Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-14

thsn the richest ard most sfiEtocratic pau.crs ul
sse South do rot fsaad this remark or mr.
own observation, fer / experienced Hoihing SGT
| courtesy ia al paris Of America.
/ Bat Gen. Mssghsr wholly unisunders.aods
| the nature Of ITishmea. If be sGp2sses thst-ee
] can raise n iheir siiads q prejudice aEEiusr a
/ party By ealing tseus srissoerats An Irishnsn
| naturally loves tho cold steekr-nor is this sur.
/ prisiRg, f5r masy Of our peasantry feel tn.
! though they hNvs lost property and station ~
I The dGaiity of thar EEeostsrs . their county
/ and 10 their religion, sill a. noble blood l9ws
il their veins as thst WkiGh Is to be found s-aasg
I tho pr5uds5t PotsRtase5 Of Europe. Ths s5Rth-
/ erns msy, therefore, accept with pIido tas 3ss.
| igassion sTist0eTais, and Irishnea viii hoD0Y
| them the 1n5rs sa account Of this spVsllatiOns
/ when hey learn that many of tks usss pToml-
| inent fsuil'es In tho South omitted he Eiekest
I homss Of Anzlaa6 and Ireland because they
loved religions and political freeiom better than
the delights which belong to sEisiosTstical indul
geness iH hssland o. their biEsh.
/ Sen hsaghsr is more sar0 Of exciting EH'snS
/ as PEsjuSiess sgsinst the Ssalhsrns whan hs
calls thea ElEys oF7gsFs than shea Be dssiguttss
tsa1 as sristOersss. Pho Irish peesls fssl ~
inTineible aysEsiaH 10 the igti.gisn q slavery
ERd II thIs war we're really = var oi smaneiPs-
tel, there wCUld 5s few il Ireland who WoRld
not pray for the success Of ths GsrshsrRs Bat
no cHe kzows better than Gea. Meazhor that
| the present var is not war for shs omaneips-
ii9n Of the slsVss, bat shls It Is var TGish is
"a Tisa on Tor tde FUrp9se Of aPholding the
Usio1. No one kusEs better than GsE. Hss-
gher thst large msjsrity Of thess who are fght-
IsE 10 the ranks o. tse SorsksrHs regard the Sb-
olitioaistsof slavery as = misehisVous aas "a
ns;iszl iassion--thst this majority would eaE.
haus 20 uphold and sEforcs tho 9etes.ssls 81 e.
gitlRe Slave Law, and eli the other appliances
Ineid5Etsl to slavery, provided that she slave
holding States Weuld return to the Uniez. Had
i besn war Of emancipation, CSagrsss would
hs7a seized he opportunity afforded BY the re-
cessi0H 20 enact and promuigste the freedom sf
every slave in tho United States. Bat it has
done no such hing. Il has authorised Prssi-
dent Lnegla to declare that the Slaves Of rebels,
eVsF whom As has Es sway, are free, bat the
slaves Of tRs ysl EFholdsrs Of iAs Unioa, who
are sEbjset to tbs legislation Of Congress, arc
still 5eEsigEsa 10 svsTlastisg Bondage
No sEs knows bsttsr thsn Gsu HssEhef that
the eonditisR Of the snAnaipstsd slave In the
North IS msrs humiiaiiHg 70 . sensitive spirit
than ths enfsresd 80 u5isssi0u which Is maintained
in tia sszsh. He knows that, With few indi-
vidUal exceptions, The Eorihsrn emsncipss5r
viii neither est, prsy, nor 'rsT6l with men Of
eeloI-evsn, tEeagh they 70 a. well educated
and refined as shs most accomplished Of the
white population. Ee An5gs that the Pfesi-
daD. Las hsld cut no othsr nepe 70 the emsuci-
psssd slaves Of ths SOath than that Of e0mrul-
soFy removal 10 some land distant flom tie
bemss Of then childhood. 70 k1eWs that the
condition and prospects Of the smAzeipstsi
Elzvs are szch, that Of the many millions Of
slaves 10 WHOM the present war hGs sSordsd
an opportunity ;of fleeing from serTituds, only
s few thousand have sought 10 escape thouRh
they hsys been stimulated b. the Northernors,
not enly to ties frem their masters, On. siss to
Plunder and to massacre the families among
whom they have lived from their Infancy. Hs
has yet 70 learn that ths S5uthernsTs may pre-
fer TO trust themselves TO their slaves rather
than submit to Northern oOminRsios; snd thst
before this horrible struggle shall be ended VIC
m8y witness the inTasien Of the ksrth By half
. million Of ceioged troops, armed, and led by
their formsE masters.
God forbid that I shsuli say . word Ia favor
Of slavery. The one rsdeeasing advantage
which have contemplated as a po5sibie result
Of this co1fct is that it may induce the South
eruers Voluntarily TO emsneipsta their slaves
out viii net allow ny countrymsn to 30 80
misled By grsndilcquent vil1psEsiion 81 to be-
lisve that this present war 70 a WAT undertaken
f5r he abolition Of slavery in America. As for
eur friend Mssgher himself have no reason to
suppose that ha ever objsetsd 70 be zucBt OF
friend OF these vine grow sleek and h4ughsy
on tho swesf ef the black skin" and If, ike
some Of his frieRds a. Mobils and Charleston,
he bad inherited an ssists to which 3 few hun
dTsd slaves were ATTACKED, | am By ne means
convinced tLas hs would smsneipats them
EsviDg this eadeaYorsd to disconnee- from
the main question Et issue TIE various fal-
lscics aHs PTejadiess By Wbish it has been
Surrounded I now address myself 70 the cues
ti1u whether Virginia, Carolina. Georgia, ALA
baua, Mississippi, and taa ether seeding Stzsss,
have or have not a natural and indsfszsahis
f- s4afar-nf~a al rf rAf
NEST conducive 70 thsir interests, srd aseeps-
sole TO their feelings. This sppsa1 70 rae 20 be
: question which does not admit Of srgUmsnt
on the part Of thoss who, Ike T. Z HssEhey,
have c0nse1dsi that Ire and and Poland have =
msTslrisht 70 withdTs8 from the domination Of
England or Of Russia.
There is, perhaps, no part sf ths Esrld IN
which the pressure CT metropolitan dOEiEi0n is
less felt than in Canada, yet General AsagheI
would aot deny to the Canadians the right to de-
clare their independence, og to assoeizts them
sslvss with the States Of America. L Is diff
calt therefore, TO understand BY what process
Of reasoning he can ssfiBfy himself that Ireland
/ enjoys such right-shas Poland enjoys such
1 riskt--.hat CEasaR enjoys such right-thas
/ Augiraiia snjsys such 3 rghi; but that ths
S.atfs Of Azcriea, which never, for = msmsnt,
lslnquishsa .As sle OF sovereignty thzs be-
| loUgs to ia Nlly, oughE to be dsbarred
HNflA Lue ~ . sAllAAA AA1EH " AAA
very qaesti5-A .asie be gives, iRstsaa Of 81
srgdnlsEs an &nseasts, IN which De relates
/ priVsse eonysTsaE9s tAal was held al New York
| By Mr.. Tqomhs, q distinguished seashsrnsr,
whose syneglhies with IrBlana and Iriahmsa
have bsea uzresarvedly exhibited. This con-
yersaEiau is given Is second hArd. GeRersl
Eeaghsr did not hssT il hinssif. The Inference
which he wishes bis readers TO draw freE itis,
that he chief men Of ihs South stimulated the
1
/ fer themselves a msHopsly Of the oA5ess Of tho
/ ssathern States
/ New, I may be allousd to set of eOn7efsa-
/ iiens which heard myself against ths5s which
| General aesEhsf received through rspors lrsm
/ friend. Whsa was in Georgia in the year
| 1859, hAa tho pleasure OF spsnding sE0 days
st the house ei biT Toourbs, aad TIVE days ct
| the hegss Of Mr.. Stsshsns, Viss-PFesidsBs Of
| the CaafederRis StAscs. Our conversation na-
/ tuEally turned upon The relstisRs which then
/ existed between the HoFtsern and Southern
/ Safes My hosts, ous CT whom had retired
from public life, said nothing ihAt soald induce
ne TO think that their minds wora Effected by
/ considerations connsstsd with ehisial patTol-
sre, bat they eonplaiRs5 mach Of the calum-
MES which were daily veaied sgaiEst the South
/ erneFs By portien Of the NorshsTn press. They
| sBoks with indignation Of the Incentives By
which their slaves were encouraged 70 revolt
1 against taen-tney eomplalne1 o. 80 illussice5
commercial and fHsncial which the Southern
States underwent, as a consequence Of their
connection with the Herth-shsy spoke ef the
secession as probable eontiHgonsy--ss 50 even.
which would probably impose upon them many
sacrifices; but they stated that these sacrifice.
woald be accepted by tbs South az GO altsrnE-
tive preferable 70 E eoniinasncs Of the TeiRseni
which then subsisted between the Northarn sad
} Ssuthern ates.
These conversations wers held more than s
year before tie election Of NJ. Lincoln, a. {
J tae when, according to Con. MeazhsT, hs
positions Of the General GoVeTnaenE- I dc rol
} remember that the interests connected viii
; sf7iciEl patronage were brought into discussion
but even If they had bean brought forward,
do not conceive that any iHPasstien et : law