Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-29
3aiIg asppeaI. 8


'ls country, Il nay not be out CT order for Il
RANK and tis to giFs soms expression to the
News. ln what am about to say will al
a. brefity, ana must use the first person singr
lar as DO not know that shall represent tn
views Of an one else.
Inc r9hoWing argument might pTessn fO
the Unioa, as q e, viz We have a years suI
ply OF bread and meat; debts an paid, sn
somethinE over for charity; negroes all sut
ordinats, Pat and 10 ly, never had-one to eseaT
and never expect to. To show that was a
least submissive, II not satisfied with this STAT
Of things, voted for Douslas for Prssidsn
Let no one call in question ny love for th
UnioH. Should one ef ny negroes, by an
means, find himself in the State Of Mas
sschusstts, I should expect from the rsadinI
Of the Constitution, which is The law o. thi
Union, that the hrst citizen of that state wb'
met up with him would arrest him, put hin a
Jail and get The keeper to give ne notice tna
might have bin brought back to the onlI
place 10 sll the world where be could be o.
any use while living, serve his God, a1d 90 t'
heaven when dead. Now, should rot stop Il
Inquire Of NV Massachusetts, friend whether
be called That negro property or Plato, an.
should think the question Jusrlss lmpeFline 2,
ss would be his. Il bis escaping horse should
get 70 my house and I wanted TO call bin pni-
iosopher In place Of horse, and he s1oalo be-
gin to inquire about what / called hlm- SUI
am told By the newspapers that tGis tney
would not % in Massachusetts, but would
rather keep he negro out Of zy way. should
t1en be under The necessity OF writing 10 hr.
Horace GIseiey, and employing him az ny a.
torney, to 60 with bis bla dast manners anc
Eoltest words, 10 coax him back and Y any
intermeddler poked bis nose in the way, he
would know bow, with a cow-bide, TO lift bis
linen for him. Surely bis reverence knows
something Of the virtue .lere is in cow-hide,
from the importance be attaches 70 Il in the
programme be sent Gen. Combs as basis tor
the settlement of the present difficulties.
I should have more faith in his eow-hide
Than bis persuasi0ns il used Upon the escaped
slave oniess be was better informed Of bis Ra-
ture than be seemed to Be- when writing his
own community nations" Unless, as slave
attorney, be succeeded better with bis aTgu-
Den : than he did with Archbishop Hughes,
fn The controversy about public schools, the
result Of which have never ceased to regrst,)
I should give il up az hopeless case. But
then, a. TIE high priest Of bis party and re-
commencing tbe use Of the cOW-hids as be
4ueEs IN GeILaLl Cases. De suaH te nv attorney
The point OF observation from which ] an
viewing things is rather an obscure cne, and
an liable 60 draw wrong conclusions from
the light which is shsdOWed forth. For tWeu-
ty-hye years large party az the Norh has
been trying % get away from the lepT0us and
blasted Souts, and the South has been holding
on as though her life depended on the Union.
Nov, since the North has got The numbers suf-
fcisut 20 clear the track Of sIl obstructions,
H. .a-na ~ Hr..a
snd Jet her 60 with all her greatness aad
glory, the natural conclusion wouid be that
n Toe North could not let hsr depart with a
"God bless You,7 she might at lessts y, a good
ricdance b you, wi-h your sins upon you, and
let her 60 in peace.
1t seems that even this small boon is to be
denied her. What can &c nean2 Are they
sincere IN what they ssy2 Have they, The
great Tieh North, whose article OF haT alone is
worth more, according TO the statement Of one
Of their great champion, Mr.. H-lpsr,) than
every article Uf commerce which the South
Fr0duces-tbat North, which has borne such
heavy taxes in The parchsEsd Territories Of the
Sou b, and may 10 toe future be taxed again
with other 5grdens Of the SANE nature which
has nov to be taxed for an the South's postal
arrangements; which in shor done every
thing, that is done, that is worth the fdoing,
can it bs that she is unwilling to let The South
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all villsi1iss upon her back2o Strange as it
may seen, it is 50 stated. Nay, sirs, I see it
stated IN a resolution Of the Blacks ksReDub.icana.
held a. Indianapolis, tnat every ssceder ouIht
10 be hung.
IIere / an, then, Shareholder, and can't help
myself. Wss born a slsvehold=r, and have
always felt that Z was 10 the right place, and
doing God service, blessing the negro, and the
world And because / an IN the South and
fausf 20 South, ought 10 Be- hang; and that,
toe, by The very men whose connection with
this thing OF which / cannct I'd mvBeif (brt
nav deliver them) in their own estimation,
makes them the greatest sinners. III eurry
man is to Be hung, or ought 10 BE- hung, vlo
must 60 South, tben ought every man 10 be
hung Of whom I have beard, but Governor
Houston Of Texas, and Senator johnson Of this
STATE. Happy menl Wen may they bless
their stars FOR their good fortune. There are
doubtless others, but I said before, an ia a
chasm and do not observe very extensively. /
confess an a coward and that ] do no. wish
to fight an neither an OK nor horse, and
do not feel it would be any credit to anybody
either 10 whip, or hang 80 great a coward; but
under certain circumstances I might be forced
70 verify the truth hat 'tsil that 4 man hath
viii be give Tor bis iife." could not refrain
from saving this much in T. ference TO these
little matters Of which have spoken, so ride
ulous 10 their character, they did not deserve
A eraVer consideration. The union Of fhess
States is virtually dissolved, and without a
speedy compromise, founded upon The great
principles OF truth, Justice, and ho1sst dealing.
l. likely so 10 remain. This has been done
without the agency Of your present cores
pondent, yet ] csHnot restrain my thoughts
frou considsring its effects upon toe interests
Of the South, the religion CT The Nor,h, ana
Renubiicanism throughout the world. These
are momentOus qufstions, and demand The best
talent the world has, il their consideration.
Your ppace will not allow q 1.-THE Of what
might Be said upon them, and I shall only
glance At them. TIE wealth Of nation con
sists 10 her soil, minerals, etc, together with
the power which she possesses to deTelcpe
and retain these FOR her own benefit.
Il NAV be sts,d0Wn - an axiom, that those
iproductions of the earth which feed man, are
fertilizers 20 The soil; while that article which
clothes hin. cotton, De- an eEhauster. Grain
and grass cons. .ituts his food Grain makes
bread. and grass makes beef. Nature bas so
eonstituted these articles in the root and stem
which she supplies, that they render back 10
the soil more than they take from T., aEd lheir
continue use would eFentuate in making rich
the poorest soil. We need only TO look abroad
through this whole South to see the reverse Of
HIS m The production Of that which clothes
him. The gradual deterioration in her once
rirh sol. Is a matter in which not only the
S5utb. but The world should be deeply con-
terned How then may this state Of things be
arrested? j. can never be altered with the
presens order q things. Suppose the South
should make bread and beef, what would she
do with ite j would TO. upon her Esn6s.
Han will uarsue ihat which viii yield the most
money al the present moment, without any
mar ocular regard to future effects. What The
south needs thea Be- a market 10 which these
articles ol food vii return to The culivators
a. remuneratiTs prices zs cotton. She needs
DO bsrigHtcd Africans. She NEEDS no uliers
Of the sell But she needs big Fat men, that
-sn Each consume three thousand pounds Of
food : tssr, to make boots, and bats, and tubs
and ei5lh. and everything that il made FOR The
r,se of man. She needs villages and cities and
Ftouoriums all over her length and breadth,
and a law OF protection giving preference 10
be- ov-n citizens. such state Of things would
-ovsr these rsd bills with 4 Verture Of living
g-ssn. Already she holds monopoly in cot
top. and viii continue 70 hold i until the laws
Of aafure are reversed We need not be Ia
surb haste too see how much % this rich land
-. -, destroy. The next generation will
need ID ss much as present. Bat bow viii
fbe sivision Of the Union giveto The Soutl con-
s,-,ersP II soc act wisely, she viii extend that
7-,feetion. bV law, 10 her own citizens, that
.li i-5,,c. thousands Of manufacturers at the
Norfh ubo are noyF her best friends, 10 come
fr-r-efiafrlv smonE her people and they VIII
hing an their capital with lhem and become
svs-y wsv Identified with her. Two-thirds Of
sbs stfps which leave our country for foreign
oorts losd from the South The smallest pro-
Pnorfiop Of these, upon their return, unload at
- soil-h. THIS fact alone Is enough to im-
1overisb anv country. These returning ships
E-ino bsek that for which The labor Of the
sos,fb hss been exchanged. The profits arising
,0t al his returning cargo, 20 to pay The mer-
-Esnf. the clerk, the carpenter, the mason, the
sorfor. the LAWYER, the preacher; IN short,
.-sr-bolv concerned. All these are consum-
- 1royision CONSUMERS, enrIcheTs u the soil.
M, thev enrich the southern soil, from whence
- c-f-roinr cargo was taken? Not a word
80 suppese tie returning ship unloads at
- southern whsrfs? THIS would be The
-sfursl order Of things (snd the South ought
-sver to have let it been olhorwise) then the
-.rtbsrn consumer OF goods would have had
- rome sogih to get them, and Mr.. Helper
-rou'd never have written this book. Let it be
-s,,,rssd for sixty years, and no southern man
,rbdd object to seeing eoHtrast In the relative
-rosDerifV Of the two sections.
ne uresent Union is TIE chief cause OF the
s,,,fhss indebtedness. Money Is the repre-
s.rtstivs of property. The money Of eoun-
- must represent the property which is for
.y,r changing hands. IL we attend sails for