Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-01

The pie55 ct Ireland has as last taken ground
very decidedly against the sysseE of emigration
By which that country Is being depleted Of its
male population, fox The purpoze Of filing The
ranks Of Liacoln's aEmies. The Dublin Meas
Of January the 18th inns alludes to the matter
They who profess to believe lhai Irelsad can
yet spare a million and 3 half Of her inaEbi-
tsuts viii be eheered by tho intelligence from
Washington. Mr. Lincoln has advised thss tho
"bountiesr given to recruits should be Interested
The sum hitherto given 10 sn emgrARt who an
listed was sI40 cash," or GI55 If he had
served one year and rs-enlisted. Even this euor-
nous bounty has not attracted sufficient mum.
Der Of victims TO Inc Northern standard. The
Irish, parhaps, have heard irom those on whom
they can rely, that death or mutlsiion for life
is the certain fate Of the recruit, They msy
have leaned that crisis must come when
treasury notes vii be worthless, and their
dreams OF q pension viii be dssipsled. The
offer 70 increase a bounty, already 50 large,
proves that the Irish, 70 some extent, haze
been wsrEej. and that higher price must b.
offered Ior theiF blood ii tito Uaion sTmies sTe to
be recruited.
The sum PROPOSED to be raised for bounty
is $50 600. GOO fd8llaTs This Is to be raised Ia
treasury notes. We may consider this nom
insl sun 70 be equal to e33 GOO coo, dsducdug
discount and depreciation. Such q sum as this
could not be required for bnnRty alone.
Mr Lneoih's message to Congress furnishes
US with an intiaaion Of the purpose for which
It is intended. In he opening s8utsBc8s OF his
message, Mr. Lincoln lamented that while thou
sands beEet ths oficss Of the American C1lsulB
abroad, easTealHg 70 be assisted to emigTsto, no
regular organization for tho encouragement Ct
emigration existed. He advised the immediate
establishment OF an extensive ageBeY for assist
ing emigTant5. The agency Ia part already eE
lists. Il Can be increased Gnd extended Mr.
Lincoln provides il with mesus; iCE his four
teen millions is intended plainly 20 gay, hot
only the passage money Of emigFants 10 New
York, bUs the bounty when they &c. there.
EzSl Russell, ss BlsIrgOWHe, 3.G;sd that, -
the foreign enlistment set was found to be de-
fieient, hs would propose q bill early ia The en-
suing session. His whole thoughts were hen
directed 10 shs seizure Of the two steam rams
concerning which the world has head so much.
They were supposed TO 90 intended for the Con-
fedeTste service, snd tEst Was sufficient 10 in
duco Esll Russsil 10 leEislate anew. II the for
eigu enlistment act does not answer Earl Ras
sells views as regards ahips, Is certainly dOes
not meet the ends OF jastes, isitneG8 or nell
Iali.y, as respects men. An army Of $4,000
Ct tho very leSss iss beon recruited fcr the Fed
erals in Ireland within the las. two years. In
vain has the public voice called Epon Govern
nent 70 interfere. The answer has uniformly
been, emigration cannot bsstopped," and "the
foreign enlistment act does nOf meet tho case -
The snsWeE is probably true We Gccspt H.
but We rsquiTe that, if the law is to be made
more stringent IN the case Of ships, it must also
be made more BiTingent in the case Of men.
Neutrality is q perfect farce and deusion, if
By gsutreliiy is meant ihas the Coaioderates
shall not buy two fighting ships, bat that the
Federsls shall buy the siRsws and blood of
rs, ,000 men. Il the law Is 20 be altered in the
one case, it must be altered in the other OF
course, We viii be told thai it is dificuIt to ind
4 remedy. So it IS bus we p8y cur ministers
most literally in order tbat Gey may meet and
overcome difficulties. The ministry have at
their command al the legal ability Of the Law
cfGcers of the crown ell The seumsn Of those
Wings who claim to De born statesmen; all the
hereditary elevernoss Of the founders of these
few families who m9n0polize the Governments
and the patronage Of these countries they have
The ssE!atares even Of their opponents in Par
liament; Of 81 public writer's aud experts Ia
International law. They must meet the difficulty,
or vacais their places Tor those who viii.
Tho easeiB riain one. We find s coutinu-
Gus stream Of emigration from Ireland. We sas
tbas it consists chiefly Of able bodied men of the
military sge--We fud thag tlis stream sets ever
70 oae country, and that country a bslligeraot
We lose the sirsam at New York 10 ind Il again
at Chattanooga, al Knoxville, at Alexandra, in
Texas, or before Charleston. We read q fear
ful LIST Of Irish names in the roll Of the dead
and wounded after an engagement. We find
100, The President Of the United States directing
that a systam foT too srcOuragement Of smigra-
ton Bhonld be established, and that the bounty
should DO increased; ana then Wo find fourteen
millions of pounds allotted for the purpose
The whole machinery Of the law Is put IN nc
fion at Liverpool 70 punish one agent who is
supposed to have Induced four men 10 enter G
Cougederats steamer Has The Ci0ts R0mGHaa
not one word to say to that foreign bellieereul
who effsrs 4140O0,000 for the encouragement
OF snigrstion and-the payment OF hoantY2