Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-16
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OXFORD, Mss, August 10, 1862

OXFORD, Mss, August 10, 1862
EDrroRs APPEAL; In viewing affairs on the
American continent, I shsll attempt to givs ths
outline embodying TIE machinery OF my feel
ings, opinions and observations on the gigantic
stEaggle now pending. We viii movs on to ef
feet, passing harriedly over the primary Gauss
of the revolution, which, Ike spark fTor
Etna, has relied down the vale Of thirty years
growing and spreading until is has espghi
in its fiery and consuming arms tho remotes
corners Of cur ightyrepubhe. Tae cause is wei
known even to cur most IliteTaie, as being
violation Of the compact entered into by oul
foEefatbers; first, by individuals, then ineress
ing to sects, from seets to party, SO strong a.
to be enabled TO place in the great naiions
chAir an unprincipled demsgogue, who was pre-.
yiously swoTn to execute the tenets Of a wild
and fanatieal mob when be was placed there tu
fll the most sacred duties belonging to man,
VIZ That Of dispensing tde laws Of lis country
with justice ana equity. Truly, if history docs
Der Guty, she viii depict him as a hgpeTbole of
dishonor, as a sedidoUs miaiou, he denies sue
ceeding generations the privilege Of being infa-
nous.
The effect is that thirty years Of boarded feel
ing has passed through the crueible Of a nation S
heart, and sh0wered It's distilled hatred -upoa 9
people once with US. and of u.s. But now, O
God how irreyOcably, how completely are we
separated, edUcationally, rehgiOusly and pOhti-
cally. On, yes, the green tendTiis of hatred
clasp close the heart Of every Soulhron. infus-
ing the principle Of victory or death" whie
eur hearts sicken at the word reunion" Why
should we even be guilty Of the thought, we
would hear hiss from the tombs Of our mur-
dered fathers, SONS and husbands then might
we have cause TO fear s gTGCtyard rerolk IN
deed, ten years ago we might appropriately have
sung cur counuy's dirge, since which time it
has been IL = rapid state OF decomposition
then does lot Mr. Lincoln know that a BODY
once decgmposed cannot &c put together by NOR
tai hands. 1t is God alone who c5uld Wosk this
miracle. Reduced TO q social point OF view
years ago, there were the most marked and
hrmly gsOFing distinctions between the North
ern and Southern people, carrying Individual
sHinositiss to q general and feaT1Il hight
Bat let Us suppose the South subiagaied by
the grand army and consider It's condition
under those circumstances. First, it would ro-
quire standing army Of 100000 men to hol1 IL,
which from lis bulk would toppie the couatTy
into financial ruin next, it would cripple the
energies Of the people and crush out every y es-
which w5uld reposs the relics Of expiring llDer-
ty Why, what have they been constrained 70
do in Kentucky, a State who by her osoR free
vote remained in the Union They have been
obliged 70 garrison with United States troops
the principal cities and towns on her border.
Secessiouists are as abundant ia chat State as
the stars are Ia heaven; aud the least intelii-
gent of US know that Mr., Lincoln, By grea.
odds, may sUbjugsts US, but he and all me com
bined powers Of earth cannot keep Us subiaga-
ted. A people determined to be free regard bay
onets IS they would that number Of pins. and
believe. me yghen 1 say our men have not on
tered upon this war simply as agents executing
their countfy's Mandate, but eeea one carries
vengeance IN his heart death in Bis arm, /" and
we cannot too strongly impress upon you Of the
TRANSATLANTIC world cur firm ana united deter
minatien to establish our independence
Whist would have been the course Of blr. Lin
coln if inclined to cement the Union more close
ly together A pure and impartial admin;strs-
ton CI Justice which would nave formed a bond
70 elicit q cheerful submission OF tie people, I
and 10 secure their elections 10 himself and
govg ament, but ke places his toot upon 1he ma
renal throne, grasps the banner Of black repub- /
licanism, while nom hLs tTaitCrous lips ialI the 4
significant words, my supporters shall not be
which Cipl0mstie language can !
be easily translated gy oU tsiniDg the key, VIZ ;
his previously 8vowed sentiments He has 1
made mistake II the application Of tie word 1
traitor.
Some have asked, why did not the ss1h I
wait to see Dir. LiDc0in's policy I ask in ra- /
turn, would you place your land in she lions 1
mouth s.npy to see what lie would do with St Z
No, emPhatieally, no A generous, devoted AID I.
enlightened people, aroused by every indication |
OF oppressive aAsi unconstitutional measures, /
unsupported by the power Of g0FeInment have
anticipated and overthroFn the villainous
atrocities designed by the 'Rumpn Congress,
whose course was replete with oppressive and
tyrsnnieal audaeity. SeifpreseTvstion viii
oblge the most moderate dis positions to grow
unyIeldIng IL common cause, whose chanael
lesds 10 she protection OF lie, liberty aud pro
peTty. And Is it on such a government Tha5 !
we must prOdigally lavish cur country's best
blood, cur bTavest men a government inim-
liable IN the manufacture Of untruths TO It's sub
Jecls eTsmmIng their minds with such Odi9us
MunchausenisIns as TO unsebtle the faith Of the
most sanguine Insisting upon their defeats
being military strategy" WeH If SO, We seg
a continuance Of It, Snd soon shall Manchester
surteit with cotton, but not via North
Here II may not be malapropos to add, they
seem 10 have few seeds OF honor lsit ia the
North, siucs the truth concerning the late battles
before Richmond leaked out by a streak of 8ir
AaAAA41a AloAFsi AAtlC TIC 4a1A11 VI " DUl
and Fsilandigham shall form the Vignetts for the
brightest page IN history
Again 1 say government whose minister TO
Russia soJo0Tns while IL England to threaten /
that coanGy with hundred millions of UNBORN /
people in case Of her Interference IN American /
affairs. How purely ridiculous. a government /
whose chief head cheated the Baliinoreans OUT
OF spTig OF sport by sneakng iac9g to bis chair
ot State y a05te choice Of 5Tee people! Was |
ever the dignity Of an American President 80
compromised And who, like trained pointer /
sits with his nose toward the Coufederate capi- |
tai, tremblingiy observing the changes IN lhe at
mospheTe, snufiog every runner and seeming
the very sir which comes from the direction Of
Richmond, while the ours VI the Cabinet are
bounding upon pubic opinion a1G noIthern gul- /
lGbiiity All, wei may be blanche while bis as
sGssin's knife is ia the national heart, for "a /
knows there are th-ouequekes as vel SIS earth /
quskes. Time was EheR We had some cause TO /
think, the Tehectiug, Just and reasonable party /
North might influence Congress, but alas alas
that time has passed and those fsnds OF disc0rd 4
who have wrought cur ruin, have communicated /
the fever Of abohtonism to that body until il 4
bursts Ike the consuming and luud flames OF
pestilenee from the council chambers cf their I
country cnrsing, destroying, withering since it I
only renders more inevitable our eternal ssparG- /
ton. Upon the hem of each Northern victory /
and IN the pause Of hos6lties what do we hearl
why that untiIing "horde Of political hyenas, /
shrieking emancipation st a time when they
should blush for very decency's sake at the I
nlere whisper Of lhsir internal creed; when their
country is one vast eharnel house and each heart
gloomy sepnlckTe where repose in memory
only the relics Of their slaughtered coEntrymen 4
Here would ask Does not Lincoln destroy
the Fundamental principle Of republican govern 1
naent when be resorts to military power to hold
ore section to another Does he not prove