Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-18
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planaaon. It is as familiar 70 newspaper read
ers Is tie road to lha1 nearest pest caice, and
vet IS is doubted whether or not one ina hum
drsa Of them has taken she trouble 10 determine,
by approximation even the value Of tha terms
50 aippantly psssed over. Tie G. n. W. Is
.sta mythq TO some extent yes. Bat ! Is no
nth on The ballsfeldl But Tor ibis By eoar
sssg mvtb. ihers weald have bean 40 battlefield
90 fbi7 continent down 10 this day. The first
ation can show none. Messed cen SHOW
,sAs nor can lie present war show that the
mas:ns yankee has ever responded 70 the
brsls. unless he bad e ale leader in 9 South
ev5e~ ar the descendant Of some one whose
manhood wa not founded on GOLDFISH and
suioas. God in bis infinite wisdom has made
many apimals-she Yankee anoEg Tie numbers
and he IS. BY u~aiveral eonsenti SUI geaass 8
frow that can make good imitation BAN out
of hickory. a good nutmeg out Of beech e
good tire out Of rashide, o good psalm cut OF
be nasal organ, and g good thanksgiving
dinner cut Of the blood Of the African
whom his flasher had kidnapped on the coast
Of Congo. And these fellows arc now reading
as a lecture on Che s~infulness Of slavery, and
have succeeded in honeyfugglng the Western
people into 3 war with Us, Is foreign to thair ia
~terssls from The b~eginniag, as It now obviously
Is 70 heir tastes. since thsy find that there are
ticks TO take as well As HcbH 90 give. Let us not
deceive ourselves. The Ecks have brought the
Democrats to tha polls. and they VII make
Democrats q every mothers son OF mem, Haa-
mlnistsred long enough and with sufficient vim
would caution the South, therefore, to take lit
tla heed Of tbs : grsas speech Of Yalandg-
ham. the gIealar Bpeech-ss I think i-of Voor-
hsos. or Of the eleoion Of Seymour. ofYsllen-
dighan I would by no means speak, except in
HndnesB, and win therefore pass By his recon
s~tructon remarks in Congress, and accept the
words that he had the boldness TO address to the
hoard Of Gotham as embodying bis wsr views.
/ Of all the men North Of Mason and Diz0n's
line, I tbink Y~alhndighsm the wisest and purest
he alone, SO far as my observation extends,
avows bis opinions regardless Of tao mutations
Of Aoaing politics OF the probable issue Of pend
ing battles.
Is there man soft enough to believe that
/ Seymour would have been elected Governor Of
New York had the Northern seoundrels benin
possession Of Richmond CT Yieksburg1 Sny-
der's bluff was not an easy road to jordan, mol
was the way by Pemberton much easier. Pot
Hudson ard Sumter have misbehaved Of late, as
tie Mississippi and Ksokuk would have testi-
fed, but alas fhoT veiees are forever hushed
Peace to their names. The carcasses from
the Mississippi have gone into the oapacious
naws Of tho est fish Of our noble river, end
from the Keokuk into She crashing teeth Of tie
sharks and sword fish Of Charleston harbor
Let them fatten and rejoice, for other c~areasses
are in store for them.
Ths great Northwest Doubtless this is au
Institution, but toe - little South mag Be
come one also, after gwhile. But the G n ".
IS a myth 70 our friend, Governor Foote. lie
has eourssd her with tho ardor Of a youthful
lover (not shat the Governor is moi youthfuD,
through tive sessions Of Congress, and withou.
response. Ihad no confidence in his move
msnt, and, worse than that, felt disgraeed By ii.
But entertaining q high respect for him on ac-
count Of his many virtues, his unliring kindness
and his acknowledged experience in public
affairs, I i~nvolunsadly stood aside, presuming
thHt he roUl5 not &C iadustriouslv cast bis seed
where there was no hope Of a harvest. And,
YaIaDligham spoke, Seymour was elected gov
enor Of New York, Voorhees, discussed Magma
Chariasaud many lesser lights convicted Lincoln,
beyond poradyenlurs, Of many deriiietions Of
dusy to the Constitution and the conscienees Of
good men, and Jet, { is fact patent that tbe
great Northwest is IL srms against Us, and but
for her, there would Be 20 war On this continent
worthy Of the nsme. Isubmit then, with every
Difference, that the Great Northwest be allowed
to debermina her own destiny without further
obsusion Of SouLhen advice.