Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-08

From the New Orleans Bee
| We learn by the telegraph that the Federal
troops in Tennessee are conducting themselves
with mar ed proprety." At Nashville private
! property had not been moested and the ci tizens
are permitted to continue their ordinary pursuits
At the towns and villages along the Tennessee
aud Cumberland rivers, the Federal soldiers de-
! clare themselves in favor of peace, and keep vp
a trade with the inhabitants, paying for their
/ purchases in bright, yellow gold, ard selling cof
fee, bacon, etc, at the most moderate prices. We
are not at all surprised at learning that this u-
expected display Of kindness by tue Federals is
1 rapidly dem0raLzlng the population in the quar-
Ler referred 20. We have often heard that the
| sympaThiss Of the citizens of that part OF Ten
n7ssee for the Confederate cause were not exces-
siYeiy ardent, and we doubt not that the fair
| words aud friendly dsmeanor Of the Federasts
VIII easily nveigIe them into the belief that they
! are really not their enemies-that all they seek
/ Is the restoration of the Union, and that when
that Is accomplished no one viii suffer molests-
LlOn' OF VIII be subjected to more burdens than
are imposed on the citizens of States acknowledge
ing allegiance 60 Abraham Lincoln The cum
hIng Yankees understand the art of covering
4 AajIed and treacheTy beneath the mask of simu-
isie0 kindness. Every adherent they can thus
obtain IN Tennessee snOoths the way TO further
conquest
Better would it be for the Confederate cause
were the enemy to exhibit himself in his true
coiors, for then he would be unable TO deceive
the SIMPLE and unsuspechng. He would be de-
tested and abhored, and instead sf cooling tbe
zeal OF the Iennesseeaus, he would imbue it gith
tentold ardor. The beguiled inhabitants Of the
region occupied by the Federals will learn IN
oue season the value OF their tauacious promises
4 little reflection would teach them that even
though they were sincere, and disposed to be-
mlld aud msTcltUl, they can exercise no influence
whatever over the future destiny of any portion
ct the South which may be eventually subiu-
gat L; is possible, indeed, that they may
abstain from Tapine, spaliatiOn aud gross ont
rage, but the Lincoln armies are vested with no
authority TO determine the policy 70 pursued
with respect 10 the South. TAat is the Uroper
function Of the legislative branch of the Federal
Congress.
II the Teunssseesns desire to have an inklipg
Of the fate in store for them, should they aDfoT
tunateiy be brought under the Lincoln yoke, let
them carefully watch the proceedings Of the
Federal Congress. Are they aware that bills
have been introduced into that body providing
for the cOniscatiOn Of the property of all
persons directly or indirectly concerned in
fomenting the revolution Do they not know
that a weeping measure Of this sort would ab-
solUtely place at the mercy Of the cOnqueroTs the
entire wealth OF the South, aud that the rigid
enforcement of its provisions would reduce the
whole population to misery and ruin? More
over, there cannot be an earthly doubt that were
the South subjugated, the pr .ceeds Of her labor
would be flched from her avowedly to pay the
crushing war debt contracted by the North-s
debt which in all probability viii exceed a thou
sand millions OF dollars Subiugatioa, then,
entails upon US certsin poverty, as well a. grind
ing vassslage and intOarahle political degIada-
ton. Is the prospect so charming that any Of
our brethren should be willing to promote it, be-
cause the Yankees treat them with crafty show
of present courtesy
But does any southerner need examples of
the real sentiment Of the foe toward all who re-
fuse to recognize the CALLING despotism of the
Lincoln dynasty Look at srylaud-down-
trOdden, maIacied humbled and disgraced; not
allowed even to breathe an aspiration for free
dom pitilessly given up to the terror and tyr
amy Of a host of Federal minions. Look at
Missoari and Kentucky ravaged and despoiled
from one extremity 90 the other By Yankee sol
diers-their loyal sons driven to e1patriaton and
the sacrifice of all their worldly gear women
outraged, farms devastated, property of all kinds
grievOusly assessed, or else Tuthlessly consigned
TO destruction-both States presenting sieksn-
ing spectacle of the atrocities perpetrated by the
foe. Is this the banquet 70 which the Feierals
would invite the South Is it for this that we
are to re enter the Union Let those who are
tempted to submission by pledges Of protection
and safety, and assurances of fraterual regard,
think on the history Of the past nine months,
aud reject with horror the temptation to betray
their manhood and their country.