Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-18

From Che Chiea8o IiIea HhI
We greatly misiudga if ths discussion Of The
legal bearing Of Cha proclamation upon tho Sc
eeded States when hostiliies cease, (f tho gov
eminent should be successfully which has lately
occupied the attention Of the Administration
press. was not intended to result, as it has re-
suited, ia tie maintenance Of the radical con
sGuea0n. Ii is only by eonceding the correct
ness of tho positions taken By the radicals that
the proclamation can be regarded as aught else
than misehieyous nonsense. This was well IN
dersto0d by tha uBpIineipled manager OF the
Administrator party when DO invited attack By
con1ov9rting tie radical construction He
0pensd tae columns o. bis newspaper for reply,
knowing those replies Would prove tbs neon
slieney andf folly Of Us own Interpretation.
The people are 10 Be educaied frat 10 believe
n the necessity for the proclamation, and next
il its literal construction. The controversy was
pr5uedltssedg and its result we doubt not Is re-
g4rdsd with IS much satisfaction By the au-
thoIities st Washington IS By the f~snatieal
leaders who have maintained the construction
We appond The terms Of peace, as stated by 9
prominent Abolilon+epabheau ia the New YORK
Ir5buns cf ihe 2dinss:
". If q rebe. commissioners WeFo to come to
Washington tomorrow to su5 for peace, Whist
terms coHld Mr. Liueola hOaozably ofar7 He
could ouly offer these:
]. The maintenance Of freedom IN The Dis
lret of Cciumbia.
2. The maintenance Of freedom in the Terri
torss.
g. The maintenance Of the treaty with Great
Britain for the suppression Of the slave trade.
g The maintenance Of the c0nhseation act
Z. The maintenance Of the proclamation Of
the let Of JanusTy
/ hold that any conditions less than these
would be a cgmp98mfss-lez7iOg the victory
with the South, not wish tee North.
VI OF course these views OF the govern
ments duty stand On TIE supposi.ion that the
rebels are TO bend their knees DIR. Lincoln fcr
peace. But the Inbane ssk8 me, If Nj. Lin
coin, instead, bends bis K g 81 to tie rsbeis,
whas, then, are to be our Terms That Is not
for me to ssy-nsE for the TrijuHs-nor for Mr..
Lincoln-but for our saemiss. IF we are beaier,
net only The proclamation is q failure, bRl the
republic Itself, and 81 les hopes. But the ques-
tion Of failure is one which I decline TO discuss.
These are tne terms of the Administration
il IS to secure them that The war Is now prose
clied, aud we have here the distinct svowsl
that the Union can only bo reconstructed by
their enforcement We have 10 wish to mis-
stkt8 the question. Those who deny that the
Tribune correctly reflects tao sentiments Of the
President win moi deny that his policies aud
the general management Of tho war have been
in singular harmony with its demands.
Ibs himsY attempts it has made to answer the
logic By which those terms have been sustained
il Its columns are evidence either Of imbseility
that no one viii charge upon it, CT Of G design
to invite an attack which it knew would result
In its own discontinue. Coniessing 4 doubt Of
the correctness Of It's positions, and an ardent
sympathy with the wishes and SINCERE respect
for the views Of its f-aaatical brethren, combat
ing than fsebly, yet with 8 show Of Vig0r, It
has played the roe Of 9 gsmastsr who busters
aad hazaTds trivial amounts publicly against
that upon which he has privately stsksd his al.
This is what the discussion has meant. It is
preparatory 30 Sac casting aside Of the mask Of
consarTativism, n0W worn BY the radical press,
and ihe defiant announcement Of the terms here
quoted as the doctrines Of his party and Of The
Administration. There Is now q dsbate in the
Cabine. upon the question of the right Of Ken
tuekY, under the proclamation, 70 sell slaves
who have come within her limits and are there
resident contrary to her laws. If a loyal State
is denied tho privilege Of deciding upon the
status Ofnegroe5 within her boundaries, are we
30 suppose that rebelioHs States, shoald they
return, would be accorded greater privileges.