Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-05
Thomas Rrnnci. lTeneher.

1t Is indeed strange that this noted Irisbman
should be enlisted on the side Of the Ldncola
government in its tyraEical usurpations and op-
preston of the S3uh One would suppose
that, coming from country where The people
are crushed by tn. strong hand Of Bdash rule.
his sympathiss would be for those whom tie
I Federal government would seek to enslave and
bring to even worse state of vassalsgs than
his own suffering countrymsn. Bat it is notso
/ lie seems to be as enthusiasts m the Union"
cause as the veTiest fanatic among them. Irish
men at the South, wh9 have 50 galla1tly come
forward to assist in defending our homes and
achieving our independence, seorn the unworthy
actions Of Meagber and if they ever meet him
and his brigade in a fair fight, he viii be apt
to get burt, and his men, from being caught in
bsd company, be served the same way
The following letter from Meagher, in the New
York Tribune Of the l2.h ult shows that be
considers our enemy's case as requiring the most
desperate measures:
A. ths Astoria war msetnr, rsD1rted in our
Saturday issue, mention was made of a letter re-
ceived from General Meagher. We pr.nt Il below.
comnending lis frank uItsrances to the earnest
consideration Of the loyal citizens of the North
Nav YORK August z, 1862 II have the
honor to acknowledge tAe very kind letter yoa
sent me a day or sw0 ago. inclosing an invitation
to me to address the meeting 10 be held In astoria
this evening, in support OF the government. the
laws aud the Union 1 regret much it win no
be in ny power 70 attend. Lst me repeat, how
ever, what [ have elsewhere said, that the peo-
pie OF the loyal States-if the people especially
oi TINS great Stste-do not come forward with
prompt zeal and the heactisss courage, to rem
force the army which So herOically supports the
Federal authority and upholds TIE national FAC
they themselves and neither the army nor the
government, shall be held res pOnsibe for the de-
taat OK the one, the destruction OF the other and
through both, the aunihilatOn of this n0ble re-
public, SO long the envy, the slmiration the
shelter aud the hope Of the oppressed and hum
bled millions Of every cline
Lst the merchants, as well as the less prosper
Gus OF our tsllow-eitizsns, be assured thst the
Army Of the Potomac, unless it be ins. .snsly re-
lniorced 1t viii have to recsde from its position.
l1cur a grlevl0us Tepulss or surrender TO the
revolutionary army-in any one OF which events
Washington VIII be no longer ssfs-treas9n will .
tnunphantiy lift It's head in B8tim0rs-and il
viii then be 10 longer the line Of the Potomac
tns. Will have to be defended by tns national
forces, or Whist shall remain Of them, but It viii
be the line Of the SusgUshanns aud the Chesa-
peske When II comes 70 that New York had
better prepare at once to hand over bsr quota
(and It viii be an enormous one) of the expenses
and damages incurred By the Southern States in
their revolution; for, depend upon IT, the rsvolu-
uonary government viii compel the loyal States
TO compensate the COnfederscy for the blockade
and the war ia all its bearings on Southern in
terests, should that government obtain the upper
hand sud the upper hand it as5uredly Will OBJ
tain, and that before the leaves turn red, unless
me Army OF the Potomac be instantly and pow
eEfully reinforced.
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER,
Brigadier- General, Commanding Irish Bsigade-