Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-20

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separate wholes three years Of war have bseH s5sd
Il has bsen bloody wasef1l and reYenSefui slnost,
not entirely beyond precedent. half million Of men
have been buried. A half million have been
wounded. -Four thousand millions Of ds5t hEVs been
contracted and six thousand millions Of properly have
bsen destroyed And what Is now the issue AID what
the CONDITION snd purposes a the eombstantsl As
our sasiss the aggressive party. thsy alone
make the issue. Indeed their VIII ia the the thing 70
bs defeated or submitted 10 a1d, therefore, their VII
Is the issue. What Is that Wilt BY ths progress Ct
the struggle. that will has made many changes. By
every change It hss become darker more malignant
The fssass Of revolution always change during the
progress Of the revolution. As said In the words Of
warning in the beginning. so repeat now as verified
the hundFedth time by history: madness may begin a
revolution 20 Tapish gwen purpose, bat the great
wisdom may uos be able direct that purpOse.
The issue ef revolution is Ike the wave Of the mad
dsned ssa-evsry can see il rushog on, but man
mark IN advance it's track Revolution s Like the
lightning. An eye can see Il ssping Ia sheets OF aaRs
from the bosom Of the angry cloud out eye pre-
esde its g-zsg gRt and dsesra Ubithsr it will go
on what il viii sxpend its fury Such ia the nature and
such the history Of revolutions; and Il would indeed
be strange If this, Of the most gigantic wicked and
desperate in hCmgn suHsis did not chsngs its issues
cften and greatly during It's progress.
At fsg Mr.. Lincoln declared bis purpO II ths
OF force 10 be 10 Fetaks the forts srssnAs and other
public works which the seeelsnE States had sezsd
He nsxt essdfo for Srmed men to suppress all orgsnz
ed bat faetious resistance 70 ha G0vsrnmsna resis.
iRto which ha said, States had baen inveissd
against he VIII OF the majority OF tns people.
he next and again and still sgaIn, called for grand
alss to restore the Uuien-both be and his Congress
dsclEming any sighs inc icatcHs to interfere with
the established institutions or 20 iuanar ths eaasv
the ssoarate Statss We, ths people OF the seeded
Stsfes did not and su not credit such aseisfners bs
causs they utterly Inconsistent with the
vOked to accomplish tbs pretsRlsd purpose On thess
issues tbs struggle progressed unfl September 1862
when nav purpose wAs announced This purpose was
TO esneipze the slaves and thus not only uterfere
with hut 20 destroy the established insttuti0as OF the
seeded Ststes Bloody battles we're fought during this
phase OF the revolution. Il the summsr Of 1863 ozr
arms wlA several, and very serious Our
revsrses have kt Increased The mai gnfy Of enemies
and the probability IN their minds o. guecss has convert
Cd the heretofore unsdmstsd hope, ia.o the Evowed
purpose OF conquest Not ony Is Sts.s equality to be
in paired but the very ors Of State GOVeEnmez which
our fathers established, and undsr which have
long lived TO be overturned and ths rule Of
snth over niaesrhs Of the people, Is to be maintained
by foreign hsyonsts as the only legitimate popular gov.
If this tenth cannot be procured then our States are
70 be converted into many terrtore1 or perhaps in
70 vast territory ID be governed by commission from
the central power Our lands to be seized and our
property e0nfsested The negro and the Yankee to
| become the Joint stock owners CT our homes, the
mutually projected dssposrs OF our rs cs and the u-
tuay assisted rAvishsrs Of Cur mothers, WiFss and
daushts Our leaders civil and military are to be slain
and II any after being rs5bed and dishOnors shall be
permitted breathe the air Of these bright native
hills it viii be ths Wretehsd condition thH. thsy vi
gubit be judged BY the Yankee tried by the negro,
and sc1urged BY the slAvsf tel you my country men
and neighbors thess not sxtravagsnt words They
bat express the necessary and logical conclusion Of that
fsnAtiesl spirit which seeks your submission. Mr. LIN
coin did not intend all his the beginning bus be il
the ature Of the idsa that elected hinof the power
that has controlled, and must eonnus to control him
That power is fznAcism-a dssppointsd mad exaspsr
sted and progressing fanatieisn. Every outrage TO
which have alluded hss been repeated over and over
again. in the portions Of Gonfsdsracy IN the pOWsI
Of the enemy; and who poin. 70 the single case
which Mr. Lincoln has ccndemned. or the single crim
nal he has punishe single press, agent OF
leader OF ths fanadca party, who has not acquessd in
encouraged these bsrbsrftiesi II thesesshnB BE- Sc
in the grse1 tree, what may We expect in the dry
these be the tiud invaders acts when we have arms u
| cur hands what viii be the insOlsnt oO1qusrors de
mandz when srs helpless a. bis feetf
We begsn this issue with the North to prevent ths
degradation Of inequality in the Union majority
psops losing hope Of securing that, sought inde
/, psndencs ous OF the Union But the Independence
thess Confederate States Is now but secondary cues
ton in thsterr5s issue secondary ifAet and second
! ary in importance. Constitutional gOvsramsut c
this continent; the separate sovereignty Of State
the Iats Union. gov r1melt IN any farm founded n
esnssnt Of the white race in ths Southern staeE th
pclitlca eiFlt $40 soelaa - pefIoaiiIt y sel
the white rsce IN the South; property hoefyi u nor
Aor either social personal, either n hope 70
CT children; al, all thss any Government eout
SECURE, any freeman eDl1y involved n the pre-
eut issue which anaeis makes In thls fearful struggle
4 and Iuyokes million OF bayonsts to decide repeal
not the form Of Government but the Substances Of gov
Z ernmsnt; not who shall BE- associated in government
but who shall have State government, who free gov
ernnsnt, and who government st all, Is the issue.
Not only then. but 10 every man not victmize
BY fsnstiesm this eon1ent certainly 10 every rs
tioua man in the United States the query becomes
absorb.U .Ug interest Where and by whAt Esans shsl
this contest be dstsrminsdf answer The contest wi
continue long the power sad the Idea, represents
Abraham Lincoln dominant tn6 Gnife0 SrAte
Il Hhend when that power is defeated and tAst idsa
Z, repudatsd by the people Of the Northern States IN
contest certainly END until that idea Is rspu
dated, and do think i cannot be rspudsted exSet q
the defeat ths bao5 box, Of the power which sus
tslus and is aimed by sthat idea. do not bss7
j. there is any rational hops that either Mr. Lincoln,
snv other Representatives Of that idea viii ever rspu
date the idea or the purpose as long as be has ia
; power.
to power was the cuainason Of that sectional hstre
which resulted "a disruption ane WAT and ali the conse
qusnt evils The dse enson Of that party and fs ide
o from both power and respeetabldfy u the onY nsfu
d ral proper or effective remedy for these eyis. An
n the people who did tbs wrong must correct IT, tn
J. psops Who gave power TO fanAteism must WITHDRAW
that power and must repzdists and utterly crush 90
% that fznsticism. If Mr.. Lincoln any representative
Of his party be chosen President in 1894 that ehole
n vas ba accented by uS and nv The Werid az p0pula
70 ratification not only of sboliOnism, but Of the va
Of the policy Of the war, and OF the system ou uhie
the war wazej, and Of the purposes for whiea Il
ss 1 wagsd. Thus ratified, the must continue for
r years longer On the other hand, the defeat Of Ia
IT coin any representative Of his party in this eleeo
r. will be accepted BY the people Of these States as
b rspadatiln Of the war Of the policy OF the war sn
e OF the purposes for which It Is wssedi and thus,
r. door viii be opened for negotiation which will reEn
n in a peace q basis altogether compatible with Il
honor eon14svs the interests of both
st ties. Tbs presidential elscsion In The United states
70 ls64 then il the event which desrl1s the ss1
peace or war and with. the dsstiues Of both eou
IT tries For Iaeoas defeat thsn LET soldiers fight
u patriots hope, and let Christians pray
ih Had Arms been successful In 1868, the war,
B. now waged, might have bsen terminsted Bat
would havs resulted in intestine in The Units
e. States. The present ruling power would have 5ee
~ ovsrthron but overthrOwn By violsncs and in bloc
The recurrence OF the presidential election during Il
present yesr will furnish opportunity for the poae
ful overthrow Of that power, and for the consequs
&c termination Of the war without s1tirsy sabYerng
"a cisty and ordar throughout the North.
a. VIM the statesmen Of the two cOnisderaeis5 pro-
squs crisis, and the occasion to end
n Of disaster and secure Governnentst to all tbs pl
be ties to the contesl H0 YER many eOnfederseles M
h. rSuit between the sat Of the fsFner United Sat
a. sgrtf fhe3
cd desire, OF every State I'd Of every citizen In sa
OF State that each confsdt should have q good Go
ernment-shoRld be established upon the best a
nd urres foundstions-aHd that tbs most liberal Telato
OF smY and should exist between the Wh0
le Between peoples who have common origin, speas
Of common language, have common traditions, and who
Us territories separated only BY mountains rivers
ar air Ines there may exist commercial unity without
Ii ndczl unon. That viii be narrow statesnRnaha WI
alt oes not comPrshend that al these States however
de vided have uaity OF interests, and waieh ieagi
en- nsighbOrs whom God has i9insd by s0i, climate, p
nd ducons and relationship, should seek the stranger
lie yond the seas for An ally.
But tina is looking beyond the point at which wa
es troubles snd disorders viii begin 20 sead, and f
90 which new ideas hopes and 5Tgies will spring-A
iot trying point Of Ams eAn patroths defeat Of 81
| power which Mr. Liacoin "a nov the repressntstl
be- - ths bslotbsx and its utter eiscsion from place
I'D resDeetabi Iy Until that happy point is reached th
can neither peace, nor hope, nor sny good 10 the
AZ ssd e0mbstsnis thsir descendants except after
aas definite war and unmessurSble waste and ruin.
nd The practical question then Is What We Of
tne Confederate States, DO 10 all in this deioaii In
ust opinion can do much In truth my language Is
1st stronger than ny convictions when say can
WI troi that election
re firss agency which We can exert to this end il
en- defeat Br LiHe0nE armies in the fast approaching
low al-o VVitherlt ths nothing elgs We can do will
loss can avail With this hrss accomplished, We can sec
far any ratiansl-sven the most desirable results PFC
ons sas Of nsgoastiations from us matters new Eta
Oh are inconsistent with honor and futile for good.
nti- T,sl viii No. pe-oats and he a dssernnsd We
fore 10 shis end bs kssps ne sgus IA gach shspe a.
make II tdishonorable evidence OF weakness
Mr "a to propose negotiation. MadRsss is his 1rsun
lion subjugstioa is bis pOhey1 and infantry 4risTy
the cavalry his only ht Commissioners Bas III.
The coin and his adheEents Do not constitute al me No
net There are many, very many, thsrs WRo " -. ~
e Of whe oppose the system on which ais y q ~
shts the parposs for watch Z g ssse- 80 - 80
eFa Christian and eyi!zee Pe9e.s, - 80 *
sec the adj djuslmsnt q tnsn w. os rrsszs r,
pur civilized ageneiss q - can-ot resaond T