The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-04

Over half the territory lately claimed and
held By the rebels is now in our hands, more
than half the population of the States whose
names are inscribed on JEFF. Davis roll is
under the government of the Union, and half
a-dozen of the most populous cities in the
South are ruled by the deputies OF President
Lincoln. What do we behold in looking over
the territory? What do we discover in analy-
zing the political and moral condition of the
population? What is the aspect of affairs In
these large cities? What are the feelings of
the thousands of men lately clad in the uni
form of rebellion who are now coming back to
to their native States, and under the shadow
of the flag beneath which they were bern
The universal desolaticn which was predicted
as thu result of conquest has not befallen these
States, and, in moral point Of view, instead
of the hatred Of the people of the reclaimed
South becoming deeper; instead of their re-
venge growing implabable and indispensable !
instead of their former empty cry of "Neyer
submit nor yield becoming practical re-
| ality--we already find that the work of paci-
fcation everywhere goes on naturally, steadily
and gloriously.
Lock, for example, to Missouri, half of
which WAS actually held By the rebels, and
| the whole of it claimed by them, nine brief
months ago, and forty or fifty thousand OF
whose young men we're Ia arms for the rebel
| lion. To-day it gives every evidence OF 10y
atty that is furnished by any State of the
| Union. The rebels, all but q handful, have
laid down their arms; and its State Congen-
| ton, representing almost every county in the
/ State, cody discusses and calmly considers
| the question of slave emancipation. Look at
| Tennessee, which furnished more soldiers for
! the rebellion than any ether Southern State
Gov. johnson, by his mixture of tirmness and
/ leniency, is steadily leading back its
people to their cid love; and THOUSAND,
/ of those who were thoughtlessly led
into the rebellion; thousands VINO, few
months ago, swore they would die far the
''stars and bars" are now coming forward to
take the oath OF everlasting allegiance to the
Union; while in the eastern part of the State
the people are eagerly loaking over the hills
for the army of deliverance, Memphis, late
so rampant; Nashville late so sullen; are st
! least peaceful and submissive, and every day
/ furnishes fresh evidence that they are on the
/ highway to loyalty.
! Have been welcomed in a score of towns, and
| in some of them the people en- masse have de
/ clared their fealty 10 the Union. In Northern
| Mississippi and Alabama, our troops are as
/ tonished TO find that the bulk of the common
| people reman at home, and are eager to en-
| joy again the benefit of peace and the Udion
| Look at New Orleans, where ceaseless tor.
rents of bitterness we're poured forth against
| the Moth. Now that its people begin &c
! discover how they were deceived in regard &c
our character and purpose, they manifest theil
/ contentment with the new regime they up,
/ hold il in many ways, and the appearance o
| things there leave little doubt that the leaveT
of loyalty will by-and-by leaven the whole
lump. So, in main, has it generally beer
/ where our arms have gone in the South
There is yet, of course, disloyalty there il
| yet some bitterness Of feeling there arr
many, even, who seem TO be incorrigiblt
| traitors