Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-11

pcSluon II Ee5 not ebanGOEeQ 4 E4lA, OF 1915 ~
much as a dead body or q knspsack--not /
drum or trumpet on the field. Il bears
charmed life, and has not even suffered
wound-no not even in its selfgsteem. Il has |
never yet had to execute 2 rapid movement TO |
the rear, or TO spend months Of ingionOus and /
unbealty inaction. The catastrophe which hurls |
back an army, staggers brave generals and |
drives Cabinet to its wits end only raises TO q
higher pitch the moral confidence Of thege war |
riors They assemble their forces, who imme |
diately present themselves with unthinned ranks |
and unblsnehed brows They are ready for ac- |
ton as ever, and from inaccessible positions
they discharge volleys which cannot even be |
replied to. Could the war be safely left in their
hands there is no doubt of It's speedy and COM /
plete result, for it is a war OF extermination |
which they wage. These soldiers, without fear
or reproseh, arc MessTs Tying, Cheever, and /
Bseeher, their colleagues and the thousand who /
march under thsir banners to the institute, the |
church, OF eonventicle. Z IS from the put- |
pit anu the pta1orR that thsy 5H5miHQte !
ODer tie North american Continent From |
| this proud elevation they denounee the short |
c0mings of the policy and the bRckglding OF /
their cause. Theg predicted tts rersTses, which
only confirm their own superior hdeEty Gad
good seuse. Had they been attended to, the
var would now be over. They preached the
emancipation of every slave in the Union, not
IS QuallutE lQhNIC tal9d-iA'l lA
icy, but SIS an absolute dogma, founded on prin-
ciple TO be carried into instant effect. For this
| not evea arms were required. The South w0nld
i have done lis work e would instantly have
passed through an ordeal only second TO ths-
4 which shall one day change things. II '50Utd
/ hare been a loTeck, ruin, l0aSte bEt from thar
ieDeisd platform l5otstd hare risen GRei0 people,
nelo iastitHtions-ia q l0erd neto States. The
| blasted and desolated region would indeed have
] H.. s.I f,rh Mr. Rsarhar rTFdartrl-nc
on behalf of himself and his assembled friends,
/ TO supply the physical resources necessary Tor
/ the process With sbelitiOn for their principle,
| and the "wsr power for their parental agency,
they had no misgivings as TO the TesEt. The
reason why Lincoln and his men had sll failed
wss, that they were not thorough converts to
aboltionism, and did not place entire coH6dence
in "the war power"
These gentlemen preach not for an infal6ble
or an established church, for no such church has
yet ventured TO be as dOgmstic and positive on
| this point Is they are. They preach with the
Biblein their hands In that book there is net
one single text that can be perverted 70 provo
/ slavery unlawful, though there is much which
naturally tends to its mitigation its elevation
and its final extinction. Ia the New Testament
/ we have sn epislle written by the man who rep
ressnts the last revssled phase and development
Of the Gospel, if they are slaves they must make
the best Of that cOBdtien, aud not trT to escape
IT, at least by any means contrary TO the laws OF
| the country. The only possible doubt about
the exact meaning of his advice is, whether the
/ slaves are to refuse their liberty, even if it be
offered, or whether they arc merely to remain
true to their masters, even if chance presents
/ tho opportunity Of escape. The context which
| gsys that g fsithful and dutiful Christian slave
/ ~ becomes the freedom of his heavenly Master
| clearly proves that the slave who refuses the
offer Of freedom has high Seriptural argument
! for his choice. q II it be said that slavery IS
at vsrauee with the spirit Of the Gospel, SO also
are a good many things which are not yet lsid
/ under the ban of abolition, or threatened with
the "wsr power" SamptuOus fare, purple and
fine linen, wealth, ecclesiastical titles unmsr-
ried clergy, good clerical incomes and many
other things are contrary to the spirit Of the Cos
pei. or, at least, can be proved 90 as easily as
! slavery But the Roman Catholics hsve just as
much to ssy for any one of their peculsr doe
srines as the Abolitionists have for their one ar
tele of q standing or falling community
Whether the Confedsrates have done right to
throw of the Union is a distinct question, but
they cannot have ~ better defense than
proclamation Of war to the knife, solemn IN
vocation Of the " war power against slave
owners who still claims the duty and service Of
his slave,-A7
Mr.. Beechsr may be quite sincere, and, 70 8
certain degree, consistent ia his doctrine that
slavery is absolutely forbidden by the divine
law The preachers Of erUsades against the
Turks OF the Albigsnses, Inquisitors and leo
nociasts have all been sincere in their turn
There is hardly doctrine which man may not
preach with sincerity, particularly il he has
spent ali his life IN preaching it, If his interest
and reputation are stsked in it. and he mas no
occasion to scrutinize it very closely.
Mr. Bseeher came some years sgO TO this
country TO assist ATs. Bescher Stowe in Taaping
her Just harvest of fame He told the crowd ct
Wiliis' rooms that if they were consistent thoy
{ would leave of cotton, sugsr, and tobacco. VI
course he knew well enough that Of the very
, comfortable looking people before him not one
in hundred would practice any such DENIAL
But it was easy to lay down the law, and Il l.
! not less easy to preach from Boston to New
, York the determination of the Southerners i
7 it is not too late for these pulpit '5arriors e
I sdopt q line perfectly in accordance with Scrip
i ture and much more likely 10 succeed thar
I either their own denominations or the Fedora
d arms, x let them preach the ameiioIaton o
J. the nsgro.-sR7
The more sensible psrt Of the world is con
WINGED BY this time that Mrs Beeeher Stow
sacrificed the real interests Of her client to th
= pleasure of writiag story for everybody &
read and admire She wished TO excite The IN
70 terest and to arouse the feelings by al the ma
s., chinery in her power Had she described th
!, good slayeownsr, and shown "a what mlga
II Be done within the regime Of slavery, Il migh
e have reused a generous emulation in ever
ID Southern breast Il Had she scrupulousll
q described things as they WeTe none could hsV
Of blamed hor, and truth would have msdo It's way
|. AS is, she and her equally impassioued bu
r, far less able and brilliant relatives aud tnend
70 have done all they could to widen the ehssm II
n to which the whole American community, sisy
II ard all, appears to be falling hesdions. 1t
ar difficult to say whether their present iansosg
ssvors more Of fauatica faith In their one dog
er ma or sheer desparation. They admit bhgt
ly on their arms They even invest it with tt
It terrible character Of judgment ior the eompfC
be mise attempted with the slave owning lntsres
ed Til the mandate has gone forth, and ever
ID, slave has been told that be viii be sidsd by q
ed North in his struggle for freedom the cannon
nj the North, say these reverend gentleman a
ey unblessed and poweTless. The open sesame
ns of an absolute emancipation Is 10 open eyei
;h door and break every chain in the South Is
to open the eyes, and at the same time p0Tslyi
the arm of the slave owner at home, for be y
Of ses that he must remain there to protect lite 81
N. property Til this be done, say mr. Beech
9ld and his friends the North is fOredoOmed to ia
and utter defeat But viii the North ever d
'oI clare that slave grown cotton, sugar and tooae
Dg are an unclsan thing, snd must not be teuahi
De- OF carried in Yankee ships, or bought and SO
- win 1ankee lhoueJ. 4iioy VII - @Ps ~ .
OK that they may as well lose the Onion altogeih
? q as to lose trade Mr. Bsecher knows this. /
srs knows fat even tbe stripes aRt stars are not
m precious as life and the things that make I
er- pIeassnt in the mercantile mind. So he kno'
len that his denunciation Of the Presidents true
up, ling policy will have about the Same effect
sen his recommendation to tho English readers
ex- bis sisters book to prove their sincerity
'dy wearing nothing but wool and linen, leaving
ur cigars and drinking their tea without sugar
Letter frosn RfchInoad.
ms Correspondence ef the Charleston Mereuryl
he RlcHMoND, January pa southwest VII
lag dazzlingly clear sky, and raplq Asl.lns
der snow, which must be very deep IL leeailllss !
ben ther north-thls IS the SORT oi weather ma s