Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-16

lnxuries, upwsgds Of thirty millions of luinan
beings are slaugbteriug each other. los, one
third Of that bamber have sworn eternal ara
deadly vecgeance 10 the other uness their COZ
: sti.Uhonsi nights are secured to them allu,
, who viii uureleniingly sheathe thel siFoTds,
ouly when the last tyrant has expired, rather
thauheo5nle the slaves Of fanaticai and bigotee
race Oh can you ever expect that hereafter
God will bless yoar kingdoms, while yeu thus
quietly witness this hu,chery OF maalina, TINS
Nzsr upoa w0nen who h&ve been driven tT9m
our homes, hsnsafy insaIted, and mefcilessly
abused by the army OF this government with
which you are Pr1gidiEg egeTy taeaHy Tor tnef
fendish oaHages.
This is Is nyth, but facts, ths tluth Of 9hich
can st a1Y time be established Facts, which
uncivilizsd and incredible as they seem, are
pressing their leaden weight upon our hearts
Facts. witch are tending to bfutalize the heart
of every Southern soldier, and God alone knows
what viii be the Issue Of our next greas battle,
since their recent outagos IN Arkansas Alas :
that The page ofhistory should ever be burdeGed
aud backe0ed with such 9 load OF disboiic2
criminalty.
Oh, ys Of the old world, see The blush upon
thy cheek, i see ABOVE thy thrones The dying
olive branch I sea the face Of retrloution peer
i ing from the folds Of your national banners, for
} when a nation calls, sovereign must obey,
- hat they have felt he must feel, and there is
that Cue from a sovereign to his subjects, which
make suljects loyal to sovereign Yes, 81
! ready the gloomy portals OF distrusl have been
! thrown vide ap0n, and conviction entered there,
/ for your coed sense tells you, that the very
/ violence OF theif proceedings IS the signal OF
their despair.
But 1 would ask what is required of nation
endsavoring to establish its independence before
] it is opsitied TO recognition by foreign power
/ If we nave BOT by our unparalleled sacrifice of
/ life snd propasyi By our untiring and uncom-
I planning enduraHce OF the severost hardships
1 and cur nnre,axad adherence TO national prin-
cipie our determination to assert and secure our
rights as d sovereign people, l say, if by al
these We have not proven our woFthiness, can
we aver 90 50 or win we be obliged to work
mitee.es, TO perform imp0ssi5ilites, ere we be-
me q member OF the great national family
Have We not established our government, (cOn-
Sttut5ng cur legislative and executive forms al
ways wish an eye to justice and humanity built
our navy, raised and equipped our army, all out
eff tie Iaeager material within our own territory,
aud At ghe same time weged most signal and
destructive war upon our Zoe Why, oae-thfrd
of cur army have been armed by the North
that is TO say, they buy arms and we capture
them They, after each battle, remove their
command erin c.iief, shuttle in q new one, and
swell their deeimated ranks by making fresh
levies and think they have defeat fastened upou
US certainly, until the next battle, after which,
they Suddenly arrive Ut the eOnsoling conclusion
THAI We had overwhelming numbers" While
we have accomplished so much on such shad0wy
material what have they done They have had
eccsss 10 the world for equipments al the ma
tarials foT making the navy, and two-thirds FOR
the army, and their only success has been in
capturing a few beesgueTed ana depopulated
cites, delivered to them by the tTaitoTism Of q
few foreigners and have spent their time in sss-
sion, paUpsrizing their white population to pro-
vide for tie negro, snd IN expelling those mem
bars wh0 have dared to oppose the cruelty of the
b ck Cabinet. D8as not all this prove we are /
sell-sus tai ring Then why is tie moment Of |
recognition dafsTred Perhaps it is slavery that
smitss t6e tender consciences of the French aud i
English M Mght not this 10 obviassd upon the I
plea of humanity, or DO you think the negro en- 1
tItlsl to m0Ee 0t hum4nitErianism than ghe white I
man? or perhaps England Is content to see US I
baichsr unhl we are cut quite apart, that she /
may have an easy task Of acquiring new posses
sions 10 the northern part of this continent I
while Frsuee Withhoids her voice, hoping ia |
rational moment we may reuHite, because we
could furnish ber the only navy in the world /
which could cope with that Of Eaglsnd, and |
which ia combination Yfilh her own, she might /
chss'iss England toT her avarice. Il seems to
nae ahat Europe 4egards this as great NATIONAL
tragedy, enacted upon cur political stage for her /
2musemsas, st wldeh she may clap her isweied I
hs ads IL admiration whenever she thinks proper; /
bat she saoulj remember tBat if the acf8rS ere 4
good there is a point in the play lokea tho audi
eRcs Is sure to Jeet scita than.
Bat would not avoice from your thrones across
the blue waters, re-eehoed BY millions Of joyous |
hearts. repay you for the step Of mediation 2 1
Wopla not tao gVeat heart-throbs of a nation,
measured by Strains Of peace, touched from
mercy. harp, or The grand pseans from coun-
uy's cl0l repay you Cannot the prayer Of
humanity, braGthed from sgonized hp5-the
touching wall Of tender babes. the uatamed
ggisf ol lovers hearts, the wiles fierce wee, the
faitering steps Of aged limbs-can they not IN
freeze your hearts, or, Will you see enacted be-
meath your cold and cailous gaze another st.
Bartholomew All well do you hear the red
oeaked vulture Of despair, cr0akiRg the human
anthem, aud in IFS talOns see the skeleton of the /
Union. When years are dead and thoughts
H0w back from memoTys blackened shore-we I
viii hear the abolition wolves howling upon th5 i
baEtls Held, their eyeoalls glaring through tho
green curtaiH thab covers their awful tragedy, /
while through The cracked ribs Of earth the de- /
mons talnE them wish the past. Ah, yes, when /
the shock Of conscience comes, how they will |
cover
To yen, France, appeal for my countrywo- |
mon; turn far back IL your history TO the brutal |
Cossack-think what your noble women suffer
cd, and feel for Us now. To you, England, l /
appeal for my country women, TO save Us from
worse than death, for you already know iacts !
too notorious ts be denied. To yoa, my coUn- /
tTywomen, appeal to stimulate to action every |
male within your circle Of relatives or friends |
lindle them with win the zeal of martyrs light i
Ia their breasts tie fires Of patriotism, transmit
through all oar sphere the glories Of our cause,
and. II the strong arm should be no longer able |
to shield Us, let as, like LUnetia, die rather /
than live bemighed
Q how little do they know Of US, how unae- |
qusinted with our true spiTit,-were il to pass |
sges back and 70 enter the gives Of Egyptian i
bondage, OF The bastils Of apeient oppression /
nay il even the shadow Of monsrchs crown /
SHOULD tal upon our nation, We would welcome /
ali, any iat3, before we would deseerate the |
memory Of cur dead by an unholy alliance with |
the North and / would say, in conclusion, we
do not wish to involve any foreign power inwsr, |
we do Dot want assistance from them, We only !
want voice--gse cniy wish TO be heard. We |
have buils great and holy temple, whose iounda- |
ton is liberty, and whose walls are Justice aud /
we want The hensdiction of the world, the bless
ing Of nations, whom we can say We have won
and We are worthy, and shout
Sound the loud timbrel Ger Egypt's dark sea-
Jehovah has triumpbed His people are free:
Sing, FIR he pride 81 the tyrant is broken"
And with bended knee, our united hearts shall /
form q nations rosary, from which is breathed /
ferveut prayers up to the great and merciful
God S. L. Il
Negro EnsubosdIaation and InsoIence,
The beauties of negro freedom are being shown |