Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-06

J Hcell AGLnILkGQ 20 ElHnblEHlD k1b AFUItAcaA II
/ S.atov are thereby brand 90 DO she bidding OF
/ American masters, or 20 consUlt the in@erests,
! the ambition, the hasIoGs of their American sei-
/ lnw-ciiisens otherwise than EB irselnen ard
/ equals. Certainly, She Northern States (likS
| ihsse Of .isa s0uth) gave 81 asyi0m 10 tho
myriela Cf IIish whom Eng.iEh oppression
| caused 20 hy fT0m their rstlve land. They re-
I ceivcd, and they continue toreeeiEs, cur eIiies
! with bosritahle weiuome Aa6 gTstitusic, as
we'll as duty, commands tho Irish stsllers in
/ America TO bc g05d cliHana there, aaa Loyal
AInsricans--ss they are. ireland, 100, IS gTsts-
/ ful f5r the asylum granted to the children who
hava left her and shs gives hsr fTisEdiiegt sym
psth;es to the country 81 aich her ehildEoR have
/ adopted for their oWn. But there Is nothing il
| the relations Of oHE exiles With other AmeIIcEa
citizsyi5, nor in TIE relations Of Ireland With
! Anle6es--E0r bern States CT Southern Siatog---
I 20 wsrant RDyb0dy il expecting theEs OF US 10
loygst ouT proper dignity. And, willie we eagerly
acknowledge tho fsGi that the Aertkern States
| (os vel as the SoatkeTn) have always Decsves
/ our eEagTsnts with open arEzs a1d nave allowed
| them civil snd religious liberty, and the rights
| of citizelshiD, and opportunity to I've prosper
| Casly BY honorable toll, let not cur gratitude
ianuro Tie fact tnEt the Northern. Stalss Es well
as lhs 9outhorr) served their own Interests kY
thair hospitality 10 The Irish, and have been
Warded q thsusGndtold fer al their hgEey9leRee.
II cur feleVT-c0untryu have been ffesly ad-
mittsd IS ssttlers iB America, kaYs they aot
given al equivalent tor the fEyor, In telling tbs
American forests and thing ths American soil,
/ ard digging and buildilg tbs American canals
snd railways TIE hospitality bestowed upon
our gmigrzat5 hes pTcYe3 very pToftabls in
! veatneRt on ths port CT the AHasricRns Il hss
enabled America TO advance IA wealth sR1 in
national stTanaih Rad consideration with poE-
tautcus repi6if7 L hEs yielded rstuTns By
covering the American wastes with corn, sad
fliiag the American ports with ships and She
Aneric=n gaekess with dollars. The benefit
was net 80 Cue pssly, but % both. II tho Irish
victims Of English oppression gained issSe to
live in ecrfert ard hono-, their Asasrican hosts
gained iInEsasuTably moTai while ITe!Srd Loaf
immes5urably-lost the numbers. tne stEeagth,
znd the eo1Tsge, thst, remaining inGigasaE st
homo, must ksvo confronted the foreign appTesB-
or as We see him confronted Ia Hungary aud IN
PolsEG, and ether countries, which hsg5 no
Ameriea5st baad az a safety TalYs FOX tisiT dis-
ziI-ciisR.
sly friends who have taken ths other side In
this unhappy controversy most probably agrees
with ue In tkuB interpreting the Telahona Of Ire
nd and America. know very vel that they
TCdld neither COUNCIL what tEsg Believe unluss,
H1I a8ait fcT then country . position which
they considered unworthy. Bot in politics we
$40 sll disposed 20 thinB 90 mueh Of serving the
Al2-IlEabu u NAA VA4AF " "e-A N1N--Na Al-A
may.attaeh our synpatLias to 8 cause before we
have dispsssioRasely examined into its justice.
We have Sli marvellous facility IL recoucili6g
our minds Is whatever tends 10 advance or sup
port sur 0Wa real Or ianciea intsTasts. Thus
/ honoEsbis and iast men IN Russia feel no
ycruple agairss nassscreing the P0iss, ia order
70 keep thea in Bgbjagat.0n. HOEorable aud
lust men IN England feel nc scrUple Ggainst
massncgeiHg or even staYvl5g tHe Irish, ia order
Try And j: is rot wonderful il iEish politicians
who haVo formed such strong opinions as Gen.
Mcaghsr, the O'D0ucghEs, and Dir. smYtb,
Of tne advantages which cur national Cause HasT
obtain from the rule OF one great power ia tAe
American stss, and Of the ruin Thich gepsTa-
tios of the Bsstos may bring to Cur eause--it is
1gl wonderful II they think il just TO establish
tho authority Of that enc great pgweT by this
var and wicked TO rssisi WaP whose success
nay lead 70 such valuable consequence fer
Ireland.
I propose, Therefore, to examine briefly the
groSnds upon which they srguo that the inter
cs's Of cur uati0nR! Gauss would -Elfsr By the
failure OF the EOItheraeTs 20 c9Lquer the South,
and tins. tha triumph Of the N9rih would be
/ gain for TreIszd. An aygHmsn5 vehemsatiy
! urged upon US by Rl those tbTss geutiemen to
enlist oar sympathies loT the Esrih iB The desire
/ Of England for tic overthrow Of the Union.
Aa X
/ ion Of the 5asiTes Of English policy and En-
} glish national jealousy The war serves Erg
iBud'g co'icY, lie wa grsti6es he rsaisFOieHee
I Of E8qaLQ's jealousy, by ggakeniug America;
Z b. killing coansess thousands OF sls mea, s1d
/ wasting ths lands sud destroying lhe wealth
ghat asgc th3 sIe8gih Of America, oy sowing
/ tIe seacs OF Tsu6CT and yeDsesuCe thai wiii
! grow up hedges of las!ing diYsieUs beEweea
| family and famly, end State GL1 State No
| ha s7r1 kuk =
nea1s patient temper 20 answer 81 Argument
drawn mersly from EHg:sad's seniinent, sgaingt
Tie right Of sR Irish patriot 20 form his 0wn
! Judgment. Il would bS q1ijs as ig,alefabl0 to
/ -us 70 be comEelled 20 think as EBgland does
| not GO 20 chink as she Goes. If did not 6e-
sire .hs separation OF lhs Sistes four years agO,
! 7 desire il nov Eud desire it neither more nor
/ less firmly, WhafeVer may be EBgigDd's opinion
J in the ussisef i desiTs the separation hccausa
tbe Beopl8 Of ths ConfedorHt8 States hinh FT0I,0f
to espsrsssi because tho restoration OF She Fed
srsl Union is Impossible, except by means ut-
.eFiy destructive % The freedom of America
/ because the subjugsliol Of the South and Tho
nsiniaisanes ei Federal saihoritY o7ot the
| conquered provinces w0uld be xuinous 60 the
prosperity sn1 the power Of all Amegies De-
1 caHse nc triumph Of ti,e North would be very
unpropitious evant fer the natioaal Cause ol
Ireland.
NV friends who dony the right Of the people
of tie southern States to separate from The
North, and form a confederation Of their OWL
have brought forHeId only enc argument thai
hos a plausible appearance. 'This-is, that ne Sc
rious FTisBsEcss have been alleged BY tho South
erners 80 reasons Tor their determination 10 quI'
tho URion. In fact, the pe0Plo OF tha South re-
solved upon separation rather Ia anticipation q
grievancea Lhaa in consequence Of ihem. AHd
in that respect they have en important sdYs1t
$40, both in digOily and in G2esRs Of resistance
ever al other struggling nStioRalilles. 2ey
may boa5t thai tie eHemy has never yet bseI
able 20 conaaUT aid cppress themi and they
DosBoss feT tho defense e the nAhen the nera
! and material forces of lhoT country uneouupteC
end unbFokan by stale OF sublngsion 90 TIT
foreigner TIE O'Doncghpo draws dlderen
inference from the taet Lhat the C0ntedeTales
2 unlike the Poles and the Irish, have never ye
been conquered People thss have been srough
! under the yoke and that have boon rob5ed, ia
sultcd. corrupted, weakened by foreign rule, ar;
{ entitled 70 revolt IN the Q ODon0ghue's opinion
} But be refuses his sympathy to people VIII
take up aTILS 10 prevent the yeke from Deini
c placed uBGB their Recks. II, indeed, tee NORM
suers should succeed 10 this var, and BbeHl
Z conquer tue Soattern States, and hold the eeun
|, trv By military force, Ties, seppose, th
c 0'DeGeghUe would admit the night ct tho Con
z fsdeTstes 10 rebel. IL is much wiser tof 70
Confederstes not 10 visit for sach situation
bus to tight as hey Do fight, tS render such
L situation inlposalhle for then country.
YET there aTe grounds tor desming ihas rsi
toration OF the Union wss possible, a9a q
Northern aovelament retained frsm the Q
e terngs al military c3rceiou. Alter tho saeossie
Of Of solth Caroline, the present Vice President
z The Confederation AT. 5iepbeuS, made ; r
'e uiarka5le sEesch 10 persuade bis own osa
Of (SeoTgia) not TO aseede; aud several oiaet eln
B. nant staleslaen of tho South expye8sed, sbo'
1e she sems Grao, siiailar sediments. Ahs yoi
to Of The cinzeus, also, IL IHpay of me Soulnel