Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-26
THE PURPSsR or TAX ENEAY,s IN
VAsaen.


The representation made BY the invaders O.
our soil, during their recent raids up the Ten
nessee and Camberlaud rivers-that they vii
respect private properly and personal rights,
well cslcuiated to deceive the more ignorant o.
our people The timid advancs guard Of ID
Federal army may wei afford TO make these fais .
and hgpocritieal assertions By way Of palliaiing
IS far as practicable. the bitter hostility viii
which then advent IN the South has been Re
eeived. Bai hsPpily for Us We are already ad
vised Of the fate that awaits Us, ia case ne ar
again brought beneath the domination Of til,
Washington usuTpaiion We know me feast
to which We are invited. snd il We paTiale Of a.
poisoned viands. we must pay dearly the penalty
Of ou 4ror-
The invader Of our sol comes as the Tepresen-
t.tive of piTatieal government, TO pillage, "a
plunder. to enslave aud to con6scate. a,
comes with lust in his eye, poverty Ia his purse,
and bel IA bis heart. He Z, mes robber and
smurieEer.s Should he succeed IN ms diaboli.
cal mission Of eonqusst. subj 9jagafiOn and assas
sinsiion, and establish bis standing armies II
ouI midst 70 oppress Us int9 servie submission.
and govern our poliiical opinions with the bay
onet, We need expect no better fate than has b.
fallen Missouri and Maryland, those doBn-srod-
den provinces of uniieensed power, that bleed
and weep for liberty As sgoniziagIy as Hungary
OF Poland. When the in7adiug army Of tie
brutal zoe was first quartered in Baltimore, An
napolis and St. Louis, they went with thu
same false cry Of .prufection.s They promised
70 respect the rights Of person and property in
every instance. and thus iudnced many 70 aban-
don their opposition 70 the Lincoln govern
ment But thsy have broken to the hope th
promise they held oui to the ear HALLEcK 5
military tax imposed upon all southern sympa-
thizers al St Louis 70 support such fugitive trai
tors as may escape deserved death at the /
hands OF cur army, and The ruthless and brutal 1
war Of DIX upon the unprotected feaases ofBal-
timoEe. are historical circumstances more preg-
nant with instructive truth that all The oaths 1
and unmeaning proseststions now made BY the
perfdious Zoe. The enemy IS whole country pre-
ssnts but din pictule Of what We may expect
in case We are overIan by bis hordes The
Prssidens in his late Inaugural address truthfully
remarked z Their basliles are filed with priso-
ners arrested without civil process orindiefment,
which they are IN duty bound to serves the writ
Of habeas corpus, suspended by executive man
date. and State Legislature controlled by the
Imprisonment Of its members, whose avowea
principles suggested TO the Federal executive
that there might have been another added to the
lat Of seeded States elections held under
thrssts Of military power civil officers, peaceful
citizens, and gentle women incareeraied far
opinions sakea Il
The bills introduced iniothe Federal Congress
conhseeting the properly Of rebeIs--tbere are
none bufTebels IN the soulh-and giving pre-
tended freedom TO cur slaves, constitute the
chart BY which The invaders vii be guided
The institution Of slavery, composing a property
Of 2eo0o00000 dollars in the thirteen states oil
this Confederacy, win never survive the triumph
Of the enemY's arms a single year. lis destiny
vii Be sealed and is destruction follow IN their
limits As certainly As in tbe State Of Delaware
We repeat, let rs not be deceived about this mat
.sr. We are engaged IN . contest where EFe
yithout liberty were degradation Far worse 8
han death. The lip promises Of shs foe cannot
be believed Latei aagHss "a hcrha 1