Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-14

There are pHuses IH he life of nations, a. Of men
which compel rsfsotion and BolfqueHtoninGi pauros
msrsifully granted by gracious Brovidsnss to fhs IN
that may clearly our rue position, Aad may
then speed ssodty onward In however rough,
which s iunined BY the light Of an approving con
sciencs or slss turn back and nss IN nprror and
merss from Eomo abyas OF darkness and destruction.
such pause is now. After fearful thross and HrsIt
IinEs We hEvs hsd breRthing spaee, end new again
hs dark-stsined sword is ssPng from he EcabbaFd.
o. tins banks Of the Potomac He are mGHiering count
eEs hosts. perhaps TO psn.h Ike their pTsdseessarr
From the Mississippi ths nRttsrings Of incpient
battle and ths hercs shout Of defiant foe Few weeks
ean pass the millions % our people Wrihe cnce
In the sgcnes Of expectation, hope grief and de-
npair. 4 few days more, perhnps and foms hli now
anhsHrd OF hsld viii have is stsned dAFkiY
that calendar of fstrcidsl bood Whose rst red mark
was cri1sOned on tbs brow OF Gala But for shs mo
nent We nay pause and If our voics esn yet bs heard
Ahovs the addng Of the Waite House, the wild ERtar.
nnIa Of tbs Capitol and lhs hoRrse screams OF William
street. call upon ieovciiizens 70 pause with us
aud in the Of forgotten God end outraged hu-
man nsture ask What IL ell this forf Aye press tbs
quss7n home. What s Il for TIE track Of three 7szrn
Dast s marked by devastation, Gre snd sword Within
our own homes ars the dark weeds Of mourning II ths
dwellings of our enemies tbs Eye which guided Fsbsl
Irasl from Egypt alone sss how Rachel wesps for
her children for kno weRTH the proud 'front.' Of
Judith the nober air Of the mother Of The Aaecab
Our chief boast lately that he was starving Look
at rephies Tbs blasing roof the deEoisisd lands
the hleoay sod the crowded hospital, tho presidential
loks thousands upon houshrds OF MANNED erippleS hun
drods and hundreds Of thousands Of dad mcus upon
mlezs Of les thousands and Thousands OF milens Of
debt.
what IL it all fort Assursdly the Judge Of ali the
Earth will take trifing GnEWsr from ths suthoEs Of
these horrors.
The lords Of miHgule, whose carnival Is graeed hY
those grim honbSns ussd 10 tell that the was Tor
the Union the suppression o. aWless insurTsc0n gnd
rebellion and the preservation Of thu great hope Of
constitutional liberty throughout the world When this
hideous began they dared not show the Mophinio
phslea that grnned behind this graceful mask Of Union
patriotism and warld.vvide brotherhood. They knew
that and ell mankind would havs Ehrnuk back with
sxecration from the asnd. They trusted to the blood
unell that should make AZ Mild and wits and
blind eyes to everything but blood 81 knew thsy
would do It," Mr.. Lincoln Is reported 20 hAvs said
when informed that Sumter had bsen fred And the
Abolition Hsphistophel0E laughed glsefnlly tharesk He
knew what would DO; and, Heaven forgive us, he
had only too well Ekuged our readiness to DO bis devil
sh behHgp-
But the time has coma when, With the esOl mllS Of
accomplished and successful vRny, the mask nsy be
thrown Oft The "ttls JOB" reversd chief mag
sirats woud say, hRs paid" aud now tho true tag Of
the Abolition pirate may be up. Lst uG look AZ Il
and compare II WA the old hAg that hOistsd 70 de
eeyc us in 1861. Amid the Whring ehsos Of political
opinion may still find some 70 psnts or which tbs
OF every party, IRON the Ab0litonlst Of PenRsyl
vaaia, 6tsHens, 10 the c0ppeshead peAee Democrat,
Long perfectly agreed. Let us set them IN their
Legitimate eoroaries side By side with the pet phrases
Of onr period Of luna y in 1861;