Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-21
aalIg appeaI.
T0 THE Pg0FLE OF TEEfEssER
TOUR HOMES ARE IN DANGEai
h1usE EOu TO Ttfs eRFAr CoyFL7Crf

Ple1s' secular and religions. at Nashville
sIe or me grest Importance OF the hour
eve % speak 10 the citizens of Tennes-
80. EscleFirg al usmes and arguments Of
the pasts and uniting our voices In one com
HoA accent we desire 20 utter only such
Noros a. shall canss the people Of Tennessee
- teeii+e ipeir danger aud The necessity Of
concurrent united action. Confident that
ll4hy or our citizens arc not aware Of the
Nssit '.ll . q. me operations goiag on at the
Notln % slhlugate the South. duty, patriotism,
Asl1sniiyi and the interesi OF this Common
"eaiil sl impel us to speak 20 vou.
FeioW-coantrYmenl we are 10 the 10 ist Of
great revolution. The election Of a Sec
tional administration in November last gave
~ az cause q apprehension for our ius.itu-
tionl ih t1e oouth. The cou-try waited with
nauenee Tor the words Of the chief nsgistrare
laeT cane, and 20 the hopeful promised psscs.
ne country was lullsd into comparative re-
pose The people OF Tennessee loved the
Chiohs anc they were willing 10 peril life and
Ioftune % preserve lie integrity. Five weeks
go al Of us were looking daily for the evsc-
uaIoa e. Sumter. TIE news few on every
wirs that such was TIE dstsrmiuation Of Mr..
lincoln. What was osr surprise and the sur
Prise OF toe whole country 70 Ind that 90 Far
on peaceful evacuation, secret means had
been used ali along for its reinforcement At
tli- open perhdY the whole land was shocked.
boar.
Sumter has fallen. What then? The abo-
iition Ad ninistration at Washington. contrary
20 lbe Constltui iiou, aud By purely tvraunic
power, calls oui 1000 men and . 600 OF them
tfen our own SAFE, 10 rspossess the federal
property and put down the rebellion. A new
esil has been since made o. 50 900 men, an Of
Nulcl, win regular army, constitute force
AIlie short Of 10000 men. These men are
mastering and armiDg to-day. But these are
nol one nalt OF those getting ready for this un-
D " war on southern men. The North IS at
blood heat from Maine 20 Nebraska Every
clLys village and county is IN arms. One con
uHuous Toll OF drums sweeps the land They
outnuubsr the south more tban toyo to one
IheT boast Of untold millions OF wealth. and
eKnalstleEs provisions at command. They are
armed and equipped they have monUpoiizsd
tlways tbs manufacture OF arms On his con-
tinent, and, besides this, while they we're pro- I
tessing peace two MONTH ago to the South
theThad an agent in Europe buying 500 600 .
more arms or the most approved pattern f.
There are being received by every steamer.
And what is tie spirit that moves tbe vast
NoTt1f Revenge and bate stream through 4
every column Of their journals Coaition,
peace and mercy are bauished words "Wsr
70 ne knife" .'extermination Of the rebes,' .
''crlsh The traitors,0 are the common forms of 4
their expressions. The South is 10 Be oysrrun
and crushed forever; her proud spirit broken, 4
her property eonhscated, her families scattered /
an slaughtered, and then to remain through .
al tine dependency On he "'ree and sovsr-
c-l' North. Powerful armies Of fanatics
aad plundersrH arc 20 Be 7uartered Ia our
quiet cities and town ne South, debating
to us laws at the poin- 2 the bavonet. ana
the slaves to be turned loose with more than
savage fsroeitY on helpless women ana chill ]
drea-
Every friend We had 70 the North is sllsncsd,
the entire press is again -s lie ministers
-r =
forthe e'holy cause"-.he uaer reduction of
the rebels. A. the bottom Of all this lies the
insane idea, held By maHT of the leaders, that
il is theirrsiigi0us duty % sZtetninate slavery.
and make the "iTepressibe conflict" doctrine
universal. The men who have ac.ed with and
for TIE South-Plerce. B1ehsHsn, Fillmore,
Cass, Everett, and DickinsoB-lii have bowed
before tie torrent Of fsnstcism--sIl have left
Us, and chine their voices in the fearful ch orus
Of Northern indiguation- Aged ministers Of
the gospel, presidents OF colleges. and editors
Of religious zewspapers, all without exception,
% far as We know, urge on the maddsnei and
bloody poplisce. The vast N5r.h stagss-s
under its load Of wrath, waiting only FOR ofdsrs
from the usurPsr lincoln TO 0Terwlelm the
S1u'h with blood and chains.
C9unlrymen Of Isnnsssesi We say not
these ssd thIags % excite Y1u. We have 30
interest IN This matter except as citizens Of a
STATE We love, aud now ser threatened with The
f=rcest foes end the most fs al overthrow
recorded in historT. Baltimore is % submit or
be laid in ashes. It believed by military
men that Virginia is to Be zttacEoi by two
powerful armies-one frcE Nsw York one
from Pennsylvania and O1io--lnd Richmond
iEI5 waste, vi -l itE mznuf1 1csoTiss OF srms.
Thirty Thousand men are n1W quuTtsred at
Warrington, 5000 a. Care, and already they
have stopped the arms and provisions quietly
coming 10 our State. Il Is threatened that z
powerful army is to march Gown the N ssis-
sippi, destroy Memphis, and rendezvous st
New Orleans, while another marches on Mont
gomeTy and Mobile
The horrors Of servile war are 20 be added 10
The aerciless butchery ana piunder TO be car
ried On over the south b the TdHdal hordes OF
the northern cities.
People Of Tennessee If you could sit here
in our ceices and read al the journals ef the
Esrtb, as We 90, this letter to you would be
useless. But you cannot do this. ALLOW MS,
therefore, TO present to you some extracts from
leading northern journals, showing you the
state 0f feeling there, the bar5aToug work they
anticipate, and the idea Of complete subjsction
of he South which runs through the entire
mind o. the North. Read and prepare
THE IDEA OF HEUTRALITT. d
Pre- rss n. r. Egsains POSI-
AMEN and brethren Of the border States l.
fs no tine now 20 split words. You must choose
between loyalty and treason. You cannot BE-
neutrsi IN a war which Is forced upon the
Union bv that Union's most bitter and deter
mined enemies. II you could maintain your
neutrality, no words could express the scorn Ia
which the patriot soldiers oi lhls nation would
forever hold you FOR sour coWardce. Nsu-
trails, you would Be rscresns to every senti-
meut Of honor and patriotism. Neutrsls in
3 war on whose result depends our national
eEistencs are simply towards, 70 be forever
stripped of every honorable privilege Of free
men,"
THE SHORT way.
Fr5ri ihs New YORK Csarisr and E1auirsrl
arhsrs are two ways f putting dowh the
present rebellion and saving tue En.0n, The
one is. to call from seysnty-fVs TO hundred
thousand troops into the Geld, and c1nsune
two or three years in scientifically 3" terui1-
ating the war a. fearful loss o. lie, an
enormous coat 10 money, besides ds-.r1ying
the business Of the c0uHtry pending toe war,
which, in itself, would smount 70 untold bun
Srrds of millions Of dollars. Tie o.ber and
wiser. and the cheaper mode is. TO csil out 2
Quarter Of a million Of volunteers, and double
thst number If necessary, and bring the TIole
matter t. close In q few months The latter
is the cheaper mode, and when accomplished,
bzriusss would st once resume is natural
channels and We 2 Juid zgain be happy,
united and prosperous people nGtion com
msnding Tie respect and admiration 5f The
world And this latter course, is the one
which the people viii insist upon. We en-
,.54t r the President not to thwart them"
INVADE a. sorTHl
Fr.n ne Eew Tork T7i1uss
Hstrfkei-We are at Wa Let us admit the
fact and act accordingly. Let us cease mere
fendIng off, aud begin TO strike home. Let the
yrsr BE- Instantly carried into Africa. Let
Washington be DEFENDED i.- 70 llons at The
esDitsl. The best spo best modes
70 save WsshinZ'On are 10 So Se heavy and
instantaneous blows az Maryland and Virginia,
nd thus give the re3els work enough 70 Go az
hofbs. Let tr0ops be poured down upon Bal
tiuiors. ana IL need be, raze il 60 the ground.
Lans troops in Sonthern F'reiais imnfcistsig,
and Ist them scOur Southampion and tue sd-
iot liug counties wiih IRE and sword We are
a. war with thc1e present rebels and traitors
Is-us treat them accordingly. Strike home
Is. the assssins Of Bsliimsrs, and tie murder
era and thieves OF Norfolk and lower Virginia,
essI fbe weight Of oar bloEs
ssrhe people vii no longer be content with
defending the fedsrai capital. By the end d
this week patriotism will hsvs planted 2o0lO
troons in Washington. The stream is oily
fr.st beginning 70 pour. By the frst Of Nay
10000 uiH Be eneamped along The Potomac
VIII thfv BE- satisfied to Idle away their time
81 +es uarlhery bans Of that river, waiting
Tor Jeff Davis to come and attack them No .
Thsv. with the fly thousand more that viii
Be- messing upon their heels by tie last OF May
will demand to Be lei across ihC river 10 Rich
uondl And they Wiu 60 ard that dsn OF
rebsls and traitors viii be broken up and de-
s,rovsd 'On to Richmond is the cry"
BIcTAToR WANTED.
F,sr ths New Terk Timssl
che spirit evoked within the last fortnight
bss &c parallel since lhe days Of Peter the
Esrnlt Ia the las. ten DAYS 100000 men
have sprang their feet, and, arming and
provisioning thenssiFes, are rushing TO q con-
tssf which can never Be cuslee tjll theY have
trirmphed. holy zeal inspires every loyal
beart To sacrifice comfor', property, and life
.vsn. is nothing, because if we fail, we must
rfgs pp these for our chidre-, for humanity,
80 ~ on-selges. Where is the leader Of this
-5EIi0e psss;on2 Can the i.dninBtrsiion
e,,.sfsb hin? We d. not question TIE entire
-,sfriotisr Of every member q q, nor their
..s.i fo- t6e public welfare TIE President il
- S.isslisn Of bis Cabinet, very properly re-
- ~ lorz and eficieni services q men IL
s.-,srv of the principles that tfumphed
s 81 sisctlon. To BIN the ietefs 'as e seen seem, y
NJ. P,5s 80 noiiticsl distinctions bave been
-..i.ts,- -. efscsd. From dream Of profound
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