Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-23


continue TO extract tAs latest DeWs from ths
eoaniry, ell, without exception, have satisGe
j themselves that the rebellion is crushed an
that il only Teasins 70 sssher up the fraFasus
in tbs spring. But the mode ct eellssliag IL
'' dtijsetG EsHBTa " Of the "febs.lious Siatssn I
source Of no ltsls dise5ri smoHg tie eoa
tTncicTs. Ths plan Of Mr. Lineola's messag
is highly satisfactory 70 the Rs7ublican psrty
IS, hy that Arrangement, the one. .taush ef II,
psoplo in the seeedsd sgEiss, having beopra
Republicans, giyes he s.eeteFsl vets q shOs
States 70 the Republicans, AID lsys tts Demo
: cratic party forever high sEd dry gPon th'
shelf, "out is the cold +" away fron place, art
patronage aHa piunssT Tbis is not relisksj
IN lhs least by the Dsneersis; Esnss they az
for resonsrustioa oi sEsiIs ss tAsy were"
GoTeTneE Seymour, Of EeE York, IN his sa
RBal message 10 tie Lssillaiurs Of that S.s.e
says hat
''The disoTeanizEtoa and destruction Of lhl
South are not to save as lrem the esst Of thl
! wGT. The plan i0rthe IA gra government Of ths
ssoeded Statss demands the ulsinieaancs OF AZ
mice, and a continued 6rs,A upen he psrtsEi
and property of cur people. Whsnsvsr one
tenth Of the v0seIs Of either Of these s,stes 81
all submit themselves 20 the esU3iti0B5 irr 5ssed
they mEy form new governments, with raw Of
old RaRiss aud boundaries. This iasonsi5srE-
BE niagrity il to be supported ia The exsrsils
OF power BY tho arms and treasure Of the Eorlb
TssTe viii be 40 E1otiYs5 on their part 10 dTEE
the remaining population into The support Of tLs
governments thus created. Thsrs win 30 eTery
iHdusdHsHl Of power, Of gain and Of ambition,
te peTpe;uate he seHdiiion OF EffziTs 80 fsvora-
bic tei Individual purposes It vii alIo Be for iha
| interests of the national administration to con
I tinus this system of GeEegEmsEt, co utterly al
variance with = representative policy Is not
1 this tIo sans mistaken theory upon which oshsE
nations have tried 10 govern their dspeuden aiesi
! has cenpleie ssbjus adoA foT centuries produced
\ the qHie3, tie obedience 10 lsE, order the Sc
cEIiIy to life ard property, the kindly feelings
/ or the mutual contributions 70 prosperity which
belong TO real pessei
Governments tbus formed Weuld represent
net the interests OF the citizens, bat the wills
and interests Of ihs power TIA. sEes.es and sus-
tains them. The nine States thus eouiTs led
would bLlAuee in the House Of Representatives
in tie eheiee Of President, and at ell times IA
| The Senate, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio lii
nois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Esn-
| tueky, ard Wisconsin, with . usited psnula-
ton Of 10, ,533 SS3, which is more th8a oas-hAlf
Of that Of Cur whole country. The one tsHth
who would accept ihe proclamation fer the
I price Of poser, would not only govern the
States msds By Executive dserses, hHt they
weuld also govern the North. While iho plan
! is harsh 20 the body Of the So0ihern people, IL
IS s,ill more uEj ask toward he North. Fourteen
hundred msR ia Florida Wouil balance in the
Senate ef the Uoi;ed States the power Of Nsw
/ YcIk. Less than 20 600 voters in the nine
5ls:ss Lamsd n the Presidents proclamation
would wield power sufficient to weigh down
that Of tie nine most populous States in the
| Union.
eve shall thus have with tbs nominal
Sistes Of Eastern and Western Virginia, sys
tem1oi rotten bereughs which would govern the
UniOn and destroy the representative nature Of
eur G5veTEmsnt This, IN eennceticn with sx.
issing inequalities in stEts representation,
would be 9 dangerous invasion Of the rights Of
a meJ0iity Ct the American people. Il would
snsb!e Al Administration to Perpetusie lis
power.
"It is fse! f0ll Of significance that every
measure to s0Sveri the war against armed re-
bSlion into ons agsiBst priVAe property and
persorsl rights to the Sssth, has been aesca-
panied by elsims 70 exercise military power II
the loyal 8 aies of tho N-Tlh
The pr0slsmaiion Of emancipation At the
South, and the suspension Of the writ of ksbsas
corpus at the North, the eeREssasisu Of private
property II The seeded States and tie 6rbitra-
~ arrests, imprisonment snd baEishnssnt Of the
citizens Of l0ysl sizieS, the claim to destroy
political Organisations at tbs South aad tho
arrcd interference By GoveFumens IN local
olessions havs been ooismp0raReoas events.
'fhese acts G. first we're iastEsd upsR the
ground that they were necessary to saws he na-
iiensl existence. We noW dnd lhat now aad
more extreme claims 20 afbiIsry power are pat
forth, vixen il is declared that the ssren 9Th Of
the rebellion is broker, and that our armies are
about to. KsmPle ont every vestigs Of lie ineon-
cisTy Ares More pTeS0gaIivss are ssseESs1 in
tbs hear Of tTiamph ihsn we're elaimsa &C 3 re
sossity in days Of dissEser aud danger
H The doctrine Of Southern dis8gS1aisasiou
and roTclusior is = dsetTins OF national bank
ruBlsy, and of national Tuin; il is MEASURE for
lsstng military desposism oTCF .one-thfT4 Of cur
country, which viii be sbs bssis for military
aespshsn ever the Nholo land. Il dos5 rot
contemplate the return Of orr soldiers to their
fsEailes, or rssf from the cos. AID sacrifices OF
war. It will make "a enduring drain uBoa eur
homss, and impose eIushiug bCTdeas upoa eur
labor sad industry. i viii open wide sud
lasting 6sld fer paaula;ien sHd lFsud Il tsnsa
70 BsTPstuste power BY mslhng aRd un nsaskiBg
States, as the interest Ct fsesi5Es may dissstc
Il viii be 5 souEee Of inte1Rsl oissrdcT and dis
qaietsde, an3 national weakness in ON exsexaal
rslssioRs. & will give dangerous allies to in.
va sTs Of our soil.
"If this war ia to make social feTolugioa
aud structural changes IN great States, ve have
seen only It's beginning. Such charges are he
work Of limo il they ara 10 be made / : mill
.tsry power. il must be exertod through long Pc
rieds. Whether white or black troops sre used,
the diversion from lsber and the cost Of var
win be equally prolonged, and 70 have last
entered upon course et certain eost aad uneer-
tain results. Nc such ehsHges az sFe ncw urged,
have ever, in the world's hissery, bssH without
struggles LASTING through more than one gene
ration OF men.
What has Government ecc5nl 2lished in the
territories wresied from REBELLION By iha vRleT
our arniosi Has il ptci6ed lhsml Has il ro-
viyed the arts Of pssesi Has quiet and eeua
danse heeR -Tesl0re5f Is commerce renewed
Sra they net held as they were e0EgasTe3, u
the sxpense Of Northern blood and treasurer
are not our armies wasted by holding under
armed eOnirol these who, uadsf wife and gen.
Or us policy, Torld have been ffiendsi TIE
spirit which prompts The harsh measure Of sub.
jugAiion hes driven eff many in the bordsr
States, who, at ihe crisis IA our e0aEtIy's fate,
broke sway from their kne:ent sympathies with
the seeedicg Slaies, and eung to tho Union
STATES which, By ths elections Of the people
ranged themselves upon the side Of the Consti-
istion, sTe not al owed the free exercise Oi TIE
elective franchise. In some qasriers disegn:snt
has been incTsesedi in ne place has the Wisdsm
Of Government gained US allies"
Governor Seymour sees thht the eaogt Of
Lincoln 20 accomplish eur bJaganon inyslVes
also the less Of civil hber5 in ths UAiied
States. The approaching PTesidsntiAl eiectlsn,
It permitted ts be held, and a eanvsss Is grant
al by the AdaistrEtiOn, will cshviHea ihe peO-
ols that this war has oihsr objects than the res
toration of the Union, or tho hsbilitahon Of
the negre with ihs rights aud privileges Of
American elizsnsg Il involves tho civil nights
Of The white men Of tbs Uniled States. Per.
hsps We are whipped, snd perhaps We are net
the spring eAnpsigu can only decide