Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-03
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Special Corrsspsndsues sf The I.sDdsn Tines
NEW YORK, July I7.-Thl Enciant sayiag
stas the gsds, il granting the pgaysra Cf tl'
wicked, always accompany the boon yyi.a saus
thiRg which Ssprizes IL of it, value, las Fecsiysi
4 4 modern eXsHplfcAtioa IN the case Of SIR
Lincoln ana ths revolutionary party by Uhos'
sid BE governs Thsy prayei fer military sac
easg, and they have got it, and ordered o gen
sral Thanksgiving for il. But il has come UpeI
them amid scenes Of cruelty, arson, and blood
shed which have has no parallel in Che history
| Of ths country. Their eaP Of JOY hiss e drop 0
psisen in It. Their tTiamph is marre5 h7 The
outbarBt Of a Peril which thsy were toe self
sufficient aud concsjted even TO dream Of n
The day Of their glory the judgment Of the grss.
! est city on the e0ntaent-tEe city ths5 has
/ done more than any dozeH Giles 70 support. by
/ 1sa and Hsney, q war for he restoration
I Of the Uniou asd tie Csc5ti.U.i)I-Es5 de-
! clsrsd itself RgsinEt a war for the destruction
Of the CsEsiiutiou, thu sBo.itiou Of Ss3ts rigtts
I and the establishment Of q Federal daspotIsu
] Il bas declared by the voice Of les most num5-
rsus, if its hum5lss5 ctz1ss, that L viii 40.
/ SIGHT upon coupHlsi0n thai !. has 10 faith iu
( victories tkst are bat 6le words t5y useless
tlzashter and results IN Elas5asrss; end idst.
although il l5vss the U3i9n end would Be very
glad if il could be restored, i loves Its own con
siitGtiOpAl lissTtjas and It's permanent exemption
/ from forced military duty gzcsE deal more.
/ This is the m.sning OF the i1Tmidabis i0eur-sc-
/ tioG fhst has now catered upon It's hflA day.and
/ sympathy with the original 0bjscts Of Whisb
/ has DaTslyZed the ARA Of Suth0Ti y IN iadssY0--
! lag to sa2press It. Had the insurgents COS
| tented themselves With tbs dssrucs.0u Of taa
sarolnsnt PsPars and the furcibla seizure of she
/ conscripsion gf3csrs, and thsmsslve7 executed
summary vengeance upon the coWariiy TBfiAns
AID ssssssins Wbo took sdysntsgs of 6 political
/ outbreak 70 iadulEe IN arson aHd murder It is
/ probable that tAs In5urscti11 woBid gradually
( have grown into ths resBectabidty e revolu-
| tioa that msa Of influence, position and char
actsF Wsuld hAvs plsce5 themselves st its head.
and eomPeisd the GENITAL G0vern=snt 80
1 adopt Rew, er rather return 10 the old,
Bsliey 81 eonsilistiss toward tas SoE5b; 30 q
withdrawal ef the proclamation Of emancips-
ter, and t. 81 Ermistics between tho con
| tending forces. But thi5 was net 90 be.
4r. Lincoln has taught tho people thst there is
= power above the law aud the Constitution.
! Thsy have 50 far Brs6sed by the teaching as to
set the law ct Sshance, sRd 30 interpret. Is sc
e0rdiug 10 the promptiHgs Of their own passion
/ or caprice, or tas requirements OF q necessity,
Of Whieh tAey declare themselves % b5 tas sole
/ Judges
/ Had Mr.. ,LiRclln frankly su.horizsd Gov.
| Seymour to RsRsunee 70 the pecBle that ths
| csnscrip.ion in New Terk woGd no. be enforced
until tks question Of its e1Usu-gti0n7a y had
| been decided, il is likely that the Oh nab rs-
msiniEg in tia city after the first 5=s's riol
/ would hsvs besn mshE Of thieves, wfaza viJ-
| lencs would speedily bava been saFprszy7i by
1 the police and the csnstsbuia-Y A ugIie-tiaC
/ that he had done so ssusiblT shiBUed tEa ranks
e. tho insurgents on Wsdaes5ay. bat when i.
was discovered that the announcement was not
OH sial-lhst Mr.. LiReoln nad 30. spoken, sud
that At the best the drsfs w2s only % be sus-
pended until the rs,tgTsli0D o. order, the eyavd
increased ths kal-sppsassd muusuds broke
out ints frssh riot, and in their blind fury com
nitssd eutTsgss so Bhseking as 90 sliauzls from
thsm al the sappsrt that educated and wealthy
classns might S.herwise hsve hesn inclined 90
afsrd thsp.
As yet, brutal Sc tho mob has shown itself In
| its murder Of iROfsnsiFs negroes, no less than
/ ssvsA of WhsE we're hung nom the lsnP-Dasis
| in different paris Of the city on Wesassday
/ sight, ia s5ditisn to ten or twelve who were
4 bsstsn 10 death or thrown into tae river it is
| hard 30 say whether the cold sloOded brutality
! Of the Leading Republican journals was aot the
/ direct BroVoeati0n Of thsir fury AZ the very
/ FIST outbreak of the riot, Hhsn a few 7ar3g or
! Cancellation from men, IN whose Judgment the
/ publis csnsdei, aud whose personal c1srse sr
/ sud social position wer8 entitled to respect.
might have calms8 the storm Of disc5nteat-er.
/ st al events, prevented bl0odshe5-ehess Jour
mails displayed fsT0eity that is Hsrer found sx-
! ceps ia she hearts Of people who are tyIaats
( alike BY Hsture aaa By training There g 20
Be 10 parley with mHn who Tssis led the draft
/ TIE draft was the snly hope aud salvation ot
I the country. For every negro killed a hundred
white men were to be executed. Every ri0tsr
was to be remorseles5ly sao5 'dsHn. An
I CfissT who wished TO save the effasi0r
Of blood, and irsd blank cartridges over
- .-Ea ~, 90 -1sa- -
| elared 10 Be "ns nan" but 'c0wardly Tuf
fam who deserved instant death. "Grapash0t
and plenty Of IT," was the sole remedy Tor Pep
/ ulGr di8cOntsnt SRch were but a few of the
phrases with which they Influenced the angry
pRssi0RS Of the crswd, saa manifested h5w lt
lie csaPateht they were - advise in the crisis
Of the national aisfortuaes. Their columns GiC
not csntain single expression calculated 20 al
lay irritsti0n. Blood more blOei was he s3i.
burden Of tbsiT ohJurEatious; the blood Of taa
only msn fren whose ranks tGs GlverumaR
cas- expect 70 draw defenders, however iumi
aaUt its peril tbs biood Of men whCss cini1a
complaint sgsizst the Administration was e..
disregard Of ths law and the Constitution; Oh.
blesd Of the classes that bear uPcu their shoul
daFs the weight Of ali ths WORK Of pace, aux
Of al tbs cost and hardship Of war blood
blood aHHmits3, sRd the mors the beHsg. Sucl
was their morning cry and fheiE evsulag recon
zendatiou; sad, if the populsr passion was TIN
exssperatsd into 4 6sTeer fever than it nigh
have othsgwiss reached, thess were The nen vb
we're guilty Of Filing up the fuel and throwing
eli upOn the hamss.
Ths leaders Of tRs republican party ws-s &
he full rs rabid as their press Though elv
Seymour, with 3 rsrs sdnirture of c0neiis lie,
and frmaess, eonTived to nllay the anger Of Oh
crowd, and reduce the Instruction within suc
iimits ss might render It easily rerrsssibls b
the strong arm Of the local auth0rity. civic a
well as military, thsse persons, sesinz, as the
insgiHed, sn opportunity for dealing e blow a
State sovsTsigniiy, which they rightly h9la {
. be incompatible with the extension and eousoh
daticn Of tbs Federal power. did ts5ir utmost
BY psrssnsl TemenstTaHcs and by sIaImist tel,
grams te Washington, 70 induc5 .ho Presider
to declare martial law over the Ststs aud city
New YSrk, and appoint Gen. Butler to euSre
it. Fortunately the President was, in this Il
speet, wiser than his party, and did not ehooz
to run the risk Of a struggle that IN the the
temper sf the people, And with q man ike Gos
Seymour to use Il in defense OF = strictly legl
. position, might have been ths commencement
; a revolution strong enough to sweep the FsdC
} raj government before it.
The Republican party may say what it viii;
nay huri its denuaeiahons sgainst the Iis
''rsWdies," the French aud German red republ
) cans, azd the thieves who sWsllsd the racks {
{ the Rulitade; but the riots eannol be explsine
4 away By any arguments based Hpan ths fac
D that all the blackgusrdism sad Tsuajny OF sh
3 Metropolis tOek part in them 70 was sa insu
rsetion without plans OF leaders, or any cor
r cerssd msdss of sctisn--a spontaneous ebulit0
D Of Disgust and Indignation. Striped Of 81 e.
. tTsneous considerations, With tall allowance 70
e and condemnation Of, the strceIties commits
BY wretekss wao would be unworthy 60 wis
t s suskss in the field in any Honorable strife,
. means nothing less than thss the no kiu
n classes, and large msl5rity Of The people
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