Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-19
Another Appeal TO fhe People of Tennes-

EDITORS APPEAL: Gen. BeauregaTd Appeals
to the planters for their bells to be cast into cannon
country needs the metal. should not churches
give their bells to this sacred cause True worshpers
need sounding brass to call them to the house of God
In times Ike these the human heart naturally flows ou,
in prayer every thought is prayerprayer for our i'm.
periled country, impered friends These bells have
long served in weIldong. Thousands Of strayng feet
have they called into the paths of pence up to religions
altar. There astsrn Inty to perorn-sterner but
no less sacred Mold ese bells in.o cannon ad Iet
their roar sound ,he dsathkne of tyranny Let their
thunderous music make the song Tenneseeans most de-
light in Memphis may fa into the hands Of the yandas
and if memphis falls her men, her metal must fall back
and fight for freedom At This time the South i
afford to have either her or her metal fastened up
within Yankee pickets
The Yankees are astonished at southern honefuluoss
One OF their reporters writing from CaTksyili says
Strange as il may seem 70 those who, flushed with
cent success, predicting the war viii end in month
these people 90 believe n the ultimate Of
their cause And why should not believe in cur
ultimate success Because within the last two months
we nave met several severe deIeats HOW hJtlr You
20 know-we win not say Of southern ustur-Dur
of human nature, Mr. Reporter Our defeats have only
made US in more deadly earnest We are just getting
properly stirred up The fall of fifty Fort Douelsous
viii not find us conquered You may pour in your Yam
kee h0rdes until extinct but not conquered
You may slay the eight millions Of men, now anayed
against YOU but tieFe are as many ooys growing up To-
whom their mothers viii teach eternal hatred of the
the p5uttrs OF their country soil In time these boys
viii be men, and the of southern mothers
born for bondage. The day Of reckoning viii come
It is probable that the enemy may get possession
the Mississippi river OF the cities her banks Of the
cities the Atlantic coast, and yet the sb will be but
begun. Even in that case our condition would not be
bad other nations have fallen into, yet have srug
ged up from victoriously. have already mentioned
the case Of Prussia, with only i've millions of nhab
itant fighting for seven years against allied Europe
In the annals Of the world there is not parallel 70
unequal n cOntest-ive millions OF people az way with
one hundred millions, yet triumphant in the end
After the dreadful battle Of Pavia. which left ten
thousand Frenehmeu De the field Francis himself
male prisoner dispatched letter 70 his mother, L5use,
the regent containing only these words Madam, all
is lost except honor
The honor of a nation is its sou, its spirit Until our
honor be lost there WI always be power 90 retrieve dis
asters The honor Of tie South is unIsrnished
When Francis the brave. chivarous king of France
sent thlt memorable letter 20 his mother the singdom
was in fearful condition. Robertson says France,
without sovereign, without money H her treasury,
without army, without generals 10 command eucOm-
passed on all sides by victorious and active enc ny,
seemed % be the very brink of destruction But the
great ebies Of Louise the regent saved the kingdom
Instead o. giving herself up to lamentations as were
natural to woman 81 remarkable for her maternal
tenderness She discovered s the foresight and exeed
all the activity Of a c0nsummate politician"
In the history of the world there are many such ex
smpes ana yet in the face Of history our foolish foes
presst I'm believing the South is conquered because we
have lost two halfmanned forts.
Whom the gods destroy they first make mad
We viii not positively assert that the gods intend 20
destroy the Yankee race, but positive they have lost
all common SENSE Witness this extract from ansee
reporter 20 a northern paper
Gen. Smith has INSIDE a very favorable impression
upon them ttie CisrkHyie 9copi=f zhr z-sT --alel
old veteran l9Jts soldier Whatever latent Union feel
ing there may be iu the pace he viii draw t out His
treatment of pompuus rebel the other day was charsc
teTistG. The called on him 90 q special favor
Who You, sir askei the generali Z a South
erner sir, and not ashamed 60 say Secessonist Get
out Of my ro0m you scOmdrel don't talk TO traitors
Get out OF my room
We look iu vain to find the irony this statement but
no the reporter j. i'm cool dead earnest Tn the same
passage that tells u.s. if there any latent Union feeling
Gen Smith vii. be TO draw it OUT he gives as
sample Of that generals low bred bull yHg Of southern
gentleman for the honest inference OF his sentiments
his Is tle way Gen. Smith proposes draw Union
feeling We couhde.ly predict he VIII not in hundred
years get enough to iii. pint bottle
Andrew johnson has accepted the position of military
governor Of Tennessee. The Yankees think there is
peculiar fitness in this appointment So think we We
ord unless it be Emerson Ether3ge There is but lir-
de difference between them. LetU be content with Andy
and return dutfIl thanks brha l1r an such av0gs
Our purpose ia mentioning this matt er hereby ex
tend TO that military governor invitation from as the
women of Memphis 20 visit city. From our hearts
we hope he may come. and whom he lea Ten
nesee soil is dsianored by the tread Of that bastard
traitor lei him beware In her dsr s.t days Of opurs-
sion France had her Charlotte Corday, aud when the
her borders fighting in the ranks of frsemea, but her
women viii be left Let Andrew johnson beware. He
may iud Co-day in every woman he meet; De may
expect at every corner, in every crowd the bali that
send him his Makers presence unshrved o. hi. od1us
crimes. TIE WHE OF A SOLDIER.