Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-17
VOLUME XIII, NO. 28O.


mails Of the world This is the proclamation
which has made such sensation during tn
last few weeks and that IS enough in itself Il
disgust every honest man with the author o
such document Bot there Is worse than that
ask you, is there anything upon record thai
can be compared to the bsrbaTitiss practiced by
a certain General Butler bear upon the de
feDseless inhabitants Of New Orleans Rscol
lect that the Inhabitants Of thst unfortunat,
town were reduced to the old men, the womer
and children. Surely in the nineteenth esntary
and IN q country that claims The slightest righi
30 call itself civilized nation the position OF
old men, womon and children would have es-
1 tsblished some claim to sympathy aud toler-
/ ance, at least, if not 70 kindness. Bat what
has bsen the effect on this barbarian Why.
there is no act Of brutality which he has not
J been prepared 70 advocate and practice gains t
/ defenselass women, and he his followed that I'D
| By encouraging, in every possible Wav. the
butcheTy Of the whites BY the blacks THIS has
been done in cold blood and in open de6ance Of
all humanity and of all civilization and 4 say
That So long as such acts are performed aud are
avowed by the government Of the Northern
States. they essse to have claim to be ranked
smong civilized nations. Hear hear. a
i am not asserting thai there are not hun
dreds and thcussnds Of hen 10 toe Northern
States who are men Of education, of right. and
OK Chrislias feeling Of civilized habits and
ideas. Far be il ff0m me to make so unfound-
ed sr assertion. Bot there is a further lesson
to be learned. The result Of these mucn vaunt-
ed institutions, which we had heard praised be-
fore, and which We shall again hear praised by
the hired spOUters Of associations, is tbis--thst
the nation becomes SO brutalizsd that the civil.
lied man disappears. he is afraid 10 pus hiIoself
forwardi he is ashamed Of his country; be has
no voice IN the conduct Of her affairs, and the
whole nation is turned over 20 the control Of
men such as Lincoln and Butler, whom l do
not hesitate TO denOuRce, after their conduct ia
the last few months. IS men who sTe disgrace
to civilization. Hear, hasr.1
have ventured 20 think that there is but enc
rational, ons Just, one beneficial course for this
country to pursue, and that is st once to recog-
nize publicly and officially the independence Of
the Southern States. 1t appears now 20 be per
fectly hopeless thai The North should ever con
quer the South. There is no prospect of ter
minatiOn Of this horrible sacrifice Of human life
except by the recognition Of the Southern States
by this country and France and therefore,
upon that ground alone venture to urge It.
What has been the effect Of tls war in America
upon an immense psrtiOn Of the people of the
country, and what is the amOIRt Of distress now
endured, and that with an amount of patience
forbearance, sound Judgment and good feeling
which, say, reflects honor upon the people Of
this country generally.
What is the amount Of distress which is being
endured, and which csn be attributed solely to
the effects of this wsr Why, it is iuealcula-
bic. We are told day after day that the mum
bers of thosa who are suffering are daily inersas-
ing. There seems to be no limit to the extent of
it. We are told that if cotton were once intro
dueed that distress would cease. I say again,
with precedent ia our favor, with the existence
Of enormous distress in this couutry-snd put
ting aside, as 1 do, mere piece of hypocrisy
and absurdity, the introduction of the element
of slavery into the discussion-I say, withou.
reference to party, without references to anything
but what 1 believe to be indispensable to the
welfare and character of this country, that we
are bound at once to recognize the independence
of the Southern States Of America. ICheers ]