Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-23

Ths apeseh of hon. ALEXANDER LONG, OF
the Cincinnati district, which caused such = nut-
tsriug In Congress, and has sttIscted SO mnch
.-t.sptisn in tbe country, WAS certainly a bold
ous 70 he uttered in the Abolition Congress, and
within sound of SEwARB's potent bell. It I'M
dpubtsdIy produced more excitement thEn any
purely Political speechd delivered this season. The
GincinnAt Gazsns's correspondent refers to 1t
a length, and in q very complimentary msnner,
considering that the report comes from an Oppo-
nsnt.
The House bad gone into g committee of the
whole for speech making, and, 90 usual, mem
bsrs we're rapidly leaving when MIR. LONa be-
gan. but be st once secured close attention and
hsld il to the end, large numbers Of Admins
fatiOn men going over to the Democratic side,
and gathering about his desk to hear moro dis
6nctly. Il was at once the most honest and
boldsst utterEnce from the Democratic party
ranks, and Il was sttsntively regarded soCord-
ingly.
He inferred 10 the change that three years bad
produced; the conviction that the war Was
wrong and ought to cease Immediately. He de-
nisd tbs right Of the Government, under the
Constitution, to coercs sovereign States quoted
from BEEFOH, ADAMS, JACKSON, SEWARD,
EVERETT and others in support Of bis position.
The Confederate States were out Of The Union,
and are an independent power dc faetO. He de-
n0Uncsd the amnesty proclamation As infamous,
and said that the man who took an oath under
Il would violEte 1t, IS did GALmBO when he
abiured his belief in the earth's motion. He
charged the Government with inconsistency in
attempting to cosrcs the South. Il hsd symps-
thiEsd with Greece, the South American States,
Poland. Hungary, Italy and Ireland in their
struggles for Independence, in illustration Of
which be referred to the speeches Of CLAY and
WEBSTER in behalf Of Greece, in 1924, and
agreed with the New York TTbHzs, in 1861,
shat if il Was night for three millions Of colenists
70 separate from Great Britain, was it not night
sor Eve millions Of Southsrnsrs to separate from
The North in 1861.
He ssid it were "bstteT to lose ninsssnths of
thu territory than our republican fern of gov
mi Land was nothing compared with
liberty, Russia, and even China, could vie
with Us in that, but who would not rather live
In one of the csntons of Switzerland than in
those countries. In parting with our jurisdic-
ton ever eleven States, We did not lose one
function Of our free government. We existed
Is a republic without the moath Of the Hissis-
sippi, or any territory west of It, and without
Florida, and could EXIT again. The war hsd
made eight millions of bitter enemies on the
American continent. The words Shiloh, Ante
tsm, GsttysburR, Aurfreesb0ro', Richmond,
VieksbuIg and Fort Donelsou, were words of
division. and would serve to bring up emotions
Of eternal cate in sll time. The Union was
lost, never 70 be restored. he saw neither at
the North nor South, sny sentiment on which to
bGild . Union, and WAS forced to the conclusion,
that IN attempting to preserve our Jurisdiction
07sT Southern States, We had lost our consliiu-
ionAl form Of governments over the Northern.
What had been predicted by our wisest states
nsn had come to pass. In grasping ct the
shadow we bad lost the substance; in striving
10 retain The cAsket in which our jewels we're,
had lost these precious Of free
1om. There are but two alternatives, and that
s eithsr al acknowledgment Of The South as an
Independent nation, or their complete subjugH-
aoo and determination IS a people, and be pre-
sired the former. II The war was to 20 on, be
Fanssd IL conducted by the party in power, and
sas opposed to running 3 candidate for tie
'rssidsacy On the narrow basis of how The war (
hoRld be prosecuted. He believed the masses
{ the Democracy for peace, and was opposed !
running 5 sar candidate Q