Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-04
TEX WAS AND ETs EEsULTs con-
saDgBED.

rHn WAS AND ETs HEsULTs COW
| saDRBRB.
| From the London Hsraldl
II the peesls Of the North could kavs known,
Ii April, 1861, !hst after two years hard rgbt-
ing ihsy woRld still be, to al appearance sS for
as ever from the object Of their sacrifices, the
war party would have prevailed nowheTe-nOs
| even iR Massachusetts,. Esy, we d0uht whether
there would have been 3 war partyj watcher the
| idea Of fersiblo union weuld have found favor
with shy bEs tho insignificant factisR Of extreme
/ Abelsioaists who have for years preached the
conversion Of the slavaholdsrs By The bullet and
,ss bsyonet. Not because sbe Yankees are def
eient in political courage Il IS only IS individ
Gals. or EB regiments that they are timit; as =
ustion they have wonderful daring and eudur-
acc. But they would hsve seen ct ence that
fba ssdssveT was hopeless. They went to war
s-;tt tbA idea Of bringing the South back into
tks TJuID7,. sol ef reducing i 70 the condition Of
: sBS;eet prsv5aes; and if they had foTeseen hat
,bia yyould nat be seuieTed 10 two years Of des-
ners,e warfare they weald have uDdersteod that
+ eo1Id never be achieved st all Their watch
,sord WAS no. conquest, bat coercion. They
tboneht q bsas the SOuihsrneIs well in enc or
two engagements, to show ihem that they were
the weaker party, aud Of shs-ssuae time ss leave
the way Of repentance open and easy, IN TIE
hope tEst the predigsls Woald reFq|a g me Do
.o5, AZ their family when they t1dnd tbSt tBey
Vogld rot be allowed TO depart in peace.
Nis trus that, from sac very first, the war was
,-s0sd ia spirit wholly inconsistent With such
n1rpose. because the army OF the North vas
-, uposed Of the off5coHTiugs OF ths world end
- nv uea who had as lev Of ths virtues 81
.i,;,.,ls as of he qualities Ct soldiers and Do
go, he policy Of tho Eorsh Was directed b.
S-.s, be., ;ne bitter hatred 30 the southeIners,
sr5 ssger - sToBgs on them long Peri5d et
-rlit;esl 5sfea & and personal quaEols Baf i IS
sSTtsip neverlh sisss, that the original intent Of
49, Noy,beru vspPle was simply 70 ccmPsl the
- S,olSs ie -esurn to the Unon and that
,bs,, sxr,rssS 10 assomgiish this By lew severe
49, d,rectsj against theiT yUlnerAble points
Tbs arnae.ntiou showed : c0mpi7te miscoRcep-
ton ~ Tia nature Of she struggle aEo 0i the
character of the Southern people, Bus the hoIth
- sI.Tsvs Uiscsnceived aud Ondeu sied the
gspts ss sbsurdly IS IT, has misunderstood and
serrosiEisa England; and it sineereiy bsneyed
eaAt one on tWs revsTsss III the heid Weoia sIlAg
shs aIs-eateTs ts-theiE knees
letter lately published frsm Mr. Tresoott,o
soush Carolina 20 Mr Ingersoil, Of Pennsylva-
pia. a leader Of she conservative party st the
Nor,h. puts in s slsar light many Of the strong
noinls OF the SOuthsrH case and shows very
S;stinctl ths iuapessibility OF attaining By thiE
- .pv atisst Of which the Democrats can sp-
nravg Among other thinRs, be shows how
somplstsiV tSe var has charged its charseteri
eud hev lfta even DE Gaysrhnens OF The
North, At the outset contemplated such strug-
ole as the present. Ho quotes rom ne lnsEEae-
aSSs of Ne. Seward 70 Mr.. Adams, when the
latter WAS sent minlatsT 20 tAls eeaiI' tne is-
lowing significant passages;
a Fer these reassns / would aoi Re disPosed
"a reject a eArdiasl degzaA ef thells THE ssees-
TioRists) namely, that the Federal GoVernEaens
aapid not resaee the seeding States TO obedi-
go nv saEdueas. even although ] wsrs disposed
/ - question thst proportion. Bat in tset the
President willingly accepts It s. iTae- s5aly an
| imperial or dos2esic do7erament ceald 5aDla-
este tkorsuzhl s1iEehscIed inseTrecssenary niel-
| bers of the State This Federal republican syS-
TEN Of eurs is, Of sll FERNS Of GovernusHs, ths
verv enc most uRhtted fer such 8 labor. You
| will in6algs in ne expression 81 harshHess OF
/ disrespeet, or even impaiienes, concerning ahe
| seeding States, their agents, or their Eeepis'
! Bat you will, on the contrary, remsnnbor that
| thsss States arc noT, as they always hsTetoieTe
| bava beeu. and notwithstanding their temporary
! selEdelusion, must always continue 50 be, equal
sad hoBoYed members OF this Federal Uaien."
This il not the kind Of language used BY Af.
Seward row. We viii allow that be speaks OF
the seeding stsies, thar sgen.s snd tAer pss-
ple, wilh fewer expressions Of disrospeet aad
I
He reserves ais "hsrEbaess' fer Eng'ane
| Nsversheleas, even ho would not new dream q
| calling South Careisa and Firginia "eqaal and
kenored members Of thi, Federal Uni9c."
Two sources were spsn 10 ths Federal 0sv.
! G, 'amsAk in dealing with the CoDfeasrAt0s. II
EaA Rat tTsat them IS Mf Seward here speaks oi
thei n--as what they esrtAinly seesding
/ Sea, es - sovsTeign communities saiing aeeeTe
,nr 70 regular fern and in theiT sovereign cape
/ civ, whether rightly or wTeRglyi OF it migh
esll thSn "seditious sssemblages," "perscns il
aru5s ssaipst the Union and deal with theEn a
with rebels IiprefsrTed the iaitsT course, aFpa
gsnly witb q view Of keeping up a. ioag as pos
zibls tho delasioa Of the North as 30 the possi
bHity Of a speedy settlement II il Tero ono
4 admitted thas eleven States, with population
Of sonae ten millions, had Quilted shs Unien b.
! . dshbGsle act it would soon be felt that snel
, ! ugvenent wss not 20 DO put do1s within
tSgee mOnshs BY Al army Of volunteers Il va