Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-07
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The following article from the Mobile Nees
exposes q practice on The part Of officials, rom
the prevalence Of which other cities and towns
are suffering besides Mobile Let the press con
tiaue to deuounce sneb im5eciliiy until q stop
is put to is
20 YOU MEAS TO sTARvE Us7
Complsints are rife ia the city ef the short and
daily Shortening Supply Of provisions from The
country by the Mobile and Ohio railroad. IL Is
alleged. and we believe with truth. that for the
psst fifteen days tbs trains on That road have
not bean occupied by the government. and that
standing argument il support Of extorionate
prices for the necessaries Of life bas been want
ing Why, then, has the interragnum If gov
ernmeDt monopoly not been used 70 supply the
city with bread and meatl Patient people
will be astnunded at the eHswer TO the cues
ton It is thai the g~ovornmeat milia-y
o~fieils, the qusrtsrmasters, under p5Bi-
tive superior orders. VIII not allow any
food TO be forsarded by he trains Beef, pork
and corn are ai pu. under the ban Ct this or
der, and unless thsre is some befignant p0ver
to Interfere, the good people Of Mobile, who
have not yet learned TO live without eating, will
be reduced to starvation Who issues orders
ike tbesa TO stop the transit Of food and 20 ia
tsnsify the war trials Ct the pe0plel Are we 70
pay the pricsof famine for tho success of fhe
revolution-n0t necessary famine-not famine
enforced By TIE enemy, bat by the biuudering
shorisightednoss Of our principal ~defendersl
We have asked the question before, and
it will bear re~peating-how ia the name Of
God are the people to support tbs war,
if more burthens are laid upoit them By their
own military authorities than they suffer a.
the hands OF their enemies2 How are tie
people 70 pay for the support Of the war and is
armies when through stupid official orders pre-
visions are put at famine prices, and it requires
more than 81 the earnings Of the masses Of
them 70 buy meat and breed7 The fres market
seut an agent up the road ihe other day 90 bny
meat and corn to feed the poor Imperative
military orders prevented him from sen9ing a
pauDdsT q b1shel to The city 1'Whyi' be 3a-
manded. Answer-"Because such are not orr
orders, and these provisions ere needed for the
army" But" rtj9ined the agent, u have
bought these things for the poor families Of cur
s0ldiers in the army" Cannot help il; these
are our orders"
TIE clnsequencs IS, that with two rivers and
Two railroads penetrating q productive provision
country Mobile is 0n the poiut Of absolute want.
Corr. which SETS f n S125 one hundred miles
from hero, brings s. - in the city and beef,
pork, lard, butter. etc are worth almost their
weight III gold. One Of the chiefsst blessings Of
peace will be the public relief from government
in difference with transportation, and he bother
alton and espionage Of provost maFsaals and
guards. E general commanding a department
should DO something more than a soldier. Hs
should De a political economist, if not a states.
man The worst way TO whip lie Yankees tha.
we know Of is 10 EtarVe our cwn people. W.
nope the government al Redmond viii turn If.
a attention 70 this ssTious sub a.. The gTeates
evil 81 the tunes ] M uisrrsbie management
of th- tram 20 af r. business If la country. 4
rev men ars coiH money 0at Of the monopo
At the expense oi re en- r11us inconvenience
/ and tszsf0a ~ tie lness-s