Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-18
- - 49, F0UsTH PsGEs.
THE REvEFECENT DESIGN OF TIE
RAID.

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70 suhs.an.iate the deep and Pious regard Of
the Yankees fer the people Of the South. In
the performance Of all their surgical opera
tions with the bayonst and the sabeF, to cure
the cancer Of rebellion upon the body polite,
thew ara always very careful tc avow the utter
barmlessness and beBefcence Of their inten-
tirn. They have no idea Of i~Djuring us-not
in the least. The only end they seek to ac-
complish is to redeem The poor, down-trodden
people OF the slave States from the tyranny Of
that terrible fellow, JEFF. DAVIS, who, like
one bedding tie world in a sling, has brought
about this rebelijous movement against the
wishes Of the people, and Te;gns over them with
an iron ro5. very much 10 their annoyance and
dissatisfaction. TIE mission OF the abolition
lists, with all Of their sEsc'ed religious and
pur. anical bostillsy to the 'ssccursed iEstitu-
tioD," is solely to remedy thi g~reatand crying
evil-ln other gsr1s. TO Danifes. their intense
and ir1eprsssible affection for Us By 5nstching
US from our present state OF ~ and misery,
-aud handing US over to The nursing care OF the
pious ABRAHAM. Let all who doubtthis, read
the honeyed proclamation of the Philadelphia
Press, from the peace-brsa hing pen Of the
msguanimous FoRSEv. Hear him
What Kentucky has dole, every Southern
State would do, il the people were permitted
to cast their votes without fear, according to
their own convictions. To secure this right
to each and every man throughout every State
II the Union, is uBguss ionabiy the high am
tition q the government in sending an army
into the Sou b.
No one, Of course, still entertaining respect
for Yankee verscity, can have the ~temeTity to
intimate a doubt as to The truth Of this asssv-
Grafton. FoRsEy-.hs fretling, fussy and fTOl-
ic5ome ~FoRyEY-says SO, ald We are COM
PEELED to believe it.
The L" people" are 70 be allowed to cast
their votes d" according to their own convic-
tions.' It is not enough for the doubling
THoMssEs Of abolitiondom that this blessed
privilege has already been accorded the ines
timably dear objec's Of their ill-sPent beneVo-
lsuce in several Southern States, and they have
responded in thunder tones against being de-
livered from the alleged thraldom Of their
present condition, In vain has The Old Do
miuioa indorsed the horrible rebellion at the
ballot box By a majority Of nearly a hundred
thousand votes. In vain has Tennessee twice
spoken, and trumPet-tongucd sent echoing
through the North the blast Of ratification
from the u~ntrameI5d tkToats Of more than ffty
thousand majority Of her fearless freemeu.
The voice oe TeEag, too, is 10 no purpose,
though she responds in a tone not Iess en-
phatic Ut decisive than Der sisters. But Yam
keeiom shuts its eyes TO these mysterioEs indi-
cations, and with a tauriae determination,
that knows no obstacle, pushes forward in the
work Of is "hisa smbi-ion."
Nor does it avail what the means may be
that are requisite to the consuumation Of this
humane enterprise. To secure the great and
inaIienalle right OF the people Of Maryland to
''cast their votes without fear, according to
their oUn convictions" q standing army has
been kept CHARTERED upon her territory; a fort
brs.Iiug WITH hostile guns, within sheliing dis
lance Of her principal commercial metropolis,
has threatened is citizens with Slaughter, and
all VINO dared refuse TO counteaance The atre-
cities Of tyranny have been arrested and con-
fined il prison. Fer a similar kind purpose,
more than a hundred Thousand Hessiaua have
besnEQnstaAIg kept upon The SOIL CT Virginia,
al an enormous expense, pillaginE and p~lunder-
inZ every exposed position. HsrPer's Ferry
was burned and the fagot Of tie incsndiaTy
stuck to the buildings OF the GospoTt navy
yard, erected at a cost Of millions Of dollars.
a system Of negro thieying has been regularly
established By order OF government, and con-
Quoted under tue auspices Of army eficers
protesting to be in good standing. The PeO-
pie Of Missouri, too, whose only crime was
their love Of freedom, have become tia victims
OF high handsd and outrageous OPPRESSION,
under This uavarDlshed sub,erfuge. Her citi-
zsns have been murdered in cold blood, while
p~ursuiDg the quiet walks Of their peaceful avO-
catious-her presses, that adhered usurPation
and denounced tyranny. have been suppressed
By the strong arm Of a military desPOtisn;
and every encouragement given 70 rebellion in
her limits that federal vigilance could furnish,
or abolition fendishness suggest.
These, with many other ou.Fages, not less
Infamous than the late dsstardiy attempt to
throw bom5sheIs into ths city Of Galveston,
while The women aud children were yet unre-
moved, have been psrpetrsted from day TO day
since the Inauguration Of this war, without any
manner Of prsvocation-sll done, Of course,
merely TO secure to The people, who refuse to be
comforted, he comfort Of ''casting Their votes
without fear, according to their own convic-
tons" 50 much for the ''high ambition" Of
Mr.. LIEcOLN and his benefcent government.
EeTREGEEN ErEErE ABErV