Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-04
pIsINrRaHArrnr.

II secession Is successful, other dissolU-
tons are elesTly to besseen ia the future, .
Such, says the Montgomery Mail, was tee IAN.
guage used BY Gen. MCCLELLAN in letter to
President LINCOLN, da ted 7th July, 1862, i'm.
medistely after the grand series Of battles be-
low Richmond, which Iaised the siege Of that
city. Tho letter itself WAS letter of advice
and suggestions. MCCLELLAN was evidently
afraid that the terrible disaster which his army
had Just suffered, would produce a resction at
the North in favor of peace--and among his
other reasons for continuing the war, was the
eueabove cited, that eff secession is successful
ether dissOlutions arc clearly to be seen in the
fusure"
Ol this point he is sssuredly night. And it
is not the least Of the many considerations
which impel cur enemies 70 prelong their var
upon US, that tho Independence of the South
viii be only the fOreruuner Of the disiniegra-
ton of tha North, and the distress and perhaps
ruin of al the New England States
Ia the old Union Rev England lived and
h0urished by plundering the South and West
now she lives by plundering the Wesi AMI the
Government. Lot tho war eucs cease, and
there viii be no longer a chance 10 plumber the
Government There viii remain then only The
Westi and IT will be short time only before
tic agricultural West, refusing 70 submit TO he
e1sctioDs of New England tariffs, and to besr
the enormous load of the public debt, will seek
saf y as the South sought it--in absolute sepa-
rsis political Independence.
The West Is almost exc usively agricultural
sGd, Ike ourcalves before tho war, paid steady
tribute 70 tho Yankee manufacturers aud import
ers f the Fest Tho West ougI never 70 have
gone il 10 his war againsl Us, for, with the ex
ceptiou Of the slavery question, she had reason
70 mako common cause with Us against YAM
kee Iapseity When tina war is over, and the
debt Genes to be sudited, Yankee trickory viii
eonlrfvs to pu. On The West the most Of tie
burden. Yankee 'sriffs Will extract what H:tlo
OF her substancs is LEFT By Yankee taxation.
Too late the West viii see The folly of fighting
with Yankees TO aubdue as, insteal of fighting
with rs to pat down Ysnkeedom--bus not too
late to assert her rights, which she is abundant
y able to do, and seek refuge in an iudepond-
ent Republic.
The elose Of the war, too, viii be the signal
FOR the whole Pacific coast to slough off. Cali.
foruia, Oregon. Washington and the territories
west Of Tho mountains, have territory and re-
sources enough to ostabIish s magnificent Pa
ciEe republic. Brigham Young will se.zs the
occasion to DO what be has long desired-re-
vclt against all authority. and establish himself
civil as well ss religious Rutoerst Of his domin-
IONS Thus then, tha E IsteTn States, daprived
Of The agricultural wealth OF tie South, the
manipulation Of which brought them SO much
gaio, and Of the Southern market for their man.
uiaeiures-depTived Of the bIeadstuff, and the
meats Of the Norihwes.--of the golden current
which 3Owed to them from California-will be
" efs out in The cold, and will meet the fste of
bankruptcy and beggs,y which the whole
world viii wit0ess without feeling one emotion
Of sonow
These are but speculaions, but forecast Of
the iuturo shows !; to be, we think, the result
which will follow he establishment Of our in
dependence. In gech an event, the Confederate
States viii &c tho dominant power upon this
contnsnt-the largest in territory, tho richest
in agricultural snd mineral wealth, with the
finest climate, the best institutions, the best
form Of Government, and the noblesl race Of
people that ever lived. The day is coming, and
not 60 far eff either, when 10 be citizen Of
these Confederate States viii be prouder title
than was the sitlo Of Roman in the days Of the
imperial ciiy's greatest splendOr and prosperity