Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-30

Republication IHsUitGBIe - Some Telling Facts
From History.
rrom ths MsLropoIl.an ReeoEd. Eeb. % ]

From the Metropolitan Record, Eeb. %
Are there sny signs Of peaee Are there sgns Of hu
msnity End breaking through the black clouds
that hang over our country Yes there are signs Of
razee mi moi hlrnapitv and reason The sutbors and
managers OF the lost to th0se virtues long be-
fore the war Degsn. Pesee when comes win come In
spite Of them. Tnsy wa hsh against It, plot against
and sbsnd3n the held Of blood only when forced by
Inexorahls necessity. AS long IS 1t possible fer the
war 10 last the parry in power will hold o9t, from
motives Of mOmeRtary ssfdefence as well AZ of sysrice
and revenge The day of peace ends the theatre Of their
malice plunder. Peace . to them What war Is to
thsr country-ruia; what tie day OF Judgment IS 20
the sinner hnsl settlement Of the whole course Of
crime Like the corne-ed hghWaymsn. they will give
up only through exhaustion That point cannot be faE
of They cannot get much farther without an
amount Of money which H. viii be impossible to raise
by the system Of fraud and decepen which appears to
the only eomprehended by the administration.
the required for the prolonged prosecution OF
the sr real money does not exist within the possible
reach Of the United states and printed or counersit
money, Is rapidly approaching crisis where it must
burnt Ike bubble, leaving nothing bat its froth
behind it. Already the willy secretary trembies for It's
fate His printing are not worn out II Is essy
enough to strike on a huadrsj thousand millions Of
printed mOzey; but the entsnged secretary begins at
last comprehend that the faster he pFiats the sfter
he hurries on the nev abe hour when shipioad Of
these printed promises % pay viii net be worth the price
Of single soldiers uniform
He begns 10 understand that his pspsr balloon Is Ia
danger Of collapsng at any moment To-day the debt
Is beyond ths reach Of real money. Even the New
York Tribune Of late Issue, forced 10 confess
that the people begin to fear that reputation Is only
duestl n Of time. The New York Times moved by q
spirit OF intelligence and candor guile uDsceoaDtAbe,
warned the administration that Il must not hope 10
mortgage the property Of the people to the Govern.
ment without dual rspudla.ion Of the whole debt Even
these blind partisan organs can that the popular
confidence begins TO fsar. Il staggers-h must fall,
unless the swelling tide OF debt is Immediately checked
IL with all the unlimited resources which the banks,
the capitalists and the people, 30 bindy committed
TO the use Of the ADMINISTRATION, tsshn unable 70 meet
its obligations Whist will be It's fate when these props
give wayss they sure 10 do, either from exhaust
ion lack Of e0nddeneef IReOapetency sBd 6ishODr
esty in the management of ths pcbEc funds have
the ship Of State almost ashore. An army Of plunder-
err assailed the treasury, ten times more to be
dreaded than all the armed hosts Of seeeEsi0n. The
wives and daughters Of Government officials and con
traeors bespsDgled with diamonds while the wives
and daughters Of soldiers freezing Earvi ng
in implied in helpless neglect II issaid that the de-
facaOns and thets of the Republican ofciaB amount
TO over a thousa1d millions annually
While this gong on, tbs Secretary OF the Treasury
poor wretch slIs ihere punged up to his chin in
Of treasury warrants whichever way he turns is a
bOundlsss prairie OF unpaid dem&ndE To all he says
in the Language OF the poor man ~ihs Testsment,
silver and geld hsve 1 none" The clatter OF bis
printing presses reminds him that every hsur he viii
haVe less. Like In the Msestrom he hnds him.
self swept on by the devOGFng eddies until he Is be-
| yond tbs reach OF help or the hope Of mercy. Ne
grugxlesl He cries for help lie throws up bis hands
/ 10 agony 10 vsini Nothiag can save him from the
mighty golf OF waters Under tbs direction OF such
cAptsins as Lincoln and Ohass the ship Of Stats Is
rhirdpgSo1 ia the outsr current Of aaanelai Mse
sEOD, Nothing can RsYsit. Xon nAyFry traitor 81