Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-30
oblIgalIons 70 .bg rnen1y.

From the Macon TeiegIaphj
What an nutold debt Of vsngeaneo and ha
tied is due the Lncolnites BY tho South
century VIII not elfxcs the memory Of the wan
ton and cruel insalts, iuinries aud wrongs thsJ
have heapsd upon this suffering country. Blu
IN the mere intensity OF their hatred 10 fks
South, and the Wantenness Of thsiF pIemsluES
exultsiion over us, they have done and sft
doing Past service to our cause. As the nn
exsmpled pressure of this weary war increases
i would have been contrary to all experience
and precedent, Il discomfort, division and dis.
sifeetiOn had not developed themselves in In.
eFsasing force. Tbs oxtra0rdinsTy sacrifices oi
life, property, and personal comfort required By
the wsr--ihe peril with which il invests eYery
inteIesE-the dresYy past aud the men1eing ~.
tUTe could not, ander the ordinary conditions
Of a war Of this character, hsye failed 70 exsri
a most disiraeliHg influence upon CoufedoIets
unity.
II the dark periods Of lhe revolution ef 177s
under ihe influence Of lighter cslamities than
we snffer, whole districts abandoned The eE1se
Of colonial in3eFendenee, and ihsss rapid
sweeping and extensive deiections exercised 9
most depressing sn4 unfavorAble influence upon
the ca e. They demOTslized and dispirited
the army, and threw An odor Of failure and de-
fest around The wholo enterprise.
So would il have been with he COnfedsTatss,
but Tor the interposiiicn of Lincoln and bis
party. With not the slightest encouragement
iormidsb,s indications Of -di.afeciion have
been reported in various loeslilis5, and Is is
difficult 10 proznoslieAte what degree Of en-
bsrgassmeut might hsvs been created, If con
ciliAtoTy policy had been pUsned By the Fed
er8l Government. fortunately for US that
Government has felt Itself strong enough and
Tindietivs enough, TO dispense with ali the srts
Of diplomacy, and boldly hold ont 70 ihs South
ern States ard psopls nothing olso than ruin
as he reEust Of submission.
We are under obligations 80 the Linconites
for their cR0dor. They might havs encouraged
discomfort aad division oy fair promises, in.
tending to break them. But thcy have seorned
even to lie for the purpose OF Sustaining and
encouraging Southern disadsciisn SublDgs-
lion, cohhseEtion, emancipation, are gil they
have ever promised to any body, whether he
voluntarily grounds arms or not. Even the
Raleigh Standard clique, which apparently has
been watching eegeTly Tor some months for 3
chance to 90 back, fnds none. The nSNly
elected Conservative msmbers Of Congress IN
North Carolina, whom the Northern papers an
nounee TO have sent a special smbssssge to Lin
eolndom 10 ask upon Whst terms they can be
received back, 6ad their answer il; LiEeoln's
last proclamation, and solid marty vote IN the
Federal House Of Representatives, ihstno State
shall be received back upon Der own B0iicits-
ton, with q guarantees Of protection 10 her
psople.
Thus It happens, that at the ona Of three
yeaIs' war, during which the Ssuih hss suffer.
Cd much, and accomplished 90 little towards
yindicAting his just rights. she IS eompAeted
mere firmly than ever in tho determination to
achieve her indepsndenee, By the mere malica
Of her enemies. So lOrg as tis armies were
hsEien everywhere, Lincoln offered terms. His
Congress resolved thst she War was not Wagsd
for subjngstion. Bat tHilh the frss change in
the military aspects, Lincoln withdYaWs his
terms or substitutes such as no Southern man
could receive, in the pTesumptuOHs confidence
that the complete triumph Of his srms viii leave
the South Of his mercy 70 iniiict such vengeance
As be chooses. Thus, shutting out every ave-
nue. Of retreat to the fhiulhearted and faetieus,
he leaves al no other alternative than victory
OF peTditi0n. The Confederate Government
owe him therks for his blind excess Of maliee,
il for nothing else.