Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-13

Frsm ,he North.
from the Southern Presbyterian

From the Southern PresbytsriaRl
We bsye great pleasure in giving to our
resdars tbs fsoWinz extracts from letter writ
ten By "a intelligent Southern gentlsman, nov
in the territory of tbs enemy. He is every
way competent to give q report of things there
worthy of orr coEhdencs. Bis statements viii
BE- foRud both importsn, and Interesting. His
stter is dated New York, April 94ib, and
reached as in twenty days via Nassau
As to public sffairE, you hear everything Of
i8portancs from the newspapers. But no pen
car depict the corruption aud insanity Of the
Esrthers people. They srs msnifsstiy ruined
peoyls; they hsvs lost their liberties; they are
trembling ca the brink Of fnsncial rain; they
srs destiRsd either to sink into ahjeet beBdaea.
or else te deliver themselves from it By fearful
political convulsioas; snd even that wild reign
Of snarchy viii be followed by the dsssotisn
from which j. is e temporary relief TIE feun
dations are broken upi society is disorgsniEsd;
there Is no bond to hold them togsther they
hold ne truths, religions, moral, OF political.
Tbs oAly tie ct present is the fictitious hope Of
bipging back the Sozth By couquest OF ether
wise, in some sort of union with them.
DR.. Tying expressed the idea precisely the
other dsy, thus: Il have made up nay mind
that this must be one country il may b so,
oitssT under Federal or Confederate rule, and
care very liitls, but one it nsst be- Were
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whole population woald bow ct his feet and
every FTsssher would prsye frem the Bible tia
be is tbs Iighsful Chief Magistrate, and tk.t
Lincoln is : vile impostsr, and ths people would
say, Amsn Bat let this fond hsps be de-
strsysd; let the Independence Of the South Be
established, and this csBHtry Weuld 20 TO pisces;
the Wsst would ssceds; perhaps the Middle
States weald 60 of and RsH England would be
Left like Tyre, place for tho dshsrman to dry
his nets en- Nothing can Prsvsat It bus ths
strong hsnd Of military dssp0a5m, such IS,
believe, shis fsRous GsYsrnmcnt is aboat to
( establish. The ballot is alresdy an antiquasad
and expelled humbug; the people are still PER
miissd to deposit their votes, Il IS true, but tbs
Administration counts the numbers resuired
snd makes tbs soldiers vote. In ConRscEeut,
Thoz. H. Seymour, q trus man Whohas opposed
ths wsr from the beginning. and who is openly
ia favor Of pesee and of grsBtisg the indepeud
ence Of the Soath, WAS beaten 10 this way TIE
Gsvenmsnt fouzd that Be weuld have a msjsr-
ity, SO they sent Eve thousand soldiers from
Hooksr's army and WashingtoR 10 vots Bat
a. the transportation Of 90 nssy is expensive,
they have improved upen the plan, By allowing
soldiers to vote By proxy.
In Wisconsin, the Dsmscrsts had 6 msjoFisy
of tbs votes PEELED in the STATE, but By proxy
votes ssst frem soldiers in the hsld tsraod the
seals 1t is RotCTious that they allow no sol
dieFs to vote agsinst the GoTsrnnsnti an ofiesr
was dismissed the service IN Kew Hampshire
for disH bsting DsRscratic fiekets.
You will net understand ne as intimshnR any
affsctisn for ths Dsmocrsie party, or regret al
the results Of the elections. The two parties
are alike degpieable, except 80 far az a pOrtion
Of tbs Democratic party ia in tsvsr Of instant
| peses, and il it mast Be, Of sePassti0n-that IS
I of separation rather than war. Bat most, ever
/ Of these better men, cherish a lingering hops
/ that the Uni0B viii he eventually restored Th9
! North Is dependent on the South ss a market f0l
( she manufactures Of he Eastern Siaes. and fol
/ tic profues OF tee Western; the Democratic
party here is 60 auxieus to pgoeure the sii OF
the South in overthrowiDg the Republicans
tue ttiVRi0g men sFe 30 afrsid, that deprived o
.Ibe conservative lnnusnes Of tia Seath, tbs he-
leTogeneaEs population el tAe North wil b
enabled tt geFerz isseit-thst aatt,Eg 81 thss,
and otheG iu14eaoas tags hsr, shsg ehag % hi
hops cf ihs Uaiou wish she tsaaciiy Of drown
ing maHasa sEraT.