn
and withegt leader. If it originated IN p0lisi-
cal motives, and, so far SIS opposition to the
draft was eoRcarnei, had the tacit couatenanes
of many persons sfstsuding, it Immediately de-
generated into = laWlsss and murdereus raid
ageinst property which the whsle eommanity
were compelled 70 discreiit aud crush anasr fsot
instantly without mercy OF regard 70 esst. Net
even New York is yet ready to uphold indis-
CTiminsts pilLsgs, srsoa aud asssssjustion.
The 0aiUa Of ths affair vii be east UPON the
peace party, which viii hasten to repUaists the
unjust accusation. Bat the Republicans viii
pFess Il hOnse Pp0n them, and. il their sadeay9r
70 escape, they win be forced not only 70 ae-
qUiescs in all measures, however arbitrary for
she suppression Of the riot but, for party Fsa-
sons if no other to advocate the vigorous prose-
eutisH Of the wsr TIE War Democrats viii re-
ceive large accszsiops, the Peace Democrats
viii lose prop2rsiousbiy, and the Republicans
viii be strengthened By hundreds Of tim0rous
property hslders, Hke, f-usmberiEg Napols0R's
exploits In the streets Of Paris fancy the cure
for IawIessness IN the absence e. I'll law, as in
a dsspotisn. Tho ranks Of the advocates Of 8
strong Government viii be largely recruited BY
this uniims,y sffsir, which is doubtless regarded
in Washington IS ora Of the happisst secaTrea-
css Of the war, and scarcely less valuable. as an
exeEss for still further usurpsti0n aud exercise
Of power, tnan Lse's invasion Of Pennsylvania
We must not be daludei By the hope that the
New York not viii breed 3 thousand other riots,
more or less formidsble il all Of the free Ststes,
aud particularly IN the Northwest There may
be iriiiBg disturbances, as at Newark, jersey
City sHd Hartford; but conseripsion wiH be en-
forced nevz rtheless, and all the more certainly
On account ef the riot The reputation Of the
Washington Administration is at stake, the
strength Of the efaVsrumsnt IS Ia question, and
the issue cannot be uncertain. Successful IN
Ell parts Of the field Of military operations there
is netting Lineiueeln viii not dare to attempt
sad nothing he can accomplish that win net be
sanctioned. Hs viii carry MS paint in the ast-
" Of eonserption, first Of aA in New York, sni
thsH all over the whole country, sc al hazards,
sRd to tie extreme letter Of the law. He viii
daily with New York IS ha did with Bshim0rs.
until bis arrangements have been perfected
His batteries eRcs in position, his drilled regi-
ments pested, he viii march straight 10 the sc
comPlishmeit Of his purpose. We, then, to
the Hekless Irish and Dutch, the peer Of every
clims and na ion. They viii be fareed iRts the [
ranks, never more to leave them; fer this cen
seiption IS the lirst step t0wsri the formation ef
q standing army, to whiea terms Ct enlistment !
will be unku0Wn.
Iaasmaeb, then, as It sd1ras Lincoln st enes q
prete1t snd q satisfactory exeEse for the eEsr-
else Of diotaforis powers, the first eject Of the
New YeFk not viii Be disadvantages to the
Confedsrats cause. Yet we Eoula tsin hope
there viii be, in coed time, an after atfect-a
reactian within the reaction. Not little blood
haS Been Sl1as anu ui9Qu i5Afeo uLa-et all4 Aae- I
rzsshIs memorials behind it. S0msihingo of war
has beea seen IN the very haart Of the chief city
Of the North. Many who have witnessed tss
ret viii prsy for peace at any price. If the
5dium Of the meb IS made 70 rest on the peace
party. the OdiRm Of armed soldisry firing ints
he people viii rest On the Republicans The
sooTer classes al over the land win syInpstbiss
With the unarHfed poor whs have bssu shot
i0wn. The use 10 which this sympathy can
ie put hereafter Is 800 oavious 60 BE- dwait uBoa
l gain in addition 10 the imid, the peace a.
ny-prics men, and de people proper, thsEo are
hundreds and thousands Of sturdy and in
lusntisl citizens Sc the North who cannot
,e duped into ths passive reception Of 8 des-