Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-30
LKTTHR FROM NEW ORLEANS.


Of our dOwntrOddeu peope been answered, and the
tyrEnt of New Orleans hss disnlaead Not now
svar fear, have all desired, ignOminiously, but
only through the policy of his government Many
tongued has been busy in assigning different
tives for the change Some say owing the thou
sand yrannies he has eOunsnaneed in his officers and
been guilty OF himself his countless thsfts bis injustice
his acceptance Of brbeE his selling OF passports and his
perpetraton Of every villsiny which Yankees alone
could conceive and commit I have heard however,
from good authority that his removal has been owing
the strong representations Of the French government
whose subjects have also been compelled suffer much
from his tyrsunle& he is relieved from fls command
but it be possible that he will be allowed leave
city alive Have we no msn left bold enough to
the insults be- while in power offered them
How many has he not termed Liars thieves villains
To the wives and sisters Of how many has he offered
insultsl fssr that none now remaining in city
sufficiently deserve the title men to dare this deed
and should not play the Judith and arise
to destroy the HOfenesl He will escape with only tie
curses and Hlvyishes Of our people.
Gen. Banks seems determined to inaugurate more
equitable policy Advertisements have already appesred
IN papers for houses which desires to occupy and
for which he promises to pay reguIaryi though be
is Yankee, his payment may only bo in promises
yet knowing what his viii be, and we can
only judse Of him by what kno9 Il his conduct IN
Virginia. where his army Ike the rest of the Yankee
armies plundsred, ravsged and destroyed. fear it
may be as in the Netherands-only Rsqueseus after
Alva As to his military qualities he could properly be
described by reversing the description Of Latin poet
C4tullus Known to bis enemies not by his back, but
by his brave breast the original Of which I believe
If your readers curious the subject, they will
find to be Hosfi5as haad tsrgo ssd orti Pstors
For the fact is that just Pope said of the Confed
crates troops have never seen anything Of BanEs
but his back.
was nduging to-day in the reflection of how proud
the United States ougbt be Of the choice Yankee New
Orleans has made Of representatives. in the Federal Con
gress-Michael Eahn and B. F. Flanders. Hahn is
eature marked by God little crooked speeiman Of
humanity, such nature, though in disgust
times produces He is a Pettifoggng German lawyer,
coarse in mind and manners, and picked up preeari
ous living by defending petty criminsIs in the record
ers court. FLANDERS is a Yankee. He formerly
secretary OF the Opelousss railroad company, and
compelled to leave the city sometime before its capture
account Of suspcOns against bis loyalty to the Con
federsey. These the men whom they wish pre-
sent 30 the world the choice of the people of New
Oreans will say they are represent of III Sc
who elected them.
l. IS believed that Banks going to compel Buffers
officers to give mp the hne houses Of our people that
they kindly occupied them in their absence
turnBg out those who had been placed IN charge by
the owners and In many instances imprisoning them
they refused reveal whore the silver ETC. of the fsn
lies had been placed. Iwonder how the handsome ami
nal French (as he s generally termed by the Yankee
officers themselves will relish giving up Mr. Pinckards
fine house, and where he will bestow the numero
lady friends he invited to come the North
sole. hlm in his exile. The gallant Major Strong will
feel strangely tent siter his sojour 10 Mr.. Tilton
house, and Kibourn, who occupiss Mr.. Norton's, Il
bonors Of which said, by the knowing, to be dis
penssd by = charming quadroon, whom he introduced
the good aud arnented DR.. Rushton when called in
professionally, as lis house keeper and cousin But
these things all too sad to Jest over.
We are dlsgrsesd people. had a business int, r
view with one of General Buffers officers at the time
the panic existed in New Orleans in regard to king the
oath. As he seemed communicative 1 asked him what
he thought Buffers would be in regard those
hardened rebels who Ike myself had registered them
selves enemies 70 that benign and paternsl
he was supposed represent, and he really believed
that those who took the oath intended love- honor and
obey when coercion should be removed the government
they had repudased and which many of them ha given
their means and arms OF those they loved to over
/ throwi His reply was-" cannot toll you what tie
generals intentions as the hardened rebels and
to those who have taken the oath de believe in
their loyalty nor do care about it but wish to
hold the people Of New Orleans up 10 the world as
dIsgracsd and perured people; and that madame we
will succeed in doing irriated at tho
thstI could 10 help saying; "Thank God, am not o.
that number, sni shall be willing TO die when see
Butler aud hiE myrm dons chased ike the dogs they
from our fair city Should that day, madame, evei
arrive, rest assured he viii leave it only AZ abode fol
mosquitoes and alligatoIs It win he fitting funera
] pyre for him" Il sgTes with you sir, such &C
will indeed be httng climax for his modern Nero.
But our people Of the ConfCderacy have idea O.
| what we have been compelled to endure Though
cannot excuse those who have allowed themselves to b
driven in to tzke the oath, when remember how stel
by step this second Ava has drawn his around
how gently arst he felt the pulse Of people an
how da, after day passed. and he fell hinselfsecure
and securely seated he proceeded from one oppref
sion another gradually he termed it, drawing Of
his gloves, crushing the people under nameless drea
Of his power finding through his spies mans mos
secret thoughts opening letters and even daring as
the OF Mr. Belly to ask gentlemen why they ba
not communicated to him, by means of anonymous le
ters, Information Of the financial transactions the
friends OF which they might be cognizant even befor
the capture Of the city threatening them with onl
punishment 70 themselves bat to their families rCel
slant dropping will wear away stone.7
They yielded first point, then another till rende
ed by the degrs dation they had by degrees pssse
through almost ceIlops to further eontumely they toe
the last step and perured themselves before Sod ar
tbelr feIlow-citlzens know how many OF ciizs1
suffered how they delayed till the last moment taki
that bitter dose as termed. and then had to
themselves in drunkenness before they could do
= Though you'd not initiate them can Eympathse wi
them in the feelings that induced them to commit
y fatal act To say better to stsrve than to be
n hopoyed, is fine sentiment when one is in no dang
and when 1t is only ones self that ID to suffer But wb