Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-13

POLITICAL AsaEHKCANIsM.
The time was, when American political ideas
were regarded as TIE antitheses Of European,
when America was officially held forth ss "tbe
lard Of liberty and the " asylum Of the op-
pressed /; p indeed, Whan the United States were
AID forth to TIE world as the subject Of a new
Political dispsnsstioa, OF the apocalypse Of a
rev law, or gospel, upon the relations Of gov
erning and governed. Not only did this ides
prevail among the people as an honest PERSIA
sion and was the staple or theme Of the ''wrapt
senator's hcle sympathy" seeking expression
Or outlet upon days and occasions cOmmsmoTs-
sivs Of events connected with our Revolutionary
'sruggls, bat It was the p%ssiulste of official
seton, & leading if not controlling principle Of
Government, legislative and executive, in its
foreign relations. Il was the theme alike Of
Presidents mssssges, Of the dispatches Of TIE
Department Of Stsse, Of Congressional debate
u house and senate.
So mEsh was it s Eeiag TIA: instances ef de-
parture hcm cur political ideas in European
political administration, though strictly in &C
c0Tdsnse with their own, would fl the breast
Of he WatrgtoR G7verrmsnt with such in
gBARt enotion As to call forth Official dsnuu-
e2 ion in special message, or resolution, while
ths TisioRs however ~impslPabis, OF associated
with Ehafever Of license, or violence or tumult,
Of g revolt against constituted government, was
the theme fos universsl eongrs.ulaiion, not less
Official than popular. Let 2 po5lcsl oEsnder in
Russia be sent to tho Ural, or Siberia, CT KAN
sehslkai OF 81 Eagisbnsn, OF a. Irishman, or
Austrian, er Freedman, or Spsniard, OF Ital-
ian, be hung, OF shot, or sent 70 prison for tTss-
son, OF REASONABLE words uttered in speech or
print their governments were held up to exc
crHHon, and the rebsliicus sufferer was the sub
Jet Of anxious political coudsleBcer and, In some
instances, OF ohic;al ntsrfersuoe. Or let the
FsoPlo Of Frstee overthrow & government,
royal CT imperial; CT PJlsud attempt to recover
her d~ismombs1ed territory, and with it Tie right
0fsef g-ovenneDt; OF Ireland attenP: 10 recover
her Independence from England, OF Hungary
attempt to substitute . crown of her own for
that Of Aassris, o. Greece to throw of the ty-
ranny OF Turkey, or The Spanish American colo
nes 20 throw Of tao Government Of Spain, the
Government ard people Of the United States
he'd The rebsllioa in each case justified, accord
ing to their own political pTeoedsBts, ana con-
deemed The Government.
How stands he matter now. 60 far a. the peo-
pie aRd Government Of the present United States
Ars eoncsrnsi7 It stands in the tanspesition
ef Political character and relations with the
States Of Europe, in the reproduction In tie
United States Of I'll toe European precedsuts
heretofore c0ndemned, AID IA the abandonment
Of every principle held IS inv;diously antithetici
and Europe and the world have discovered that
political Termination in America has no higher
elaim e. be considered supsrluuGry than in ether
countries considered politically mo1s Opaque
shat tie Divine rghln Of popular government,
even American popular government, is as rich in
fruits of Tyranny aud oppression, Of Political
conduct, arbitrary sRd iEhumsn, as the divine
right Of kings, that HAYEAU Ra5s more than
an equal in BUTLER, that The Dy Tortugss ard
Ship island sTe q luH equivalent for Siberia CT
Van DismaH's land, tEss Fort Warren and Fort
Lafayetis are ne Improvement on the Bsstls OF
Oimuiz, that ABRAHAM LIECoLE is not an i'm
provsmsnt on LOUIS XIV, or WILLIAM q. SEW
r on Monsieur FoUCHB.
They have learned that ministers who Do not
or VII not Prsy for the king in America, may be
inPHsoned or oziled in The United States, and
their churches as efsetUslly closed rs If preach
srs and churches were in Europe; they have
leaned that The freedom Of opinion which fDds
expression in speech, or in the press, may be as
summarly and IS oEactuslly checked By in
prissnmeRi and Suppression IS It may have
been done in France, OF Austria, and that 9 hs-
bess corpus is IS dead or dumb before e Lttrs de
oeteha on this side Of The AtIsutic as on that.
They f1d ioo that the Congress Of The United
States toju5gs from is recent ~legisstion, fs 10 /
Improvement o. the star chamber of England or
Spanish junta; and that the conquerors and SOL
Of the armies Of the United States, over
the lair fields Of The South, may not
suTP=ss OF cqusl the eorqzeroIs or soldiers #
The states Of The old world in humanity, or in
from Hesnss OF butslty.
PsLiesl AnsEieaRism which, whilom, found
axarsssion in sBtiihesis SO brilliant is now e1-
nad Yankee p ;tical humanity Is in is
The political beroism which found e1-
preston in III. WEBsTER's g7es. spsseh in
Congress- on the Creek Revelation is now Al
seho and r 57ean:
There Is a. enemy Lat still exists to cheek
lheglOy Of tbcss tTiumphs-lmiilayy triu1phs, |
OF thuuphs Of poser) Il follows the conquer
Or back % As scene Of his ovaiionS. Is calls upon
him io take notice lhl Europs, tough silent 1
e yet indignsEt It shows Kim Tat the scsDtsr
sf his victory : q barren Ecep.er, that it shall
confer neither joy nor honor, bas rhaIl moulder
10 dry ashes in his grssp. In tie midst Of his
srultatioa il pieTces bis ear with tie cry Of in
jared justice i donouuees against him the
indignation Of sn enlightened, civilized werld;
Is turns 10 bitterness the cup Of his rejoicing, |
sid wounds hia vita the sting which belongs
10 tie eonseiozsness Of having outraged tie
Of maakia5"
"a We commend to oar readers tie able
OF tbs mols ine's Cogsdsrag on tho sub
.set q the Freedom Of tie Press. Perhaps If /
Is bad SISTED he precise ruliag Of Jaags MANS
FIELD, ihs5 n a csss Of libel, the i1ry were net
.udges Of fhe law and hes, ss in ali ether crmi-
ld p5oseeuEoHs. il might have been possibly
er mentioned the conviction Of JOIN
md LEIGH HUET sf the London EIamiasT for
libel sgsiast the Prince Regent, when The pop
fselaz, illustrated By the example Of some
IF ike 61sl men ia Eagiaad, converted a prssR
aPElsea and court, 1t might have added an
'ther illustration Ct interest l. s sufficiently
luminous. however. without these.
We learn rom D. I D Fanner, Of New
that he has succeeded in establishing
y Malieta a Stale hospital fer L0uisiana troops,
o WbicL, in future, AL ths sick and wounded
from That S-sso VIII be sent, and where
.haT cla be c1gvsGieGlH vi-iLal - c.r.a hor