Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-18


plunged within its breast Poor Pope deiame
to the soldiers, betrayed by their Chiefs deprive
at al Hesus, fell atotal wreck, and hauled of e
Yfpairs. unable 20 obtain the least shadow OF Il
dress Even his demsnd for a court ma ca
was destined 10 be smothered by the snbsequer
authority Of Little Mac in the same way he ds
nisd the request Of the Senate tor an investigs
tion of Balrs Bluff, aud as he viii doubtless Pre-
went investigation in the complications OF AN
tietan and Harpsr's Ferry.
Bat lst US keep to the thread Of our narrative
On the Sunday evening subsequent to these las
battles of MAnassas General AcClelan wake
iato the hea6ausTteEs OF General HAlleck, an
with an cir Of lsjarSd insOceDcs said:
u understand, General Haleck, you hav
| censmed me,
"Ihaye not censuTed you, was General Hal
.Theu,, sir, said Mcclellan, in his usual / e
Iiberate style Of speech, Il have been greatly
misinIormed.
4 did not censure you, General Mcclellan.
continued the ommauder-in-cbief, because
did not know whst your condition was, or wha
or0Rsss yeu might have to cffer did state
4 however, NEST enlphstically, both to the Presi
dent and tbs Secretary Of War, that l had ex
pectsd you 70 be wisbis supporting distance o
General Pope, On Thursday; sut did nos cen
sure you bseausa I was not thea in possession @
| Whother General Hslleck ever collected tha
evidence in form, OF not we do not know bu
I ws do know that the military circles which had
been sA alive on Saturday night, with the ex
peesation that there would soon be work for tbs
provost nSrshal with certain lofty persons, and
even for the employment of a SorpOraFs guard
/ were utterly smszed at bulletin announcing
/ that Ganefal Mcclellan had been reinstsiled il
eoRmtnd Of ell the forces in the field. Little
a A1-s II z
liowed up his advantage. for once, in the true
| style for when Pope demanded a couTt-martia
/ upon Fits John Porter, Griffin and the rest Of
CsessT's bsHchmsn, Little Mac dissipaied 1t with
the puff Of his cigar, and oanishsd the Western
I interloper sway of to the Indians. P0OE Pope
! may now, in his exile, compare the injuries
which he received st the hands, respectively, Of
/ Mcclellan and Fremont The latter, having
hsd serious cfhesi disputes with him. merely Re,
! fused TO serve under commander with whom
/ he could not agree; but Little Mae caught and
I syTsEgled him, and then hurled him from the
! TaTpsSn rock So much for Pope.
! We come now for our third coiucdence, il
/ the way Of Teinforcemsnts refused sgsinst the
J enemy, when we might have dsslt moral
| stroke This brings rs 70 the battle Of Antie-
/ tam. On that field, when Burnside was sinking
/ under the overwhelming combination of she
enemy against our left, be seut a messenger to
! HcCieliAa for sid The oeHfier not hbding
aim, delivered toe requisite On % FiIs John Por-
/ ter, WHO stood at the headquarters the sniiTs
/ day siih al uns0Bcbed cOrss d armee Plsss-
ausOn made like regUsition upon PsrtsF for
I sn infantry support, which would enable him
TO operate with his csvaIyy effectively upon the
rebel center. Both these rpquisitions were re-
I fused, Burnside was nearly sacrificed, and our
/ whole army IN danger Of defeat for the want Of
/ the aid be asked; and Piesssnton could have
bseDEof signal seTviee in distTactiRg the Atten-
! tiOn Of Jackson aud LongsHsst fron oar ight
/ Both Pissssnton and BGrnside have preferred
| charges against Porter for bis conduct, and We
are 20 hsVs a court martial in that matter too
unless Mcclellan, who plainly does not ike
TO have any secrets laid epsn to the people,
! counteImsEd that also.
Thus We have before Us thres remarkable
/ condolences. Three instances of the staying Of
/ Lhs uphfted Federal sword, when We NIGH! have
! smittsn the PhiListinss hip and thigh, al hap
peuing at vital crises Of the general struggle, and
| al. occaIriug under che same command. Acct
dsuts viii happen II the best regulated families
I The Lightning has been known TO strike in the
same place. but W believe history presents no
evidence where it mas hit the bulls eye three
times in success SION, elTsys from the same bee
iiae, and al withiu the period Of three months
Now, we are Sc utterly irrsTsTent Of greatness,
and care so ttle for Listle Nae, or any ous elss,
10 9 question that involves the welfare Of the
nati0E, that He take the liberty of placisR these
facts before the people in Z connected form, aud
IN asking them to think upon the subject We
DO not Wish TO dictsts 70 their opinions, bat We
claim that the divine gift Of reassn should never
be subverted by false notions Of expectancy
and chat It's exercise is never so important to ell
citizens, as when the country is threatened with
military despOssms. The pTiTsts warfare which
Z hr1t fkn II II k-~ea Z
agsl 1T Hallsck, and if it triumph, in his dowz-
fall, there are nc mere stays against the tide,
snd we all sink t0gethsr. Thus in the psrtus BED
aud uncertain vista we fancy we perceive two
separate campaigns. The frat involving pro
I lcugatiCu Of the war and the enVsepment Of
the liberties Of the psopls; aud the second COM
pretending some military composition by which
the elegant gentlemen" Of the sword, who
have all been boys togsther at West PoiLs, and
who are 60 evenly distributed on both sides,
shall setils ihe matter in their own way.
WAsIINGToN. Sept. %, 1862. G. W.
! Ehe Orfgtn OF s.iHc0iH's ProcIausation.
The New York HOrid thinks it has discovered
the original proclamation which Lincoln had in
| his nind when he peuned the formidable eman-
/ cipstion document Its origin is minutely de.
scribed 10 IrviBg's History of the New Esth-
lands" During Governor Kiefi's sdniRistTa-
ton he received Intelligence that some very
/ tOrmidsbls invaders hAd taken possession of his
southern frontier and built fort there. They
were represented" says the historian,
+" As gigantic gunpo8der race Of men, sx-
/ cesdiHgiy expert in boxing, biting, gouginE and
/ other branches Of the rough and tumble mode of
| warfare, which they had learned from their pro-
/ totypes and cousins-germsn, the VTginians, 20
whom they have ever borne considerable Tesem-
blanes. Like them, too, they were great rOys-
teTs, much gwen to reve on hos-eske and bacon,
mint julep aad apple toddy whence their newl IL
/ formed colony had already acquired the name
I OF Maryland, which, with slight modification,
it retsins-tO the present day.
Ia fact, the MsTylanders aud their cousins,
the Kirginisns, were represented to William
/ Kieft as off5hoots from the same original stock
as his bitter enemies, the YsnOkie or Yankee
tribes Of the East, having both come ever to
this country for the liberty Of conscience, or, IN
oslef words, to livess ihey plessed-ths Yankees
taking 10 praying and money-msking, and con-
verting Quakers and the S0utherneIs to horse
racing, ock-tiyhting and breeding negroes.
" Against tllsse new invaders, Wlhelsaus
Kieit Immediately dispatched naval armament
ftFo sloops snd thirty men, under Jan Jansen
Aipendam, who was armed to the very teeth
with one Of the little governors most powerful
speeches, written in vigorous Lo. Dutch
a Aimifal Alpendam arrived without accident
10 tie Schug kill, and came upon the enemy just
as they were engaged in a great barbecue, .
kind Of festivity, or esrcuse, much pTsctcsd in
Maryland. Opening upon them with the speech
of William the Testy, he denounced them As a
set Of lazy, csnting, julep-tipping, cock-6ght-
ing hoTse-rAcing, siaSe-dfiving, tavern-hunting
Ssbbsth breaking, mUlatts breeding upstsrts,
and eoncluded by ordering them to evscuate
/ the country Immediately; TO which they lacohi-
ealy replied, in plain English, they'd see him
/ id FIRST
Now this was reply on which neither Jan
Jansen Alpendam nor Wilhelnus Kieft had
made any caleulstion. Finding himself, there
fore, totally UnprepaFed to answer SO terrible a
( rebuff with suitable hostility, the admiral con
cluded his wIsest course would be TO return home
and FepOr5 progress. He accordingly steered
his course back TO New Amsterdam, where be
Arrived safe, having accomplished this haz ard
Gus enterprise at small expense Of treasure and
no less Of life. His saving policy gained hin
the universal appellation Of the Savior Of bis
country end tB services were suitably rev arded
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