Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-21
AZ APPEAL FR.RT LAnY

EDITORS APPEAL; 1 hope you viii not think
M bold-boIdnees depfecs,e above all other
things in woman, but the want of it in man /
| deplOre
come with an appeal from my bleeding coun-
try to lay 1t at he feet of the young men Of my
disgTseed city In the name Of nay God, in the
name Of scores 1 have seen lie IN these hospi-
tsis without hearing a murpur drop from their
Pala1 lips in the name of tbcse, the thought OF
whose hideOus, ghastly woauds still sicken the
souls Of delicate women who attended upon
themi in the name Of those whose smoking
blood, made the sun lurid for three long dsvs at
DonelsOn and the scent of which b;rds of prev
and tie wild animals still sBuH from afar in the
name Of pride OF manhood and honor hereafter.
what are young men doing in Memphis at such
time as this What do they intend 70 let
band after band Of gallant men from their neigh
Dor Stateg, yes, and band after band fr a the
far frontiers Of Texas, toll and trsvel worn, Gle
through these streets on their onward march to
drive back Zoe, whom they must have made M
their minds TO receive and acknowledge as mas
ters or they would not be here And are you
really willing, my eountrymen, to be
slapped ia tie isos, snubbeG, pricked
with bayonets, hustled from the side
walks and insnlled by every epithet that
glOating, jubilant ankee can manufacture, and
justly heap upon the bead Of cowardice7 And
this too, day after day, and perhaps months and |
years before the very isws Of bright and lovely !
ones whose smiles you have 90 oiien sought |
Think Of those lovely ones gulping down the |
indignation they dare not utter as the rude slur
and offensive words Of hatred and abhorred |
hirelings meet them at every tuTn-their watch |
word, beauty and booty Young men, come I
out from behind the counters Get from behind /
molasses ana sugar sasss. Take tho pen from /
behind your ears. Wash the ink from your
finger tips. Save the ledger across the count
ing-room. Grasp your musket. or what is bet
ter, your cold steel, and be of. The very sight
Of a broad d-clothed franRifsnni perfumed, ma
casssr-hsred, rigorous, Esle young msn behind |
counter, is Q Blasting mildeH 10 the eye-balis
Of patriotism | have ever been an 6dnirer of
perfect manhood when could think what q no
bic spirit must actuate such form, but now |
am ashamed 10 look you straight in the face as
you measure my tape, for isar you win divine my
lhoagbts and blush ana efrsd to
mention The neQ5ss q oar brave soldier
boys for fear il VIII give you otfense.
Young Enen, from behind these orange
.tails their eigsr stands, at their desks, Ia their
9arrooms and restaurants ia their buggies and
IN their fine horses, for the love of heaven come
'ut The sight Of your bright happy faces
makes my, heart sick Hesds Of firms there are
plenty or Young HOmsn WhO IN this emergency,
,0uid make excellent clerks and need your mo, ,
ley. Take them 10 sell your dry goods and eesse
making counter-hopPers Of your young men ,
Fhen you could make soldiers Of them. Every
Nsung relation ! have on earth Is in the field ,
Had l one to held back should weep over bis !
,iss zee end forget the lies that bound him to !
no Married mea Hsy nave some excuse faf /
not going of-wives and young children are +
,logs upUn their Efforts. But If there be any t
lere who from fear, or the doubly accursed love /
# gold, would DOt iay bhs city il ruirs, and {
igdt over its .ashy altaFs ssfe the pouting foot-
Lep of the foe should defsce it, let them be Z
their wives and children turn in 3
osthing from them, ana Jet history say IoF theg,
nolasses md sugar, sacks Of cbtTee and salt,
Try goods, Isut.rolls aud lawyers fees push
heir souls out Of their bodies, so deep into the
depths Of oblivion. that the light
Il honor has never been able TO decipher their .
eco.ds. Young men iufsu.y fingers IN the at '
o0spheTs OF Memphis Gl0ry and-hone bsckon
rom afaF. Women and children are wandering
omeless through the land Widows walls are z
sing . hesyen. kanEled Isea sTs wnIaine a
nder the kuifs or the snJg geon. A voice is {,
card Streaming eyes and bloodstained are ap-
ealing to y0n-tis the voice Of your country
Lis the streaming eye and bloody hspd a your G
4aye lsnd thst becEon. VIII you l.ngell ),
TRlsTE. V