Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-27

In an article in the AhGafie MsHtkig, Oliver
Wendell Holmes sums up the failure Of the
d" great expectations" Of English sympsshy for
the United States in this war. He says
We have as true friends, As hTEve and gent
erous advocates OF our sacred csUse ia Gres-
Britain as cur fathers found in tbsig long strug-
gle for hbsriy. We have ths intelligent CO.
operation Of e few leading thinkers, and the in-
sIiRctive sympathy Of = large portion Of tbs
psOple-mAy God be mereifnl % them and %
their children in the day Of reckoning, which
sooner or lstsr awaits uatisn that is false to
advancing civilization
But with all our gratitude TO the noble few
who have pleaded our cause, We are obliged 20
own that we have looked in vain for sympathy
in many quarters where re should Assuredly
have expectsd il. Whsre IS the Elgiish church
in this momsntcu5 struggle Has it Blasted
with its ansihsmA the T1slng barbarian, threat
eninR OF rather promising 70 nati0nRlizs itself,
whieA, IS . cardinal principle, denies the Word
Of God and the sRnetiiies Of the maTFisge rele-
|iton 70 millions Of is subjects or does Il save
iss Indignation iOr the authors Of ESSAYS and
reviews" and the over curious Bishop Of Natal
Where are tho men whose voices ought to ring
like clATioGs amOng the hosts OF iheIE brethren
in the free States OF the North
Where is Lord BroaEhsm, eI-apostls of the
diffuEioa of knowledge, while the question is Of
enforced perpetual ignorance IS the esment Of
that unhallOWed structure with which this nine
peenth century is 70 be outraged il treason has
| its Wayl Where is Dickens, the h&tsr Of the
lssser wrongs of ehancsry courts, the scourga
Of tyrannicAl besdles and hsaTtless sehOolmas-
/ ters Has be no word for those who are striY-
/ ing bleeding, dying, to keep from spreading
| Itself over continent system which legsiizea
outra0ss AImos! too fearful 10 be told even
70 those who know all that IS laIksst in
/ the record Of English psuPerism and crime
/ WhsFs is the laureate, so ful Of hne IndlRnAti9n
and high aspirations Has he, who holds 50
cheap these who waste their genias
aTo make old basensss picturesque"
no single stsnEa for the great STRIFE Of This liY-
ing century Is he TOO busy with his old
knights TO remember that
uOae great cline
Yetrsaus her crest uucoaq1srsd and sublime,
Above the far Atlanief'
Has hs song for the SIX hundred, and nos =
line for the SIX hundred thousand Where is
the London 7Turss. 80 long acespted Is the true
index Of English in elegance and enlightened
humanity Where are those grave organs Of
thoUgh: which were always quaTTei1ng with
slavery so long as il Was the thorn in the breast
of our nafion, bat almost do homage to il now
that il is q poisoned aIroW simsd As heE lfe J
Whence is the lii:ls hunehbzek's j01Tnsl, whose
wit was the dog vane OF iashl0naols opinlon,
1
ing wind seemed to blow, now veeTIng round %
obey the poisoned breath Of slavery All silent
or hostile, subject they are thsmselyes % ne
oYermasteTiBg influence Of class which dreGdE
the existence Of 9 self-geveTning State IKE tne
majestic Union, worse thsn ialssh0od, WorEe
than shame. worse than robbery 8orEs tnAH
completely with the foplsst OF re5ellio15, verse
! than partnership in the gigsntic scheme which
{ was to blaeken half hemisphere with ne
night Of eternal sisveTy-
) IL ia the miserable detection OF 50 many OF
the thinking classes in this time Of gTsat popu-
lar struggle known 70 history, which impEesses
rs far more than the hostility Of few land
' grsspine mobiles, or the eoldness Of : Govern
, Tnsnt mainly guided by their eounsels. lie
, natural consequence has been tbe complete Dc
stTucfion of that undue defeTence 70 isEeign
: judgments which was 50 long charseserisiic OF
: ouf literature The caTrent Eagiisn ak aDous
/ ths affairs that now chiefly interest us exclies
7 us yery moderately. Tho leading organs q
r tbouoht have lost their hold upon The mlno %
1 most thinking pe0pls among rs. We hSve
: lssrnad 10 tiistrust the responses OF their time
a zsrving orsclss, and 70 laugh at the ignorant
= | DEetAusions Of ihsir literary artisans. These
!. aoutsidefs" have shown % cur entire satlsiac-
ion that they are thoroughly iGeompstent to
Judge our character IS community and tha'
Ihsy have no tTus estimate Of its spirit and is
? resources. The VieW they have taken OF the
. strifs in which we have bean and are engaged
] is not only devoid of any high mental s5mpsr
thy, but utterly shallow, and AagEsntly fslsinee
, BY the whole couIse Of events, pelineAl' HnAn-
. oial and military.