Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-23


sr any ether foreign c9uutIy. Hear, hear.
LRETKR or TIE CoHRHDERarH
GLEmGWmBNs
From ths Londsa Herald Derby OfEsn), June ISL
Il is nst without jUst reason, and re truss that
It viii Hot be Wiihsat good effect, that an ear
Heast appeal has been addressed to the Chris
tan world at large By a number Of 5ivines Of Va
rsus religions denominations 8a behalf Of their
couairymsH Of the Csufederats states. The ut
/ ter Ignorance Of American affairs and American
character Whieh, until tbe outbreak Of the pres
ent war, was So prsyalsns IN England has gwen
to the advocates Of the Northern eaase facilities
for falsshsod Of which they have made dilizeHt
uss, sad they have esntrivsd, By skillful mis-
representation, 10. enlist on fhsir side sympa-.
thiss oi a go0d many persons, sRd 20 deprive
the ssEsh Of the gsod viii Of many mors. mere
ly because Euglishmeu have failed to under
staRd the vida disaHeh0R Whioh exists Se-
tween parties bearing The same title in England
aRa in Amsnea. In this eoHntrY the leaders Of
the anti. slavery movement belonged to q party
WaIsh wss egualiy earnest in their labors for the
revival Of religion; and though it would be difi-
cult 20 trsGs any relation between the peculiar
form Of their Christian faith and thsir zeal IA
the cause Of aboiitisH, it has 5se5ms part or
the creed OF thsir esURtrymen that aboIa1nisn
and evangelical Christianity arc In some way OK
ssparabls articles Of faith. Ia America this is
not TIE case. Ths erass Of abolition has bean
chiefly esP0Esed BY the same class Of persons
7Fhs have sspoused with squal eaTnestness here
sizes ef kind unparalleled since the decay Of
those sxtraVagaut mixtures Of Christianity ard
hsathsai8n which PsTPlsxed lhe esriiess age Of
the ehHreh-
The leading preachers Of the emaucioafiou
have been IN some eases 8ociBiaus and Univsr-
salists, bat for the mozt part opsn and avsFsd
unbelisvers. Their followers have been recIuit-
ID amess ths v0tariss Of shakerism, CsmmuB-.
isw, Wsman's rights, and Free Lovs. who ara
rits amsHg the HOugrsl population Of Northern
States and ab8iiti8nism was, until lately, re-
gar3sd by sober Christians in Amsrics, as one
amsHg the many fsrms Of rebeili8n against Di-
vins revelation and social ordor which hag
sprung froa the unbri3led license Of wild
and lawless democracy. There it has been as
slsssly identified with EHhslief, sg here with
belief OF strict ard peculiar form ard for q
Wilb8rfsree and Buxton its champions have
bssz Garrison and Theodore PsTbsF ] ll5'ill-
enc point on which Yankee ingenuity has de-
esivsd the ersdElity snd misled the sympsthiea
Of rsligioas bat uRfertunate Englishmen An
other delusion, still more prevalent, has been
that the North WAS and the S5uth was not, a re-
hgious country that piety and virtue were e
be sought for iR the camp Of Butler, and B Benk-
sr, sBd ice HsOker, rather than that Of Lea OF
St0nswall Jackson. The truth Is exactly the
reverse Of this. There has, perhaps been less
in the South Of that narrow, pharissie, int0isr-
ant PEritaRism which distinguished tbs found
srs Of Massachusetts,, snd is cot ysi extinct Ia
New EaglaRd but the Southerners have been
always en- earnest and devoted Christian people,
among Whsm the lssthesoms doctriHss preach
ed so freely and Sc widely accepted ia he North
have never fsund fav8r; By when 3Iormonism
and Free Love have been secuted with indigEa-
tLsR sad disgust and among whom ne maR
wa5 Vslusd his Bsac3 snd sCeiai position would
dare to treat with irreversHes the ordinances or
the ministers Of religion. EVsa that institution
which nest RrQEakes the fudi-zsziea e v5
= lirioas Engishmea, has never been defended in
the Ssuth save en- Christian groUuds, and is has
5seu isfttsr the AbOifonists % prostitute Che az
sheEity 81 revelation T. their peculiar dontTins,
and 10 cry cut f3r an azt-5lavsry church, an
szti-Slavsry Bible, and aH anti-slsvery God.
Ne similar blaBDhsmy Wsuld have found iolera-
hsR from aHy Southern audience. il is nottEs
ssuRTyusR Of Garrison and Chauzing. but
those Of StsRsWall Jackson and George Wash
ingtsa, Whs have the slightest claim ca eur f8sl
iHEs Of Christian sympathy and ChTisisn
bTsihsIhsOa. As the Southern clergy Justly re-
mind Is, their elsiH has seen only for their own
tTsedem; their demand has been but the lsgiti-
nats and tTWly ChrBtiaa one, that they should
be allowed aaisably ts part from associates
WITH Whsm it was ne leHgsr pessibis 30 1--we H.
lnity unser a cOmmaa government They
have not risen in rebellion against sovereign
claiming rule ever tksm By any title whatever
they have Rersly expressed their determination
10 sever a bond Which, instead Of uniting In
.risadship States Of kindred bisod and e0nmen
feeling, had 5seoms to taem 3 hateful aud intel
sTs5ls yoke. They asked only, az the IsTaelites
asked Of ED, that they should be allowed %
.depsrt in peass;' they strsvs to the last to Sc
hsa 1- fhn- rfFrrrH Fe
fair exception could Be tsk5R; and they dew
he sword snly Whsn the enemy had airealy
auHcksa an armed fsrcs against enc of thsir
chief cities, net less Ia violation of ia8 thar of
bis swR PIightsa fai,E. Three Of the States now
included in the sCsRfs5sracy only Withdrew
EhsR President Lincoln demanded their assi5-
lance fer the sabjugaion Of their breihrsn-
when peace was no longer possible, snd =
lnly chsice lay between war or conquest and
Wsr sf Independence. Not the South, but ihe
North, ia despite Of every sEsrt 70 avert COLI
non, insisted On war, and invoked on their oHn
sesds tAs condemnation Of 6 religion which de-
'lsres that thsy who take The sWsfd shal pep
sB By tho sword"
And for May months past the syaTsd
,bjaet and only hope Of the invaders hsd been
5n5 so houible that no other people wouid have
Jared 30 uttsr it in WsFds. They have csicula-
ed the available population Of ths South e
military age hey have estimated the Southern
loss in the numerous vies9nes which have
cfswaed the arms Of people fighting FOR their
sOuRfTy, their altsrE and their homes and they
have declared that in process Of tims this loss
must exhaust tho fighting elemsnt Of The Seuih
that the fewer Of her people, the men hetHeeR
eighteen and isrty-kve years of age, must 10
.ims Be sxtsTmiaated and that is Is 20 fhis ie-
sHls 10 ks purchased By a sti,l larger saeri6ca
Of life, which It is affirmed that tie North caa
Afford that they leok for the fRal isfminaii0n Of
.hs war and ths rest0retisn-of the Union is
.his a hope Of which any Christiaa people can
aear without shadesriag and inersdui0us dis
yult Is q war Of which this is the svoged
end, enc which ChristiaH P8Tsfs can allow 30
20 ca uninterrupted Is net ihs mere avewal
Of sscb 4 purpsss-saeh an expec.atien-a
crime Whish not merely Jusiifss, but demsn4l,
.he interference Of tie civilized worldi The
deliberate sxtermiasti0H Of a whole ranarati0n
Is its sniy means by which the E0rlb hopss to
,ffsst the object; azd it il expected that We
,hal sit still. We do not 50 estimats th8 policy Of
England toward 3 kindred nation, or heI duty
ss q Chlstisz Power ts the sufferers and 70 man
cind And if she should sit still and permit this q
,suibls tragedy to be played oui let it end as il
nay, how can we hslR fearing that ths bleed
ghish has been and win yet be shed viii Be re-
IHireE, not oaly at the hands Of thosesEh5 shed
t bat also ct the hands Of those whose tolsr-
nee and passive encouragement renders pos-
ible this gigantic scheme for the murder Of
yhels people,
ErOu M6rris Island.
The news from Norris island Tuesday, vas
7ery nsaFsr. A continued sheliug was kset
ID Monday night from the enemy land bfi-
r. 1rrrNsa