Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-27
can tl.e AmsrIaan People Bssr q, Truth.

Cantile American People Bear tn Truth.
From the n. Y Terid.l
When for sufhcient-or for insufficient
reasons the q. S. government under
takes to supervise the whole business Of fur
nishing news respecting the war it and its
I agents have only two courses legitimately
+ open To than they may conceal the truth, or
/ if they think it consistent With the public in
/ terest they may tell the truth. They have no
/ right to garble it, exaggerate il, nor in any
/ way distort, gid, or embelhsh it. The coun-
I try, indeed, prefers coed news to bad but
that is no reason why it should be fed with
/ pleasant falsehoods. The encouragement of
victories reflects luster on the govern nnent but
that does not Justify the government agents IL.
creating victories by the pen which have not
been won By the sword. We certainly
/ must have the manliness to accept of unvar-
I nished facts. We can retain neither self re-
/ speet nor the respect of the world If we
encourage the government to prartice on our
c9Sallity, and entertain Us with fictitious or
embeltshed achievements.
The reports transmitted by telegraph Of the
severe battle at Cedar Mountain bore such OBJ
vious internal marks OF having been doctored
to produce an agreeable illusion that We
thoaght it our duty TO frankly state our opinion
that the result Of Saturdays fighting was not
a victory. The ordinary Fay of Judging is TO
session of the field at the end of the battle
We did not hold the field, butsretired from it.
leaving upon il our dead unburied, and four
hundred wounded uncared for, during the
whole of the-day, Sunday, and on Monday,
until the rebel gen eral permitted Us 10 take
them away. While, by the enemy's permis-
soR, we were thus engaged, he took the oppor-
iunity to commence an unperceived retreat,
and, by daylight the next morning, he was
safely across the Rapidan, except part Of his
rear guard.
Whoever furnished the reports Of the battle
TO the telegraph felt the need of some argu-
ment to convert it into q victory. He accord
/ ingly founded a very tolerable argument on
Fery apochryphal fact. The Herald, yester-
day morning, in taking us TO task, repeats the
argument thus;
"Stonewall jackson, rebel general, ao-
knowledges his defeat by the customary mode
recognized the world over, of begging permis-
SION TO bury mis- dead The. iOurnalisLs pre-
tending to be loyal, assert that the rebels were
victorious, and virtually deny both the Union
and rebel generals versions Of the affair. Do
the editors of the T5naes and Worid know
| better than Stonewall jackson whether or not
be was defeated2'
The same number of the Herald contains a
letter from the battle field which states that
the permission to bury the dead was accorded
by jackson to US, net sought By him. This
statement tallies so much better with other
known facts that we are inclined to credit it.
Why, if We gained q victory, did our dead lie
uubured from Saturday till Monday Why
were hundreds Of our wounded left in broil-
ing August sun without surgical attendance,
or any alienation of their hunger and thirst,
except what was administered by the rebels
why Gee. Francis Train was Arrested.
The following is an extract of recent
speech by George Francis Train before the
brotherhood Of st. Patrick, in London, and il
is SAID caused his arrest;
Look at America--our army is yours. Union
is as essential to you as tous. Ireland forever
, Three cheers for the land of the brave The
spirit of Ireland is again active. You cannot
, crush it. Nine times England's coniscation
edict las Numbered upon her people. Seven
| centuries of continued injustice, outrage, mur.
] der! yet Ireland lives again in the $780, ,o0t
Irish soldiers in the American army. Loud
cheers. The Slxty-ninth still cheers for Cor
coran. The Chicago Montgomery Guard sti
cheer for Illinois and the West as they fought
at Lexington-Shields was backed by Irish al
. Winchester-and the Irish brigade at Fail
, Oaks stopped the rebels in their advance
/ The Massachusetts Ninth, and the Pennsylva.
e MIA Sixty-ninth were Irish regiments. Lout
4 cheers All hail, then, Irishmen, as you livt
| your lives over again in the army of the Con
stitution. Loud cheers Our army is you
!, army Let Catholic ana Protestant combin
t for Union. We do not enquire, when the Ir
g ishmsn volunteers whether he be Protestsn
ofCstholic. [CheerFl
Unite, and by the famine graves
u BY your sires sacred dust
You snail not, will not, long be slsyss-
Q YoI'il break chains accn ST.
= The tyIant saxon shalt quake
| At 6aoded milliO s. might
!, | The tine is uigh: arou~el awaks!
For lTeaad's sake unite.
> England's downfall commences when Amer
lea closes up the ranks, and peace cements I'm
: ion, and perpetuaies republics and universe
sutfrage-when rank is but the guinea stamp
and man is a man for all that. These erie
4 must shortly come into fashion Canada for tn
Z Canadians, Australia for the Australians, an,
!. Ireland for Irishmen. Loud cheers
The Loss at Baton Rouge.
q By passenger, just from Baton Rogue, W
1 have the following information:
! In the battle at Baton Rouge, the Unio
forces sustained loss of about 20 killed aRt
: 2l5 wounded. We have not a list of the dead