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

It'll indeed strange that this noted Irsbmsn
should be enlisted on the si3s of the Lincoln
government in lis tyrsnicai usUTpations and cp-
preston Of the South One would suppose
shat, coming from g country where the people
are crushed by the strong hand cf British RUE,
his ~sympathies would be for those whom the
Federal government would seek to eDslaVe and
bring TO even a worse slaie Of vassAiege than
his own suffering c0uutrymen. But II IS nOtso-
He seems 70 be as enthusiastic in the Union
cause as the veTiest fanatic among them. lnsh-
men at the South, Wh8 have SO CALAMITY coma
forward 10 assist in defending 0ur homes aud
achieving ON independence, scOrn the unworthy
actions Of Meagher, and if they ever meet him
and his brigade in s fair hght, be will be apt
to get hurt, and bis men, FROM being caught IN
bad company, be served the same WsT.
The following letter from Meagher, IN the New
York Tribune Of the l2sh Mt, shows that he
considers our enemy's case Is requiring the most
desperate measures:
At the Astoria war meeting, reported in our
Saturday issue, mention was made Of aletter re-
esiyed from General Meagher- We print It below,
commenting its frank utsegauces to the earnest
consideration Of the loyal citizens Of the North g.
NEW YORK, August 2 ls62-I have the
honor 70 acknowledge the very Kind letter you
sent me day or W. ago, i~aci0sing aninyitation
TO me 10 address the meeting 20 be held IN Astoria
this evening, in support Of tie government the
laws and the Union. ITegret much it wilt not
be in my power to attend. Let ne repeat, how
ever, what I have elsewhere ssid, that If the psO-
pie of the loyal States-if tbs people especially
Of this great Stste-d0 not come forward with
prompt zeal and the hesrtisst courage, 20 rein
force the army which so heToically supports The
Federal authority and uDholds the national nsg,
they themselves, and neither the army nor the
government, shall be held responsible for The d.
feat Of the one, the destruction Of the other, and,
through both, the humiliation Of this noble re-
public, so long the envy, the admiration the
shelter and the hope Of the oppressed AID hUn-
bled millions Of every cline.
Let the merchants, as well as the less prosper
Gus Of our fellow-eiizens, be assured that the
Army of the Pstonae, unless it be instantly re-
infOrced it viii nave to recede from its position,
incur q g~rieYi0us Tepulse OF surrender to the
revolutionary army-ln any one Of which events
Washington viii be no longer ssfe-reassn will
triumphantly lift It's head in Bsltimore-snd it
viii then be no longer the line Of the Potomsc
that viii have to be defended by the national
forces, OK what shall remain CT them, but If will
be the line of the Susquehanne and the Chess
peake When it comes 20 that, New York had
better prepare at Cnce to hand over her quota
(and It will be en- enormous one) Of the expenses
and damages incurred By the Southern States in
their revolution for, deDead upon Is, tke reyolu-
tiOnary government viii compel the loyal States
to Compensate the Confe6eracy for the blockade
and the war Ia all its bearings on Southern IN
t%eTests, should that government obtain The upper
hand and Che upper hand It sssUfedly vii CD
tain, and that before ths leaves turn red, unless
the Army Of the Potomac be instantly and pow
eTfully reinforced.
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER,
Brigsdier- General Commanding Irish Brigade.