Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-23

General Dix's statement that he sub e.
quently changed his minds ser tim, ut
which Sss nothing whatever to do with
the matter nnT under consideration
PeThs ps Il IS not worth while TO try to
drive IDEAS into ths ikuls which
PtuvidsEcs has left deficient in
brains; tus we ehall try once more,
and we are curious to know whether the
EUeniHq Post can understand the follow
ing: On the fifteenth Of September,
1860-Lhat is to cay, after the southern
representatives, in congress had pub.
lished their manifesto advising q for ms
ton Of q S. uLhern Confederscy-and
ju tT days before the secession con-
vention in South Carolina-s meeting
of the extreme southern sympathizsrs
was held at the office Of Richard Lathers,
in Pine street, New York, for the pur-
pose of making an address TO the SOUTH
ern people. The address was pronounced
by General John A. DIX, " no was also
chairman OF a committee which report
ed certain accom- gsDying resolutions.
The c1Wardiy policy Of non resistance
TO the violence OF n traitOTOus con- bins
ton could not have been more unreserV-
edly cOuuseled than in this extraord,.
nary address. General DIX begged the
seceders 10 pause. He promised the as.
s.stance OF MS party to get II them all
they Wanted--a rigorous enforcement OF
the fugitive slave law, a repeal Of the
liberty bills, slavery in the TerritoriCs g,
and the admission OF new slave States.
He promised to aid them in resisting
any attempt by the incoming admins.
trstion to violate their constitutional
rights," and he aided with significant
emphasis: ave desire it to be distinctly
understood that we speak with full
knowledge Of our words, and that e
pledge ourselves to such q resistance by
all the means which may be necessary
to make it effective" II that meant
anything at all, it meant armed resist
snce! But hear the conclusion of Genera
DiX's address: "When the plain truth
shall have forced itself on the cQnvic-
ton that our common brotherhood can
be no longer maintained in the mutual
conf fence in which its whole value
cOnsists-in a word, when reconciliation
shall become hopeless, and il shall be
manifest (Which God forbid y that cur
future paths must be wide apart, let US
do sll that tecOmes reasonable men to
break the force of 80 great calamity by
departing in peace. Let US remember
that We have public obligations at home
and abroad which, for our good nSme,
must not be dishOnOred; that we have
great interests within and without-on
the ocean, in our cities aud towns, in
our fields and at our firesides-which
must not be incOnsiderately sacrificed.
II, undertaking. the great EoDn Of our
prosperity, we can no longer consent to
enjoy it in common, let US divide what
we possess on the one hand, and what
We owe on the other, and Save the Re-
public-the MODEST the world has seem
from the horrors Of civil war and the
degradation Of financial discredit."
Ole Of the resOlu ions reported by
General Dix, and adopted at this "cow-
ardly" nOn-resistsuce meeting, while
deploring the "existing excitement of
the 'h"-thst was the generals
euphemism for ''secession'-did mot
hesitate to say that there was just ground
for it." Mr.. Greeley, through the next
issue Of the Tribune, gave that meeting
and its speakers and resolutions his I'M
qualified condemnation. Yet General
Dix has the unparalleled etfronteTY to
declare that he cannot support Mr.. Cree
ley Hbtcause he openly cOunseled an &C
quiescence in the dissolution of the
Union whenever the cotton States
should make up their Dlinds to gO.n
The Hayes and Wheeler organs will
find that they have made nothing by
calling General John A. Dix from the
retired list. The "BOys in Blue" canuot
b. induced to train in this company.