Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-19


RoANoKE ISLAND n C. February 25.-The mission
Of our Joint expedition j. not to invade any Of your
rghts bur the authority Of she United States
snd 70 close with YOU the desolaing war brought upon
y0w Ste-e by comparatively few bad men in your
Influenced Infinitely more by the worst passions of
human than bY any show Of elevated reason, they
are stiil urging you asrsy to graiiy their unhoy pr-
poses.
wicked and even diab0lical intentions our part;
Of desire destroy your freedom demolish your
property, hberate your slaves njure your women and
such Ike enOrmites-al of which, assure you is not
oniy ridiculous but utterly and wilfullY false.
We sre Chri-tans well yourselves, and we pro-
fess know ful well and TO feel profoundly the sacred
Obligations Of the character.
No apprehonsions need be entertained that the de-
lnands 81 humanity OF justice win be djsregarded We
shall inc injury unless forced 70 do so by your
acts, and upon this you may confidently rely
Those men are your worst enemies. They, in truth
have drawn you into your present condition, and the
real dtrbers Of YOU peace and the happiness Of your
fresideE
We invite you, in the name Of the Constitution, and
in that viuous loyalty and civilization, to separate
yourselves once from these maign Influences 10 re-
turn to your allegiance, and not compel to resort
further 20 the forces under our control
The government asks only that its authority may be
recognized and We repeat in no manner or way does
il desire 10 interfere with your laws coustituti0nay
established your institutions Of any kind whatever your
property Of sny sort or your 1sages in any respect
Flag-Ofcer Cong n. C. Block. Squad.
A. T. BURNSIDE
Brig-Cien. Cong Department y. c.
The statements and promises in this procla-
nation, to use the language Of its Joint authors,
are not only ridiculous, but utterly and viii
fully false =" We pass over the unfouDded as
sertion, that the war was brought upon US by
comparatively a few bad men in our midst
This the southern people know to be untrue
We do not deny that it was instigated by a few
bad men, but they were northern men, not
southern men-sueh as Mr. LINCOLN, Mr.. SEW
ARD, Mr. CHASE, the vile GREELEY and viIer
SUMNER.
Messrs. BURNSIDE and GOLDsBoRoUGH-par
noble fratr1uu-have the hardihood to assert that
their government, in no manner or way de-
sires to interfere with our laws, institu-
tons, - property of any sort or our usaees '
And yet their joint expedition have laid their
hands upon every bare OF cJTJ0H-Fvncu r
property that they could find. The same
thing was done at Port Royal, Nashville, and
on he coast Of Georgia
Negroes are property alse-are they not
The Federal forces have stolen twenty-five hun
dred slaves from the coast of South Carolina, as
many more from the neighborho0d Of Fortress
Monroe and the Potomac river, and hundreds
and pelhaps thousands, in Missouri Farms
have been piIIaged in Virginia Maryland and
Missouri, private property appropriated, horses
and provisions seized, houses burnt, and tender
women and helpless old age driven into the
woods for shelter. Other outTages have been
perpetrated which are too black to find record
here
These things are well known to the authors
Of the joint proclamation. They know also that
in down-trodden Maryland the ballot box was
surrounded by armed soldiery, and no one al
lowed to vote who did not bow the knee to
Baal. The Legislature was dispersed, members
and independent voters were cast into prison
and delicate women forced from their homes aud
immured in dungeons.
The elective franchise, freedom Of speech, and
immunity from unreasonable searches and seiz
ures, are rights OF usages as old as the gov
eminent itself Slaves, cetton, produce, and
houses and lands, are property" and the duty
to surrender fugllives from labor is a part Of the
fundamental law Of the old Union. Ye
s,ese rights and usages " have been repeatedly
ans. wilfully disregarded; this " property has
been holen and eonfscated and dispatch now
before Is contains the announcement that th,
Federal Congress have passed bin, and tl,
President has signed it, which " prohibits officers