Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-10

With TINS e0Oiltlon dOcumant 30 winch taeTe l.
Of c urse No answer.
There is little else talked of now smongs-
Ulcers and soldiers. and at umes their discus
siuns become so heated Ihst it requires the inter
ference Of friends to prevent a collision; in fact
hatred and bitterness ara the necessary TssulTl
Of this uuwauanted assumption Of the Presi
dsRt, and every day develops such q dissatiS
faction with q large portion Of orr army tina;
tears are entertained as to the results. Already
The soldiers are excited, and improve every op.
portunity to vent their indignation upon The
hoTdss of negroes who are strustig tho streets
Of Memphis, many of them wearing the uniform
of a soldier of the United States.
Oar government is issuing at this point oveI
1000 ratinDs per day to support coRtrabands
while not over one thousand of them can rendeI
any service in return, Jhe remainder being OLD
men, women, and children. In addition % tins
the camp followers" and thieves" have or
gained 4 system Of robbery, through the assis-
tsuce Of the negroes, that is disgracefal beyond
description. They employ them TO 90 outside
cur lines, travelling through defenreless neigh
boThoods, armed with reVolVaEs, stealing horses
mulrs, and anything movable they can h1d
This Pr perty Is brought By them insids the
lines, without opposition from our pickets, and
sold to these thieves at merely nominal prices
Il lie unnecessary to say that the owners, wheth-
er loyal or not, are unable to recover their prop
erty, it being invariably secreted or sold before
they can reach 1t.
/ assure you it is bumiliating to see the smount
Of robbery that ia peTpetrated in this way, and
still more hnmiliatins to know shat, in many In
stances, officers and soldiers in the army are
parties to these villsinies.
The excuse given for this conduct is but = re-
hash Of The editorials of the Chicago Tribune
upon this subject, which is, that we are in an
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upon the inhabitants thereof Not one dollar III
a Thousand Of the value Of the stolen or confs-
Gated property ever inures TO the bentft of our
government.
All this is the Legitimate and necessary conse-
quence of the teachings of the abolition papers
Of the North Young men who, when they left
their homes, we're the idols Of fond mothers, and
the future hope of their fathers, are now, many
of them, confined within the walls Of our military
prisons for no other 0ffsBss than following the
teachings Of such papers as the Chicago Tri6aae.
How many parents hearts will he made sad
upon the return of the sons they have sent 10 the
war-sous, who, when they left home, would
havs scoTned to do a mean act, bus who now
have become parties 10 almost every crime. a
fearful responsibility rests upon those newspaper
editors who have, during this entire war, been
clamorIug against guarding property " of reb-
els, and abusing our officers for endeavoriDg to
enforce good order and discipline of the army.
/ have been eighteen months in the service,
aud have never seen an instance of a command
ing officer placing q guard over shy mans prop
cry, except to prevent s wanton s1d indiscTimi-
nate plunder and destruction OF the ssme, yet
the Chicago Tribune has certainly been abusing
them for guarding property % We have SlWays
taken all the property Of rebels, that was neces-
ssry for msu or animals, or that was needed for
aay purpose, but have alwsys endeaYored to
take il in a ] gitinase way, giving receipts for
the same, to De paid for when the owner should
make his claims and establish bis loyalty beyond
a doubt.
This I understand to be the proper manner of
apprnprisiing properly 10 the use of en- army
BY tho teachings Of tie abolition prints, many
who we're not over scrupulOus ST the outset have
easily argued themselves into the belief that il
was not right to guard and protect property
from an lndIscTimInste piubder, until tho cJus--
queHce Is, the camps, the knsysacks and peck
es Oi that class Of soldiers arc lined with stolen
watch Is, silver ware money, and other valGAbles
taken from the inhsbitsDts, upon the Chlcsgu
Tribancs rue, THAT there are none bat rebels in
the 5 uih, - and that therefore they cannot be
plundersJ miss
assure you, M. Editor, this picture is not
ovsrdrawn and, while it Is to be regretted, t is
but right that the people At homo should know
the truth TINS l have g,ven-no more.
COLUMBUS, KY, Sep embeT 3O-A person
who is not al actual psrHcJpstor IN the war may
thesriEs relative TO what should be douo, what
D Icy should be adopted, make paper cam
paigns," and yet have but very titls knowledge
of what cours- Of action should really be pu-
sued The different changes OF policy that are
continually beng adopted, | can tell you, being
IN o place where [ can judge, will have a bau
efec5 upon he men VINO are really doing the
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now spread up The borders OF the rebel country,
enlisted with the explicit understanding and be
lief that the war was TO be prosecuted for he
CONSTITUTION a. is is and the Uuion as it wssf'
Will nos quietly consent to Its being for ausht
else They lsit their homes 20 prosecu e the
war vigorously AID 70 a speedy close, upon these
principles. Many, l may say she moss OF them,
are men from the NOT.b Who ara t. depend upon
their daily labor for g livelihood when they 10
turn. Need / say, then, that tie recent em4ucI-
patton proclamation comes upon tbem IKE t
tnundefc,ap in a clear day They have made
sacr fees, are enduring hsrdships in going into
unpleaRant aud horrible war, yes the future pros
psct has been 20 them Of some day returning to
their homss, to resume their former occupations, !
a I'd have the proud consciousness Of having
4 ,ne their duty in this mighty struggle fl a free
government and the G Institutions. Yet, now, |
nnder this new policy, tho future, even if the
war should soon be successfully closed, is not
At all cheering. Their places, in their absence, |
are to be f1ed by she negro their labor, when
they do retu u, lie to be 0raught into competition
and degradation with black labor. Lst one 20
among the troops and hear the menGces Of ex
termination of the black race North when they
return. ard their bitter denunciatiOns Of the
emancipation pol ey, and, if not blinded by abo-
lition party pr, udice, be would prophecy thar,
from the adoption Of this policy, the seeds are
sown FIR another. terrible outbreak 10 the future,
in which the poor, helpless and innocent negro
will be driven forth from the North with
slaughter and confusion. Abolition theorists
wilt not believe this, bat I tell you this is the
general fepling of the soldiery, and candid men
appreciate It with alarm.
In this connection l may be allowed to say
that parties from Illinois are now here to make
arrangements for taking several carloads of
cortrsbapds into Illinois. Mr.. W, from Iro
ouois county, proposes 10 take one carload for
tse town of L0da-
War is a terrible reTolutionizer Of political
sentiments, and among the soldiers, no matter
what NAV have been their former political creeds,
you can scarcely ind one man who is an avowed
sbolitionist, OF who does not look with alarm
mon ell emancipation schemes. The test is
now being applied, and the question comes
directly honie to every one, sud their future
association and welfare are both in the issue.
And, further than this, there Is no use in dis,
puising the fact, that The soldiers are getting
tised OF this war, and are becoming heartily sick
Of ia management. The disaster to Pope IN
VIRGINIA eaet a feeling of gloom over ali. which
was Only hghtaped by the intelligence that Nc
Clellan was again in command. Tho soldiers of
the West have confidence IN Mcclellan, and,
when he is at the head of affairs, their hopes Of
success are buoyant. We al feel proud Of his