Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-02

Northern ethics doubtless teaches that the thin
teen original colonies had no right to WITHDRAW
from the British government.
s. Your Demon teaches that Jefferson Davi
and his Cabinet, the Confederate Congress ant
/ The Confederate army are a set Of traitors. III
must, of necessity, teach that George Washing
ton and his generals, the Congress Of '76, th
| sIgneTs Of the declaration of Independence, ant
the heroes Of the revolution, were all host 0
traitors, and ought to have been hung by thei
necks ill they were dead.
/ 6. Your Demon teaches that the woolly-headeC
negro who, in the historical period of fou
thousand years, never has risen above the con
dtion Of a servant in spite Of the labor of fslst
philanthrOpists is the peer Of the Caucasian, anC
ought TO aid in the administration of the gov
! eminent, anu 10! the cry of Yankeedom now in
It's deep distress" Give Us negro regiments
negro captains, negro coloneIs, negro generals
Our whits generals are falling Give US these
precious colOred gentlemen for cur commanders,
or we perish"
4 Your DemOn-matchless instructor in moral
seience-has put it into the head of the Exeeu-
tive OF the abolition government to refuse his
assent to laws the most wholesome for the public
gOOd-to obstruet the administration of Justice
by putting his foot down on the habeas corpus
to combine with Others-men of corrupt minds
to subject US to a system of unparalleled oppres-
sion, giving his assent to measures for quarter
ing large bodies of armed troops among us-for
cutting off our trade with al parts Of the world
for suspending our Legislatures and declaring
themselves invested with power to legislate tor
Us in all cases whatsoever''-for coercing our
citizens to take the oath of allegiance TO a gov
ernment which they despise, and for placing
over many Of US military rulers-msn who
scruple not to imprison harmless ministers of the
gospel, aud to publish to the world women
who insult my soldiers are to be regarded and
treated as common Womsn plying their vocation" :"
Instructd by your Demon, your commander
in chief has plundered our rivers, ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, pillaged our fields, sto-
len our negroes, robbed our churches and in
suited our wome2. 4 man whose character is
thus marked by every act which may define a
tyTent, is unfit TO be the ruler Of a free people.
Aud q goyernmen which acknowledges such
q man as their President is a government from
which by the help of God we intend to be eter-
nally separated.
But, my dear doctor, cannot close this epis-
tie without directing your attention to some fur
ther freaks Of your Demon.
Winging bis way to Washington City some
twelve months since he whispered in the ears of
the commander Of the graEd army "On to Rich
mond."
] suppose the premises in his logic were this re-
-belliOn must be crushed in sixty days by march
ing or to thecapital Of therebels Very well-the
reasoning on those premises brought your grand
army to q defeata at Boil Run and Manassas, and
after several hours logical discussion, during
which several knockdown arguments, impaired
in q most powerful manner, and certain appeals
were Worded in so tempting style that it moved
the assembly to double quick. The conclusion
was reGched-we canuot get to Richmond.
Doubtless you think that conclusion was false,
but my dear sir, q more inexorable logic than
yours show that it was correct.
Now Whately and Mill and Wilson must re-
wise their books, and introduce the now fallacy
Ist. false premises; 2i, bad reasoning and 80,
correct conclusion.
Again, the DemOn-untring spirit ike his
father when he tempted the son of God in three
different ways-Urged the plan of capturing GER
tain prominent and important cities of the reb-
els and the council Of Abraham instigated by
his Inspirations, said to their commanders, go 20
now and capture Nashville and New Orleans and
Memphis, and we viii at once subdue the pride
Of the rebels and crush the rebellion in a few
days"
Well, how did the logic work this time You
took the cities, and you canped, and you
drummed, and you cursed, and you imprisoned.
But the conclusion reached in practice was not
the logical conclusion reached in the council
In a word, the citizens of our captured cities are
true to the Confederacy.
Once more-the DemOn-Infernal PreceptOr,
was called by the council and advised the use
of any means for opening the navigation Of the
Mississippi.
How has logic worked here ?
The premises were laid in the Federal capital
The argument constructed and urged vehe-
mently from New Orleans up and from Mem
phis down, but Unexpectedly the conclusion was
reached at Vicksburg. The navigation of the
Mississippi cannot be opened-not even by cut7
ting g canal
Finally, (lest may weary your paiience,) the
Demon, not altogether satisfied with the old
d" On to Richmond - debate, which came off a
year ago, got up, few weeks since, a new dis
cussion on that subject.
The premises were laid in one form, and, after
a handsome Introductory, the argument was
commenced in good earnest on the 26th Of June,
fully elaborated and most eloqueatly presented
for seven successive days before Richmond
The conclusion reached was this Instead of
pushing on to Richmond, 1CeU change our base
line. True it is some thirty miles from Rich
mond but We thus take a new pOsition-we
shift our ground, and will compel our sntago-
mist TO join issue, and we will debate the ques-
ton from 2 different stand point Since that
time the discussion has been suspended, and I
am compelled very reluctantly, reverend anil
dear sir to subscribe myself,
Very respectfully, yours, W. j B.
SENATOBIA, Miss, July p, 1862.