Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-26

10 be FTetfy well protected Hezt ths easss ce1n
weather. The principsI topic Of iptsrsst IN oaEp
for the LAST few days has besn ihs PfesiaeDss
message. is an able snd powerful doeuusnt,
sna, on the whole, gives general ssilafscios IN
the amy. This rsbnks he gives Great Britain,
tbs founder alike Of sosihern slavery and North
am AboIiiionisna, is as scashiag rs it is deserved.
The cheek Of every EngiishmAn nust barn with
shame a. tbs sringing suhservisucy Of his Gov
ernn,sn. 70 the BaekwOsds BAbbOsn who lords it
at WsshingtoA. On Che subject Of ths eoRdEss
Of ths war be has fastened The Ysnkes nation in
q historical pilsry, where 1t win ever remain an
sbjsst for the wsrla's slow, unmeviRg HngsF Of
sOsrn to paint At Alnall we are preud Of the
paper and prsud of the man. How nOblT eur
President towers sbsvs Lincoln
. A Euastesa, m-stsorsnaasG nsixhias she resHns starA
Ts 4 hssk With vslHs q sluggish mud"
But villa ell our admiration for the usssags,
and rsspsst fsE its authsr, we rise fren lie par
usal vita a sasstisfsd feeling. List it be ths
part Of The prsss--suF noble cOlRbersTs in lib
erty's ssass-to c~TiEisiss The unsatisfactory
character Of the message in its failure 70 tell rs
why Visksb1rg fell, why PsnbsTtvn Is still
petssd, why that bIsssy blandsE Of Withdrew.
ing Losgstrsst frem Bragg, why cur terrible re-
verses nj lockout mountain and Missionary
ndga. The questions that interest as are food,
zsrs feed for tie eneEy's bullets ssd more feed
fer our half starved soldiers. We want ear
tkinnsd ranks and empty stsnRcAs hLed. We
want to knew way We suffer for meal whsH
sorz Is rottIng all over the esuatry. We wait
to know why our feet should be flosltittsn for
want Of shoes wills nilioas Of bssf-lidss are
resting around rs. We wans to kRoW why ws
are driven asn evsry battle HsId this year fer
vast Of soldiers, while the country and car
citiss are swaFming with sbls-bodlsd sAeials
who laugh defiance st the censsript Law. We
want ain to tell US why that Law, requiring tAe
ssle-bodisd zsn in tbs 9 X. AID A. C. s. de-
paFtmanss to be turned Gus and disabled soldiers
to fi their places, has been 6 dead letter. We
wait to knew why il is that whils We are EHGsr-
ing for food and clothing, the agents he has
sppoiatsa to supply Us have amssscd fabulsUs
f~orsEnss, made hy thisviag assessments en- the
hungry stesAchs and naked bodies Of ; brave
and devoted ssldisry. While these Earpiss-as
foul birds Of pray Is ever sprung from the debris
Of rsvolutioR-sFs slsd in linen and purple, and
1--we in pslatial residences, The soldier, whose
breast Is the balwsrk tkst saves the craven frsm
the snany's bullet, skes out his miserable exist
snee on = ration per day Of thrse-fcsrshs Of =
pound Of very peer beef, iHeludinE the boss, enc
fourth pound Of meal, ons-fourth Of 8 PeuAa Of
salt, and oas psund Of seed potatoes every ten
days. This Is issued three days rRtions 81 g
time, and never lasts more tksn TIVE days Of tie
three. This Is the only serious source Of dis.
csntsnt in the army. Our army il act eiskssEt'
snsd by lats TsTersoS. 1t lie as ever ready to
meet the sRauy, but thsse is no TsSssA IN a
hnsgys stomach. Patriotism, like all olker fine
sentiments, hourishes best in q post-prandisl
sci. Yes, and if cur ysaKg Corfedsracy fails
and falls, tina histsrisn may trathfully inseTibs
is TaiEsd and disboRsrsd soDb-stozs-
4" Died Of its Q. n. and A. c. 8. dspGrtmszis."
or course We al knew that tkers are Abls and
sficsrs in these departments, but they
are glorisus exceptions to the general rsls.
Les Er. Davis sad bis Cssgross cloaa osi
thsso AugeAa stables let tAe law of the last
Congress putting all sble-bodisd officials in the
field be stsrnly enforced, and ire gratitude Of
the ar1y and shs ssunhy viii bs their proud re-
ward.
lie: Congress, tee, EwesF awsy that saisful
Of Sissslisfsction-iis substitute isEisIa-
tifR. Il iiIight, because yen can raise two OF
Thousand dollars and I can't, that yea
sz=al5 stay At homs ahd speculate N the
suf0rings Of my family, while 1 mast siarve,
sght, bleed and die for yon IS well as nyselff
Substitute men Weula have no ssuse 70 con
at bsiEg Put into service. They have gen.
BY staying st hone, Es6s tez-fsld as
much as tley paid cut for theiT worthless sab
Aud are not their ease, their safety
rem dssgsr and s~afsriRg for the last TIVE year,
nd the p-rsservBtions Of their lives, Hsrtk some
hing to shsmf Oar substitute men ane able.
officials would swell our ranks up ts an
quality with the enemy. besides giving sub.
to our disabled hsroes, whose limbs lie
'leeching on every battlefield fIon 0sstysburg
0 Galveston.
Chsplains, too, ssght to be abolished, OF not
LoSed to resign, except or 3 surgeons Oerif-
ate Of physical or mental disability. Here is
way I have seen ths system work, Private
Z the ranks is c minister T; he becsmes ersfusely
be raises a ~revivnli ho is ready to Sap
iE wings and fly away TO glsry his friends
'ot up = Petdsn to make him chaplain; the AP.
Is givez hin, and then, being an Of
ieer, he resigns, and rstres to enjoy his stinz
Kn dig.
Why, tee, should yeang and hearty ministers
. exempt ct tsis ssrribls crisis In OH struggle,
Thsn our fate may lie IN the presence er abssnse
the service Of = small bedy Of msni Thsis
re plenty Of old preachers to attend T. tho
Ct the old men and sisters at home, snS I
Sc ne reason Why he abls-bsdisd young ninis
arf shosiS stsy ct home and get all the chick
4 Skins" whils ether equally As good men are
oing all their 6Kkting on hslErsfisas and ram
aAl pay. Thoy have an equal interest with rs
q the struggle. Let that class, then, be cen
and the sblsss and eldest be detailed to
to tbs spiritual wants st heDe. Yea,
AID fer stronger rsssons thsy hsVs hesn
shiing The devil al iheir lives, and their sxss-
Of the tactics Of the fsther-fhs devil
ught TO enable thsH to bsfas the strategy of
is ehildrsn-ihs Yankees. And thsy lava,
lAny Of thsn, been E~rosniag all tkeiE lives ever
as Ills Of earth, and longing and praying fer
ae day WhsH they weaIs shufis sE this csr-
lptible flesh and pat en- Iobes of Immortal
iOTy, and here in tie army hey eeuls be graft
= chance nearly svsTy dag Of =
'EOugh ticket % Paradise. free gratis."
We earnestly hsps, TOO, thai Congrsss win
ed the suggestions sf the President, and do |
'nssking, and Do it quick and thorOsHhly TO
iaass the vsluns and improve the vslss of csr