, 1862-06-25
A SOLDIERS CoMPL LAINT-HOW THE
BOYS FEEL.

MEHpH1s, June 10, 1862.
It is getting TO be quite hazardous job to
even attempt to write anything Interesting
from this locality. Sensation items in Mem
phis are, to use very vulgar but still verJ
wonder from one end Of the city to the other,
talk with al classes Of citizens, bring out the
timld Unionist, all to no effect, and the prob
ability is sour special correspondent" seeks
his mosquito bar at night sadder and no
everything is settling down into its old COM
mon-place way. Stores are pretty generally
open, steamboats, arrive and depart daily, aBd
business is rapidly superseding politics. L ia
not tile Southern Confederacy so much as
western reserve cheese, that forms the topic
der #as superseded by the fret cargo Of salt.
It is sadly to be feared that the :" Last Ditchn
spirit OF the South is no proof against the lit
tie comforts and convenfences OF life, and
many disciple Of Southern chigalry etirs up 8
newly awakened Union sentiment from the
bottom of his cup .of Old Mocha, a regular
stream Of products Of all kinds is now, and
Eus been, pouring into Memphis for the last
week, and doubt if her lcyee ever contained
suth 4 variety of merchandise before, the
only bar to ? brisk trade lies IN the vile Trash
With which their, pockets are filled,
but now that Colonel Slack has de-
li,erately quashcd it, there is no reason
why an active and Exceedingly lucrA-
tive eommarce should not Immediately
spring up between the hitherto beleaguercd
city aud the north. The only objection which
can be brought forward consists in thu prin-
ciple involved in our feeding the vile repro
hates after their desperate attempts to Whet
| thsir teeth on the Tltals Of our Union. But
| thtit venom is extracted, and weak aud help
less from the operation, they cry to rs tor
| succor, which we cannot refuse them,
| especially if they have got the money to pay
! for it. O, what wars and how ridiculous
| must our government appear from the way it
| is conducting it. No wonder that foreign po-
tentates talk Of Intervention. Such an aim
less, weak and irrcsolnte warfare deserves the
contempt and scorn of the world. Protected
in Lis uereou and pr0perty-indulged, pctted
| and fondled--the hlack hearted traitors stalks
dtfantly forth and looks with disgust upon
those who lave not considered tneir lives
their homes, their happiness any too@great 3
sacrifice, to have just such Wretches as this
| man put out Of existence In justification O
| my language need but refer to the case o
Mark Z. Cheek Of this city, who wantonly ant
without provocation, hung until he was dead
an old Scotchman for refusing to take th
oath Of allegiance to the Southern Confed
eracy.
Why, then, do people wonder at the con
tempt which our system Of warfare is drAwip!
from both friends aud foes? Why ID it tha
we find no encouragement as re progress int
the eDemy'a country-no really Union sent
| ment. 1t is because no one finds any thing t
| respect in us. After an immense flourish {
| trlmpets in the ousetart, treason, rebel;
, traitors, couflscatiou, hanging, death, and th
!; like, We in the end treat them as teuderly an
lenicntly as If it was an honor for them
l allow US hitc1lugs to fight them. The Unio
! | soldier leaves lis home to take care OF ltse
while he perils his il fe to save what he consit
: ers Of far more value. The rebel. alter worl
! ing night and day to sever these bonds 80 de:
3 to us, leaving no stone unturned which coul
: he hurled with effect, forcing, pressin!
| fohting, kicking, with all his energies, wh9
r at last caught, his teeth still set, his eye etl
| g1arius,, his sword still drawn-as reward Fl
!. lis bloody and diabolical work, he is rcquestt
g to take the oath If be refuses, his spirit is q
t nircd if be accedes, he is received with opt
|. arms. Does he wish to remove to some mo
d and healthy locality where the little money
; has not yet given to the confederacy will |
: much farther than at his home? Here's
It FREQ pas6.'' Does he still wish to reside
$ his native place? j" Here, sir, il . guard
e protect your property" And that qua
r is not to protect it from the inotf,:
!: sive Union soldiery, but from :, t
= repacious attacks Of his o~n. Ia
rs ment, will be the very day which the suppr.
II sion OF this rebellion will date from, and un
Y g firm, decided stand is taken, no sensib
VI candid mau expects to see any practical
81 suits from oar 1abors. When traitors Re
~ the 1Fu1LS OF LrtAEUH, III uUut Ao WILL
10 abroad; when encouragement does I
IN meet them on every side; when su
:, sheets as the Memphis Argus, and Chics
is Times are euashed, then and then only eau
N hope to hail the bright sun Of peace. 7
I'd signs Of the times, especially in this loyal
= certainly indicate change. Of policy. C
" Slack is doing all that an ardent Union he
10 c1uld wish and if the effects Of his labors
be not plainly visible ere many days, every {
n. will be at fault, think it can safely be 8
that the age Of secession hearts and 10
B. bread baskets is at Last oTer.