Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-13

8 eIloT q ihst Stste, and devoted iTislia Of u
S ulheFn ConfsdsEacy, geqnesis that the foi,os
ing viudieation Of iis gallant staio be put
lisbed
R-lUctsns IS l lael 70 appear es an apologisi
I ain nsyariheiess consaained 70 correct gray
elie dangerous misa 3pTehensi'n IN regard 10 th
public ssntmentoi my State, resulting from fh
passage oi the Conicderate army oyer its weS
tesn border As our government, through De-
pFoelamsiioD OF The eommandeT-iu-ehief q th
asmy, addressed TO tie people OF Msrylaod. ha
sarmaily announced It's discrimination to sff5y'
e en- en- opportunity OF deciding their politics.
tlestii4y, III IS essen ially necessary thal then
hould be 30 Misunderstanding or pr Judgment
1T Thn present occasion be lost Is may neve
agsin be recovered L becomes wise Deepl,
aud Inc states msn who control their interests Il
svoid hasty conclusions. Ia my letter to ihe
fi,gislature of Virgins last wtuter, / gave the
solemn assurance that the people Of Maryland
weuld, by an overwhelming majority. unit
siih sh-ir brethren Of the South in establishing
I he independence 5f tho Eauie3erete States II
Is chains wers sFicken from thsir limbs and
sTms placed IN their hands. Fba experience
OF every day since has only cor fined this
7 eninrn l sm therefore distressed and
troubled BY tho manifestation Of dissstisfac-
ton ct the supposed uGfsvOTsbie reception
of the army BY eur people / think / shsll BE-
babe % sb0w that such cofoplsint is unfout &
eo aud anFessonabie. Il Is well known iB
Richmond (oUiside at least, Of fiieisl circles
hat she aavance Of the sFnv mo Maryl,, q
teek every one by surprise All supposed thai
,uch an advance would be made, but none an
uctpated 50 esTly Ieazstien Of heir hopes
! As soon Is 10 lied of the fact, left Richmond
aud pres Cd tarsard toward the army vith ali
sDeed y hich the most imperfect means Of traos.
pTtsnon ceuld afford On my arrival here,
sscertaiaed that Geuegsf Lee had lett Frederick
wift tbe army ON his march 10 HsgeIstowa
had flsa pleasure of meeting bin for few liouts
only ON ms native soil For wise easOns, ap-
pagentte oil, tais sbie commander Immediately
sfael wards re-crassed his army to tue south bark
d the PltamSc, afier having speut hut few
Gays "a two ot the extreme western cnuates o
msgyI@lid, during wbiciI he captured i7fge
si.d splead'di9 eqaipp,d amy at Harpsr'S Fer
y. AMI gsined the brilliant victory over the
ssin body Of the enemy Al Sharpsbug l only
participate ia the universal hope aud bsiief oi
tte people that the genius of the commander
aia the unhroken sphit Of his troops will sool
ilii the promise of his proclamation TO the peo-
pie Of Maryland
hepeople oi Maryland had no notice Of the
dvenoe OF the southern troops Whea Cen
,.,al LIE vas ID ETedefick he was forty five
miles from The city Of Bsliimore-s city sur
by sn srmsd Federal police, and lying in the
sealnis Of For McH Hrnry and of two powerful /
farg hestions iocstedswithin TIE limits of the
corporati0n The advance Of the my reached
Frederick on Saturday, aud on the Wednesday I
following the army moved eff toward Hsgers
tawH, and became engaged in the investment If
IL H.vper's FTYy, sud the battles Of Boe1esbofo'
and Shrpsburg, after which it Immediately re- /
turned to Virginia, where i low IS. Thus the |
fast simply is. ihaf the army made hssry pa
age through flo0 Of the remote counties of fhe /
5 ale, namely frederick and Washington /
wiHea, together with Carroll and Aileghany /
are well known TO c main nearly the whole o,
the Cui0n or Black Republican population to !
be found IN Mary Wand And yet, / will say /
hera, hat even in the two counties FIRST above 1
mentioned, there viii be decided majority cast
IN favor OF the nth Whenever reasonable time
or Organization aud free balol-bOX shall be
srcuEed TO the people I was born end nave
lived the greater part Of my lite il Fledciick
ssunty and can speak adyisedly on this sub
ct.
EoE sir, please lock at the map Of Maryland
1nsider well the circumstances above briefly al
aided 20. and say # il was possible for Bda-
n0Fg cry 10 respond to the proclamation o. Gen
aal Lee, or the eight cauB'ies OF the ( E.siern
Shore, divided from ths Western throughout
i,s entige ieI 9Th Of the Chesapeake Bay or
he taunties Of ST. Mays, Charles, Prince
Georges. Calvert, Anne Arundel, Howard and
IqnIgameTy, ali within striking distance of
n Washington city, with McClsllsn's army sd
1anced to P0olsyille. or Baltimore or Hartford
Unties, within the FEDERAL lines and beyond
he reach Of support. Consider that the people
1t Mary laud never had arms OF ammunition
hat for fiteen months Eheir hOu es have been
earched, and their private arms taken from them
-that they have not been permitted 20 hold
meetings., public or pivste--that they have been
completely Isolated, and constantly subjected TO
o e most ygilsnt espIonage-that no Effort at
Tgan lOn could possibly be BssGe--thstin this
ondiuon Of things cur army suddenly eppesrs 10
remote pOltion Of The ATE, and rs quickly
sappesfs. Surely sir, no reasonable man cou q
xpest sn uprising Of the people OF Maryland
u6eT such circumstances. Shall we apply 10 /
EaTyland a less lepient test OF Loyalty fhsa to {
.ew 0ileans or Norflk, or tie many towns {
nd districts of the South, which have fallen {
neer Federal dominion Shall we Judge {
be countiss Of Frederick and Washington more Z
eveTely thsa we do he many disafrctsd Z
ounties OF Virginia KenuckY, Tennessee, snd
ther Saus even farther uhi shall We con- $
emn loyal 5 Sate because II contains disieyR e
minority No Just or prudent man Will say so 5
think have already said enough to vindicaie a
" unfortunate ale. There is, however, an
npossbie for the people Of marylsnd TO know !
neither the entrance oi the army wss intended c
assure them Of the latter; tut, before It could
ccempish that Object, military necessities car
ed ihe army away. Even, theTefire, haG Is
esn B the power OF the people 50 rise, (snd !.
ave shown thSt il was n0f) they cerSainly had :
5ight 10 know, before DONG 50, whether they !
'ouid be pIopeay supported in the attempt or
ft, unarmed and unnrgaliz d. TO pay the pen
= al. |
make such effort and fail, would be iuevt-
10 TO brig down upon them the redOgbied
sDg eancs OF tieiT iyragts, 20 c1nsIgn their lead
5 20 durge0Hs, 80 devOts their property to con-
SCI ion, ard % su ct thsir mothers, wives r
80 osoghsess 10 the same brutal outfag which :,
ave marked tie career OF the Goddess invader 4
on III Penmspls Of Virginia 10 tue hsaks OF y
e Misi ppi. Wqald Virginia or any other
uthern Stste have entered upon this revelation =
iIaoUt the be ief hat the wh0ls power OF ;he =
O. &. defaie g0gerument would oe exeFted To a
otsct its citzens and yet viTgissia and :
'ery other S9ushsrn State IS quite wiling to =
,esyt toe hasaI6s aud ealamiaes Of war So Z
81 should It be required by military necessity, =
ss part or evea tue whole OF any on Ssate
.Nnld 10 temporarily abandoned Il order to y
cure the tFiumph OF the cause Of eli, nn patti -
ic stare would SHRINK from the sacrifice, now y
er terrible We fud this illustrated il the y
vulu5i0n Of i1tb l can tntsIfaa no 0ouot
A. Asrylassd would be US willing 50 submit 10 q
eli s ordeal ss siy State south Of the Potomac. o
d mat fhe asks IS 70 be set free and admitted -
to tho S5uihsFn Conledsrscy. She wants such :.
occupation OF her soil BY the SoutheTn army, I.
"a foF such reasonable length OF thss time as =
ii enable her pc pie to dissolve their connec, =,
in with the Fedelsl government, oofsia admis- =
ia into The 5athern Ceniederaey, and arm and u
gsAize beg quais Of the Go fsderate srmy
nnot say, il advance Of events, what leDgth
lime would be q iired for this psFpose ba5, y
ON my kBowedge Of the zeal and deteimina- =
Dn OF he people, am sure that they viii :
-cornpiisb it within very brsf period, il they y
e elIectUsiy relieved from the pressure Of Fed =
81 power. The proclamation OF tbs Command 4,
s general has tendeTed thst reliei, aud [ eond 81
snty bsgoye that he viii ct afford il, pilh the n
Iesslng df Almighty God. a
hope taat the press friendly TO Msryland = =
" publish this feebls bat heartfelt appeal for I