Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-17
The sp5Fi. q Abeli.lon-The seed a'inla

In debate in the house Of represen tative.
On the 4th Of the present month, Thad. Stevens
chairman of the committee Of ways and nsans,
and the loader Of the Republican party, stated
as follows
They viii find thas they cannot execute the
Constitution In the seeding States; that Il is
fetal nullity there and that this war must be
carried on upon principles wholly indepeaden.
Of II. lhey viii come to the conclusion that
the adoption Of the measures advocated at th e
outset OF the war, the arming Of the negroes, tho
slaves sof the rebels, is the only way left en-
earth in which these rebels can be exterminated.
They viii ind that they must treat those States
now outside Of tho Union as conquered provin-
ees, and settle them with Rsw men, and dfivs
the present rebels as exiies from this country +;
Tor tell you they have the pluck and endu-
rance for which gave them credit year and q
half ago in the speach which I made, but which
was not relished on this side of the house. nor
by the people in the Tree States. They have
such determination, energy and endurance that
nothing bu. actual determination, OF exile or
starvation viii ever induce them to surrender to
the government. I do not now ask gentlemen
to indorse my views, nor do I speak for auybody
out myself; but in order that / may have some
credit fer ssgacity, I ask that gentlemen viii
write this down in thsir memories. IL win not
be two years before they viii call it mp, or before
they viii adopt my views. or adopt the other al-
tentative Of disgraeeful submission by this
side ef the country
The impossibility of exterminating seven
millions of the Anglo-Ssxon race, scattered over
a country as large as Onethird OF Europe. IS
apparent to every one not nigger crazy and
possessed by devils, as it IS evident this old
Bedlamlte. long has been. The tins when such
rsvings will be listened TO By she eOrnuOn-sense
practical people Of this country is drawing to a
close Tor practical and c0muaon-seuse men they
are, aud kind-hesrsed, also, although their pas
sions have been reused to insanity, and fheir
patriotism used By fanatics and knsvas to ruin
them nationally and individually The recent
speech Of Mr. Spaulding IN Congress shows
that our finances are irretrievablY ruiued-that
national bankruptcy is immediate and inevitable.
Nothing can avert it. Then comes national and
individual sorrow, such as few expect The
contractors the jobbers and the upright man Of
business wlll-with the expansion of the cur
reney about to take place. and the paralysis
which is sure to follow is-fnd themselves
stripped Of the earnings of their lives, and 1i-
volved in the ruin and disgrace which is about
to oyertake the country The cunning and
duPhcity Of Mr. Chase viii be no louger avail
able 10 conceal these facts
We are engaged IN war of conquest Such
g wer can only be sustained by money, economy
and great ability in the administration, and in
those who conduct the armies In the field. Great
nations embark in such wars only after long
military experience has given them disciplined
armies and great generals. and then the conntrv
TO be conquered is one within the means Of ae- |
complishment by the power undertaking t.
Passion sn3 fansticism have precpitaled us INTO
attempting what rejecting men now see to be
an impossibility. In times of civil war public /
f7ffrf1 fzlfa ~
says he was three times an exile aad three times
Prime Minister in the civil wars of England. /
We have daily evidences of the rapid changes /
going on around as in the public mind as to the 1
pracdcability of the contest we are engaged in !
and woe be unto those who continue to mislead /
the public in this behalf
History shows no effect by any nction 70 sus-
tain the expenditure we had attempted in the 1
past two years. Wild fury has sileuced admo- /
milton and investigation Our expenditures are /
three times greater than were those Of England /
in the last two years Of the great Napoleon, !
when she was subsidizing the srmies Of Europe, /
and had one thousand ships sf0st At that time /
she had taken al the colonies of her maritime /
rivals, and almost m0nOpolized the commerce /
and the manufactures Of the civilized world |
With al these advantages, with Che a,cumuls-
tions Of capital of centurie7 an expenditure, |
small in comparison to what we are now max
ing, entailed- taxes on her which have pauper- /
lied the great mass Of her people, though she
closed the war she was engaged in successfully. /
From appearances we are TO lose our colonial
empire, for that is what the South is to us This
viii certainly be the case, unless we stop the
war. IF we ever get back the South we must
do it By negotiation; we never can do it by
fighting. If we do not wake up to these reali-
lies at onco, and take an honest political view
Of our position, national death and individual
ruin ere at hand Cincinnati Enquirer