Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-13

OF destruction threatening our very exist
ence, let him be placed by the side Of oths
! ''n0neombatants the negroes on your bToaC
| plantations when he viii be safe from the ems
my, and above all, away from the presence O
| our brave sons who are maTfUlly battling fO
our rights. The time has come when every
man must show his true cOlors, and every maj
/ do his duty in the great work we have begun
Young men and middle aged must grasp then
rifles and away to the tented field aud oppose
the advancing armies of the North, or our detea
| is inevitable. Too many, fear, have no
/ given the affairs Of our country proper consider
alton, nor do they realize the dangers which are
crowding thick and fast upon US. Too many are
seeking "oficial position in which they viii
not be compelled to soil their TOse-cOlOred kid
gloves with musket. They want large pay
and little to do, probably from the fact, that they
have as yet, done but little for the cause; and
when arrayed in their tinse aud guilt buttons,
their counterpart in strutting dignity, can be
found IN every flock of turkeys on your plants
tlons. And all this we believe is for want OF a
proper estimate Of the occurrences which are
daily tranSpiTing in our country. They think
09esuse our gallant army drove the witca-buTn-
ing Yankees back at Manassas, Leesburg,
Richmond, and elsewhere, that there is no pre- s.
ing need for their services; but in this they are
mistaken. Every man able to bear arms viii
have to take the field before tha war is over.
You have boasted that we could "whip the
Yankees four to one, and now they have come
against us in numbers equal to that estimate;
and on our border and in tennessee we have
many hardy Western men to contend with
men who have been Injured 20 the hsTdshp5 Of
frontier life from their boyhOod, and who know
will have to use the rife. They have courage
too, and are not afraid to face cold steel, or
smell powder. 1t is idle to disguise this fact
we must admit its truth, and prepare fer the
issue.
Tennessee, with its beaUtiful capital, must be
rescued from the fOeman's grasp. There Is
spirit IN every breeze that comes FROM the Her-
mitage, and sighs above the silent grave Of
Jackson, that ShTisks for vengeance On The van
dal horde5 whose foul footsteps pollute the soil
OF Tennessee. 1t cries cloud % the sons Of those
whe followed him to victory or ID death at the
battle OF New Orleanr, for vengeance on the
despot at Washington, whose iron he'll has
crushed the last faint star from the banner OF
liberty, under which he defended the honor OF
his State and the Constitution of the UaiOn-
that Constitution which now is torn asunder and
its scattered fragments trampled under foot by
abolition traitors socialists, aud yotaries of free
love and infidelity.
Time-honored Maryland, too, upon whose soil
the first blood of the present revolution was
poured out, and in which am proud TO have a
home and birthHght, is anXi0usly aud hopefully
looking for the Southern sword, TO sever the
chains of bondage and free her from the fetters
of abolition rule and Yankee oppression.
While Missouri has her invincible Price and
vigilant Parsons, Kentucky her gallant Buckner
aud daring Breckenridge, and Maryland her
Ezsy, with his legiOns Of her true sons in the
field, we need have no fear for the border States,
whose interests are identical with ours, and
whose sympathes are with the South.
The principles of right and Justice, so long
and so ardently supported by the South, cannot
now be abandoned without the sacrifice of cur
domestic happiness, our political rights, aud our
dignity and honor as a nation.
The deStroyer's foot is upon yOUr threshh Is
his hand is on the latch. Tie comes inrifed by
his commanding geisrat, an e6icer iR the Fed-
erGt army, to crafty his hendish lusts, and TO
rob those who are bound TO you by the most
tender ties, and holy affection, OF all that is dear
and sacred to woman. Remember Buffers or
der, No ., and for every insult offered by t1Ord
look, or gesture, to our fair Southern daughters,
make Yankee bite the dust-shoot his lep-
rous heart out Of his accursed body, and pre-
serve the chastity and virtue Of our " home Jew
els spotless snd pure. Men of the South-the
bright balmy, sunny SOUth-the land of y0ur
fathers, and the home of your childhood
blessed country, won by Southern valOr, bap-
tised with Southern blood, and consecreted BY
the hslOwed memory Of Washington. Jackson,
Calhoun, and host of other bright stars in our
couutry's glory, will you submit like bastard
cravens, and plead for mercy at the hands Of
those who have come to put the mark of Cain
upon your fOreheads. aud drive you from your
homes like felons, sparing neither parlor nor
cradle, age nor sex" Will you stand by and
silently witness innocence and virtue inundated
upon the sensual altar of a brutal soldiery
VIII you fail to guard and protect your mothers
honor - your wife's purity-and save your
gentle and cOnhding sister, whose every thought
is tenderness and love, from e fate worse than
ten thousand desths-a fate that withers the
heart to contemplate, and pslsies the tongue to
name If you will not, then nerve your strong
arms for their defense, aud drive the vandals
back to their northern dens, or leave their bones
to bleach and their bodies to perish upon our
sunny hills and shady valleys Garry a death
upon every fash Of the saber, aud send a spirit
to its God upon the wings of every bullet, and,
if there can be found one, who is so lost to man-
hood, as to remain an idle spectator, and not
aid US with his might, let him 60 TO the enemy,
with the curse of every honest man upon him
ID. H. H.
D.