Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-23
80 nIris.a q. 90 :

Whs Divided ths Uziozs
From the FsW YORK Weird, sept a0thl
The sRfweE must be, the SoRth, undoubtedly
# We look no iaTthCr back than the several cEai-
canees CT seeosaion Bssse3 b. thsir State en-
VsHsi0ns. But What lead 90 such q state ,3f
public feeling n the South that the passage O.
these ordinances OF secession became psssibls7
This question gees 70 ths roots Of the subject,
ard correct answer 20 It must 6K the ultimate
I responsibility for dissolution on IA AbsEtion-
ISIS. True there have long bees 3smsesguss
ID the South Wao consider disso .1toH dsSirssle.
But who gave 10 theEs dsmsgcguss their pewal?
wh0 saPpiiee them with arguments who sns-
bisd them t. c0nvince msisTity sf the iufuan-
tial classes in tha Soulhsra States that they
eUght not 70 TeHssin n tho Unioa2 HkatheadWsy
could the secession demsg0guss haTe made
without Mr.. Sowa1d's .hiZher law witbosl
tha Abolition rae5s for resisting the rendition Of
fugitive slaves Wisaaut tho personal liberty
bill, passed 20 defeat plain Ee gsiremsnt O. tE5
Constitution without the avsWed and recorded
sbeli5oBisa Of the great Repabliean 5TeGies
without ihs VitEpar8siaa and slsBdsrs Of the
Tribune, the underground railroad, the ire
PTsssibls conhict" sBs Joha Browns raid
These are the things which alarmed The South
sIn mind these ths steps Of The ladder BY
Whea Southern demsgoguss o6nbsd 70 sheir
sseeHdsDcy. Ea who Digs under ~ house, de-
posits ibs gunpsEder, and lays the iEsia, is as
wicked a. the taesndisry who applies tbs match
The eyasivs ingenuity By which the Aboli-
tienists seek 20 escape this responsibility is AL
ia vain. No change Of party names, no sts62Pt
ts restrict pOlsiesi discussions within The period
siuce AF. LiHe0ln's election, can bliad fhs pa0-
pie to the brosd fact thai if there lad been ne
sectional Republican Tty thers Weuld have
been no war This fact stands up il bold relief,
Ike the Alps against ths sky and no artifee
car obscure it.
The Uuion was Rot he'd together By msTe ",
political b0Rds nor vas It desslvsd, al ss 0r.ss
By merely political action TAs zeal dissor. tiols
Was u ths slienatioB Of fes.i0g and seedeaal
bitterness which preceded the savering Of Bolisi-
cal ties lt Is notorious 10 al the W0ri "a that f
was the As5litoaisss that soWed tha seeds Of
this alisnatio that i0aented thia bitterness
5lnveTy was the ssre Gad sensitive snot On the
social body Of the South, snd the rouFh-handea
AhchhOnists kept rabbing t. The greater the
iuitatieR they csused, tha nors the ebisst Of
iksir torture Wiaeed, the better they seemed
plszssd H1eh of tae cost sf such books
as Mrs. Stoves "URcla TENS Cabiu.'' Ia book
which vas high toned sad respectasls esnpared
sisa the great mass Of AbaiidsR ibels and pas-
quiHaass , consisted in PeresBtisa Of tss sling
they would in6ict ca Ssutbern eonsarvssivsnsss.
I. was Ike th5 pleasure felt By a Hisehiavous
boy who sits cn g shed aRd shakes rad aaz AZ
3 mad bull Tbs rseklss Absl6onisHl lad no
respect for persons, nor places, ner tho sacred
| shinzs. Il entered tie efureh Of Cshrirf
with It's WrsHgies and - ATeb1snds, and sac
i ceedsd ia ssEsliag that balsrs e dissolved
cur political Union. The churches Of ali
the great denoRoRations (sxssFt the Cstho-
hc) were 0rgaHIER6 very much ike our pOiti-
cal Institutions. They All had their several state
associations, which were represented ia q gensE-
81 convention Just as fhe several ststas are rep
resented in Congress. Abolidonisn first eutered
AZ
dissOrd, entered E1sB, and presently that great
body vas divided, and the two sections slEngsd
ia litigation growing sus Of thsT claims to their
/ common property. Ike Baptist church was nask
sundsfed by the ssUs means; and then the PEss-
bytsFisR. Ut is t7Re that IN al those divisions <
was the s0ath that seeded, bat il is aiss true
| that the questions en- which they divided were
Jhguss into several conventions by tbs Absli-
| toRists. Il cana9t be pretended that this sep
/ aTatiOH Ct the eharchss vas the work Of amb-
/ tious damagogues, or that the seceders weTs
hurried ints acting against their deliberate judg-
l nsnt- The great sectional sehsm in tEa
/ churches was purely tie work Of obrusiVs
/ AbelihoHism. Though it preceded ths political
/ separation by several years, the snalogy and
/ connection IS such IS 70 show that they rs5slied
/ from q common cause. You may say that TIE
/ South Wss insane on tke subject Of slavery
i bat that is merely different way Of saying that
their opinion on that subject differed from yours
/ Your atisapt 70 dominesr over their opinions,
! and 70 overturn their sseiai snd industrial sys-
/ tenn, is what broke uB that UHi8a. Yea may
/ say again that this was only prstsxt but Il
/ still remains true thst It was the A5elih hoaists
/ who gave them this pTetext iu ths face Of re-
/ Peated warnings Of the use they would probably
/ make OF It.
And our honest rail-splttsr at Washington Is
/ still swinging the enormous Abolition beetle aa8
delivering bis sturdie5t blsws on the same wedge
/ b. which The States we're separated. Tbe UBion
Is IS yet only partially cleft log; # The Abeli-
/ lion wedge were knocked eat the sides woald
| spsing tegether and leave enly a seam. When,
/ by and By, the Democrats render this ssrTiee,
/ let the Abolitionisis lock cat that their fingers
| are Hot in the cleft