Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-13
DEFINITE PROPOSALS OF PEACE.
SUBJUGATTON ADMITTED TO
BE IMPOSSIBLE

l see Lle result OF Hle present c3uIleL. 4A9l 4l
viii, B" says tie Record, 90 terminate in the COM
plete Independence Of the Southern ConfsdeTaey,
there can, we think, be no doub. in the mind
Of any rational man" The old story Of the
overwhelming resources Of the North, in mea
and money is disseetsd By the Record. Those
overwhelming resources have been brought into
play. AH army Of one millioz five hundred
thousand men has b'eu thrown sgainst seven
hundred thousand men, and ye: has not ever
wbelmsd them. In money millions have been
sPeat by the North, wilers only thousands have
been incurred BY the s1uth. This is, 50 far, the
result Of the oyerwhslnfng resources, AID that
result viii not be aItsrsd b1 this war. The
Record, thus hopeless ef subiegali6hs. tE1ns its
attention to tha terms Of peaee, gives the
following conditions:
J. A convention Of the Northern States must
be held, 10 take into lgnsidsrstioH The new con
dIt.sz iu which they are Row placed, and to de-
vIss means fer tBsu reorganization or confe1-
Grafton uHder TIA new Constitution. This con
vecti5E if held, win be composed Of delegates
rem each S15is. wh=ss basis Of representation
WiIl be hIss, not sy States, but by the proper
.ioH Of population Each State, however being
P
the Constitution proposed and adopted in she
convention. In this respect their action viii
not differ frOm has of the States that adopted
the cid Cpnsb-uti0a aud formed the Uui0n
which has been syBrtbrUWn by he AbOitiaH
AcmiHistrsti9R. In the convention. va have
no doubt, the sovereignty Of the States viii be
guarded with the sauao jealous care that marked
their action in the convention to which tie pres
ent CsEshtation owes its origin.
tr1 lI1E H- Ia
ted by the present mad, fanatical and suicidal
war, 5i.l, -5 a maltsr of imperative necessity,
be repudistsd in stating this fact We 10 not
seek to Justify the principle Of rspudisti9u,
Waich is alike disa1u0rabls iu a nation OF an IN
dlvIaual, We speak of such policy BOW as
-msaE she inevitable consequences Of the Ia
meltsb.s condition iu Whica the North huds
Itself a.teg an abolition crusade Of ever two
years The debt of ths North nay nov be es-
Hnsted as about two thou5sUd i've hunaTed mil-
liens Of d0llars, and the interest on this at seven
per cent. would be absut one hundred aud
eighty millions. which is larger thaR che interest
on the natjsnal debt Of England. When it is
remembered that the English national debt was
the growth Of centuries, while 6uls has been
created by two years war, the restTyenes5 aud
ippatieue8 of the American people, under such
a lead, viii be fully Undergtosd and appreciated.
We do not believe they viii stand it, aud We eE-
lief in rePudiat0n
III The people having had. through the pol
icy Of the present Administration, pretty fair
experience of a military dsspotism, viii instruct
tneir delegates TO Che aforesaid convention 20 IN
sist upsu the io7ieIa0iIitY Of State Rights, the
sovereignty sf the States the liberty of the press,
the ifeedsm Of speech, hsbeas corpus, and all
the rights guaranteed by the present ConstitU-
/ ton. U10u these important points they viii be
I.,. y
grounds toE apprehension 10 tho future.
". Admitting the existence Of two C0nfsd-
ergciss within the limits Of the old Unic8, the
Government established under the uew CGnsh-
tuition viii have 20 deal With he important cues
ton Of boundaries. customs, river navigation
sud the -7RsTai rslatiOs5 chat may spring up be-
tween tho two CJufedar=1ies. IL is essential
that these relations shCBld not be complicated;
that they saouid, In fact, be so simple and so
easily understood IS TO avoid the possibility Of
future collisions. We trust that -ns-e viii be
eEtirs free trade between the t7O republics, 50
as 20 render border custom houses entirely gu-
necessary The navigation Of the Mississippi
VIII, and must be free tOatRs Gulf Of Mexico;
any other arrangement viii be inevitably pro
ductivs Of future wars.
v As friendly relations between the two
CoAfederacies are essential 70 the welfare and
the fatcTe prosperity of both, is should DO the
policy cf the Nsrthsrn, as We trust it viii be Of
tho Southern, to discourags aud frown dowa
every attempt to create hostile and bitter feel
ings between their respective Governments and
peoples. As for the North. its commercial and
proht-sssking people wiz be smoHg the frst to
1 oblltersts the past and 20 sink It's unpleasant
memories N the gulf OF oblivion. It mast be
Acknowledged that the Northern people, 20
great extent. are ike the English, d nalisu Of
sh0Pksspcrs," and that the present war has been
Tsgad rs much 20 retain the custom Of the
s0Esh as TO m1intaia the Union. Now, we
venture 10 say that lone viii be more anxious
or more earnest TO exhibit 5l-ir friendly feelings
toward the Ssuth than the very people who
Have been, aud are still, so rampant for 8 vigoT-
Gus prosecution of the waT-nay, we not only
5slie=s this, but we 5sieys also that they viii
be tEs greatest tsa5iss Of the South that they
viii be profsse n their professions Of ga0d viii
and lrieadiy feeling; that they viii fsts and
toast "our Southern brethren" at the future
bszqusis that viii be given 10 them in Northern
cisjss that they VIII never tire Of speaking or
WTitise ef a cOmmsn origin, a common ances-
Try, Q common language, and all these other
talngs which we have been accustomed e hear
at eoHvivial assemblies Of Americans and Ea-
glishmsn. All This we shall, most probably,
see within & very few years, in this our own day
and generation
VI. We have referred to the convention of
the Northern States, as smsng the inevitable
conseq qUences Of this war, and the condition to
which the North has been reduced 1t is posi-
bic, but we Do net regard il is probable, that
the North shall witness another Presidential cleo
tcn before the CONVENTION shsu have taken
place. Ihis is a nslancholy rsAectioR, hut we
are considering oar present position, and deal
ing with the hard substaHtial facts that have
been forcsd upon cur confederation. II We oould
blot oUs The meuOEies, the ssd, bitter Tecolsc6sn5
Of the past two years and hslf, Oh, how vii
lingiy WoUld we &c So It is not we, or such as
We, VIE have destroyed this UHioa- The mHT-
deTerS OF this nation. the assssin3 Of tha rspub-
lie, are to bsfouBdiu Washington iu themambsrs
OF the prescnt Admiui5ira6su, whe, With their
co. cess piraters, the Abols0ni5ss, have ever
lhrown the Uaion, and are now seeking 70 bury
il tne same grave with it tie Vesrig8s ot Anari-
can freedom Takirg it for granted that ths A5-
IniEistraiisa has not only destroyed the repU5-
Aei eus tAat b. iss manner Of prosecuting
the war, Is con6seaton sud emancipation
measures, ils vaUdalism ia the destruction of
southern cities and Southern homes, its war
upon the ffeenen Of the North, upon State soy
eIeiE8ty. Is well as its notification OF all the
guarantees Of the COMMUNICATING it for
granted ihst the AdmiuistIstion has by such iB-
BTumeRtalities not only destroyed the Republic,
butts now seeking to permenantlY fastsu c mill
taTT Ccspotism HPon the North, the free States
wil be compelled, ia their own Defense aud for
the preservation Of their independence, to begin
anew the process Of reconstruction and TefOfma-
ton The men who have not been committed
10 the Abolition policy Of the Government must
be selected for the peformance Of this work
Abolitienisa must be abolished if we woul1
preserve friendly relations with the South, with
the view to an Offensive aRd defensive alliance
Of the two great Republics Of America against
the inrigues and maehinatioas Of foreign pow
ers.
VII. L is proposed that the memories Of
wrongs and outrages committed during ruth
less invasion OF the South may render such an
alliance a work Of difficulty for many years
but the statesmen Of the South viii we be-
heve be the frst to perceive the necessity for.
and tAs benefits derivabis from such relation