Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-04

But there never was an hour from The beginning
Nhen il did 10 clear the sun at broad
neon that The asaion ia any form in the North and
Wea 81 the slavery question must sooner or later eng
in disuron ald civil Wsr This was the opinion and
ehke ana after the Unfortunate dissolution q ths
Wing party in 1884, and the organ zson Of the present
Republican party upon an exclusively snfislaYey ana
sectional basis, tbs event was inevitable because, in
the then existing temper Of The public mind and after
The education through the press and By the pulpit the
ecture aud the political canvass twenty years, OF
generation taught hate slavery and the south, the
success Of that party possessed as was Of every en-
siae Of political business social aud religious iHhnence
was certain. 1t only question Of time, ana short
fne. Such its strength, indeed that do lot be
eFe that the union of the Democratic party IN 1900
any candidate though he bad been supported also
by the entire soealied conservative OF snneoh vote
OF the country wead have avsed to defeat il and if
IL had the success Of the Abolition party would only
have been postponed four years longer 1Le olsetSe
had fastened strongly upon the system 10 be healed
until 10 had run its course The doctrine OF the IRE
pressibe conflict had been taught too long and aeceP
eliminate in secession snd dsuu0n; and, coercion
were Iesorsd 10. then In civil war believed from the
6cs that it the purpose Of some Of the apostles Of
lhat doctrine force collision between the North and
the S2uih either to bring about separation OF 10 find
vain but bloody pretext for aboishiHg slavery in the
States In any event knew, or thongnt Knew thal
the end certain collision and death TO the Union
Believing thus have for years past denounced taose
wan tau gh that doctrine with 81 the Yehemene3i te
I siferfes f choose--I thought Il Iighseous,
pstrodc btterness-of al earnest and imPassioned
Thinking thus f0rewarned all who believed the
doctrine or fol owed the party Rhich taught it. with
sincerity ald depth Of conviction profound
/ penetrated the heart Of man. And when, for eigh
years past over and over again, have proclaimed to
the people that the success Of sectional antisavery
party would be the beginning Of dsuuion aud ci7il
/ n Ansriea / believed t. Ibid / had read history,
nd studieG human nature. and me1ited for years upon
iIc character Of Institutions and form of govern
mont and Of the people of Rhe SOUL wen North;
and could net DOUBT the event Bat the people did
nos believe ne, those older and wiser and greater
han l. They rejected the prophecy aud stoned the
prophets The candidate Of the Republican party
! chosen President. began. Civil
miuent u was petty i1suTreefi H. tsnporary
continuation % obstruct the execution Of the laws Is
certain Sa'es bat revolution, systematic, deliberate
determined and with tbs consent Of majority Of the
people Of eaoh State which seeded. Csuseleas tmsy
lave b. en- wicked ay have been; bat there it
to be rallied at eth less to be laughed at but 70 b.
dealt with BY statesmen fact 10 display Of vigor
force alone however sudden greet could have
rested it even at the outset was dsu1ion ~ lsss
The wolf had Bat civil war had not yet followed
In my deliberate and most solemn Judgment there
but one wise and mastery aoce of dealing with it Non
coercion would avert civil war. and compromise crush
both abeli;ianism and secession. The parent
tie children would thus both perish But resort TO
force woaid prscpitste war, hasten secession
extend dsnhi0n, snd While il lasted utterly cut of a
hope Of csapr0 iss. believed thar war, II long enOu g
continued would be final, eternal disunion. Isaid 81
meant ~ and according TO tne utmost Of ny ability
and influence exered myself in behalf Of the policy
If noneosrci0n It was adopted by Mr.. Buahanans ad
nlstdilon win the almost unanimous consent OF the
Democrats and Constitutional Union parties in and
1f Congress- and in February with the ceuc1rTencs Of
Eiority Of the Republican party in the senate and
this house. But that party most disaslrousy for he
country refused all eamprom5e. How, indeed, could
taey accept anyl That whish the South demanded and
he Democratic snd conservative parties Of the North
nd West were willing to grant and which slose eoaid
4yau to keep the peace and the Union, implied
surrender Of the sole vital element Of the party and 10
olior1aoi ths very principlet n faci, upon yhoh y
had just the contest for the Presidency not indeed
oy 8 majority CT the popular yote-the maj rty /
nearly million against it-5ut under the form Of The
CONSTITUTE Sir the crime, the high crime Of the
Republican party not much its refusal %
pr mise its original organization upon bssis aad
1fr1sr sh.
Constitution aud the peace Of the Union
But 10 the session of Congress expired The
President elect was nauguratsa; and now only the
policy Of noneoercon coud5e maintained and war thus
9Teried. time would do It's work 10 the North and th
SOUTH an faaly, Peaeeable adjustment and reunion b.
scared Some time IN March u WAS announced thaf
be President had resolved to continue the policy Of biz
oFedeceas9r and even sep further, and evac1at
3lmt and the other Federal forts and arseuals IN th
Guntry rejoced. The policy of non-eoereion had tr
tmphri and for once, sir in my life, found mysef @
immense majority. then pretended that 9 Il
ni1n founded in consent could be cenened by force
Say, more, the President and tie Secretary Of Stat
Feai further sad Air Seward, h an oaclal diplomatic
letter to Mr.. Adams:
For tlese Teas Ms he Cths Presieni) would not be
fsposed TO reject cardinal dogma Of theirs (he seces
sons namely that the Federal gpYefnment could noi
reduce the seeding States to ohedence by conquest
dou.n were dfspvsed 20 quesf0u that proposition
BuL in fact the y fesiaeat nngy accepts II a true.
on an imperial despotic governmant could subiu-
gate thoroughly dseHected and nsurrectionary members
Psrlon me, sir, but beg 70 know whether ths con
icton of The President and his secretary is not th
3bosapay & the persistent aud 81 vigorous efort
sazs is this administration and first Of sll throug
h same secretary the momentWRr broke ou and eYei
uce m the late elections 10 convert the United State
lnto al rnperiai d-sPotic government But Mr 4
seward adds, snd sgree with him.
aThe Fedcral republican system Of ours is Of ali /
forms Of government the very one which Is most un
hitad for sueh labor"
Ths Sir was on the 10th Of April and yet that very
day the eet was under sail for Charleston The polisy
ii e ace hsd beer ebaudonsd. Collision followed; the
aiiias as ordered out ciii war began;
Vow SIR on The 18th Of April, beieTed that coercion
would bring on war, and war disunion. More than
bat believed what you ihi in your hearts believe to-
dsy that the South could never be coaquered-never
Ana not that only but was satished-and you Of the
Abolition party have proved it to the w0Td-thai
The secret but real purpose Of the abolish Il
slavery ia the States. Ia any event did not doubt
that whatever ght be the inomsTtsry impulses Of those
in power and whatever pdges they might make in he
ne Gag yet the natural and ine3orsba logic Of rev0u
tons would sooner lteT drive them to that policy,
and yvh lis final but inevitable result the change
of our present democratel form Of government into
an naperal desp6tsn.
Thess were ny convictions the a b Of April. Had
changed them TIE 18th, when read The President,
proc sluation and become convinced that had been
wrong my life and that all history fable and
l human nature false in It's development from the be
ginning of time, would have changed my public cen
drct also. Bat my conyictions did not ehange
houRhi that il war was disun on on the 18th Of April
it was equally dsunien on the 18th and at all times L
Believing this could not as an honest man, UuioR
man and patriot, lend active support 10 the war
aud did not had rather my right piuek5d j
lro its socks and cast into eternal burnngs than with
NV convictions to have thus defied my soul with the
gtiTit Of raornl peFjury. Sir was not taught Ia thai
-, ,.ish snls that all Is far in politics"
oatbe sbhor and detest he exeerable maxim. stamp
uBou Il No State endure single generation whose
bic men prsctice it. Whoever teaches It IS cor
r1psar Of youth What most want ia these times, /
and al al times Is hos and Independent public men,
WHAT man who Is dishonest in politics is not honest at
heart in anything and sometimes moral cowardice is /
dhouesty Do right and trust TO God, and truth, and
De probie Perish Office, perish honors perish life
Itself bu do The thing that Is right, ard DO it ike man
didit Certainy cir could net douGr what be must
suffer VINO dare defy the opinions and the passions
70 saw the madness OF twenty millions o. people. Had
NOT read historyf Did net know hunan nature But
appeaed 10 ma, and right noby hath the AvenggT
dd rot support the war; and to day bless God /
that not the smell Of much as one drop of its blood is
uuon my garments Sir, censure no brave man who i
rushed periodically into this war; neither win quar-
homes. support Had their convictions been mine, too
wou doubtless have dene as they did With my cons
viciious could not But was Representative War /
eEs-ed-by Whose act no matter--not mine The Pres |
dent the senate The house end the country al said
that there should be wsrwsr for thu Union; union
OF consent and good wilt Oar Southern brethren wers
10 be whipped back into love aud fellowship the
point Of the bayonet. Oh monsrous delusion can
soreisnt a war TO compel people to acee pt mas
fer TO change a form Of Government; to give up |
territory: 10 abolish domestic irstituon; in short
war Of CONQUEST and subjugston but war for Union
Was the Union thus made Was it ever thus pre- |
srvedg Sir history will record that, after nearly SIX
thousand wears Of folly and Wckednes In every form
and aininEtration OF govern eoertes demo-
cratic mouarchic, OBarchic, despoc ana nlxeat Yss
reserved to American satesmanshp, in the nineteenth
century Of the Christian era to try he grand expert
ment on scale the most costly and gigantic IN is pro-
portions Of creating love by force, and developing fra
srns affection by war and history viii record, too,
the saue page, the utter, Disastrous and most bloody
failure OF The experiment.
But to return. The country we at war and be-
ongsd to that school Of politics which teaches that when
We are az war the Governmental do not the
Executive a.One but the G Gvernmelt-s entitled 70 de
4and and have without resistance, such number VI
ne and such amount Of money and supplies generally
50 may be necessary for the war, unta an appeal can
lie had 10 he people Before chat tribunal slone IN the
irst ustaee the question Of the continuance Of
he var bs tried This zfsslhoun's opinion, and
be laid 1t down very broadly AID strongly IN speech on
ihe Loan Bill, 10 ls4ls Speaking Of supplies he said
10 hsld tiat icre Slneti3Q in tAs respect be
t5yson state Of pacs and war Ia the latter. the right
of Withholding sEpphss ought ever to be held subqrdi
nate to nj energetic and successful prosecution Of the
Rar g fur1er, apd regad the Withholding supplies
vi la view OF Forcing the country into dishoaorabe
peace as only to be wast 4 has been called moral
h=tr Of Itself