Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-19


!, these other men are 50 ready 10 perform. VIII
n SIR, it is contrary to every principle Of Wsrfsr
a 1 am not soldier, but ! undertake 10 say that
general who conducts a campaign on such pri
!. tciples is no general at ell He has forgot
: neveE knew the fTst principles upon which
!, conduct war which IS to weaken the enem
f and strengthen himself
. have looked upon this thing quite a
! | long as feel disposed to- / do not fesFds
! posed to blame anybody, and have no doubt
not the slightest in the world, that everybOd
feels as anxious as I do to close the war, and {
: close is effeetually. But do say thata misfsk
, has been made in this thing. Too great tender
ness has been used, under the delusIFs idea tha
1nese Tehsls were to be coaxed back By tendor
ness. Sir, you cannot deal with savages in tina.
way. And the man who deliberately sets him
sell 10 work to overthrow the Institutions and
Interests OF the country for the purposes of sci
aSh sIl0ltlon IS worse than a savage. And such
ls description OF tho leaders in this rabaIEou
and the great mass Of their followers are moi,
| catad ard ---ii.-. GIi5ii
Now, sir, are We to go On in This way II We
do, the consequences must be well understood
0y the government, tho President, the Cabinet,
generals, or whoever oiss sanctions this mode OF
proceeding. They muss reverse their course. or
let me say, however puSlic opinion may sustain
the war, II will not sustain them. And, sir,
this Is not from any feeling for abolition or
emancipation, or any sort Of peculiar sentiment
| which gentlemen are so fond Of attributiuc 20
thoss on this side OF the chamber, but from the
! sbsolute necessity Of the ease, from the common
! senss Of the thing. Let me ask ny friend from
Delaware Mr. Salisbury If he was engaged in
a contest where his own lie. vas in danger and
perl, and .hs servants OF his enemy should come
TO him ard say We will give Won aid d.
may save you, dig trenches, OF do anything f5r
| you, would he rcpel them Any man who
! would set thus has not eTe1 comm n sense, and
h8s not capacity 70 manage his own Life affairs.
have SAID thus much. sir simply 10 illus
trate my idoa, which is this thss if we expeet
| the people Of this couutYy 10 come forward viii
| hngly under sny pressure except the absolute
necessity, with their wh0la hearts snd souls, to
| fight this battle out, tell the President in nv
place he:e as a.Senator and tell generals Of our
| army, that they must reverse thair practice aud
their course. know that il sons quarters 7
am called conservative, ind believe am. l
do not say things hsTe without fun deh5eration.
and say this a!teT full reflection, because
think u ought to be said, and to Be said in pab-
lie. II IS my opinion that this white kid glove
WaTfa1e won't do. We must act upon common
sense principles, and do what al men would do
| IN sucn ease-aysil ourselves Of all the means
whlch the Great Ruler of the universe has placed
IN our power 20 OVsrwhelm these wretches VINO
and upon humanity. I would DO nothing that
Christian aRd civilized nation ought not to
/ do. would not employ savage5, aad bring
BACK the days OF the tOmah8wk and the scalp
| ing knife. would not employ these negroes
unless could control them. But every thing
| that is within the Usages Of civilized warfare
would do, and / think is ought 10 be done
| There e another thing where think there has
been mistake made, that IS, trying to deceive
| tho people BY calling defeat great strategic
movement, snd by giving false names to things
under the idea thst It win not 40 to rive he
people Of the country the truth. lust precisely
as It Is. This is just what ought 10 be done
tell the people the truth, aud resort to no artce
or concealment. Of cOUr-e l do not speak Of
those concsalments which are necessary to coz
eeal facts from the enemy. But the ides Of hesi-
tating to tell the free and intelligent people Of
this country precisely what the state Of things
is, and what is needed 30 effect theiT purposes,
is an illusion and folly. The people Cf my State
and the people Of this country are intelligent,
reading people, and tboy are the peopls who
support this war their hearts are in It as much
as ours. Let them know, then, plainly what
your necessities are and Whist viii be required
of them.
Iwas very much smusod The other day at see
ing Al address Of the governors Of the different
States addressed to the President requesting him
to cal out more troops for they thought it
might be necessary in the course Of coming
events What did it 81 mean Il meant that
the President and the government thought that
they needed more troops that our ranks had
been thinned by disease and tho enemy. Didn't
We al know IL Didn't the enemy know it
Didn't everybody know that We wanted more
men Then WY not say 50 3 Now, and quick,
tell the tTush-why We want them, aud how
sooni Appeal to the people, and let them know
what We require for the purposes Of the country.
Deal with them honestly, and you will get q re
sponse from every Northern heart. Therefore,
| hope this policy will be abandoned, and hereaf-
ter We shall speak the truth. I have not stood
up here 70 condemn any msn, or this OF that
general, or tbs President. 1 respect the Presi-
dent. have stood By him, and ! shall stand By
him ! have done sll 1 could and contributed
all l could to the supper. Of this war G1d Of our
generals, and / shall continue 20 Do so. If thay
make mistakes, can forgive them. Men are
not always wise, or able to DO the very best
things. If they do the best they can, l can bid
them God speed and 90 on to fght this battle
till they conquer But tell me the truth snd treat
your enemies as enemies, and the worst Of enc
mics. Avail yourselves, ike men, Of every
power which God has placed in your hands to
accomplish your purposes, within the reach Of
civilized warfare But the man who tamDers
with this question, and wis talks against en-
pioying negroes for services which they are
ready and able to do, leads me to doubt, some
times, whether, after all, there is not something
wanting in the heart. The people, By this bill
are called upon to contribute more men; and if
You wish them to DO it with hearts in their bos-
oms, you must show that yoa have some feeling
foT them; you must spare them from eve-y
trouble, annoyance and exposure that you can
and God knows they win have enough in such
e warfare and with such an enem
Mr. Rice, (0Pp) Of Minnesota, said the tina
had come when we must TecOgnizs the Southern
Confederacy or speedily put it down, and use
all the means IN our power. Must VIC, when
rebels resort to all means, fail from any slckIy
nOtions-Tefrain from using all means in our
power to meet and suppress the rebellion He
would not hesitate q moment, but would vote for
any measure for thst end
Mr.. Wilson, (Rsp.) Of Massachusetts,, briefly
explained the features Of the bill, and denied
thai be ever claimed that the government had
more forces than it needed. In regard 10 re-
cruiting being stepped, bo saT3 thNs is az
cesssry TO close up the recruiting stations so as
to save expense. he was glad 10 hear the Ian
guase Of the Senator from Maine IN regard to
the conduct Of the war. Many Of our brave
men hal been dealt hardly with to protect the
property of rebels. He was for fighting the bat
tie to Z successful issue, and drafting if Recss-
sAry bat he agreed with the Senator frOm
Maine that the style Of rosewater war must
cease, and it was better 10 tell the whole truth to
the people, and not attempt to deceive them. Is
seems as II we had organized system Of lying
in this country. He thought the censorship Of
the press had besn Of great disadvantage. White
men fought side by side with black men il the
revolution, aud Kentucky and Tennessee lid the
same 1t the bsttle Of New Orleans. Many of
our brave men were sacrificed in the trenches at
Corinth and Yorktown, where there were hun
dre1s Of blacks ready to work. These rebels
acted with great energy and skill. They had
taken humanity by the throat, and used all the
means in their power to destroy the government
and it becomes Us to put forth strength and use
all means to suppress the rebellion.
Mr.. Davis (Union), Of Kentucky, was willing
to have the negroes work IN the intrenchmeuts,
etc, but be was opposed 70 degrading white
nsonIa LIZ nakircr fhann Hrht hu fha side Of