Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-30

retrogression and subsequent advance,
and fual completion of both, are the
symbol of the slow and painful recovery
of It's liberties by q people that once in
ssnely or stupidity permits them to be
rsvished from its grasp. Always, it is
easier to lose than to recover; and ma
tions, sometimes, like individuals, com
init injustices and follies, only to be
stoned for by the lingering disgrace OF
subjugation and servitude, ending only
in the disintegration of Death. Every
nan and every woman, in every nation
under the sun, high or low, rich or poor,
ls always at work to hasten or avert
this catastrophe; and the idle are often
the busiest architects of ruin.
The kingdom Of Solomon was rent
asunder, when wisdom ceased TO inspire
the ruler, and he preferred hsrshness to
severity, and thought that the hate Of a
people was not dangerous. The North
ern States, of what was once Union OF
States, are initiating the policp OF Reho-
beam, making the yoke Of the Southern
States heavier, and lashiDg them with
whips of Scorpions. They are hourly
sowing the dragons teeth, from which |
will grow up hatreds IS thickly as the
stalks of wheat on fruitful field.
It was not raneour, hatred or revenge |
that caused Cato to pronounce in the Ro- |
man Senate, spd the Senate and people |
of Rome to approve, the stern de-
cree, "Csrthage must be destroyed" 1t
was q cold and cruel policy. To have
governed city IS powerful as Carthage
by the laws of force and the right Of con-
gu st, would have heea to plant and
nurse upon the frontier OF the State a
growing danger. The discon-
tents of countries subjugated and OPP
pressed are always dangerous, and the
hatreds of races are of long endurance.
The hate of the Celt for the Saxon has
lasted from the time of Cromwell, and i
now more rancorOus than ever.
Il was policy, also, which caused the
King to break down the
walls of Jerusalem, and destroy the Tenn
pie, and carry the mass of the people
away as captives, across the Euphrates,
lud to plant Assyrian colonies in Sauna
ia. If the conquereT cannot conciliate
he conquered he had better extermin-
tie them. To persecute and hsrass and
rex and plague them, and remind them
laily that they are slaves, is the very
of folly. The day is COM
ng when the people of the South will
late the North as the Poles hate the
Russians. They are already two distinct
'eoples. The nationality OF the South is
though it could not win
gainst numbers. 1t is a nation subju-
ated, and for the time ruled by force
s much nation, in fact, as Hungary
Tas when Austria, aided by Russia, had
ut down the ate pt to win independ-
nee. The struggle made the South
elton. 1t had the government and the
ag snd the armies Of a nation. 1t has
IS glorious memories of victory, and of {
efeRts not less glorious; and it has the {
ones of its dead, who fell fighting, and
7ere neither traitors or rebels. ]
That which is prosecuted, grows. The {
outh has only to ~ait. No people was
yer content with a single struggle for !
but each, like Truth,
nough crushed to earth rises again and
gain, and continually renews the strug-
lie, until it succeeds or is annihilated. )
he North, demonstrating the Southern
tates by force and fraud, is armiDg i
gainst itself host OF foes, who might
ave become its friends, but for the
iiocy Of its folly.