Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-07
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respondent lFeb y Of the New York Herata
AT Eouen and Lyons, cities which, within the
las. few DAYS, I have had the opportunity of
visiting. the distress among the 0gUTlers IS SO
great that serious apprehension of disturbances
have been iel by the sut orit.as. The went oi
cotton LAS brought many OF the mills TO dead
lock Snort time has 1asE long ago JIG pla-Lee
bat the imuOssi5iGty Of obtaining H1.sfttt A-5
now fairly laid On the shelf JaJCs sands OF hands,
Fseuchneu OF tie working class haFa 5Uf one
way of reasoning on such sCgieet--isei.--lg lg
the fault 80 the government and already E..--
murs Of such a sinister nature have been heard
that 7 wss ro.d by those who had good grounds
for what lhay said, that adit..L-. troops had
been conveyed 20 the cGssTUss Of Ea,n these
cities, and even means anticipated to pleveu.
any infacaons of thc peace. Az Rou7u l was
au eye witness 90 much of the distress the wasn't
of work is oceasiouiug. Men. women and
children Were u the streets, wE1 llI been
tirougEg the M.iUe i.r temporary reda.. They
were uUt u0isy--u0t merhggt-but there was
lowering gloom of wrath TO come, which one of
the s0gs-yretsts informed me called for speedy
attention if the most evil consequences were TO
bo averted
All nave said of R1uau applies i'm greater
degree to Lyons Ihrs the greater number 20.
mauUlac-ure-s and more considerable wealth
have enabled employers to tsmpoHze m9-s
etfec5ue,iy with the evil unit. now; but tue
pinch has at length been too painful for further
eypedieuts Thousands Of hands are being
turned of weekly. Yer esuuot make bricks
without straw, they say, and we have no straw
TO give you.
Tho supply Of cotton is becoming less and
less every hour, and unless tba Emperor agrees
Co interfere u this Anglican quarrel you must
sfaTy-, and Wa ourselves must 20 into ila ga
zet5e. Large bodies OF r0-kmeu got together
on Tuesday last, and p telegram was dispatched
to the government that unless some means were
found of supplying theiT present necessities the
consequences might be fatal, and an Crlar WAS
sent 70 deal ous relief wherever it was positive
ly required. At this moment more than half the
working population of R1uau aud Lyons are
supported entirely from be imperial eXc1eQu
Under these circumstance / look upon It d.,
certain that. unless Gen. Mcclellan speedily
strik Q blow the government at Washington
will be exposed 90 pressure from france If not
from France and England. The notion IS gain
ing ground taar, although the Nogthis perfectly
capable OF dealing wiki this monstTous rebel
lion, If true TO herself there is such q state OF
corruption IN high places such ueachery ram
pant, that the sword OK victory is shattered iL
tie soldiers hand al the moment i5 should strike
home. There is therefore, e.amOr and cry tur
help, which, in other words is an alarm bell TO
dyuastic susceptibility, and We know thatwhen-
ever ttat point is touched all other cousidera-
tious tall below it, J am then, Of opinion that
the imperial government viii not long be deaf
to the sounds which are heard from these and
other manufacturing dspots.
Al he ball which took place at the palace OF
the IuiteHes on Tuesday evening, it was the
frequent observation OF all parties connected
with the court that the Emperor must make an
appeal 10 both the combatants on the other side
Of the Atlantic.