Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-01
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rAAsA AeA AA~A 80 lA-A~A4Nll IN ElM Union
since it's formation to tsis present hour. she
has bsrns the burdens os tbis Government.
for which she has received nothing but sbus.
and hateful deDuneiation. While her svstsn
Of labor has been the main stay OF of'Govsru-
nsnt, the South has been denounced as bsr-
bsrians, thieves and robbers, malignant work.
AM ribGld dramatie literature have beep writ
ten to destroy us At home and In Europe. in
consequence Of which We are regarded in Eu-
rope today as set Of hsrbarians, ignorant
Of everything except how to apply the lash
and make cotton.
Any one can zee The truth Of this By read
ing Tie principal newspapers now published
IN France and EuglsRd. Nov, where do thsr
get such ideas but from the immoral and
malignant newspapers Of the North, while
the northern sentiment is at this dav, lower
sunk in the depths OF ihhdelity, Iicsneious-
ness and every species OF human degradation.
Ihe NORTH claims superiority over us in nor
a. intellectual snd religious status. an6 an
oeeisusiy presumes to insult ns by continually
asserting this presumed superiority. Nov
sulle ne south pays two dollars in the public
Ieasai3 70 one paid BY the NoTth-lets the
NoIth control the finances BY common cen
sent, making the North the great center ana
Aeed oftcummerce and exchange.
=. Anua naFe we been going on, enriching the
north BY paying 10 them millions annually In
Ine way OF tribute, and getting in return hatred.
oehaheiation and base calumnies. Is it not
time, ny soatbern countrymen, to put stop
g such eoWsrdly abnegHfion and SELF drgrs-
.ttloni and assert our msnhood2 Il is time.
mn tmc, 70 cipthe ourselves with proper SELF
respect AID FiDdicate with dignity the power
and atIi5utes with which we as people are
Possessed. How Is this to be done? Il can
never be accomplished while we Occupy The
saoordiBate position we now do in the Govern
ment Of the Union. he orlv reEpect for rs
IN ths North sIises fran tie =4lus We are to
teen u furnishing the means Of enriching
tnen and bearing the heavy burdens OF TIE
public debt. Hence the only friends we have
an the horth are confined to the large cities,
esd those among the commercial classes. The
great and opulcnt agricultural South Is treated
ug flein a. 2 mere province, valuable 20 them
en- account Of the profit it Yields then: and
Mniie me whole industrial machinery Of tie
Union is moved BY slave labor, We have TO bear
tneir hostility and denunciEtion consequent
upon ne existence. In other words, while they
grow rieh upon our system Of labor, we are
reproached, insalted and Outraged in conse-
quenee Of its toleration among us. We thus
have to stand, armed TO the teeth, in defense
OF system Of laboT In order that we nav
have the privilege OF clothing cur enemies with
the garments Of wealth.
is not this true picture2 Look at facts
Bow transFiring. While the Republican hostile
Snti-sisVery party. now about 70 be Inaugural
Ted into power, ere disrupting the Union Of our
fathers, because the South viii not submit to
meg carrying out their hostile purposes-t0
cripple slsTsry-Father thsn permit the South
e maintain her position as equals in the Union,
they are dstermiaed to eosree The South into
submission, II she attempts to maintain her
Eef-respect, her honor, independence and
safety out of this aeeursed Union OF oppres-
sion.
What wonderful msihod does their fsnsti-
eisu devslops.
The only way these scoundrels could get in
20 power was to make war upon the institu-
don Of slaFeY In the South. By this means
they could appeal to the passions, sympathies
and preJudices Of the uniformed, ignorant
masses Of the North, in behalf Of the "paor
negro slaves who occupies far more elevated
and comfortable condition thsn bar Of their
poor deludsd dupes. By this fanstical shout
for TIE negro, they rallied the whole OF the
Northern States with the exception Of one, and
sueceeded IN elev4ting man Of no character,
wifi no Recommendation but bis bigUtry, bis
Ignorance aud bis fansticism-hardly third
rate crossroads politicisn-I appeal to bis late
speeches for the truth Of what I assert-and
for Nice-President, man down in Maine, as
misinformed and fsBatical as himself, tainted,
ss re are informed, with negro blood. Their
only chancs to held power Is to keep their
party platform unbr0ken, 70 enable them
carry the party again and again into
power By the same means they accomplished
Il befors-nameiT, BY warring upon the sys-
ten q labor in the South. sfNo COMPROMISE
Is their ery, and coercion" OF the seeding
States their declared policy.
An honest and unsophisticated man would
A.. -HTa a. 3.
their hstefuI an3 bsrbErous system Of slavery,
which disgrsoes the Union Yes, this is q very
pertinent question, but they cannot spare the
pack mule that carries tbe burtheH Of Govern
nsut and euriches them n the North they
wont have the value Of this slave labor 20 build
ID their immense cities, create their con-
nsrce. support their manufactories, and
pay their hsaFy tariffs to carry en- our govern
nsnt, etc, etc. This IL the reason why they
are going to cOeree the seeded States back
into the Union. The South must continue,
they have done in the past, to pay thousands
Of millions Of oollsrs 70 enrich the North.
This is worth a good deal Of coercion, money
end blood-psitieusTlY a. it VIII be Irish and
other foreign blood that win be split, on the
part Of the Nortb. Precious little Yankee
blood viii Be risked or the occasion. Now We
see the method in this apparent Inconsistency
of fsnatical abolitionism on the part OF the
leaders. The masses, poor erestures) are sin
cers n their enthusiastic sympathy for the
uoor siaves-for they are not Informed Of the
true condition Of things-but With the leaders
II 10 downright villaiuy ard hypocrisy. Why,
sirs. IL the bare probability Of losing The
eouthern trade has In the last month bsnkrup-
fe5 about three hundred commercial houses IN
the North, and rents have sctuslly fallen hsty
osr cent. on Broadway. New York, what Will
=, the eject IL the entire South establish, az
they will, an Independent nation, and throw
- f~rh rle Nth All
tSs nations Of the world, estab isb home manu-
faetor5es, control bur own commerce, send our
eostou direct 10 Europe and receive back 70
or o--n ssaboard cities the rich fabrics and
f-sds of al commercial nations, viii not grass
vror fn their cities7 Is il sny wonder they
fsIk Of eoercing? Is it any wonder that
5-ouniug nan viii catch at straws
bops and trust il God, that the MADNESS q
she Rsnublicsh party VIII have The effect q
SrIving of the entire slsVsbolding States, that
-. ~ retain snd keen the results OF our own
tsbor WfthiB ourselves and develop our own
51ElvI5nelItT as people. We can never DO
if while We continue a mere province OF lhs
vo-fb. Il is reproach 10 rs that We nave
-nbristsd % be outraged thus long Let us as
-e-f our fndspsndence and maintain our self
-s-rset. A people, no mere than an Individual,
.s--of sersiope their Individual charaeterls-
sl-., ,-biie controlled and led BY others. ladi-
--f5-,Iifv alone fs compatible with perfect nee
Ar, of action. This is the main reason We OF
he South have no name or character aoroao-
The American name and character IN EUROPE
4. Alone estimated from the northern stand
-osnt Tne Yankees, alone, give 70 the
F,-roossns the ideas they have Of the United
iEt.tes Are yoa, sOuibern-born citizens,
I-lJi5r- ~ bs thus estimated. II you are not,
fben throw OF this subordinate vaEsalsge and
"a assert vour hixh-bon prerogative. Tine would
.lfsU ne were ! to attempt 70 describe me glo-
n~F1 fhnHT l.
! Jhi.gaIitv. We would have dignity and states
rszeaDsbip exhibited 20 cur Congress nsli' ID
ooue es5 of the present political beer garden
,es4s,srs blaekgdards meet 10 harp upon the 7sr-
Z,.-fsns Of slavery, and make war upon zoe
,-is--t and most humane system OF labor ever
irstituted bv man; there would be an increase
az iuteIIlesDce with or Increase Of Neai'A'
rsfnenent and social Advancement
~. North would then respect a., where
,bev now desrise rs, FOR we would have re-
.sy.5 fi,s reurosch Of our tame submissive
-. 10 their aamning insults; We would oe
80 from their negro stealing. Trey never
go NEGROES from Cuba or South Ameflea
Fngl.rd or Spain, nor Germany ever ssssi he-
-,ss from "a Stealing negroes would men
--.-,.,. bslE. we would treat them Ike
S,.,'.r1or Brown, ot Georgia, when ne ponce
- Vsvv York stole lhs guns from eitizens =.
S-.rsi. The governor captured hVe fesssis
- - --ifizrus Of New York. and the governor
- E.- voYk gave up the guns. This sysIen
- nsflonsi rsprissls will make then gu, t'
ss.,iioe orr negroes; nay, more, tney WI a., y
so--nsisd 70 surrender Oar fngitives irom q.
49, reasons Of commercial necessity VA
gave up TIE guns 80. a.. ,-on.rtv
Tsis thing Of interfering with inc hLoPsIs3s ~
Of ether nations is a very ssIlous ,. No-sb
-. -~,,-,rvrisl and Manufacturing Nortni
III nj faS Il to their interest 70 seek guar
rsls with Us. II they DO, We will teae1 tssH
1t don't psy.S
-. a.ryers et the French Retrea'
rrom MoscoW.
In asir Robert Wilson's Menoirs' oeeui'
this vivid passage
The naked masses Of dead and eyiSg men men
the n5sngled esressses or ten inoes.I1 80 ~.
,-bieh bsd. in some cases, been cut is5 Iooa Ds
-. ms. hsa ceased. the erarlngs on Ialnln. =,