Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-28

following - q COPY. ~ baOWh thSs bhS IiohOs
of our Independence in England are beth iBfiu-
ential and aetive and it testfas to better and
growing appreciation Of the merits OF our
cause:
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATION OF
LONDON.
Pahlie opinion is becoming enlightened upon
tho disruption Of the late United States, and
uu0n the character Of tho war which hss been
raging on the AmeTican Continent for nearly
three yoaYs. British subjects weTe as first hardly
able 70 roaliss 3 Federation Of 5tstes each IN
Itself possessed Of sovereign attributes wnIio
deriving their visws Of American history tfom
New York aud New England, they ascrioed the
secession Of tho Southern States to pique at
lost slsctisn, and te fear for the coniinusncs OF
an Institution peculiarly distasteiui 70 English
mca. Assurances were rife from those quarters
that the movement was the conspiracy of 6 tsw
daring men, and that z strong Union sentiment
existed in the Seeding States, which would
Gooa assert It's existence under stress OF the war
Gradually the true course of the disruption
hsve msds themselves more and more manifest
The long widening and now insupersble diver
eence of the character and interests between the
two sections Of the former Unien has been nade
DslUsblsby the facts Of the gigantic struggle
Their wisdom in council, their endurance in the
field. snd the universal ssltsacrifce which has
characterized their public and their private lire,
have won general sympathy for the Csnfsde-
rates as a people worthy Of, and VINO have
earned, their independence
Oa the ether hand, ths favorable judgment
which Euglishmea had long cherished ss duty
towards that portion Of the United States,
which they imagined most 20 resemble the
uo.heF country. hes uast with nsnyTude shocks
FROM The spsctzeles which have been rsYeslad ia
thRt lsnd Of governmental tyrsBBy, corruption
ia high places, Tu.haossBasg IN war, untrUthtul-
ness Of yUeech, and csUssless snimositY toward
Great B6t- the same ii0s the SausheFn-
eTs vh0 had been very haTshlya judged in this
coantTy, have manifested the highest national
chsrscteri5ties, to ths surprise and admiration
Of all
y Paolic men are awakening 20 the truth that it
Is both useless and miEchisT0us to ignore the
gra5sal settlement. OF Central North America
into groups Of States, or consolidated nStionEli-
ties, gaCh an independent power. They feel
shat tbs present attsmpt Of the NoTth is ia man
ilest opposition to this lsw Of natural progress
and sbey see that tho South can never be re-
united With the North except IS conquered
and gzrisoBed depeHdeBcyi while the Northern
States, il content 70 esvo theiT former partners
alone, are stil in possession Of all the elements
of crest and growing national power and wealth
Our commercial cisEsgB axe also beginning 70
peroieve that our best interests viii b pTom5ted
/ by creating direct trade with people so Ell
terDrising ss the CoHisdsFEteB, inhsbitIng &
land 30 wide and a5 abundant in the richest gifts
OF PfOvidenes, and anxious to piscs themselves
ia immedi8ts ConneuoH with the manufacturers
and tbs c5usumsIs OF Europe.
In snort the struggle is now fe4t to be accord
cording 10 Esyl Ru5selPg pregnant expression,
one for independence on the part Of the S5uth
aud fer empire On the part Of tha North fer sn
Independence on tbs one hand, which it's eguit-
able Tor themselves sDd desirable for the world
that they 5h0pid sohioye; for an empire, On the
other hsud, which is only possible at !he price
Of tbs first principles Of Federal RepGbleaIism,
and whose establishment by FIRE and sword, snd
as G countless post Of human life On beth sidss,
wolld 90 the rain Of the Southern Sistes. These
surely, are reasons which invoke the uterYen-
isn Of othsT Powers, il intervention be possible,
/ in the cause Of humanity.
Therefore, nci in snmity 70 tho North, but
( sympathising with fha Confederstes. the South
I sfn Independence Association in London has
1 b5sn formed, to Ec5 IN concert with thai which
/ iB 50 actively aud usefGily at work in MsHches-
ter. II will serve As the rallying point in Lon
don Of all who believe that The dignity and in
terest OF Great Britain viii best be consulted by
speedily and chserfEily recognizing 9 brave peO-
pie, spring from ourselves, speaking cur Ian
suzge heretofore organ z5d for internal govern
me-t into well established Eovsysizuties, now
colfedeYated under a stable Central AdmiBistrs-
I ton, and claiming recognition, IN accordance
with those principles OF British policy which
? have slwayB besn more iseiinsd to help the Op.
| pToss0r than to justify and abet the oppTess0r,
and ever 10 respect aH unanimous national viii.
! The pT8cs3sats OF the separation Of Belgium
/ End of Greece, and Of tie reconstruction of
/ Italy, exist % modern Instances to chow hat
/ Great Britain is always EeEdy TO acknowledge,
rather thGn to resist, = national uprising. Il
! would be difficult to show that any OF these
countries was 40 well organized for self-goyern-
nsnt IS the Confederate States have new bsen
/ far nssrly jlres years. Unlike them, each Siste
7 Of the ConfodeTscy had its own Constitution
/ sud Government complete and in working or-
! der, and has ever since gone on setiBg upon
/ them without chaGgs or difficulty.
+ The Association viii also devote Itself to The
| cultivation Of friendly feelings bstween the
/ people Of Great Britain and Of the Confederate
/ States; and it will, in particular, steadily but
! kindly represent TO the Southern States, that
! recognition by Europe must neca5safily lead 70
: revision Of the system Of servile lAhor uohsp-
PLY bequeathed to them by England, in accord.
/ aLSts with the spiris Of the age, 50 IS 10 com
/ biue the gradual extinction Of slavery with iAs
preservation Of property, tho msintensnee Of the
civil pelity and the irU5 civilization Of ths ne
/ gro racs.
London, December, 1863.
COMMITTEE.