Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-13
sF Barstov, Asst A5i't GsnsrsI

a Sad Four'I, sf .suly GratIoa-A Yankees
keedOus.
TIE New York World, Published on the 4th
of July has az editorial approprisss to the coca
sioR. Is thinks # ought to be wsleoma en- the
principle that at is better to 60 into the house Of
saoRrning than into the house of feastiHg" It
ssys:
For it 9awns upon people distracted with
civil war and hunilisted By Invasion. Tt
dswus over thousands of hemes made newly
dzs0.ats, upon e battlefield big with yet Unds-
cided issues Of national life ST uatizoal death.
It's uoniRg light lsek3 down UpsR the mar
sha Of armed man and tie gUfuriing Of
BATH. sgs in that very " City Of B.otherly
Love- which witnessed the great event
esumsmoratsd BY its racuuenes. A ceutEry
Ass zst yet elaDssd since the fathers sf tho
Republic met together 10 lay deep and strong
the f1uH5ati5us of that ustioHsl edi6cs. the
stately wells Of which are this day reekirg ts
their solid base IN the earthquake ef revolution
Wsl is 20 that the bell which summoned then
20 their high and holy task no longer swings in
It's ancient turret; the iron torgae which then
spoke OF union and b-0theTb01d eff e common
purpose and a commoR hope ts the statesmen si
Azssschuseti7 aGj o. Carolina, eff Virginia and
of Pennsylvania, could speak now only 70 sound
ib5 fierce alarm Of war. It would ring with
hurried c'anE 70 warn Pennsylvania against tho
eus.aught OF Virgins; it would eali gpGa Mas
zEasusetts to draw the sword iR haste aFsiust
the hostile leeioHs Of Carolins. Banners, COZ
sccrsles by the tears and prayers Of dwol.ar5
by the tomb Of Washington, are advancing to-
DAY with death and vengeance in tbeir folds
against the homes that guard the grave Of
or all possible treason agsizss the past aud
the future alike Of America, there is noGe so
fatal s the folly or the fanaticism which fancies
that q Uaioh, asserted by fsrce Of srms eau be
by force 6f arms MAINTAINED or dreams thstif it
could be 60 maintaiusd its maintenance would
ba ga object verify of the efforts Of en-
lizhtened men. The sorrow and the shame
which this day must make 50 terribly real to
rs al, should at least awaken rs to feel that
tlo CElluiscs Of our country can be healed
only By the utter a5dicsti0R Of tAs reckless
ard sectional passions which made these
eslamities possible. Had the Split Of mutual
iEstics and reciprocal respect which pre-
sized over the deliberations Of those IL
.ust-ious moR who signed the charter Of our
us.i5nal being With their lives, continued
to coEuel the acts Of statesmen AID of States,
had The differing sections whica that spirit
brought and bound tegether bsen left ct peace
to discharge their common auty aud develop
two years had never beea written in blosd and
tears ever half q continent. And all that WAY
can give rs bsck will be the resssertion Of this
spirit which, bsd it never been detsroned, weHid
have fnado war i7aBsssi5ls. Whatever our ind
vidual resp9sbity, then, for the past may be,
our d0ty in the tUtsrs is clear and positive. The
passing anniversary brings it freshly up before
us once again. II is the re-sstablishmsnt not in
ore section nor in another, bat throughout the
broad land Of Independence and Of libsrty-of
Independence as the condition Of union. Of lib
ertv as ihs reason Of the Constitution.
With the exception of the Seush mountain,
Auiietarn, and the indseisive battles az Murfrses
51ro and the rear Of Vicksburg, the past has
been year of defeats. Ws have been disgraced
5o.h upon the land and the ocean. The war,
when Mcclellan left It, was on the james river;
&c Is now On The Sgsqusha0ns; and, If the sane
management prevails, viii in time be transferred
10 the Delaware and the Hudson.
IF tbe radicals arc pleased with their year Of
var we are very willing that 1t shall pass int
history to their credit.