Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-05

nave hattered the country with, had the South
been disposed from their defeats and sufferisgs
to sue for peaes, what city Of refuge has been
open for tnem, what horns Of tho altar could
they taxa hold on and be savedf What explicit
terms short OF degradation and dishonor worse
than death have been proposed to them What
security (innocent and guilty. that they should
not be treated as a conquered people and sub
jet to whatever yoke their naughty yietors
might please to j. Jose upon themi It would
be mAdness 70 -xpeet that men who had taken
up arms so defRntly, and struggled 80 courage
ously as the South have done, should throw them
down and submit TO their coDquororg, especially
when thsy had 80 little to hope and 80 much 10
fear.
The only hope can be, and this now, to my
mind, is The faintest possible, Is in 8 change of
system. Reverse all these absurd and peTni-
eious measures that, for three years. have char
acseriEed Northern legislation; for il the con-
hdenee and affection we have lost is ever TO be
regained, it can only be By giving the South the
most uudenisble proofs that we wish not to op-
press themi that re sTe willing to remove every
ground Of complaint, and TO effJrd the amplest
security for the enjoyment of all their censtilu-
tional privileges in the future / waive al
questions Of authority and right. With nearly
million Of men slain or rendered useless, with
fnghiiul debt Of thousands Of millions, IN
eTsSsing at the rate Of two millions day, aud
national ruin and bankruptcy, the inevitable
consequences Of this dreadful wsr, peace, speedy
peace, should be cur object, and to accomplish
this repeal of those obnoxious legislative acts
is demanded, which are sn iRsurmountsble bar
to reconciliation, and have lost as the confidence
and good will Of those who might have been
really kiadiy disposed towards Us in the South.
What greater Jolly can there be than 70 az
Pect to force people into friendly union with
you, to intrust their rights once more into your
hands, and submit their properly and lives 70
your government by desolaiing their country
aad spreading famine and death over their lsndf
And what are the laurels acquired in this de-
structive warfare. We have subdued not their
armies, but the small remains of their sfeeiion
to the country, their reverence for its laws, aud
their confidence in its generosity. Neither tho
men in power, nor the mere pensioners Ct the
honr, who now c0RATdlY sustain them aud their
policy, ever attempt to reason from the analogies
Of history We told them at tho outset OF the
imprsciicsbiljty OF their task, and we tell them
again that their failures in the future viii be
even more stupendeuI than they have been IN
the past. Ignorant Of the actual resources Of
the South, they supposed that three months
blockade would stsrve every msn, woman and
child into submission, and that an army Of sew
enty- Eve thousand men would be sufficient TO
conquer and hold the entire Southern region.
We told them that they would want million
Of men snd spend thousands of millions, and
yet only be upon the edge Of their fearful enter
prise Nearly two millions Of men have been
called for, sRd over two thousand millions spent;
aud who is there, having the slightest sagacify,
ihst does not know that to-day the rebel armies
sre more deisnt and dangerous than ever, and
may protTsct the war for years, to the utter and
complete ruin Of both sections. The public
eredulity, however, is still unbounded, and it
will 90 on trusting and being betrayed, ss it hss
been for the last three years, By set of knsves
whose oaly object is to fasten upon the public
plunder that gueh wars ergender, and to Mss in
tie scale of wealth as thsir eountry's honor and
prosperity sink. The day win come, however,
when betrayed people win take ample ven
geence upon the mock patriots who have de-
ceiVed them to their ruin. 1Hcre never yet Wss
= civil war that was not followed by counter
revolution, in which ample atonement was de-
mapded for the crimes, and from the criminals
that had engendsEed it, These man may escape,
being influenced by the effect Of logical conclu-
sions; but, thank God, they cannot forever es
cape the penalties OF their infamous crimes and
expressions, and that hour is nearer ct hand
than some Of them imagine.