Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-26

these two propositions must be pursued either
10 ~exterminate the white man aud give the soil
to the negro. or purchase and transport the ne
gro. either of which is wholly impractcable.
But while you teach them TO murder the white
man, and violate the white woman, You viii
never teach them the religion OF Jesus Chrlst,
with all your babbling preachers. The boast OF
the people Of the North that they can over-run
the South is a bravado. In every mountain
pass they viii meet a Jackson, a Taylor or a
LconiJas, and a Marion in every swamp. The
- swamp Fox" of the Pcdee and Santee OF
Carolina was never conquered, but defeated the
armies Of the then most powerful nation on the
globe. They will say to you, comes thrust ID
your northern sickle, and your harvest shall be
death you shall meet fOemeu worthy OF your
steel. to the last of their blood and their breath.
Ny dear sir, you mistake the position OF the
Nerth and yourself-neither your moral suaslon
nor your ShaTpe's rife can subdue or territy the
people Of the SOuth-you look through a medl-
um that magnifies yourselves, while 1t dlmlh-
ishes others. ALLOW me to draw the picture
The great mass Of mankind who appear upon
the stage of human life, seem TO be born but 10
cat, 10 drink, to propagate their sPecles' anu u
die. Both lord and vassal, nObleman anu peas,
ant, king and subject, though widely sePd1a.g'
in life. sleep upon the same pallet OF uea'n'
After tue surprise of youth and neNPerlehc4 ID
over, they loiter on earth or burst IKE oupoles
on the sea of matter, or fiirt like butterflies nom
sweet TO sweet, from flower TO flower, then dis
appear forever. If born to position or occupy
Office they are viewed in their elevation, because
of their wickedness and crime, and are as oil
ous as they are conspicuous. But some claim d
dfviuer right made under q higher taIC, sent as
Rabbi teachers from God to dictate the Will OF
heaven, who abide neither the laws OF men nor
the constitution Of their country, whose pun
tauicsl cant and hypocrisy make them odious 10
every sensible and honest mind.
They may be ministers indeed, but not minis
tiers of the religion Of Christ, but OF divine ven
ceance, who sometimes destroy not only them
selves but the people to whom they preach. 10
this latter class, Mr.. Beecher, allow me to say, l
think you belong. Your slender virtues are so
mixed up with arrogance, impudence and crime,
that the most acute analysis could not discover
one grain Of honesty in the composition; and
if Gods grace can save the sinner, the selfish
hvpOcrite, the winged messenger of mercy
would never light on so mean a thi lg as you.
Again, we have men who seem to be created for
q higher purpOse-seut on important business,
sent 10 d~es0late and destroy, OF 10 create, to build
up and sustain; men not living for themselves,
as you do, but for the whole human race
whose lives are the ornaments which adOrn the
age in which they live. If they appear either in
public or private life the places they occupy are
radiant with the glory Of their acts men who
are stars and suns in the pathway OF life, to
cheer, 70 guide and to save, Not q few have
adorned your profession, sir; some have
adorned mine. But the most marked and dis
tinguished men Of the past age were Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison, Patrick Henry, Cal
h0un. Clay and Webster, most of whom were
born in that state which you would desolate, and
under institutions which you profess to desplse.
Such men are the holy fathers of the church TO
which l belong, and if sent to he'll for the enor-
nous sin of slavery allow me the privilege OF
choice 10 90 with them rather than to the heaven
OF the cauting hypocrites, whose every act Is TO
auathematize ali but his own dogmas, and pro-
pagate error and falsehood in every step he takes
in life. Such men, under the garb of religion,
in every age of the world and under every form
Of faith, have ~despoiled the fairest hopes of the
human race. Such men rs claim to be guided
by a " higher tar than the Constitution Of
this country, would dash to pieces the fair fabric
Of our cUuLtTy's liberty, and lay their unhal-
lowed, polluted hands even on the stones of the
very temple Of liberty ere they had grown cold
from the hands OF Washington and jefferson.
Such men as you, sir, would see the waves Of
human passion IN a storm sweep over the ruins
Of the Lighthouse OF the world reared upon
times thousand miles Of coast by the toll of
millions Of the Just, the %virtuOus, and the wise,
az whose base lie the brains and skulls Of the
i~auatical guIls that have dashed against it.
And sir, if such men 90 to heaven they should
carry with them every creeping thing. Such
men would plot treason against virtue, and
sacrifice even female honor upon the altar of
their hellish designs. I do not covet such a
heaven-have no desire to walk the streets of
your New Jerusalem, where l am to be saluted
by the whistle Of the rattlesnake and the hiss
OF the viper, and breathe the atmosphere poison
ed by the breath Of the toad and the copper
head.
This may be heaven for hypOcTites and fana-
tics, but not for me. Many years have passed
since l knew you, sir, an impudent boy, and
having added wickedness to ~impUdence, you
have become a more conspicuous man, while
my obscurity viii scarcely bring me to mind.
! have welded the knife in surgery for q pro
tessiOu, and whether ] have won lauTels or not,
my history and my profession must show. But,
sir, this much viii l say to you, that when my
country is destroyed by hesrtless fanatics, ex-
cited to deeds of bloodshed, the knife which has
never been turned on the human family but in
kindness and mercy, shall be keeuly whet in
Justice and il vengeance. My last surgical
operation shall be performed on such destroying
monsters 10 cut rom their hearts the rooted
cancer, and rid the world of such canting hypO-
critics. am, sir, a HuguenOt Protestant of the
Marion stock the lie Grand family of France,
my immediate ancestors, by my mother. My
father descended from a race Of Scots that have
never been conquered, of the Campbell clan,
AND ROB Roy WAS MY COUSIN, l have never
bought, or sold, or stolen, or owned a negro; l
am a KentUckian, born among slaves, and no
Judas shall sell my country for silver, but he
shall receive steel instead. l am a friend of the
Union, and an enemy of all such disturbers OF
my countTy's peace, and, therefore, l am your
enemy. JOS. n. MCDOWELL, NJ. D.,
Professor Of Surgery in the Medical College
Of Missouri.