Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-02
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HhLAED UEIE AlAA EAsaAt GtA ~ tAaAt-s
/ EDIToRs COURIER Tie pstriot should re-
joeo that the country is at last becoming aroused
I on shis Ell important question. Some month or
/ two ago ventufed 70 submit some visWs upsn
/ i through your columns, and il is matter Of
40 little grstica ion 70 fad them 50 entirely SC
cord win these Of the liberal and intelligent Of
1 every Ssste in the Confsdsrscy.
] A writer, u8dsr the signature Of q "PooT
PlasteT' attempted 70 Tofuts E5me OF the aHgu-
uent7 ] then advanced; and 20 add what he
considered weight to his reply, hs, as had besu
] done before hin, assumed the weak grouud, that
I what lad said vas sn uIjUst and u1cailcd Tor
stack snd war anon That large Glass of oar csi-
zans who are planters.
sarsly he can perceive and sdmit that much
I mischief may re done without intending n, aDd
4! that certain course Of policy may lesd to in
{ iurl0us consequences WithEUt any visa er Go
/ sign Of producing such results. For instance,
( some OF cur papers have urged bitter and
( earnest war up0n the President f0T not doing
wis. E5e editors Of these papsTs have thought be
/ ought 10 d0.. THoy doubtless thought they
! kzew better than he what Was best foT the
| county; aRd have laboTod SO sbiy and Eesi0usiy
! that many Of cur best men have thoUght our
! cause and the success Of our struggle were seIi
! Gus ? damaged by them. But no oBe has ever
/ thought of charging these editors with went
/ Of ustriofisTn, Tor Il cannot be that they have
3 =
| So is it with what have said ard may yet
| say with releTence to the policy pursued BY our
planters / may aud do think tAst policy has
been productive Of great evil znd sufisTing; yet
| I canuot believe tSs planters wish to DriHg
! abaEt such q condition Of things.
I have said they constitute niaoteoG-twBntisshs
OF our Bepuladon and the latest census tables
have seen show TING to be 90. Bat, IL s;zliag
{ This ael. I only EaosHt 70 show theT p07TeT for
Z bs -- E-s,
/ eeuotrv.
They and theit sens constitute nineteeD-t7Ton-
tsths Of the viitue and intelligence 81 the conn
Z try, sud m1Ie than uineieen-gv entlelhs Of Its
weaitH. But, more than ell this they cons,i-
tuEs uiaaleou-sWsE.i5t Of 0ur armies, and the
sugeriugs, bay55hip5 and disasters tsil mere
/ heavily upon them than upon al or ANY Ct1sr
CLASSES.
hfcre thsH any others are they identified With
She Feu6izg struegisi ioT failure viii fall moro
heavily upon them thzn upon any other class.
"A uuosa ths sols oWnaEs Of the slaves about whom
this war began, no ens viii feel ss keenly as
th1y thEt hey are conquered. when negroes,
land zDd liberty arc ell gone. am not mUEsng
war on such msn when leiiing them, ia plan,
frank words, that I lhiuk they aYe strangely
miEiu5girg tksiE own interests II charging she
prc1oat eX0IbiEGnt prices for what they produce
rom 5be soil
Peer Planter seems 20 conclude thss
bl1oksGo running has pEs thiEss uD is tHeiT
present high figure. Daes lie really end irgly
lshsv0 taat Ito price Of shoes would tai i nc
mere were imported Does hs rssiiy 1els5ge
GEst we CCgi5 get blankets AID clothes toT or
seiGi1Ts et lover rates than now, II Ne more YES
sels reTe SLOWED to come in with then7
The abs8I6iy Of such 3 proposition is so Gvi-
d5sss iaat 70 srsio it IS TO Ieui5 il. Ii has be6a
tho general Impression that ye were ali ebjset5Hg
TO Lancoln's, blockade. sld' were dssIrCus OF
opening Up G direct trade with Eurapa-giriug
our cotton, tobacco and rics for whist the Faro
sasHs hzYe and vs. have net. Bat Poor
Planter" Is for helping "Old Ale" keep up ths
blockade.
As baioro stated, I admit there are various
causes combining 70 depreCiste She currency sHd
produce high prices; and thsTa s5v5T was 5-zT
yst hat did not, 20 greater or leE5 extent, al
feet iEe price af living. Bat ~ sfgsmaut WIS
taar there 75aS 10 rasl justification for the pres
sni ezGfDjtz2t prices charged for the useesszTies
sfliiei ard lhss ths planters are The first and
tho ch5f Cause Of i, bsea1ss they sIe Ihs eEigI-
mai u0IlsIs Of these articles, znd put their Higb
5Tios on them when ihsY sell them. Ihey sTo
not "bUycT5 aa6 callers" in the ascsl aceegts-
ti8n OF laa tefa. They do not mako a living
iE jhis wzT. HAEt they own they produce, ss
an almost universal rule. The horses, czl.!e,
sheep, Acgs, wheat, corr and eottoo they have
@tE 1ltl q lAats-AaT HasH D4EQLCL1 OF Ea1b U1lN
spscaiz.iss. ThsY have not bought them at C1e
ajgb pIico that trey mighs sell then st a sjiil
hllhoT price. Thoy have probably hsa them, OF
maay Of them, during tEis whole way, and thsy
have cost them just what il was worth 10 raise
the-t tAis year, OF il 1862, or IN 1861, if th6y
have hean on haRd 80 long. The cotton uTo-
/ d5eed IN 1861 cost, say, eight cents per pound.
[ Tho piauieT who now hsa CT hand the crop, or a
Psgi of the cTep OF that year, has had 10 psy ne
e. !.
I ssd the shcee and swine. Hs has Bought tsem
I iIala ns second PgTiy who has had to save us
/ profit. ThgH way 6houd ne gradually ri1e in
/ ais prie3 Oh those articles Why sheuid ne pat
! his Gotten gD sradualiy from zen 20 iiity cents
| ser sound Why pat bis cattle fr0a S25 80
/ to so, S.5. SlO0, $500, $500, $500 per 'hs.d
! Il Hss aot A=d 90 Pag aay such prices fox them.
/ TAey never cast hlm aay zacl price.
But "Ro0T Planter o@Ys hs Ess to pay higher
prices for shoes and domes5lcs than lie did last
vesT ard year bsfoTe. Is ib-ust evident to the
weakest intellect that Ae IS the chief ptrty who
Il esRging a Tiss in the price of cotton fzbric57
Whsn tbe planter asks fifty cents per pound for
bia e3tton ia the hzls, can the manu- faclureT buy
II an5 scil shrlicg at the pTies rHliHg when
c5tt5H was ten cents per pound Can ths
blockade runner give ftty cents for cotton and
import s5oss st the price he did when he bought
cotton at twenty cs5tB Der pound
t-t.lE5 afe-lI- @A-d Li1h llCv Dll-a OF cow
/ hides Wha avEs the coWsf The planter Hss
/ he beeu IA the market and paid Dliddleman q
/ hga pTico i0r them No, Is he BOt tha Origi-
/ nal ownaT-lbs raiser CT th,m7 Yes. Has he
Hot been raising lIom his grasses aad grains &c
Of cid Yes. Has It cost hm more 10 raise
4 guem this yoAT thsa Last? No, except Ii the
/ item of sslt Thea why should he ask shTss
I hundred doiisgg ioE e COW OF air OK ihat he
would hage sold for thirty OF forty dollars ia
! -a- cd Aaa fuE- --a
/ thst wall ues convict him Of beng tho pIiuopsl
| figure in tas picture Of eZo.biiant prices
/ H. starts Il ia uesIly every necessary ef lifei
I zE5 & yoaT correspondent, Poor Platter"
/ ''rCsda ihs papers" he will have his vsnity
/ deeply mortified - sssiuF Bis brothers, in nearly
/ svars S5u.asgn Stale, boi0i8g PUbiiC meetings
and ccudemsirg, in plain, unsquiv0cal lsG-
/ gBass, this spirit Of ex.oTtlon.
Lzt me pOint Poor Planter" to Whist
'spoer saidi5rs wiis'' says OF tas coagss Of such
as &c and your high price" men are pursu-
ing.
In 3 csmauniead9n = 4 paper 10 an adjoining
| 6tzie, size sEya<
Government b&s tried 10 egpaliza this tax for
tie soldier; bat tHe planter, cogHizant Of his
trust sas iis au-y, refuses TO ad 5ogaTnmens "a
i.s efforts Of jas1ce. Oar iaad 10 one we'll diled
eisRsry- Imna0ss crops Of whoat hsvs baeu
mAdo. Tho corn crop will be equally abandant
ahsn gathered. Yet consumers csauat. ueor
any plea, induce the planters 70 send freely 70
market IL tie midst Of plenty the ssld.ers
family is actuaiy thiesleEod With starvation
fec planter seems 10 fssr shat Government has
El6cr5d tie ulur5 demands Of the sDaculat0r
The spirii animating this class Of speculatoye
was clearly get forth in farmer a few dsys
since aho refused thIes dollars and f.ty cents q
hushel tor c0Ins saying by Christmas he eouid
gst nine dollars iCr BIS entire crop
Poor pieutaF' nrva he katfaver fF,a r,1o-to.-.
have suffered ana lost more ia this war than any
other Class Of cur population. I am sure of it.
This is sadly irge in the length and breadth ,f
our sfaioted land. Virginia, Tennessss, Aiisssh.
ii, A. lksnsas, Mississippi and Louisiana, are sll
maBiiest witnesses OF It. Their bEesd wastes Of
J. dssolsted farms and ruined hemss, ell attest it
in eloquent sileneo, Their poor EsndsIing eili-