Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-06

from the Mis1onl kepuuuCAH-I
Il is iast ore year ego to-day that President
Lincoln issued his proclamation warning or Id
yising the psspls Of the rs5ellious States that
unless they in good faith returned to the Uuion
bv the It Of January then next, their slaves
would be declared free. The President had
been urged 10 this course by = most peTtina-
cious pressure on the part of the Radical Abo-
htionists, which pressure he had withstood up to
within = few days Of the issuance Of the proc-
lamaiion. Iudeed, two days after thst ediet
WAS promulgated We printed in the Rspubt-
I can the report Of a COMMITTEES Of ChicsZo preach
ers, who had waited on Mr.. Lincoln FOR TIE pur-
gase alluded 70, and which report gave a d-
tailed statsrssnt Of the lasier's reasons fJy r0s
doing what tho eommi7tea desired him to do.
The report, dated Chicago, Sept p, lS62-tha
dsv before the proclamation was sent Out-Was
signed by VIM. ". Patton and John Dsmp5toT,
respectable parsons, and gave a full account Of
the interview. The President Is represented as
replying to The committees Arguments in the
following words:
What good would a proclamation Of emsa-
~cipAtion from me do, especially as we are now
sifuatedf l do not want to issue 8 document
fhst the whole world will see must necessarily
be imperative, like the Pope's bull against the
comet. Would my word free the slaves, when
/ cannot even enforce the Constitution in toe
rebel Statssf Is there q single court or
utsGLbEfaI6s OF M4hA-uAAf ELAh WNu40 DC
Influenced BY it theref And what reason
is there to think il would have any greater
effect upon the slaves than the late law
Of Congress, which l approved, aHd
which offers freedom and protection 70
ths slaves OF rebel masters who come within
our lines Yet I cannot learn that that law hes
caused 6 single slave to come over to Ms. And
suppose they could b~sinlused, by q proelamE-
ion OF freedom from me, to throw themselves
49, n .-huf ..a,fI -. a., .--fL H. H.
we feed and care for such a multitude 2 Gen.
Butler wrote me-, a few days since, that he was
Issuing more Tstious to the slaves than 70 all
the white troops under his command. They eat,
and that is all"
Bat the proclamation was issued. Il Was put
forth just after the army Of the Potomac,
under Mcclellan, had defeated the rebels at
South mountain and Antietsm, and when Sd the
previous reveTses Of our arms seemed IN a fair
way to be fully stoncd for. The radicals hsd
predicted that if this policy was adopted, won
dsriul results would immediately follow. We
would have peace, some said, 10 ninety days;
others, more ssnguine, said sixty. The roads of
New Eng.and would swarm with troops newly
raised, gabbled Gov. Andrew, Of Massachusetts.
Greeley counted on TeinfOTeements 70 The num-
Der OF three times three hundred thousand
We were told by the Rev Mr.. Conwya
and others, that the underground telegraph in
the South would transmit the tidings Of freedom
to three millions Of slaves, and they would rise
en- mGsSs 10 ssserttbeir liberty and Independence.
Twelve months have rolled on. The heavy vol
uateering prophesied by Andrews, Greeley &
Co, has not yet come to pass, but instead, the
Administration has had to resort to CONSUMPTION,
where before the calls upon the States were
met by willing eniistmeuts. There Is no evil
denee to show that the soldiers in the field
nave fought with any more enthusiasm or pro
/ rDrkfnuaNe nsenanaa gfnoa than rrovTnua ~ Fha
adoption Of the emancipation policy. There
has been no uprising of the slaves in "a in
I surrectiOusry msuner. With the progress Of our
arms, thousands of negroes have besR brought
within our lines, and additional burthsns i'm
posed upon the country for their support, but,
perhaps, not one more than there WOuld have
been bad the proclamation been withheld. Hun
dre5s Of the poor blacks have left their 0uiy
friends 20 find, instead Of the freedom Of which
they fondly dreamed, q fate embracing hunger
and rags, squalor and disease, neglect and de8sh;
but this We cannot charge upon the proclamation,
which has been simply d" imperative, like the
POpe's bull against the comet" imperative in
0Ge respect, but mischievous in others. The proc
lsmStion is oneOf the parents of the race Of COP
DeThesds,'' which, we believe, ara voted, BY cur
most loyal" citizens, as 'worss than rebels"
It operated, too, on men in the South ike Mr..
Pss:gru, Of South Csrolins, Of whom it is re-
llssd That although be had stoutly denounced
the rebellion up to that time-)ne among a
thousand-Ou reading that proclamation he reg
jstered his oath of Allsgisnes to the Contsdsrate
SGOvernmeDt; a most unwise act, Of which the
provocstion was by no means sufficient.
We hsve heard Of no proposed demonstrations
to cslebrsts the first anniversary Of the decree
Of freedom anywhere, uuless in 81. Louis. To-
day there will meet in this city q select cnuvocs-
sion from various parts of Missouri and Kansas,
10 prepare = plan of attack upon Dir. Lincoln,
and consult upon the best mode Of bsdgsTiug
him into new concessions to the progressive, "
rspTessible radical faction. The selection Of this
1sy for the council Is TO cover the hostility to-
ward the President, which has-bsen rapidly
growing Geles6ou;s among the Jscobins. With
what grace they csn present themselves before
hat luneti0uary and ask for faYoEs, we are at q
loss TO conceive.