Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-30

with his promises with the NEST ipdeean
haste ssVerY was abolished in the District o
Columbia, the signature Of the President givini
his sanction 10 the law. A measure was set oI
foot for emsacipatioa in tho border States, &
/ which Mr. Lincoln gave his influence; but tbs
Abolition policy OF his Adminissrati0u was de
val0ped m0st prominently aud most insidiousJ
n the eon6sestjou and emancipation acts, whiei
were almost exclusively aimed at tho peculisl
| Institution. In these vati5as instances tie m0s
/ conclusive pToof was afforded TO The South tha
the whole strength and power Of the Govern
/ mant was enlisted in q grand aboli.i0a crusade
/ The Union mon Of that section of the republic
were now satisfied that they had nothing 10
I hope for, and were forced, however uawEsiiaeIyl
/ into The ranks Of the sseessionisls The Gouth
I By this policy, was consolidated into ISne CON
Bact mass. b destroy which all the power Of the
North has been launched against st again
and again without success But there was an
ether fe2tu.e which became. as tielo wore On,
more and more apparsnt This was the imbe-
ciity, the utter incomps5ency Of the Admins
iFssn 20 cope with the crisis; and this feature is
now Acknowledged by i's erstwhils warmsst
supporters It has had cver two thousand unl-
ions Of dollars ard nearly million sud a half
Of men with which 10 spbiGgaEe the South for,
sf.er al, it must be aanitted that this is q
war Of subjugati9n. Wei this war Of suiuga-
ten is a total failaTs. a. D0ugias and Clay, and
Webster, sud Hsmit3n aad Madison, and other
great statesmen OF tha country, predicted
What have we accomplished by ig This CON
plst5 alienation Of the S3nthern Satss with
tasirsevsa or eight milli9rs Of frssmsn. We
have had, Is is true, some refugees from the
South who have en3eavUrs5 70 create such p
sympathy ss should manifest itsslf In tha sub
standal character Of pseUaiary support. These
Faan have told Us wonderful stories Of G Uni7H
feeling south Of Mason sai DiZea's line Bat
what has that Uaiou feeling accomplished
Absolutely nothing.
B2tila after battle has been fought. The Union
sru1y beiag 0f'ecar vsEQushsd than victorious;
Gud it Is Eow confessed that the S5uthsrH Con
federacy was never 50 defiant, SO powerful or
SO able in every way 20 maintGiu its iudepsnd-
cEca es it is ct the present time 1t is doubtful
If che effective forc8 Of the Uni0a army exceeds
tive hundred thougsnd man-.udssd we are Of
the 03ini0a shat 1t Is net much ever four hun
drsd thousand
l. any enc ma leg7ugh to imagins that sucA
q force is sgusl 70 tho overthrow Of the srmias
commanded by Les and johnson and Bragg
sisd i8ea1Hegsrl, aud the s5lar great generals Of
stla sOH5b is any man so insane as to bslisve
that A4ef8ellan, even had he the geuiGs Of Ma
son b HsEif, Would Be equal Co srcb q task
sl..1 s-selusian then, to hattor ourselves with
.ah5 ao5ia lhat paoplo who know tbeir strength,
z,lf!-'t haze tested it tayough the ordeal of 2
Two years. war, The most sanguiuaTy, tia most
disastrous, the most expensive, on record, win
be inclined 20 give up that Independence fer
which they have fopsht Sc long, struggled Sc
sValiautly, and sacrificed so much.
Bui then again we are tod that the resources
Of the Eerth In men ans money are equal to a
c9sLpusncs Of this var for two years more, and
longer If need 20, while some, In the blight Of
their folly, in The excess Of their a5suFdity, tod
us that they viii 6ght undl the Lass man and the
last dollar IN tho treasury Is expended. Such
TAX IS unworthy Of & moments Consideration
Let U5 tell those who indulge in this boabastc
nonsense that the conscripdon is alrea5y fall
GTe that hundred thousand men cannot be
ra sea by IT. that there are hardly ensugh hands
st 90 perform the usual msB1al labsr Of the
50unisv; that Massachusetts,, With sll her efforts
70 recruit, sven among the black population, is
twenty thousand behind her g15ta t1at the
n .ii.ary arrests af Bansds and Hsscal in the
West have reused 8 feeling Of Indignation which
nay at any time burst f9rta ia all the horrors
ef civil strifs that the cou6derca of the peo-
pie IL he Administrgli0u, It's generals and the
E5al ssceess Of this war, Is gene, utterly gone
ard that the great mass eff our people are sick
snd tired Of this frui.lss5 waste Of blood and
treasure.
Il not this the true state Of the easel What
hypocrisy, then, 20 tslk Of a further prolcnga-
-on OF a0stidsies Lst Us not be deceived any
ioager by teu1porziny, by insineevs and tricky
politicians. Let US rise up maniullyr and meet
she issues that have been forced upon as by
those asssssins Of the republic, who have 50
l1ng Bisyed tas part which history tails uB was
played by Nero while gsziug on the bUrniEg
ruias Of tAe Eternal City. Let usseeept the
80 logic Of accomplished facts sn3 msnlully
and couraseously rasolTa a.leouEa the
UnIoa has been destroyed, spr liberties shall
1-ill be preserved, and democratic freedom saved
rom the wreck Of our once proUd, free and
happy republic. Let >us perform the task that
remEi8s to Us, and leave to time the werI Of re-
uniting in the bonds Of powerful alliance the
new severed sectious Of once grand Con
fsderacy.