Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-29
Censerrn.l.m Ii ElllneI..

From the Richmond Dispetch.l
The movements Of the conservatives in uinoisis one
Of he most important events which has t~rsnspired il
the Federal Union since the rupture of this old Union
Mr.. Richardson was nominated by q legislative cauca-
Of that state which adopted a series Of rssolusions de
n0uncisg the Lincoln d~espotism in the most decisive
language for It's suspension of he habeas corpus; it,
outrageous and c-uel imp is3rment Of its citizens in is
bastiies without accusation and without triei its usur
sDects, but especially in the proclamation abolishing
slavery: aud SITS perverslon of the war into a war oi
abolition They further favor of the restoration OF the
Union by peaceful means, and, with that object. pro-
pose a cessation Of hosttlifies and The asssmb ing Of a
convention. These resolutions we publish to-day, to-
gether with a speech from Mr.. Richardson himself, Ia
king very strong grounds against the despohe acts Of
Lincoln.
These resolutions are in themselves important but
their consequence is greatly strengthened by the intelii
g~encethst Richardson has besn elected to thesenate of the
Illinois Legislature, receiving sixty-slx out of = hundred
the entire number of both houses. We hope this
may be true. The blow coming from D ineoln's own
stare is 8 heavy one to him, and will probably suspend
his jokes longer than they have been at any time since
be has been in Washington,
Illinois is g powerful State of the great Northwest,
whose real interests are just as hostile 70 PGritan New
England as are our own. That she should take this de-
cided stand against the Abolition NJ, the fanaticism and
malignlty Of New England is a sign of The times at the
North full Of significance. It cannot but be regarded as
the o~utgiving 0e the imT atience of he Puritan rule that
must ultimately terminate in a more formidable resist
ance to it ard a separation from that d~etestabIe portion
Of the Union which has been the source Of all tae
Families among the S ates. as it has been Of all the new
s#oOls Of philosophy and religion which have SO fear
fully demora lied society q; the North.
las true that the men who are ma ing this bold move
ment in Illinois, and Mr. Richardson at heir head. ssudi-
eusly perssvere ia the idsa of that impossibiity the
restoration Of tho old Union. They could do nothing
less than this. But they propose with this view a ces
sation ct h~ostlities. It can hardly be doubted that the
osteas,ble cessation Of the war must be its permanent
dsnousnrnt. It eanno. be renewed-at least, by the
present srties 20 1t.
These conservatives can do no less than praise the old
Union and pray for It's restoration but we doubt whether
they dream OF a renewal Of this war even if the over
lures for the restoration Of the Union fail. It is a poit-
ical sequence Of the dissolution that has taken place that
there snail be another dissolution-that the northwest
shall spit off from the Northeast.
We are satisfied that there has been among Northwest.
ern men a growing hate for New England, and a grow
ing respect, at least, for the Southern States The gen
er0us exhibition Of cur disposition for "a fair aud liberal
arrangement with the Inhabitants Of the upper Missis.
sippL and for commercial intercourse d-prYes them Of
the only real apprehension # injury from the dissou ion
Of the Union which distnrbed them To hght h~opel-s,ly
for 3 restoration OF the Union, when they en- eujoy al
the commercial advantages they ever had wi hout il, 81
folly TO which their eyas must be gradually opening On
the one hand these benefits are proffer-d by the SOsth;
on the Otler thy behold endless taxation TO maintain the
wssteiul Lincoln despotism ia an unsuccessful wax. and
the disgusting and arrogant rule Of Partanism, while
they remain tributary to the opulence Of that maritime
power and grandeur Of those Eastern States and cities in
which they cannot share.