Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-25
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thst there can be no possible hope Of conpro-
or settlement while the present temper cen
and The avoHsd purpose OF tia United
States, as made known By lie Executive, aud
he oreaas controlling and expressing the appa
rent convictions Of its popular masses, can have
no o;ber effsct uDon Us, the Other psEiY 20 tho
quarrel. than TO steel cur hearls for ts very
worst iase imagination can picture. 50 long IS
that purpose il av0Wed and maintained By the
North, we viii fght on, Eight sven 70 ezhermina'
tor. If necessary. bat we VIII never submit %
the humilissiou, the d%ishenor, the loss OF prop
erty. and the less Of rights which would be con
eeqasut upon the acceptance of the Abolition
ISIS proposition If We must lose 81 else, ne
Bfl maintain cur character snd oar honor, aad
cur EelETespecs-propeTty aad life no can but
lose in any event.
Wa are wen aware that there are a few mis-
cradle wresches in the ConfedeTacy who desire,
aud would accept, peace On any terHs-Tho
sonld submit 70 Liacoln outright, IN order %
lave peace, and who would even give up their
DfeDersy as we'll as their honor, and who hspe
% reconstruct the Union, sndyetsaYe someihng
of that which the Lincoln Government has de-
elsrsd forfeit. We have never paid any gHen-
.iou to these people, because that but serves %
magnify their importance, and probably they are
magn;ied By some in our midst, ~osansiby TO
EXPRESS repugnsnce to their conduct, but really
70 Induce tho North to I believe they are bee0m-
ing RAPIDLY in power in the land.
We are awsre, also, that there are others
among Us, native and 70 tho manor born,
s.auueh and true and above reproach, whose
fsalty to The ConfsdeTaey and 70 southern IN
s~ttutions is unquessionaole, who believe thst
if the E.rthsrn Government should b. pop
erlv sounded by our authorities an srmis!ies
might be agreed 20, and who hope that IN tbs
lzll Of q temporary suspension OF active hes
tities, reason might triumph ever passion,
interest become stronger than fsnsucism' and
thar TINS finally both parties might ioeLine TO
put s close 10 the war, on tee only terms re-
eeguizad by the South as possible-ths indie
Bendenes Of the Coufsderacy. Now re know
that the idea Of an armisiee-aud Of negotia-
| toBs for peace-iS highly distAsleful to the
| Southron, especially TO the brave arcics who
have fought oar battles and won our victories
and simply because with tie mention OF those
words comes the idea Of submission, reconstr1o-
ten, reunion The very utteCaHce OF hTmis-
ice and negotiation, is, at the first blush, ecu-
strued into treason, OF at least into an inelins-
ton to bend the knee to the Basil Of Abolition.
Bat it becomes Us all to be rational not TO jump
At conclusions, not to be continually going Of
halEcocked.
An armistice does not mean the laying down
| Of our arms before the Yankee h0sts-n0r does
the idea Of negotiation imply necessarily \ re-
construction of the Union, still less any gubmis-
sion to LincolBs hiTeliugs, or acceptance Of bis
emancipation and cohhscstiou scheme. We
would, Therefore, calmly and dis-passj0nasely
consider any proposition which had the lssst
promise Of good in It, and command the same
consideration to the people, and we do so taa
more freely and cAndidly because We have no
kneed to cry " stop thief" IS to other people, in
ordar to divert suspicion from ourselves.
We do not mean to say that we agree with
those who believe that there is 9 prospect Of
getting a dispassionGte hearing from the Lincoln
Governments on the contrary, We confess plainly
that we think they ae mistaken. Sill, one
shlae is certain-that before peace, must come
rago.istion-hut negotiation should not be
sought or offered, where there is no prospect Of
success. The ConfedeYsey sent commissioners
10 Washington before the war commenced, TO
say to the North We desired peace. They were
spurned, not even listened to, By the Lincoln
Government, snd things are in = worse condition
now than they were then, that IS as to bringing
about an amiegble adjustment Of our coniTover-
81. If We bsIivsd It possible that any good
could come Of it, we should advocate Gn GTmis-
ties and negotiations for peace-beaTing always
in mind, and having always il view, he nation
ally Of the South, and We should net be moved
lfom our propriety, nor from cur conviction Of
what was right and expedient, by sny eiamOF,
Or by the fear Of Odium cast upon as by tie
th0ughtless crowd.
But the fact is that, in our judgment, there is
no hope of getting any terms which the South
could honorsoly accept, from the Lincoln dy-
nasty, controlled, as it is, by the ultra fanatic
Aboliioniats, if not resliy representing sill the
intolerance and m~slignfty Of the North. LIN
coins terms have been msds known long ago,
and expfieidy-and they are the unconditional
submission and degradation Of the South, the
eonf5casion of all the property of rebels, and
the abolition entire Of slavery as the cause Of
he rebellion. Our only nswer to his terms are
shot and shell, bullet and bsy0net, world with.
out end. Tho uufalteTiDg sud Interchangeable de-
termination Of n~inety-nine hundredths Of car
people is, rather than submit, to fight On TO Tie
death, and this whole land shall be a waste, a
desoiation, an unBs8pled country, before ue DO
sceept the ~tyranI's terms. II he Dies conquer
the CORfedsTscy, the victory shall be a barren
one, and his miserable remnant Of an srmy
shall lord it only over the territory, not the peO-
pie Of the South.
Now, if these masses Of the Northern people
resliy desire thai tbs war should stop, if they
would have peace spread lis golden wings over
their land and ours, let thsm give evidence of
that desire, and then viii DO the lime fer Us here
70 talk Of sTmiatiee and negotiation. 50 long
IS they uphold the Republican party, the cause
Of oil Our woes, just SO long IS 1t impossible that
we should offer 10 negOtats, or listen to their
TuleFs. If they hope for anything from Us short
of continual wGr, let them show u disposition TO
meet Us half way, and that not by talking, but
by acting. If they really do not eoneur with he
Republicans in their bloody and ruthless, aud
Hneiviizsd and inhumsn war upon as, and our
women and children, and homes and property
and equal rights, let them prove it at the ballot
/ box, sBd thea we viii talk with them. We know
there are many at the North, friends Of justice,
| right, law and humanity, conservatism,
trained IL the school of Ssste rights.
who can understand and appreciate
The great truths lying ct the foundation Of our
revolution. Bat sre they q majority Are
hey strong enough to stay the hand Of the
| more thss ours, and who, as Representatives Of
al tie foul denominations sad iHIumI1ities, The
bigotry and the intolerance Of the Nor8a, Is 80
Adamantins obstacle Ia the way Of negotiation
snd-peacef An important election, ia an i'm
portant State-OhiO-gil soon take place, and
We look 10 it with so5eitude. l. Yallandigham
and men of that stamp eau succeed, then there
will be hope Of accomplishing something by
negotiation; for with bim and the men Of lis
party, if in power, we might negotiate honora-
bly,, without loss Of selfrespaet. aud with some
prospect Of Justice. Bat If he fails, then thsro
s no hope Of peace while Lioeoin rsigns, for
from him and bis ~bioody-mlR3ed and fanatic
crew we can hope for nothing bat ruin or dis
hoBor; with them we will not and ought not ne
yotisse, to them We viii never submit-sO help
as Heaven.
New 6rOu rsc Isiauds.
From the Charleston Courier, Sept. 24lh
The Yankees made their appearance at Bstte-
ries Gregg and Wagner in large force on Wei.
nesdsy morning, a1d appeared to be working