Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-25


EDrToEs ArPEAL As one Of tie sheets pub
EsAsd at Yoksburg sssms iselinsd to reflect
upon tie bravery 81 tAs dSssRd@s of Calves
ton, l feel it ny duty Is a GIvsstonisn-a
Tsxan-to reply TO ths sgsiels sopied At lsagth
IA your paper Of Thursday from documents.
sAnass bIAms ths uriter for the lack OF he
roisa, for. no sssbt, be was a dssizsn of the
Hill City darisg its shower Of iron, and is stu
laboriDg uAd9 tbs sfsOs Of he bursting inos0-
diarism Of he " sta4p+Ail government - but
ere hs attempts to Tshsct As sheuld compare
notes IS regards The ~lscsliiy SD tAs means Of
defense Of Ma b&isEsd cities, Viz V~ieksburg
and Galveston. Tbs Hill City had all the
latest improvements in modern wHfEs to a
sufficient sxhsati whereas cur LlAHd City had
comparatively nstAiRg. IA Is an easy matter
TO 3 hsrs to prsach hEoizn," bat stsfn reality
.Vanqulshss ell suck rsnszse visions. Had our
Island City ose-hslf the defense that the Hill
City, and othsr places Of less note, it would
have accomplished the design Of our wOuld-be
hero.
Il would have taken at least sevehty-fve
guns of the most improved pattern-so com
sused BY competent engineers-to have kept
at bay the irsA AtaEs Of BAhssAdom. The
guRs istsadsd for the dstpnss Of he city Of
Galveston we're a4 Ps1IUg, at tn out
break Of secession. Slss tAsA Ne Aavs done
all that wa possible t. procure sufficient
srdnsace. What did we gstf Captured a lot
Of old Uaitsd States Ga 20 2L-poG1ds1r, and a
snsll ansuat At that. mol z,isssG uilA thsss,
ne ,sat at various times som1issioEogs. Istssrs
aad F~s,iiioz., boik t. Montgomery aad after.
yards to Rishmsad. Fading &sas saSsavors
Of 40 avSil, the citissRs Of Galveston, in Au-
gust, 81, sent q d~spussNsz, in behalf OF tbs
c~itzeas, Is lks ssshsriEys 81 Riehmsnd, be-
s~escAing, praying, yea, begging them to send a
lev ssnRon. In this re were more fortunate
tAan IN eur previous aforts. Our commissioners
procSrsd slsEaa OF thiFsops gsss, two Of Whish
we're rihSd. and weFs sect On their way rsioio-
ing. Bat visit! Wheh they arrived At EsH
0heans they learned transportation had been
given only to the "Crescsnt City, which is
Eve hundred miles By water from their
Ssstjse both Galveston sRd Kew Orleans were
bloeksdsd. At snoraosp sxpsnss they managed
alsot getdss thoz . Aisz2adri.. Toui.i.ns to
drag them over PiAey Hills and through the
Of Louisisns to Galveston; aad long
the past Wintsr had Rsvn the guns arrived
and were mounted.
Ths reflections should be cast upon the
powers that Be a. Ricsmosd," and not upon
shose that we're ready, yea, always Isady snd
70 defend not Only Galveston, with .Eeir
drop Of blood, but any spo. il our glorious
Confsdsssey. Tus, We did not have Loziuisna
sFtillsrists, OF Kentucky and Mississippi rife
nsn 10 support Galveston, like our prss.y little
hill city had, bat no had 3 Louisiana gsas1al,
and just as brave souls-TGxans-so dispute,
inca By ipsh every foot of the faz Of Stats.
Texans know how to welcome Yaakees " with
bloody hands toa hespitsble grave war to
ths knife and the knife to the hilt hes long re-
in Texas, and il will be waited by the
sOa balmy bysssss until ne hags psass, and
clear the last living representative of tbs stump
government RoTR.