Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-03
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L-"LH 49, AH "a AAI MuA ~
gentleman took bis text fron ID Chrou., III
chapter, part Of he 4th verse
"Thus saith TIE Mrd, 70 shan net 60 ur nor heht aeafui
Togr ~o-ethrens return evav MAJ Chisaous "
Mr.. Gaylord, in his opening renarks, ~
Quired il Il were possible nat eivI war wa
imminent in this once favored land. IL To.
fatal blow had been struck which WcHic PIE
cipitate The struggle, It wefu well that We a
prepared for the strife. Even the women an
the children will. in spite Of themselves, b
enlisted for that fight. But leaving fer th
present the question OF the probability Of eivi
war, let ne ask you TO consider for a momel
or two what such a wa means, above an Wha
Il means In this country. For ! take It that
the tine should ever come for armed elvi
strife in this land, history will have blOodis
and more appalling scenes TO record than shI
has ever yet traced upon her warning pages
/ viii not ask you 10 recall the fnghtful exem
pies which the annals OF oihertimss and othe
lands offer ~, OF the excuses to which mel
are driven by their satanic passions, when
forgetting the ties Of common lineage, com
MOI country, common property in histori'
memories, common customs they have ID thl
interests Of q party or sect, turned their arm
against each other. Let us suppose this UnioI
dissolved by violence. Let us forecast that to
ture which some think so near, and which 3,
many are doing their best to hasten and brins
more quickly, When the Constitution will b
trampled under foot BY State after state, al
a worthless rag: when from the dome Of TIE
capitol the flag Of our power and OF our hOnOl
shall be torn dswR and trampled in the rire
ss Garrison has 30 often prayed; when thai
capitol shall be In ruins OF its balls v~oiceless
when there shall be no Government Of ID,
United States; when there shah be no Unitei
States, and when 3 Northern aud a Southern
ConfederacF shall summon their fghtiag mel
for the bsttlel Let Us imagine, I say, thai
scene, when the North and South shal have
gathered in battle array upon sous memora.
bic fsld-ssy Norktown-to decide b The
dread arbitrsmeut OF arms their controversy.
Would rot that be a scene % make heaven
weep and he'll %reloicsi
But suppose tie battle fought, and hat vic
tory has crowned ths arms Of the stronger
North-Whst then VIII you win peace
with vic, TYP Neverl From the day that
American citizens meet as hostile armies to
decide BY trial o. battle any question OF a po-
fitical or ocialnsture--pesce and tranquility,
public and private, have fed our borders for
ever. From the field, where the soldier has
done bis murdersus work, The deadly spirit
which animated that work viii be carried into
all the ways OF civil life, TO raRkle there an
incurabls poison evermore. Let but one bat
tie N a war OF this character be fought, and
the die is csst-then life in any part Of this
once happy land would be a burden and a
curse 20 ALL Save NLLEGLNEH nseaHEAAcH @ulAAnN-
mans and southern hre-eaters. The turbu-
lent classes in the upper and lower strata e.
society might still live and riot here them TO
whom The Devil has impaired bis owl indomi-
table ambition, and imbued with his
conviction that to rule in hell il better than to
serve in heaven -Would fHd this distracted
country more than prohtable-but honest men,
men who love psace-Wbo love true freedom
who know that order is the first lsw Of heaven,
- aA-H --ae.a- -rEhuwH lam and anHMnr and
without the respect due to enlightenment, and
conservative public opinion, is worse than the
savage state, would fee its shores AM take
refuge 10 any, even TIE worst ~despotsm OF
the old world. Fer, consider what must fol
Low on the heels Of these dogs Of civil war.
The worst has not been seen when The fields Of
the laborer are trsmpled BY the boots Of the
war borse, and bis rottsge given 70 tie flames
amid which the bodies Of bis violated wife,
daughter or mother are consumed.
Tie wors. has rot been Eesn, when the infu-
rated soldier Of che section shall meet bis
equally infatuated brother from a different sec
ton. and t~nough-theT twinned at a birth, to
grappie in the fierce tug Of war and yield not
until one OF both is with the dead No, noI
will the worst be seen, when as a necessary
result Of pr0tracted civil strife, al the arts Of
peace decay, when here is no sound Of ham
mer in the shop OF Wheel in the mill; WhsI
~ NELLENNEa AnlAN T. 4AAANAH AANA ID 9Aa-
houses are empty, and uniadened ships arc
rotting at The whsrves; when ruins incumbei
tie streets Of once prosperous Cities and wheE
gaunt multtudes o. fsmine-stTicken wretches
wander up and down the land clamoring FOL
bread, and threatening bloody work if they
get 10 not. Worse, worse, a thousand times
worse thar all this are the moral effects left in
~u1lion's mind and heart as the thrice
nccursed l~egacies Of civil war the social fam.
= liz feuds that become hereditary ike disease
hstreds that bura IN the blood from generation
70 generation. And depend upon it, our civil
strifes will furnish he chronicles Of sftel
times with materials every whit as heroic snc
infinitely more appalling than anything found
IN tie experience o. The famed Houses Of YorE
and LaHcss er. When this great contes'
shall have been decided, 90 far as steel ard
shot can decide It, then will begin the battle
that must Be banded down a cherished bequesi
from sire to son. Then the soeze OF strife val
change. K will no longer be the tented field
10 longer the savannas OF the South-ths
green hills OF New England, OF the broad prsi.
res OF the West but that battle TO be fought
with pen and sDssd and look, implements all Of
kesnsr edge than any sword blade, viii b
waged everywhere. IN the drawing room, ir
the counting-house, on the street, in crowded
- - be thsater, and on 'chanse
mU1aa o0-@lsnd and sea and "wors'
than worst around the priveS~ spd-s'
the sacred hearth Of bone.
And remember, I pray you. that when this
civil war time cones, the strife will not be be-
tween a united North and a united south
fearful as such a war would be, we might CON
out from il. and have some hope in the future
but the man is fool who thinks It possible, IN
the event q actual hos;ilities resulting IN
bloodshed, to unite the people Of either section
IN hearty opposition to the other That can
not be done, for TIE North viii have its allies
In The South, ard the South viii have its allies
in TIE North. You have heard it already pro
claimed abroad, that when the day To fight
cones. the fields Of battle viii not be on the
ether eide Of Mason and Dixon's line, although
there will be fighting enough there too, buf the
fercest, the most relentless, the most Eatsu;cal
and brutal battles will be fought nearer our
homes here il the streets Of New York and
Brookivn-thers in Boston, snd AZ the base Of
tie granite column on Bunker Hill. In every
hamlet and village throughout the North must
this demon Of diseord leave bis bloody trail
Let ne tell you whar Fou may expect 70 see
then. You viii see on some holy Sabbath
evening an Infatuated moi Singing up against
the doors Of some crowded church there Vin
Be in that mob uof ouly the dregs Of the law
less classes, but vel dressed snd apparently
respectable citizens. but they will ali be sui-
mated bvone fell spirit,snd they will batter the
doors Of the sacred temple, they will trample
over the heads Of screaming women and panic
stricken men. they will scale he pulpit, and
dragging from bis bold upon the sacred place
the man Of Cod, they VIII stop the low Of hts
eloouence and wit by hanging him from the
horns OF bis own aitsr An hour viii pass,
and The police having failed to restore order
tie 90 diers viii come, win The mayor a. their
head. M the mob will be shot down like rabid
dogs; there viii Be blood Jpn the pulpit
stEfrs. blood upon the torn leaves OF TIE Bible
and psalm book, biood in the s~isles, on the
nav,-blood flowing freely enougb-snd good
rftfzeus will sav, Hthe blood Wssrightiy shed"
Rut will that end it, and will there &c no more
mobe Do not think i'll for the Internal spirit
onee aroused viii not slumber again for many
years. and New York may expect % see IN
herref The image Of Paris in the days of Ter
ror- Do you mock at this as a crazy fancy Z
We'll. thsB, here Is what you will believe
Touch the spirit Of violence and open rebel
Tior Fgsins al authority may not Be gener-
.Uv aroused throughout the North-though
we nav not behold IN our streets the renact-
wenf az the disgrsceful Kansas drsmss-We
-bsl most assuredly find, az g result Of civil
~. that from every house, every town meet
frr- every civil assembly, every neighborbOOd
g1d everv church in the land, the old spirit Of
brotberlT love s1d hearty fellowship have NED
70 rrfur1 no more. What the end OF sueh
0frifs viii be we al know, unless history is
Tor us as a sealed book. Bat If you please We
rir loci 81 some OF the consequences Of civil
war in fbe South
one Of the Inevitable results Of civil war
-oBId BE- e seryiis instruction Do you know
-bat thai meauB? Do the WOmen Of this con
rre~sfion realize what The condition Of their
s,rfbsu sisters would be In such an event Z
me- il in the bare probability Of such a cal
swftv mora fbaR enough 70 OH The heart with
sfrksping terror. Il is q vision Of inooscribs-
~ borrers we eveke. BY tie red light Of
hiszing torches, or the luTid glare OF burning
bor.es il Is brought before us-but bow dare
=. attemut TO portray it, What words are
sssc1afe 10 TIE description Of a servile insuT-
rscson-enough 70 say, one day Of such incur
rerfion. when It is successful, IL worse tdan q
mole century Of Grdinary slavery.
The wives OF the Soufh are many Of then
49, saurhtsrs OF The North and West. And II
- nor their fair forms The savage negro has
&C. his Irslful eve-upOn their heads VII bis
49, or AZ descend-iDto the hearts Of their
5sreraelsss babes will bic pike be thrust. BY
Lsir ftir tresses viii delicate girls Of Georgia
80 Alabama be drawn By black and blood
-lslned hands 10 what before deatb@ Fate 70
-Sfeh : murderous death is as bell 70 heaven.
a. I MT the slave viii have q high carnival
~b.p the dsv 90 devoutly prayed for BY many
-bise men Ia this land shall have daWned-
-, ne dav when The sword OF civil var ls
SsTn and The brand Of seryile resurrection y
s51sIsd. But there viii BEL fearful afterwsrd
- rat day or / have much mistaken Sa1on