Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-22


armies in check for months. Butler has no
force enough to venture out of New Orleans
and our jackson, with an army all told, of moi
over 81 900, drove the Yankee Banks out of the
valley of the Shenandoah two or three weeks
ago. With this small force he created such a
panic in Washington that Lincoln called oai
| the militia by telegraph to defend the capital
lie also called Gen Fremont with his division
from the mountain, 4 Mcdowell with his
from the Rappahannock, % reinforce Banks and
hold in check this handful of Confederates
while Mcclellan, with his grand army" has
been chased from Richmond.
Either we are superior TO the Yankees in
prowess as two to one, or they have lost in this
! war since December last not less than a quarter
/ OF a million Of men or the universal Yankee
nation" has attempted fraud upon the govern
nents Of Europe by misleading them as to the
| extent Of the preparations TO "crush OUT the
so-cslled rebellion IN ninety days. Moreover, in
i all Of our engagements with the enemy, be
| claims ihat we outnumber him. How could
this be with Lis 6G7 600 against our 400. 900
men
Where are these 6Gz,000 meng cannot ac-
count for more than about 100000. Il is true
We have inflicted many aud heavy losses upon
! the enemy in what be has proclaimed TO you as
victOj ids. Bat great as these losses havs been,
they do not account for the difference between
| COZ coo and 100000
'' Aeilm es dc RepuJlica" The Union is gone;
and the sooner the world addresses itself to that
fact, the better viii i! be for humanity and COM
merce.
Most that Europe knows Of US has been learn
ed through Yankee sources, and have taken
up your precious time with this disgusting re-
cital merely to disabuse your mind of any Yam.
kee falsehOods that may have found lodgment
there, and to give you practical illustration OF
the dsspica5le character OF the people with
whom, unfortunately, we find ourselves en-
broiled, aud from whose association we wish to
withdraw
l pass by Buffers infamous proclamation at
New Orleans, and the srming of our slaves
against Our wives and children, TO tell you OF
Yankee refinement upon savage arb3rity which
we have 10 contend with.
To shoot with poisoned arrows is universally
admitted to be both savage and barbarous, but
our men have been shot with explosive bullets.
Imagine a mimic bullet to be cur in too trans
versely, and 9 wire 70 be inserted aLially through
the front half or cone-the other part is theme
followed out into a cup, filed with fulminat
or Some other explosive preparation, and then
securely fitted into the front part, and in such
a manner that when the ball snikes, the wire IS
driven back, and so by percussion explOdes the
ball inside the wounded man. Is not that,
think you, equal to the poisoned arrow There
can be 10 mistake about it, for have seen the
missile ITSELF and would send you one if l could
find a safe conveyance for the dangerous thing
The true aim of savage warfare is to kill and
murder--of civil Zed to wound and disable.
Which is it that the Yankees are wagiDg
The negro is not, IS the Yankees Would have
the world believe, the cause OF the object of this
war. The tariff and hatred Of the Yankee char
actsr-these a1e the true causes. They ere
nation Of shop-keeper5 and peddlaIs; and, under
pTetext of raising q revenue to maintain the
go7eInment Southern industry was taxed TO
support Yankee workshops. With this they
waxsd fat and grew insolent until their inso-
lence became unbeatable
We chose no longer to submit to their rule,
and SO sought simply to withdraw from all
political association with them. We ask nothing
of them. All we want is simply to be left and
let alone. And the simple fact that they should
alyempt to force to remain in political aSsOcia,
ton with them, is proof enough as to the in
equality of benefit which the old Union con-
feirsd upon the two sections.
The fuss and turmoil about slavery is merely
incidental in this unhappy state Of affairs. In
most of the Northern States It is against the law
for freed negro to come there. They Wlll not
allow a negro ftom the South to dwell among
them.
After supplying the North with whatever they
required Of our produce and buying of the North,
upOnatheir own terms, whatever we required OF
their manufacture, there remained annually to
the South a quantity of surplus produce WHICH
requires 20 600 ships and more than 200 900 sea
men to carry abroad and distribute among the
markets of the world.
In the handling of this produce Northern fac
tors and Northern shipping had the principal
part. Besides this the laws of the Union gave
~ 4bo oil h,
the markets Of the South. These were great ad-
vsRtages and the North waIed fat and strong
upon them. Their correllatves were wanting
to the South-fOr the Soath could sell dearer
and buy cheaper in other countries.
Twelve millions of such customers as inhabit
the South ere enough to make any people rich,
and they are such ss no nation can afford to
lose. But let secession be acknowledged as an
accomplished fact, and the North will lose this
preference, this trade, and these customers, with
all the benefits derived from their political assO-
citation with us. Il is therefore not for the ne
gro, but solely on account of pecuuiary and sell
fish considerations that the North is wagiug this
war. she is vaiply seeking TO compel Us to re-
new an association that we abhOr.
Hitherto we have acted purely on the deien-
siVe. We have not sought to invade the North,
but, panopled in the triple srnOr of Just cause.
we have stood still, and ever since the battle Of
ManssSas-noW year sgO-quietly looked on
while the enemy raised his armies aud compile
ted his preparations for the war in his own way.
Having destroyed his grand army" we shall
now carry tho war into Africa l hope, COM
pelling him to withdraw his forces from ouI boI
deTs aud to sue for peace.
But peace is very difficult a. present, l admit:
In the North, reason has lost its sway over the
mind of the people, and the judgment of their
rulers has been taken away. 10 the South pas
sions run high. Therefore, in the present tenn
per Of the two peoples it would be impossible
Just now, for them to agree upon the preliminary
step to any lasting peace, viz: the adjustment
OF boundaries. We are, therefore, drifting into
a war of exhaustion.
There are Tum0rs of an armed Intervention
from your side. But upon what basis this IL
terySntion is to take place, the many tOngued
dame has not deigred to eGlghten US. ANY
such interveniions cannot but work mschiev
ously If it fail to recognize the right of the peO
pie in the disputed States of Delaware, Mary
land Kentucky and Missouri freely and fairly
to decide for themselves whether they will cast
their lot with the North or the South. Neither
can it be supposed that Intervention would
recognize any dismem5erment of the present
States.
With us, this is not war Of conquest, but a
war fo- principle, which is dear to every French
Eesrt-a pIlnclpie Dy Which your eLlp0lVA si'0
upon his great thTone-the right OF every peo-
pie TO be governed in their own way.
The strong arm Of mighty nations may force
peace upon some other basis, but any such
peace viii prove hollow truce.
There has, permit me to say, been already at
least one error committed by France and Eng
land in this war: when these difficulties COM
menced all Europe viewed them through North
ern media. This was natural enough, perhaps,
for all Europe depended upon Northern state
ments for information concerning us. These
lave row bsen found to be erroneous. But not
until France and England had committed them
selves to blockade that was against oil rule
The effects of that blockade upon our industry
is likely to prove lasting; and certain classes 10
France and England may yet find cause to rue
it, even if ministers do not.
You can well conceive that the blockade at-