Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-08

ED1Tozs AFFEALt MY atteetiaR- has fEe-
quently, of late, been called to a jealousy
vitally affecting all the people Of The lower
Mississippi valley, and one to which every
patriot ought to give earnest heed, with the
purpose Of eradicsting it at the earliest possible
day, and healing all the injuries that may
have been inflicted. | refer to expressions
that have, within the last few weeks, become
quite common with few, (and believe only
a few) perhaps over jealous S0utherneIs, that
have visited Missouri recently, and ,aken es-
pecial pains to tell, and to re teTate to US, that
Missouri was helpless; that but for Tennessee
and other Sou. hern States, she would now be
under the hesl Of Lincoln, and her
citizens Of southern principles exiled from
their bones, or shot as traitors. The ques-
ton has also been asked: " Why, 1t you
are in earnest, haven't you 100000 men
in the field; why don't you have them
better armed and otherwise equipped ?
and when answered that We could have 100000
or more in battle array, II We bad the arms to
nut in their b8lds, bat that we hdv'n them,
and now have no means OF procuring them,
FpDlE INS DEFu lucAtg W CB AIl-life5tN 10 8
aone, 20 to work and make your own weapons.
Now. sir. though satisfied that such taunts are
neither thought nor spoken by ninety-uiHe
hundrsdths Of the southern people, and belI6v-
ipg that thev are but 1Be utteTances Of few
Iucopsiderate meu-themselves never consider
ing the effect and while / know that no inluri-
Gus effect will be produced By them upon Ms
sourians, except such az are equally lnconsld-
crate with The tereTs, yet If long continued,
fostering sores f q troublesome and obstinate
character might be produced hat would be
d fiicut to heal.
There is no intelligent Missourian opposed
TO the despo5ism Of Lincoln and his supple in
strumsnts bat feels sensibly, aud on all suita-
bic occasions acknowledges the obligation We
are und-r to the Confederate States for the
well appointed and valiant army now IN our
mi st. 10 assist in iberating us from tyrsn-
uicai bondage While thus honestly and un
reservedlv avowing our gratitude, we never
theess, believe that the great southern people
do not lock upon it as a oGe-sided obligation,
but that they are fighting their own as well
as our foe, ana if met and overcome there
their own homes will be spared tue deya ia
ting effects Of war.
But little reflection will suffice to convince
any one Of the advantages Of keeping this
war as high up the Mississippi valley Is pos
sible. The merchant and factor who still
reaps the reward of his commerce, the profess
sionai man bis pFaUtice; the artisan at his
labor: the planter who cultivates and gathers
bis crop, and the broker who con inues bis dis
counts, ali realize a security to property, and
profits Of business unknown to those in the
midst of a ruthless foe, and may with but slight
efsrt, imagine the condition Of those unfOTtu-
nate enough to be surrounded by a thieving,
robbing, house-burniug, and numbering abol
ton suldiery The husband who can remain
without fear, and enjoy the comforts Of home
and society Of bis wife and Children; the wife
who has the smiles and personal protection OF
her husband the mother who has happiness
iD the unrestTainei Tomps and praJtle Of ber
Chi dren, and the sister and the daughter who
fear not for the safety Of her loved brother
and adored father, all enjoy repose and
happiness to which those in the midst of the
HessiaDs are strangers
Then let Us have no envious feelings, nor
iealousies, nor pickering, nor heart buTnlngsI
nor lines Of demaIkatioD, for ws are all broth
eTs and sisters, and engaged in one common
and holy cause against common and unhoiy
enemy.
May God in His mercy avert in iennessee
and Arkansas, and Mississippi and LOUISIANA
and ell cur s,ster Southern States the staggeT
ing and cruel blow under which my State Is
nov writhing. MISSOURI