Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-26

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petration. Nevertheless, appalling as this rel
> resentation is, and revolving az it is 10 ever
sentiment Of pietv, Get US consider how It
met BY those whom this picture was intendi
20 intimidate, and whom ite realized truthfu
ness ought perhaps to alarm. Sir, believe m
when say that from the Chesapeake to Il
banks Of the Rio Grsnde, is heard the martii
note of preparation. The laborsr is quiitiH
bis fields, the professional man bis ONCE, q
merchant bis counting room, and the Pione'
Of the wilderness Is dropping bis axe an
sustehing up bis desdly rifle, all to array then
selves in the ranks Of war. Our mountel
tops and valleys are pouring forth their hard
sons, while our plains are alive With arme
men. eager FOR tue strife Of battle. Even q
free negro, the unconscious representative {
a class whose alleged degradation and uneou
planning wrongs have reused into frenzy a
the fierce passions Of twenty millions Of me
in the North, comes forward voluntarily, an
begs the favor Of being allowed to fight for th
land where he tolls for bis daily bread.
Our women, the daughters Of mothers wh
moulded bullets and carried them hot in thei
aprons to their husbands as they stood behin
their siocksdes and repelled the assaults Q
the mercilsss savage, are practising themselys
in the use Of firearms, and forming voluntar
associations to prepare lint and bsndages 70
the wOunatd--c0udiments, medicines, and otb
er comforts for the sick and t0ii-worn soldier
Sir, have been In this State forty years
The Indian boundary fine, when | came @
Tennessee, vas two hundred miles east Il thi
place. Il Is now twice that distance west
IL now I know not where. I have travsls,
oftensr than I can eeunt years Of my life, al
over these southwestern States, from For
Towson to Tallehssse--from Virginia to Texas
and mingled freely With agS, people, under al
the ordinary circumstsnc,a kaf social inter
course have had the bss "a iortunties 4
know them intimately, and, I Wink, under.
stand their character thoroughly. I tel you
in an the soberness Of truth, hat wherever The
invader shall attempt to pass the borders ol
these States with hostile intent, be viii b,
met by living wall Of mes, with brave heartl
and hands armes for the s'rife of death, mort
difficult ito pass than bresstWorzs frowning with
csnnons and bristling with bayonsts, more nu-
merous tuan those which crowned She ranpsrtE
Of Burgos. Numbers may overcome and destroy
these men, but in nv conscience, ] declare
hat I do not believe that the united strength
Of the North can compel them to submission.
You may XII them but as Cambrenne is re
ported to havs replied, in behalf Of the old
guard, to the demand for surrender on the
bloody field Of Waterloo, ''they die they never
surrender -
I repeat that know this people; know
their impetaositY their reckless daring But
know. too, and others who have fought by
their side know also, that they can be cool and
I steady az veterans, when the occasion demands.
Accustomed from childhood to the handling Of
arms, and Bractised in their skillful use, in the
: chase, which frequently involves dangerous en-
counters with formidable wild beasts, they ac-
euirs all the readiness OF attack and defense
which marks the veteran in war, and far more
activity than be possesses. It is not TO be
denied that the same qualities OF sodiership
I distinguish the troops Of the Northern States,
I where theF have been trained in similar schools
] Of hardy discipline. But this admission sue-
zests first ana foremost, the thought, BY 70
means pieasingone to minds which are set
I on peace. that encounter between such troops,
must be proportionately more destructive
T But be that as jt nav, the co1Iness and delibe-
ration With whieh'our people are prspsring for
/ the conflict, may well surprise any one, and
/ knowing their temperament, as ! do, I may
I add. their cslmness fils me With amsEemsnt.
/ They certainly inspire high hopes as 70 the
/ final result Of this unfortunate difference, dis
sstrous as the realization Of those hopes must
be to anv who, With hostile tread, venture 70
violate the ssnctity OF our soil.
But suppose the contest eventuste otherwise.
Let it Be supposed that the whole picture OF
threatened devastation and ruin be iiled cut 10
the form Of a living reality; that our young
~
men and children take refuge in the caves and
under the rocks Of the Inountsi ins; that our ser
wants ar set free to roam lawless through lhe
land, plunderiDg, burning, rsvishing, and de-
stroving. with the ferscitv of unclaimed tigers:
that the volume Of deEsolatnu has rolled
Ike wave Of fire over the whole South, aud
The vail Of agony and cry Of despair sscended
TO heaven from every habitation, and what
theH Is this a eonsummstion which
Christian statesman and patriot can
behold. with no emotion Of sorrow
and regret, for the share be hss had
ia its accomplishment + this the way by
which you viii bring back the love and re-
spsct Of ths South? ? L this the method Of pro-
cesiure, BY which our heavenly Father wins
haEk bis arri1g and GirsYing children, and re-
stores them to the obed ience Of love and TO bis
faver? Have you sutdued The people with
whom you are contending by this terrible in
hic.ion BY this awful visitation, before which
the dssolstions oe the Cama.ic and the afro
ciuss u Wyoming dwindle into miniatures,
and pale 10 their enacted horrors? Will you
from these ruins reconstruct the Uni0R Will
the children Of the South who have escaped
butcherv, grow up under any tuition you may
institute, dutiful and Obedie2t subjects Of a
Government Whose foundations have been lain
the blood Of their slaughtered parents
viii You Be pleased to lay vouT finger upon
the page Of history which records any such in
stance IN the annals Of the woFld2 viii you,
after your work Of sBbiugation AMI Of ven
reanre is accomplished, viii you make provis-
ion for the four millions OF Africs's children,
whose ancestors your forefathers brought over
the sea, and when their labor on northern soil
proved improbable, they sold then to the plant
ers Of the South, and for tile gave special
warrantse Of slavery that looked to no year Of
iu5ies for release? win you put them to
work the cotton fields and sugar plantations
which your armies devastated and laid waste?
VIII you occupy the mansions q The owners,
with your pious soldiers who have been eE-
cited 70 murder, plunder and pillage, bv such
promises Of reward az We read Of in the days
Of Barak and Deborah in Israel "To eBsrv
man damssl OF fuo," and then compel them
in return 70 send you ihe products Of that sane
soil and labor and on which your coun-
try has go prospersd, and 50 in
creased in wealth and power dur
ing the last forty years? L this 70 be the
destiny OF The slaves yonr armies have freed
from bondage 10 be placed under The supervi
sorship OF northern abolidonsts2 I. s to be
hoped that you win at least allow them as
fresmen, to vote in choosing the msn under
whom they viii prefer 10 serve, as we some
times permit them as slaves to elect their own
master
few, very few Of these people, made, as far as
can interpret the win Of divine Providence,
dependent on me for the care Of their bodies
and souls, and I hope you viii not think feel
an unreasonable anxiety, growing out Of the
patriarchsl character Of this Institution as it
exists among us here, to know what disposition
is TO be made Of them, when you shall have
put an end to ny stewardship, in regard 70 them
At present they knesl with myself. wife and
A.
Our meal comes out Of the same barrel, our oil
out Of the same cruise, our meat boiled at the
same time and in' the same pot, and our bread
is baked in the same oven The same roof
shelters rs, and the same blessed Lord's-daY
dawn brings to us alike a release from our
worldly occupations. Every child born in ny
house, whether white or black, has been dedies
ted 10 Gods service 10 holy baptism by the
same forms, and when death hiss closed their
earthly pilgrimage, they have been committed
10 the grave With Che sane solemn service
which The church prescribrs alike for the mas
ter and the slave, The hiEh and the low, the
rich and the poor. Such I offer as q sample Of
The practice, which 50 Ear as know, prevails
generally through this country, In families
where GODS name and word are honored
VIII the Government you propose TO establish
here, do better For thsr VIII your subiuga-
ton Of the South snl hs measure Of their
nhpFluess- OF lIlcLf uumDer OF Elelf IA
tionsl Snioymentg gilsges? I ask you
sir, to cast Youl AZ these fair fields,
noW beautiful with to, rgverdure Of spring,
waving with ripening and smiling with
The promise Of the 4 4fg harvest, and then
contemplate their changed appearance, as
your own vivid Imagination eau depict them
after thew have been trsmped and trodden
{ down By battsllions of contending armies, and
squadrons Of cavalry crushing to the battle"
Methinks / can now sse you standing like toe
Trojan hero. as be gazed upon the pictures Of
I his coantry's overthrow, as thew hung upon
The newly raised walls Of Juno's temple in
Carthage" " CoHstifit ei lacrusBans Quis
jon l0cHs (inqaii) fcbate qua regio in ferris,
nosfTi non plenG lab0Tiso When your heart
was young, doubtless, It leapcd with emotion
when you read these touching lines, and, pos
sibly, d.eir repetition here may, By csrryiug
you back to the days Of your boyho0d, touch a
cord that will respond to the cry Of human suf-
fsring, and awaken all the better feelings Of
your nature, and promFa you 10 make one more
F effort to stay The ruthless hand Of war against
a people that never Injured you.
When vour armies shall have sacked our
cities and pillsgsd our bones Of such be the
decree Of Hsaven) and the wreiehsd nbabit-
ants, fleeing before your msrcenary hirelings,
shall leave an to tke havoc Of war; when there
remains no longer a fortress to sssault. bat
terry TO storm, o. an arn TO hit up the standard