Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-12

L,-ge aajori,y al ts a]oriera people are not
Lrgrr. and "a bad cause makes practical towards
of OH If H,a To live for "a half dozen genera
lions under ,hr cherries, and oppressive Puritan
-,afa. of New England, would make o. nAHon
of towards OF the most heroic race that ever *
stoG Upon this earth; and this puTitauical spirit
of New England, ike q spoonful OF aSsa'wtIoa
u a bakers oven, has lcayened the WhoIe lump
of u5rtherners. from the head OF Delaware bay
10 the Lake Itasca, and from kansas AMI HOW"
20 the utmost boundary of Maine
No doubt many splendid fighting regiments
might ba picked out of the teeulug populations
nj ibe Northern States. but the craven element
undoubtedly largely pIcpoodeTates ia 'Ae mas
SEES, and will always keep them ready 10 run ON
ever,- occasion where the odds i'm their favor are
less than FIVE TO one. And this wal must prove
an umitfrated evil % the North IN every maGl-
nabIe respect for. not only viii 1t destroy 'AeII
trade and miner irTUtreyaJly, ana .WpoNtI
i,h fine whole mass of the population, bui, ! ID
lasts much longer. what few brave men they
have. necessarily exposing themselves 10 every
battle. will be killed of utterly aud thus nc
last yestjge Of the " breed of noble bloods VIII
die ont from among them forever.
The first Puritans, it is true, fought well under
Cromwell; but they were a very different
. breed of dogs " from those who are " playing
soldier" under Lincoln. CromweiIS Puritans
were q set of honest but tiuty -heaTted. horny
w @ n II. - f.r,ti.s whose iron cour- /
ape resulted from the same species OF ploua M
sanity that animated the r~eSistlesS followers OF
Nahomet. Lincolu's Puritans, deterIorated by
generations Of p~Salm-Singlng hypocrisy aho
Soriid devotion TO all the vilest arts of money
49, ', w in .La main q set of soft-handcd. /
es55;;..L.n Lssrt-d. wlite-ivercd. pocEet-picking
anDs y,bose PATRIOTISM is represented by "a
- ,n5 Who have been / nptIlel 70 the pres
IN ropgirt Inv the vain and ilusory hope that a
show of vast numbers and a cheap expenditure
of an immense amount of " brag, would quel
the rebellion 20 and give them back theit
pigeons 90 pluckagain. Aen, Whoar known
ali over the world, for a nation oil uicns'eiS ana
hucksteIs who have maie oEeTLea'a'hE one "l
the fine arts who would SKIN a he' lot
his hide and tail1w who hang o." 10
every quarter 81 o dollar ,he5 can i'5
hands on with o vicclkc grip thaj makes
the eagle on ID sadeal' men VINO are "l
accustomed 10 The Use OF arms Mh" U"Ne
sport of true cAIyalIs Who cannot enc "ua 3''
ran away from every battle held as A'7u{ as
any Arab steed that ever SSImlne 'he san"s gi
the desert such a naton Oh men may De 's
sgsaaea from the grim Ola curtains o.! Otom-
wells tIAB-o-l ~ WHAT " n's''4N lu"''g'
was there my countrYman No the back
and beastly children on nam are descended
from the pure aud upright man OF God who bult
the ark and ouJrode The flood 30 TOO the mod
em Greeks, who hex me EiosieA mama tAal
smitas them, VINO cringe ana lawn anu natter
and sip ana slae ana 5"'n-N slG""l IA' II
want ANA On all the cuLes '' '"e LaSIZ are dc
seconded from the gCdIke hGio,s OF Ola Athens
and sparta and lHe"eS anu Mtceuou, WHO'S
little armies drove oaeA '' ""l'ouS o. NiA1'
ana CONF ut.eo --t' q,
learning, philosophy ana ART sHF''Ins tHe waves
and weatAeIs ei Two ui"NsaoH s7'IN' nave COZ
queTeq the alHill4.'A e d" +7'S anu rs'P''S'
from that Jay 10 TINS.
But the sUbljmest instance of Yankee COURAGE
was given tEr other day at Wildcat, near tie
Kentucky aud East Teuuosse. lie, where aper-
lecly ca,ssless panic seized Nelson's brigade OF
Oh'Oaus and ludIauiaus and, with no foe behind