Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-14
CARRYING rHE WAR INTO AFRICA

CARRYING TIE WAR INTO AFRICA.
We published an apparently well au-
tbepticCted account, some days since, Of
the wholesale butehery by the King Of
A~bvssinia-a country in the interior OF
Africa-of some twenty five hundred Of
his own subjects, under circumstances Of
strocitv which establish the fact hat the
tvrsnt belongs to the lowest and most
brutal class Of savsges. It MASTERS not,
however. whether this account be true
or spochryphal, as az index Of the char
scter Of this monster. He is well known,
from his general cruelties and debssed
practices, % be inferior 70 the wild beasts
of the iunElss that surround him, in al
tie attributes which constitute 3 civil
Tzed man. The eruelties ~prscticed By
him upon some Of his csptives, subjects
Of Crest Britain, and whom be holds in
captivity. for the purpose Of extOrting
large rsusoms, have induced the English
Government to ft out and send to Abys-
sinia a formidable military expedition,
with the view OF furnishing the bar5a-
ran aud rescuing from q thraldom worse
than death bis wretched victims. With
these acknowledge outlines Of the char
acter Of the A~byssinian tyrant, our
readers will perhaps not be prepared to
learn that Mr.. CHANDLER, Of Michigan,
has introduced into the Senate Of the
United States 8 resolution 70 recognize
0e JetigereHt rights Of A5ysstHiG IN The
contest 6etUeen that debds6d tribe and
Great BritGiH. When this resolution
was drst introduced, the press and the
iutelIiEeut public received il as 8 clumsy
and dull joke Ct the blo0d-thirsty Mich
igsnder, who wss the frat to propose
80 blood-le.tirg, p before the late wa, IS a
remedy for the dissensi0Ds Of the coun-
Jry. But the Senator was determined
that he should not be misunderstood, and
would not accept the smisble crlJicisms
o. the public press upon his enlightened
and ststesmauIike proceeding. Accord
iuCly, that his true character might be-
come manifest, throughout the world,
and that the American Senator should
receive q stain, vulgar aud ineffaceable.
by proposing in the Senate, with the
utmost gravity, a piraticsl alliance with
q savage and a caunibal, Mr.. CHAND-
LER again called up his resolution,
IN the Senate, on last Monday,
the gth instant. In the remarks
which hs made, on that occasion,
Mr.. CHANDLER proposed q practical slli-
spcs with the Ethiopian savage, under
color Of naval c0Bl8tissiOns 10 be pretend
edlg issued 5y the King Of A5yssHgia,
with the view Of fitting cut pirstical ex-
peditious IN the waters Of the United
States against the commerce OF England.
That the full scope and enor Of the vol
unteer ally Of the AbyssinisD King may
be thoroughly seen, We su6j0in the re
port Of his remarks from the National
Intelligence:
Mr.. Chandler called Up bis resolution
70 recognize the belligereut rights Of
Abyssinla. lie repeated that il only diff
fersd from the British proclamation Of
neutrality in the substitution Of names.
1t was designed TO rsciprOcste the court
azv OF tha British Government ia 1851.
This bad been called q good joke. IL was
the faFthest possible remove from 4 Joke.
fit was such, il was never equalled be-
fore but by that joke Of 1861, but for
which the rebellion would have been put
down in six months, and two hundred
thousand lives and twO thousand millions
OF dollars would have been saved. Those
rebels were il the same situation a. was
the devil, when he tempted our Savior
- IL IT, H--H--.
Neither Of them had anything 70 give.
Everything the rebels bad belonged 10 the
United States. Good feeling towards the
mother country had existed here before
that time. What justification was there,
then, for that p-rOclsmation2 Over eight
thousand ships, too, had been lost by that
recognition. He called attention 10 the
similarity Of the condition OF ths lately
rsbelious States and AUyssinia. Iuls52
he had claimed that every dollar lost 70
this nation by this act should be either
paid or retaliated for. In 1854 he had
offered 3 resolution Of similar import,
and the United States hsd then Q feet
that could have maintained that policy.
In 1865 he had offered 3 resolution Of
non intercourse, and 10 1856 a resolution
making neulrslity laws similar 70 those
OF Great Britain. Had Great Britain
acknowledged the Alabama claims Of the
United States, be would have been silent;
but she had thrown them cut OF court.
That proclamation OF neutrality had ne
cessirated 3 ten per cent. war risk on
vessels. Great Britain could not restore
the live lost By il, but she could refund
every dellar. Those claims were g fst
HeD on every foct OF land on this CONT
nent and the adjacent Islands owned by
Great Britain, which would be sufficient
remuneration. ! would satisfy the ma
tional honor. he would never again
refer 70 the Alabama claims until this
mortgage was foreclosed. II the states
manship Of this proclamation was bad,
il was Great Britsin's, not ours. Refer
ring 70 the Divine Injunction, "If thine
enemy smite thee" etc., he said nations
have no souls, they must be punished Oh
this earth. Great Britain must be pun
ishsd for her national sins, a. We have
been for ours. Abyssinla wa q govern
ment thousands Of years before Great
Britain was nation.
II appeared there hsd been some love
propositions between Victoria aud the
King Of Abyssinia. lie knew nothing
about that but the United States should
exercise perfect neutrality in such mat
ter. and let Kings and Princes decide
those matters for themselves. The King
Of Abyssinia claimed 70 be, aud 30 doubt
WAS. a descendant Of King BOlom4n. I
He referred TO al opinion expressed by
M. Seward, that the flag Of S 8itzerland
should be Recognized On the ocean, as she
Va 4 sister Republic. He believed mes
seDgers were on their way here from
AbTssinia 70 procure ships OfwaT, etc.
He believed that flag should be recog-
Bizsd, and be would, if q British ship
81 v a chased D OF them into 8 United
States port, compel he 70 remain under
the guns Of 5 fort until TIE Abyssinian
T ~ 1870 fonr hOuruf oFarF 7