Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-02

sra HFa uolalb lof MAart5 ttiu 1eitJ NHuIs pSL
psuad fer cslt0n, shd two asd thTes hsndred
dollars per head for cattle.
HIS brother plaaters of En.srpriss, Aississip-
pi, shall answer him. They lately hsa large
meeting Of the most intelligent planters Of that
State Hear what they ssy, "a opposition to
"Peor Planter and high prices:
-'2d. ReSol5sG, That shut up as we sTo from
commercial intercourse with tho outer world,
and having iha army 10 support, The supply Of
most attces Of prime necessity will tall far short
Of the vents Of our p0pulsii9n, the prices,
therefore, are wholly aTbitfsiy, snd dependent
upes the patriotism aud hberalitY Of our ialIn-
ers, merchants s0d commissioners, who have the
conttol Of sll supplies.
To thsse, therefore, ne appeal, that while the
life Of ths nation is at stake, and our brave eis
zen solderY are periliUg their lives upon Che
battle field 70 guard our h1Ioes, protect. our
property and establish cur Independence, no
merchant or trader, manufacturer or faImsr,
should charge moro thsn just snough 10 sustain
MS business.
Ths farmer should sell to consumers st prices
Exed by the GoFeTums snt appraisers, aBd IN no
event TO charge more than one dollar per huahel
for com for the soldiers families, and al other
needful articles in proportion.
The plSinest principles Of justice dsul@nd,
eitksT that the soldiers pay sheDld be raised TO
correspond with the present inflated prices, 81
that These prices be reduced TO the present stsnd
ard 81 their wages.
Ths former would ceitainly make matters
worse, aud fusllY bankrupt the GovernmsHt.
the latter is practicable sna viii not materially
iui1Ts say one. Do this patriotic work, fellow
citizens, who are blessed with the comforts Of
home and iresidss, and our brave soldiers viii
cease to murmur, their wives and little onss
viii cssse 10 call On them for bread. Then, and
nos till lhen, VIII youT armies become iDvincibls
aad your homes secgTe.
Ezseptigs Communicated II. A. Word. +
" J0rdau, g. W. Dobsy, Rev. D P. Bss30-
Thss Wovcgl0n, z. 7 KennedY W. L. Marsh
L. 3. MOODY, President.
J. ". HAMMOND, Secretary.
This is the language Of plain cernmon sense,
ac.usted by G love Of country rather than greed
Of gain, aad tho whole South is being aroused
up9U this subject.
Now let rs lools at the effect of these high
prices must have on the Government.
In my previous article, 1 charged that our
Southern planters were, in our view, net s. pat
riolie as the Yankee plantoHsi and sincs that 81
tcle was written, ihs charges have bsen coHelg-
siveiY proven. The Yankee Government lately
s5vfr.iyri ioF a quagteT million barrels Of houF
sOr the Yankee army; and Yankee farmers ere
selling hoGg SO low that Yankee spectators and
contractors sctuslly engage with the Govern
msHt 10 furnish the R0uT az from i've TO ss75D
dollars P=T beEIel, according to quality; and they
seke ths paper promises Of the Government
fer it.
Hog is Il With oar Southern planters, whose
5TOp2rty and liberty must be surrenaeTed If 0ug
Government snd osr soldiers are not sustained
and fsdi Do t5ey sell thsiT Government ard
their soldiers tbs things asolutsly needed for the
war, Et prices wtica are Tss3cnsblsi Do they
roooilaes the families Of ouT soldiers VINO are
battling for the planters rights, and ssA then
iOsd at moderate fgurssf By no rnsans.
I but lately head a large -four desler in
c. aTlesteu say It was difficult to get eour st all
eyeu at any price, for the farmers are 10th te part
with il fer their Governments currency. In
some portions of the grain regions Of this Stale,
the farnars viii sell nothing for oar currency,
anless at prices that no government can sustsin.
A gentleman lately gent to a town in tho uDpsr
pagr Of this State to purchase csrtsin things
ssaded in one Of the departments. They were
here, and for sale, but not for ConfedeTs;e
monsy. WhY2 Not because tho merchant did
not wish 10 sell tbeal, but because, If be toek
g58sgdsraie money, no could bHy nothing with
i5 from he farmers around; neither besf, nor
bacon, nor -four, nor corn, GoT wbsst, nor cattle,
nor dUnestics. The farmers would not take il
ut al. Ihs Redmond papers state that in the
Roanoke valley of North CsrOiiC= are plsnte-g
cr0ns. Not 6 thousand miles from the capital of
this Slste lives native born South Csrolinisu-s
d=y break seeessionist-wh0 refused to sell q
h0rse 10 a fathe- for his son in Lees army, for
nythiug but gold, though his son had just had
a horss BILLED under him while fighting for this
Southsra Yankees liberties.
Tho Government lately wanted to purchase
Sons ground for public purposes in q town not
very far from your Stale capitol. The owner
was a sort Of Stste OAeisi, and Of csurse, in
teEestod in the struggle going on fer indcpend-
5ncs 30 bad been YalUing that property AT
sbeul foaT thousand doilaTs for GegeIal years
past, and lad been paying State and county
taxes on il At sbout That valuation. YET when
bis Government offered TO buy it, he asked she
cool sum Of one handTed thousand dollars for
It. and did not hesitate to sey that it Wss because
tie Government money was SO much dcprs-
ciatsd, seeming tota ly unconscious that he hira-
self was giving if q fatsi stab.
The truth is, So P6sT Planter" and those who
hiBk with him, aTe nanitesting nothing mege
aor less than G want Of confidence in our cur
reHey, ard. 70 that sxtsBt, N tho success Of our
csuss. Tnay vitists 5he vory life blood Upon
which that cause must depend by impsiTing it,
vslus
IN my previous article I said that ell this was
"dsmoTsling the conseieRces Of Our people end
psrelyzjng the hearts sud arms Of our gallant
soldiers" Time hut proves ali this. From one
end Of the land TO the ether comes up an Inpra-
cation against it. Tbs pulpit deals ont its lhun-
der against this spirit Of extoriion and 8pecula
ton and this mania f0r growing rich upon the
necessities of the country Fot he first time in
the history OF any wsr ever yet read of, our
public speakers of high renoWn are addressing
the planters throughout the land, and urging
and begging them to sell tho soldier and the
soldiers family, out OF their vast abuRds1cs,
what they need while fighting those planters
battles, and ts sen at reasonable rates
Can any one think it strange chat there srs
degsrtioug ia our aTmiesi Il is said that in nine
cases oGt Of ten, t5ese desortioEs are arong poor
men having families dependent upea ihsm.
They brood over the sad condition Of wife sad
children S. home. Is It not enough to distearten
tEs soidisF-to 'psTslyze heart and arm, - when
hs rejects ihat in the midst Of plenty his lissio
family at home cannot buy food or clothing7
Msy be nos justly think that the planters 'at
home" Ter whcse liberty and property he is
daily PeFiiing his own life, are committing a
dauniug sin sgsinst h u AID his when refusing
to sell his Hiis and children feed and Faimens
except et prices which his scAut menshiy pay
cannot begin 70 neeti is il a wonder that the
question is aEOasing the whole country and
thet oretors are stgmping ths lsndl Poor P.sn-
ter" nasy yet be converted. Wh) lln0Ws2
Bll L@ll eFAl oI51 AEt Sup khbtH GNNNe II tlle
GovernEeut Beess 100000 barrels Of -four ioY
the soldiers and csn get It ct so per barrel, it
is sa outlay Of but 50. O0e,O00 But if planters
demand $40 per barrel, it is an outlay of S8-
coo 600. That much more debt is upon The
county Who vii have TO pay this debt
The property ownegs. Who are they Nine
teen-twenieths are planters, and they and their
posterity must feot the bill. Il is emo Of their
creationi sud if they would make it lighter, they
must begin tho reduction 1t the starting point.
They must reduce their prices on the necessaries
Of life first, ss they are the FIRST holders.
When they agree to tske just prices for all
they raise for the use of the army and the peo-
pie, they viii soon find they will pay less for
What they have to buy. COMMON SENSE.
Charleston, October 8, 1885,
ForsS1aI Experience q Of an Earthquake.
The following extract from private letter,
from Manila, gives the writer's personal ax